Hat Yai

Hat Yai,Thailand..an interesting place which have been visited within 16th-19th dec 2010...this trip was formed by 30pple a bus which 2/3 are my family and relative members...keke...

We depart around 10pm moving toward north...reach at border kastam around 3sumtin..around 4am dey stop us at The Zone to let us get some products..didn got netin from there coz still no mood to shop in middle of the nitexD..wait in bus till around 6am the kastam open ne v get to cross the border..eager for breakfast and v settled it at dim sum restaurant...delighted when the tour guide say just take and eat anytin u want..so stomach get satisfied and we headed to a guan yin temple on a hill...photo shooting session and praying were on...then v headed to a bird nest restaurant where some pampered demself with some special coconut bird nest but most just drank the free ginseng tea and leave..keke..

After that,we are brought to a kinda small mall wer can shop for souvenir, thai shirt and stuff ( only regrets were didn get any souvenir der coz tot there are plenty of chances after that which is a wrong expectation..T.T)..next,local product shops...quite attractive and most got few bags in return...Honey shops where we got a small seminar about honey which most of us fishing while listening...pity the boss..ha..

Lunch time...had our buffet lunch at one of the highest restaurant in Hat Yai located at Lee Garden Hotel..the lunch is not as grand as normal hotel buffet in Malaysia but heard the price to have a meal there are quite cheap..below rm20 mayb..Then, the waited long moment finally arrived..BP Grand Hotel!!..finaly can get to bath and rest..fuh..get to sleep at least 1 hour and felt refresh after a whole night insomnia bus journey..he...

Floating Market...an interesting place..the food are considered cheap and duno why i felt so excited when buying food there..haha..although given 1 hour but still eager for anth hour to be satisfied enjoying the food and atmosphere there...but too bad need to rush for anth venue..ha..next, a lantern garden..free entrance fee which hard to find in malaysia for such a nice lighting garden...given half an hour which cant even manage to finish half round of d garden and hav to U turn back..ha..

Ah Gua show...this one hour show cost rm50 which is expensive but since already reach thai so i tink should not miss this Ah gua tingy which is one of their symbol there..as expected most of the Ah Gua are pretty since they can adjust whatever they want and need..keke...the show not really amaze us but overall ok la..while we watch ah gua show,parents also enjoying thai massage at hotel..from their feedback okok la..haha

After the Ah gua show, though exhausted but still must out to the street to experience their night time lifestyle and activities...it is very very happening and humans are everywhere ( but most are malaysian i think)..ha..ate some supper at the hawker stall beside the road and back to recharge battery..

Earliest morning call>>5am,6am breakfast at hotel lobby,7am heading to a destination which located at Trang, anth state of thai...after 3 hour journey finally we reach Ley Cave, also written as Le Khao Kop Caver.

" It is one of the sights in Trang that now drawing more and more
visitors. The reason is, the cave is quite easy to enter, since there are
guided tours by boat. A subterranean stream flows through the cave.
Stalactites and stalagmites line the cave for about 4 kilometers. An exciting
aspect about Le Cave is the low ceiling. Often, the ceiling is so low that
everybody entering the cave needs to lie down flat in the boat in order to pass through. At the same time, it is thrilling to watch stalactites coming almost to one's face."

Quoted from: http://www.asiaexplorers.com/thailand/ley_cave.htm

5person each boat and move towards the cave rowed by two boat man...need to bend down already though just enter the cave..stop twice in the cave to land us walk around and enjoy the nature of the cave...then the real adventure came...ordered to flatten our body by laying down straight with no curving at all since the top of the cave we going through next is just few cm above our face...OMG..this is d only word that can voice out from my mouth..this is a real unforgetable experience and it is nice...thanks god every one came out from the cave without scratch..advice for those with big tummy please loose some calories first before enter this cave so that wont get so scar on the tummy..hehe

Crystal island is the next destination after lunch...reach there by motor sampan...round the island while introduced some nature structure and statue by the tour guide..some busy looking around to see either there are luck to collect some crystal back which granted with small one..he..back to Hat Yai for dinner..as usuall the meal are full of variety of meat, pork, fish,chicken......help to increase my calories...fuh..after that free and easy where we fill it with shopping spree...not bad bought some clothes and shoes..back to hotel after supper with some kind of fried kuey teow..but their kuey teow is XL size one..he..

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6am breakfast, 8am: head to the market with tutuk car..squeeze 10 person per car..haha..150 baht each...had a shoping spree again there...bought bags, shoes,local stuff....nice one...around 11 head to hotel for checking out...lunch at Washington Restaurant...same meaty meal and tom yam..reach thai kastam around 2pm...packed like sardin..Queue more than half an hour to pass the kastam...malaysia kastam better..less pack and got aircond..reach tambun for seafood dinner..may be too pampered with great meal in thai..the seafood there seems to be abit disapointed..haha...

Overall, it is a fantastic trip and enjoyed it alot...if got chance can visit to this land of smile again...just that that few days the weather was so cold coz rainy day plus the strong aircond in bus>>end up attacked with flu and wearing jacket most of d time..kekexp....

Main food : thai tom yam..yummy yummy
Main tourist : Malaysian..
Main difficulties: Communication...

speciality:

1. ONly the main motorist need wear helmet while the back seater not need...
2. Cars still can move very fast though the street are packed...
3. the street are jammed all d time..
4. abit confused with how they read the traffic light..sometime saw red light still car come over non stop..
5. The locals are friendly and full of smile..thats y thai known as the land of smile..
6. they can watch whichever channel from all over the world as long as they can afford..no control from government..
7. the face of their king are everywhere..everyone even kids knows their king...unlike Malaysia,even spell out our agung's name also hard...


Dim Sum breakfast~



Guan Yin temple~



Local product shop~



Highest restaurant at Hat Yai~



Floating market~





Lantern Garden~





Le Cave~





Crystal island~





ps: more photo can be viewed at fb..^^

Treasure Hunt~~

Had join a treasure hunt last sunday (28th of nov 2010)....It was a fun, exciting, challenging, time chasing and a hungry hunt....xp

The whole idea came from swan's aunt who is a member of AWAM ( All Women Action Society Malaysia) asking us to join the hunting...this is the 6th Walk- about Treasure Hunt organized by AWAM with the theme ' FOOTSTEP FOR CHANGE' and all of us (swan, amy,alexanderson) responded it well..

So on 28th 6am morning we start our journey heading for registration...the venue of whole treasure hunt are at petaling street area (thanks to our tuition experience last time, at least we quite familiar with that area, neway still have some sesat moment during the hunt..kekexp). Before start hunting, some briefing given,goodies bag taken and Ning Baizura present...

Then,we are flagged off at 8.30am with empty stomach which only get to rinsed with a little cup of foc Indocafe coffee... though empty stomach, but we are in full spirit all the way till the end of the hunt..salute!!so, 30 Qs need to be answer throughout the hunt assisted by clue given, 10 bonus Qs, 2 treasure needed to be figured out and bought to hand up for extra points....

Hunting end at 12pm and result revealing really stunned us up...personally i swear i never thought it will be that complicated and hard as the terms stated those who above 10 are good enough to join...neway we still blessed with beginner luck and get few correct answers..hahaha...but some we dig it out ourself...so we end up getting consolation prize...all of us happy bout that as first timer..yea^^

Banner of the day

Good combination

Read REad reaD

~Ning Baizura~

Hard work paid off!!^^

TYPEWRITER

Have been work as temporary teacher since the end of my industrial training and graduate from my degree course...so far the teaching experience consider interesting and fun for me though sometime felt quite pity to my heart and throat..heart is coz sometime felt like going to get heart attack soon ( choi!!) and throat are been hurt almost everyday..ha..instead, still enjoying mix around with those cutie kids...adorable and lovely ( though sometime nope..hehe)

So as for typewriter story, last few days i received a document which every teacher also will have one to be filled in some information..so in the meeting they mention about how to 'type' in the information into the box provided..and for me, i thought what they want to mean is to write in coz i nvr know in dis decade we still use typewriter to type in...so i write in while they list out the information coz saw others did so too...after the meeting end, i realize that others actually are just sketching using pencil so that easier to type later...then i start asking, are we going to type in those info?they say ya while pointing to the typewriter which situated in the main office in front of headmistress room..omg, i had nvr notice that little 'antique'...

Then i started to felt funny of myself because before that still deeply believe the document is to be filled in by pen instead of typewriter which still exist in this decade..haha.then today i asked my colleague to teach me how to handle this antique..felt quite fun playing with it becoz had nvr touched before..hehe^^

SEPT=Birthdays Month

Waaaa...Waaaaaaa...here come the sept babies to this world in 1987 and this month they are again celebrating their presence in this world for the 23rd yrs..ha..sound weird but true there are many who are born in sept compared to other months as in my friends circle there already more than 10 who enjoys receiving celebration, surprise and gifts in this month including me..keke^^

Last week, we had planned a surprise celebration for one of my buddies - swan aka bernard...her bday fells on 8th of sept..as she is working so we have 'pakat' with her family so that we can hide ourself in the house just before she reach home from work..quite worry she will realize about this surprise as i had pretend to tell her must inform me wen she leaving office as i need to plan wer to dinner geta..lucky that her blurrness level quite high so our mission is successfully fulfilled..xp

We start moving to the kitchen where normally is her first stop afta enter house from work ( from her dad's analysis..xD) as her dad signal us,bday songs started and she move her sight from the food pot to the sound's source, she stunned for 2seconds and smile..haha..quite satisfied as everytin went on smoothly but abit regret that forgot to record the stunned face..he..neway,hope she enjoy the celebration...Gifts: stitch pendant, choc indulgence..

Next, anth bday celebration...this time is geok's (11th) and mine (15th) turn..erm, as for me i am also quite surprise coz at first tot they are planning to celebrate for geok only..then c c there also my name on the bday cake..so v celebrated our 'big day' geta with f5 gang..thanks to them alot and love the present very very much..Gifts: geok- Sheaffer pens, mine- casio watch^^....Special thanks: f5

HAPPY '18TH BIRTHDAY + 5 YRS EXPERIENCE' !!!

Balik kg trip^^

3 days 2 nights trip to my hometown which started last fri were compact, fun, full ( extremely)and nice....

First day, we round d town and went from shop to shop to grab all those kg's product as usual will be done wen 'balik kg'...den ate those must eat kg food for lunch such as sweet and sour fish slice, mantis shrimp, loh mee and etc...den at night uncle treat us dinner..the food portion and variety are such a lot till i trauma waiter ( when saw dem get near our table so worry dey will put more food towards our table coz is too muc)..got fish, crab, mantis shrimp, cHicken, vege and bla bla bla...6 big plate which is impossible can be finished by us (sumore my table most are kids ne..fuh)..neway every plate of them are delicious..yummy^^

Second day:''Part of the concept of Marina Island Pangkor is to turn it into a livable and self-contained residential community in one of the country's foremost marina development.Marina Island Pangkor is being developed in phases and when completed, it will consist of some 4000 residents with over 500 boat moorings, 150 shops and other facilities''..this is the destination we visited second day 'Marina Island' as it is a new place built near to my kg...the beach there not bad..clean n clear (so far)hehe...it only takes 5min to reach pangkor island from here by ferry..v bog some bread for lunch since all still quite full with morning bak kut teh and ABC at Marina island...on that night again big feast..dis time extra two dishes which is 8 dishes..worse..at least both adult table managed to clean all d dishes except v dis 'kiddy's table' ..haha..finally da bao all d food lo..again include curry fish, pig's leg, mantis prawn, nga po tau fu, flish slice, zap choi, crab soup, vege and bla bla

again..(need more exercise arrr!!^^)

Third day, main aim today is must eat kg traditional breakfast since last two day didn get chance to eat..afta pasar rounding, here come one of my favourite food in kg the 'kam puang' (kg style koh lo mee)..yum yum..i much prefer dis compared to city's koh lo mee..hehe..den home cook lunch and back to city around 4pm...

Nice trip and overstuffed with the foods...hahaxp

SPORT DAY

Today is the big day for my mother school (SJKC KHE BENG) as it is the sport day!! As temporary teacher in this beloved school, for sure my participant in this meaningful event is a must... The event had been carried out in Kompleks Sukan Negara Panasonic (previously known as Stadium Masushita) from 7.30am till 1pm...

The atmosphere there can be said as grand and merry..the stadium is fully loaded with students, parents and teachers with VIPs...The event started with marching and salute from those athletes representing own 'house' and some uniform unit such as PBSM and scout....after that, speeches from VIPs as tradition and opening ceremony...

Then the peak of the day have came, varies races were been carried out..my scope of job are interesting as i need to catch those who got places particularly no.2 (coz oth teacher in charge of oth position)..this job quite challenging especially when they running towards the ending point almost same speed in one row...anyway for me this is so fun and full of excitement...besides, there also groups competition especially for lower standard such as standard 1,2 and 3...those little kids are so cute and adorable...when you get to see they passing ball or running with a big smile on their face u will feel so contented..

This is my first time experience to join a sport day as teacher+ organizer and cant deny this is an unforgettable experience^^...

I-city

The i-City, a retail and commercial hub with advanced information-communication infrastructure in Section 8,Shah Alam, has installed millions of LED lights to brighten up the night..

Lately, this place becoming more and more famous and will be flooded with tourist and visitors especially weekend just to enjoy the beauty of colours combination..besides, VIPs and those artist also not left out to participate in these admiration...

Last sunday, after my aunt birthday celebration in telok gong and shoping in bukit tinggi jusco, I-city suddenly come across my dad's mind..since all of them nvr been there before except me so dey decided to have stop there..since it was quite late at nite ( around 10pm) and some more is weekend, i reminded my dad that it will be quite jam since this is the peak hour.anyhow, the kind reminder doesnt bother their strong commitment we finally get to enjoy the view after a long queue and parking finding..hehe..

They enjoy the Malaysia's wonder so much and keep praising..me also busy admiring because there are new stuff compared to my first visit..didn captured much photo since it is a sudden plan but it leave nice picture in our memories^^

UTM-SKUDAI-MUAR-MELAKA

Times fly and again two month apart since last blog..fuh..in this two month less chance to online since staying at aunt house where there are no line and 8 weeks of industrial training actuallypast quite fast..now i can be said officially graduate and just have to wait for my convocation ceremony on august..looking forward^^

Just a day after my last day of industrial training, my second sis need to attend her registeration day at UTM..so we whole family went to sent her..UTM is such a big university compared to my UM which only look like a small city..especially to reach my sis college it really took us some

distance..wow..the green scenery really soothing and comfortable..just that if want to move from one place to anth, bus no.11 really cant help muc..hehe...

After sending my sis to uni, we went and check in into our hotel..Although SUAN BEE Hotel is just built from shoplot, but the decoration inside quite nice and beside it there is also a high class look bistro where at night there will be full house since is football season..this hotel situated at Taman Sutera Utama..this taman can be said as a small city where there are alot of new and nice shoplots...and seems like food heaven also because u can see variety style restaurant there..beside, there is also a Sutera Mall which i can rate 3-4 star if follow hotel rate..he..all this places is just walking distance from the hotel..at thistaman the food i tried are pontian wan tan mee, curry laksa and duck rice.. all not bad and quite recomanded^^

Second day, we headed to Muar for its famous otak-otak and coffee 434...when reach Muar town what come into my mind is the vehicle amount there almost can fight kl..jam everywhere...fuh..btw, the otak-otak not bad la..hehe

Next, Melaka here we come..thanks to my melaka friend guidance we finally found the famous jongker street...at the time we reach the street is just after rain, the weather is so cooling n nice to walk...of course cendol is the must try food when reach jongker street..after satisfied with the cendol and nyonya laksa, we just have a walk along the street..found another attractive food that is durian puff..it is so yummy..but i cant get to buy since only realize that in car on the way back..sob...nvm, reserve for nex trip..hehe.

This trip seems like food hunt trip beside sending my sis to uni..hehe..like it and hungry for more...oops..better exercise more first before that..hehe

BUKIT TINGGI TRIP

Last tues was the day i end the very very last paper of my degree life and as usual plans pop out to relax ourselve. Genting was the lucky one where chosen by us and heading to kl central around 11.30am and try to catch 12noon genting bus..

Reach kl central around 12 sometin coz of jam and when reach d counter we were been told only 2pm bus available..have a deep consideration bout that for quite a long time..by the time 10 of us get an conclusion to carry on the counter change its signboard to inform only 3pm bus available..haha..so plan canceled..since everyone craving for food, we had our lunch with McD while discussing...after a long discussion again, Bukit Tinggi here we come...( thats mean we just go kl central to have the McD der..haha)

We were freed from sitting in the car and get to inhale large amount of fresh air by the time around 3.30pm...The first destination is d Japanese tea house since it is closing at 6pm...the road 300m away from japanese house almost impossible for normal economical car because is too steep..so we decided to climb up..haha..photo session non stop all the way...All we can view really is just the japanese tea house as the name suggest..nothing else interesting and the koi fish there also have to swim in the shallow water where its fin is outside of the water surface...pity.. Neway as usual we still have fun as a gang and ss with photo shooting..

Next destination is colmar tropicale where normally also known as french village..The building and gardens outside still standing there as pretty as my first visit...the combination excellent for photo shooting and again we spend most of our time on that since there actually also nothing else to do there...when i step into entrance of village i started to feel weired and whispering to myself: why this time this place is such quite and like a 'dead town' where less then 5 visitor walking around except us and only few shops open..as i remember in my first visit it is quite happening and left a quite good memory in me..anyway, i assumed weekday is d main reason..hehe..

Around 6something, everyone seems tired ( mostly contributed from 'in-sufficient' sleep of exam season..he)..so we decided to have our dinner at a recommended restaurant ( Restaurant 126) in kampung bukit tinggi...the food there meet our expectation and we are also happy with its price..we ordered two vege, a pork, a steamed fish, a claypot tofu, ginger wine mi sua only cost each of us rm10 something..had a great chat after that and back to uni happily ever after..haha

Overall, all satisfied with this trip since most of them never went before..had a great experience and some say this plan better than genting plan^^

Nice view

on the way up to Japanese tea house

Japanese tea house

SS infront of Japanese tea house

In the so called 'waiting room'

bridge at japanese house

Welcome to Japanese tea house

Colmar tropicale

In Colmar tropicale

Building in Colmar tropicale

Restaurant 126

Ginger wine mi sua

'pai kuat'

claypot taufu