BAGAN LALANG & FESTIVAL KRAF & HOKAIDO

BAGAN LALANG - 26 Feb 2010 (FRIDAY & SATURDAY)

I was invited by Ednel to his office's family day in Bagan Lalang, Selangor. You can read all the details in his blog posted here. The added pictures and details I posted below.

LKIM, Camar Laut Bagan Lalang..a nice & clean 2 rooms chalet

The complete basic need of a house are all here...

Each team making a kite..ermm nope the Levi's bag was not one of the materials..

Where is the kite?

Dinner time, the food was quite good...

Exchanging gifts...

Playing charade..Ednel the serious MC..his best friend, Zabil telling his team..its sounded like......

The beach, next day..snap snap before the games begin...

Preparing for the games, the weather was magnificient...

Time to start the show....

One of the exciting games...


Zabil's wife and myself were judges for the sand castle competition

Third place, its was small..too bad they had all the tools...

Second place....I love the ideas but its kinda shoddy work..
The winner..simple but nicely done...who cares, if you do not agree..huhuhu

After the prize giving, relaxing..

The full committee...a sporting bunch irregardless of ranks...

FESTIVAL CRAFT 2010 - 27 FEB 2010 (SATURDAY)

The Family Day activities ended at 2.00pm. Ednel and I went to Taman Melawati to rest at my sister's house. At 4.30pm, all of us went to Karyaneka for the Festival Kraf Malaysia in Jalan Conlay.

Snap snap..

Turning dark again with all the sun bathing...

Nice place to shop...

Ajib decided to join us later..

Funny we did not take pictures at the huge batik stalls

HOKAIDO RESTAURANT- 27 FEB 2010 (SATURDAY)

Tired and hungry...we all went to Hokaido Restaurant near Vistana Hotel to eat.

Too many people, we had to go up to the third floor..

The delicious crabs....

Mantou....

Makan jangan tak makan...

2nd March 2010 - MY 45th.........

Its my birthday again...first I would like to thank Allah for giving me such a wonderful life. No word can describe how thankful I am for giving me the joy of life ... another year with such a colourful journey it has been for me. Everyone have their story to tell, their burden and their sorrow, the ups and downs and so do I. But still here I am, still smiling and still hoping that life will be much better in the future, InsyAllah.Next, I would like to say 'thank you' to all kind people who have sent messages of good will and warm wishes.....From families to friends, new and old..all the person who holds dear to my heart. All of you are the colours of my life who share my joy and pain whether you realised it or not..truth be told, you are all the pillars of my life and for that again my greatest gratitude for being there for me through thick and thin.

Last year, I posted something about my 44th birthday here. I always believed, every cloud has a silver lining...every misery will be blessed with happiness forthcoming...the starting of year 2010 has not been great for me..when things seems to be OK, it stumbled in front of me...taking everything in a blink of an eye... so fast and so furious...no amendments... By going to Bali alone has started a new beginning in my life...the resurrection ..the clarity of what need to be done and thus, I made a vow at the highest cliff in Uluwatu, saying goodbye to what seems to be the bittersweet memories of that certain past.

Now I am smiling again...

Not like this...But I believe him when he said "Your are not properly dress if you face did not wear a smile"..

more to ...like this.

Last but not least, I would like to thank a very special person.. thank you for being here....we are two lost lonely person in the world and we met at the weirdest time of our life...only to realise how special thing can be if we believe in it... Thanks for making my heart smile again and surely making yours too... time will tell, no promise no guarantee no certainty.... but slowly and surely...the beginning of our journey.....

Am swinging now..

Thanks again to all..take care and lots of love

No wise man ever wish to be younger - Jonathan Swift

I am not young enough to know everything - JM Barrie

WEEKEND ACTIVITIES 20-21 FEBRUARY 2010

Saturday. Not much activity to do this week except for Ednel wanting to buy a gift for his upcoming Family Day in Bagan Lalang end of next week. We went to Berjaya Times Square, book our movie tickets for Percy Jackson, the only available time was at 7.00 pm. For lunch, we went to Chee Meng's Chicken Rice in Bukit Bintang, the place we intended to go last week but was closed. This halal restaurant was opened since 1965 and considered one of the best chicken rice in town.

Later we went to Metrojaya, BB where Ed bought the gift there. Still got 3 hours to go before the show, we went to KTV nearby to improve our vocals technique hehe... Went back to BTS and watched Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief. I must say this is a fun movie to watch. For full review, go to Ednel's blog here.

Afterward, we had our dinner at Papa John nearby. Ed went back home to prepare for his journey to Penang tomorrow. He and his family will be attending a wedding there.

I went back home, refreshed myself and drove to Panzer's house in Bandar Putera Mahkota reaching there near midnite. Leo and Amri, Sharul and Wan were there too. We had movies marathon, watching few movies i.e ghost movies, a dance movie and Malay movie not according to that order, I think. I dozed in between movies but I must say Keramat, the Indonesian ghost movie which resembles Blair Witch Project had its scary moments. (read the review here)..Rahtree (Reborn) , a Thai ghost movie with such a confusing tale and Pisau Cukur in which surprisingly is one good movie. Fazura and Maya Karin acted naturally and were fun to watch but I dunno about the ending coz I was unable to watch this movie till the end...peywei lor...

I woke up at 7.30am. Only Sharul and Panzer were there. I was informed Leo, Amri & Wan had just gone back. Sharul and I went back home afterward....

I did not go out that Sunday, staying home watching movies, did a little bit of cooking and was asleep in between the storm...

Two Less Lonely People In The World

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....