Taiping, Perak 2013 (Part 1)_Cuti-Cuti Malaysia 太平自游行

We went to Taiping on last August 2013, can you imagine it took me so long to update this travel post ^_^..Anyway, from now onwards, I will update these travel posts from time to time. This picture was taken at Taping Lake Garden.

A half day trip to Bentong 文冬半日游

We just came back from a half day trip from Bentong, since this will be a short post, I decided to immediate post it after the trip. The journey from my place to Bentong is less than 1 & 1/2 hrs..

A trip to Sungai Lembing, Pahang 林明游记 (Cuti-cuti Malaysia)



At first, I was planning to put this post title as "sunrise on bukit Panorama Sg.Lembing" . But we were not lucky enough to view sunrise, because the cloud was too thick, so no choice have to change this post title ^_^. Also give us another excuses to visit this place again. Now I realized that to view sunrise is tougher than to view sunset (we have nice sunset at Tanah Lot Bali). We have to woke up early morning (about 4.30am), climbed up to the hill top took about 45mins, and no guarantee you can have nice sunrise view.
Anyway, the beautiful 云海 (sea of cloud ) and hills scenery up at the hill is worth a visit..
We went here and staying a night during the school holidays recently.

Food_Kota Bharu Kelantan (1)

This morning when I read My Kitchen Snippet's Malaysian Food Fest (MFF) Kelantan Month post, and I realized that we have actually tried few of the dishes and kuih-muih that mentioned in her post. Today I would like to share these two restaurants that mainly serve local Kelantan foods. This plate of rice is Nasi Kerabu with white rice, thinking to try blue rice but I guess at that time it was out of stock.

Pasar Siti Khadijah, Kota Bahru Kelantan

We just came back from Kelantan trip, a very hot trip, no rain at all, all back with good tan body. The first place I would like to share is this interesting market- Pasar Siti Khadijah..

A 3 days 2 nights trip to Penang (Unesco sites and Wall drawings)

Just like to update of what we have eaten and visited for the 3 days 2 nights to Penang (the main purpose was to attend year end countdown party) ..

A day trip to Fraser's Hill

I could not remembered how long my last visit to Fraser's Hill , i think easily 15 years ago. Since my children never been there before, so I brought them to visit this place during last week Raya and school holidays.Also try to escape from the hot and humid weather at my place to this slightly cooling place.The journey from my place to Fraser's Hill took us about 2 and 1/2hours..We were welcome by sizzling rain when we reached at top of this hill.

Cuti-cuti Malaysia, Melaka 2012 (part 2)

This is the last update of my Melaka trip..

Cuti-cuti Malaysia, Melaka 2012 (part 1)

Last week we went for a short trip to Melaka. We did not visit any tourist places since we had visited last time, instead my kids were enjoy in the pool and our main purpose was to hunt for good foods..

Tropical Spice Garden Penang

Beside cari makan (food hunting) in Penang, we also dropped by Tropical Spice Garden, Southeast Asia's One and Only Award-winning Spice Garden..

Penang famous charcoal Char Koay Teow, Jalan Siam Penang

We just back from a makan trip vacation (food hunting trip) where we went up to nothern part of Malaysia, Penang, Taiping and Ipoh..Our first stop was in Penang,,and we listed a long list of Penang famous street foods to try out. Let me first share with you this famous charcoal Char Koay Teow (Stir fried Chinese flat noodles) at Jalan Siam Penang..

Setia Alam Pasar Malam, the longest pasar malam in Malaysia

Yesterday i just realized that the pasar malam (night market) at my place Setia Alam is the longest pasar malam in Malaysia and also included in The Malaysia Book of Records. I grap this opportunity to record down this special moment and share with you..

Attended a Malay Wedding

Just like to share with you few photos taken when I attended a Malay wedding recently.

Extracted from wikipedia-

Bersanding
The bersanding (enthronement) ceremony begins with the groom's procession with friends, relatives, musicians and people waving bunga manggar (palm blossom) to meet the bride. Often various good-humoured attempts are made to waylay or stop the groom from getting to the bride. The main part of the bersanding involves the seating of the bridal couple on a dais and sprinkling them with yellow rice and scented water by family members, relatives and guests as a sign of blessing. Each guest will receive a bunga telur (egg flower), a decorated egg with a fabric flower, as a sign of fertility. The couple are considered royalty for the day, and so various royal customs are performed for them, including musicians playing court music and 'bodyguards' performing a display of pencak silat (traditional Malay martial arts).

performing "Silat" for the groom..



bunga manggar(palm blossom)

Each guest will be given a Bunga telur (egg flower). The egg is cooked with some traditional herbs, something similar to Chinese' s "Car Yeh Tan".

You will be served with some Malay foods and traditional cakes(kueh-muih), one of the dish that I like to eat is Fragrant fried chicken with lemongrass & spices.

This is the sitting area specially set up for groom and bride, with very nice decoration.

see this lovely couple..

Canopy Walk, Forest Research Institue Malaysia FRIM

Brought my kids to Canopy Walk in one of the weekend where this place is just 30mins drive from my house. A 200m long, the canopy walkway was constructed in 1992 for scientific studies of above ground flora and fauna. It was built 30m above ground level.

kids also enjoyed at nearby waterfall

saw a huge Millipede !

You may check here for operating hours and other details...

I-City’s digital lights showcase, Shah Alam

After done with Meeting bloggers, I brought my kids to see this digital lights show at I-City Shah Alam, a latest tourism destination in Shah Alam. This place is very near to my house, only 5 mins drive.


-Dozens of digital maple and pine light trees make for a colourful forest that delights the eyes. I feel myself like in Avatar movie.

-Chinese bamboo trees and red lanterns lending the place a traditional Chinese New Year atmosphere

-Desmond asked me to take a photo for him with this cute panda .

-awesome light view

-Desmond again requesed to take photo with his favourite red colour of Christmas tree

-Take a closer look at this light tree..

- If you are staying nearby, why not bring your kids to this new place, and it is free of charge !!

Read more about I-City here.

And here for the map to I-City digital light showcase.

Must go to beach !! Bagang Lalang beach /Tg.Sepat

My kids keep requesting me to bring them to beach, at first, thinking to book a hotel room in Port Dickson, but all good hotels had been fully booked till end of the year. But kids saying they must go to beach, no choice I bring them to the nearest beach i.e Bagang Lalang beach and Tanjung Sepat for a half day short trip after I saw Cooking Momster's post.

-we stopped by this famous pau stall called Hai Yew Heng to pack their famous "Mui Choy Pau-(preserved vegetables) ".

Hai Yew Heng
405, Jalan Pasar, 42800,
Tg. Sepat, Kuala Langat,
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel : 03-3197 4144 / 012-272 9009
Business hours : 1.00 pm - 6.00 pm. Public holiday start from 10.00 am.



-At the Bagang Lalang beach.

-Lucas was so happy because he managed to catch some baby crabs.

-we also stopped by the nearby "Sepang Goldcoast" showroom to "kepoh" a bit. This is not Australia Goldcoast but Malaysia Goldcoast !!

-If you have million, you may consider to buy a The Golden palm tree water Villa here, but for me, I only can see but no money to buy, hahaha!!! It seem a lot of foreigner placed booking here.

-And we had our late lunch (about 3.30pm) at a seafood restaurant at Tanjung Sepat. We find the food here are just normal, but they have a very nice Sea view.

Ocen Seafood Restaurant
Lot 109, Jalan Laut,
42800 Tanjong Sepat,
Kuala Langat,
Selangor Dahrul Ehsan.
Tel: 603-3197 4443


**next time, I must bring a camping tent, I saw a lot of peoples enjoying camping here.

The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, Georgetown Penang

During my Penang trip, I took the the opportunity to visit one of the heritage site listed in UNESCO, unlike last time we always go to beach when visited Penang.
This time,we choose this Blue mansion to have a visit, this mansion won "2000 UNESCO "Most Excellent" Heritage Conservation Award..You really shouldn't miss this...visit the best ancient Chinese architecture in Penang which about 200 years old..

You need to go on a tour, about an hour, twice a day which covers the "Fengshui" or geomancy aspects of the building. But photography is prohibited unless you stayed in. Luckily my little son Desmond followed through the whole tour for an hour, this is not an easy task for a 5 years old small boy.

I noticed that we were the only local visitor among the foreign visitors, is this due to local peoples don't really appreciate our own heritage ?

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-And you must remember to look up to see all these chinese ceramic shared decorations on roof ridges and gables, they are just awesome..

- Cheong Fatt Tze believed that there shouldn't any "T-junction" or "high building" block in front of their house according to "Feng Shui" concept, that's why he bought this piece of land in front of his house and built these five houses. These five houses currently turned to restaurant serving meals to visitors during their stay in this mansion.

Related website: http://www.cheongfatttzemansion.com/