FEB OUTING - TANJONG MALIM AND MELAKA

KALUMPANG RETREAT..

It was last Thursday and I was in the office. Tomorrow I will be on leave followed by the CNY long holidays. Since a scheduled meeting was being postponed that day together with the up coming holiday mood, it was a relieved when Is called, telling me that he is going to Tanjong Malim to pick Shah at UPSI and I decided to join in. I applied my half day leave online and then rushed to Is's house in Cheras Perdana afterward. Picked Is and by 1.30 pm we were on our way to Tanjong Malim. Reached Tanjong Malim at 2.30pm, picked Shah and we went to the infamous Yik Mun Restaurant for lunch. Here they served all halal chinese foods and the best of all is off course its delicious 'pau'. There were so many people (non local), mostly Malays stopping by either to eat or take away the delicious 'pau'. I also bought frozen 'kaya pau' for me and 'red bean pau' for Ed. I also bought its Hainan White Coffee sachets to bring home.

It was a hot day... I asked Shah, if there is any nice river to cool us down and he suggested Kalumpang, a nice river with a resort nearby. Even though, I knew quite well, I came unprepared for any other activities i.e only wearing my office attire, I don't mind as long as I had my boxer on. By the way, Shah also had his towel with him for me and Is to borrow.

From Tanjung Malim to Kalumpang took us only 20 minutes. We passed Kalumpang Resort nearby before reaching to our destination, a nicely maintained river open to public...

With my office attire hehe..being adventurous once in awhile...

Ready to go venturing...

A working day, near empty..this place is really, really beautiful..

The serene place...cool and breathtaking..

Time to dip into the cold water..

Refreshing...

There is a deep place to swim too

We explored the place some more

Me swinging, Is trembling hehe..

Nearby, a new resort will be opened in two to three months time..

The waterfall near the resort

We then ventured to the Kalumpang Resort nearby. The resort is neatly done. They have varieties of rooms/chalets and bungalows, even a swimming pool near the river. We even thought of going here again bringing all other friends for this CYN retreat but unfortunately it was fully booked until the end of the week. This resort will off course be in the list of our vacay location later this year...

Is and myself, inspecting the resort..very affordable prices...

The river in the resort

Love the place..

The bungalow behind us is our favourite..

See how it goes.......if it is a done deal...will be here again, God Wiling...

MELAKA RETREAT.

Not much thing to do on Friday. Doing house chores and at night went to Rebung for dinner with Shah, Is and Panzer....Chef Ismail was out by the time I arrived. He was sending Madam Florence somewhere in town but he assigned one of his assistance to make sure we had everything we want...with Chef, we used to hang out together with him here, chatting and did our karaoke together. Later, Is, Shah and Panzer came to my house to watch a tv series which Panzer downloaded from the internet. They left near 4.00 am.

On Saturday, Ednel and I went to Low Yat. I bought a SDRW and a portable hard drive and later had our lunch at Outback Steak House. We then went to watch two movies back to back i.e. True Legends and Wolfman, the later I must say, a movie to watch.

Sunday. Last minute plan to Melaka, only if Sharul gave the thumb up that his parent house in Melaka will be empty that nite. Done, but going there can only be done after midnite. Ed came to my house at 7.30 am, parked his car here and together we went to pick Is and Shah at Is' s house. Together, we went to Cyberjaya and had our dinner at Saba, a famous mid eastern restaurant. This was my second time here and the food is nice and the price affordable. We then went to Panzer's house at Bandar Seri Putra, Nilai to wait for Sharul, Amri and Leo to join us later.

The journey to Melaka started at 1.30 am with my car (Ed driving) and Amri's, stopping at R&R near Seremban. We reached Sharul's house in Bukit Katil near 3.00 am. Near afternoon, our friend, Aie, his son and his friend came and brought us to Melaka town...

First stop, at Klebang for our lunch

Panzer, Aie and his son..

Sharul, myself and Ednel...

Next, Menara Taming Sari...the first Revolving 'Gyro Tower' in Malaysia

Too many people...took pictures only...

The revolving gyro moving up..

Highest peak..

Maybe next time all of us will take the ride ...

Inside Hang Tuah Mall

Ready to be served....

Hang on to that straw.. ermm

The tallest versus the shortest, hehe

Take five for some sweet dessert

Delicious mango, longan whatever its name...

Outside, Hang Tuah Mall

Too short a time to enter the exhibition..

For dinner. Seafood dinner At Pernu Ikan Bakar

Waiting for our food to arrive... lapar deh..

Grill stingray, among others

Can't remember what fish was this, but its yummy..

Waiting for the rest of our food to arrive...

ahhhh..dah abis....

Later, we went back to Sharul's house..By 9.30 pm, Is, Shah, Ed and myself was on our back to KL where Panzer and rest will follow suit a bit later...

For this Melaka trip, I would like to thank Aie and his friend plus his cute son (a big no no to that 'two letter words dear, hehehe) for taking time to come see us and off course to Sharul for 'lending' his parent's house for us to crash that nite...

To the rest of the team mates...cool...planning other place to crash???... Lets....