Holiday Stories Continues

And so continuing from the point where we landed up at Penang International Airport…. if you are still guessing where are we headed to… Aija..IT”S PHULET ISLAND lo !!

There here goes our tickets..

Boring wait at the airport..

Boarding the plane....

And up up up we go…… bye Penang .. 

Here comes muffins and grape juice (not bad Firefly’s service… )

After bout an hour in the air…. down down down we go

HELLO PHUKET.. (not much of friendly smiles from the officers at the aiport )

Anyway… what a feeling to finally reach our long-awaited holiday destination. Our hotel was about and hour and a half drive from the aiport.

There here is our Hotel. Upon our arrival we were greeted by a sweet Thai hotel staff. She asked our name and immediately summon a bell boy to get our luggage (we only had one black luggage). And then ushered us to the tram to the check-in lobby. When we reached the check in lobby we saw many ang-mo(s) carrying their own luggages but we did not have to. I felt weird.. Then at the check in counter many guest were waiting  in the sitting area but we were ushered to the front desk. Once again at the mention of Lionel Lim’s name… we were ushered to another desk which has the sign “Hilton honors”..They served us with guava juice and prepared cold towels. What a treat!  We had a quick check in and after all was done the staff handed us a card asking us to fill it up since we are returning guests… SHOCK!! I’ve never stayed in Hilton, How Could I Be A Returning Guest even??????

Looking at the details of the card we found out they made a mistake. Lionel Lim’s name was mistaken for another Lionel Lim residing in Singapore who owns a Hilton Club Membership. Now it clicks.. That’s why we were treated so royally from the start. Anyway the cool thing is that the staff told us, it’s ok, it was their mistake but the service they intend to provide will still go on for us..

So can you imagine paying a cheap package offered by Firefly but able to stay in a super high class room with superb view. And cleaners cleaning your room 3 times a day. Even our room door, bed and toilet was decorated with orchid flowers. Lovely.

 

Here’s our room… Room 306.. notice the big toilet and the toiletries’ brand.. CRABTREE & EVELYN!!. the toilet papers were rolled into that fan shape evryday and the hand towel folded into that cute little Dumbo evryday too..

The sun was scorching hot… the monsoon ended two days before we came. So with light shirts, shorts and cool shades, we walked out of the hotel grounds on Karon streets to rent a bike. We got one for a good deal of RM 30 for 2 days. With a Suzuki automtatic scooter we decided to tour the whole town of Karon. First stop was lunch at a boutique hote by the beach. I particularly love the ambience anchitecture beauty of each boutique hotel. It’s unique each in its own way.

Lunch is over.. what else???? GUESS?? shopping la…. here comes a long list of souvenirs for a long list of people back home. hahaha.. so we got all of it at Karon that day. Welcome to Karon’s Town and sunset view and Karon’s beach.

Dinner at Karon, we decided to go for the locals. Pancake. RotiCanai pastry with toppings and filling. Interesting blend.

By that time of the day, it really felt we were bout to crash due to exhaustion from a WHOLE day of travelling. Back at the hotel we took a nice hot bubble bath, drank coffee, ate chips, watch TV and zzzz.

Arise and Shine…I was looking forward to our buffet breakfast. Eager to taste what a 7 star hotel buffet breakfast would be.. And i was indeed pleasantly surprised…. A BREAKFAST BY THE POOL… Awesome.. with a high canvas roof over our heads to keep direct sun.. we got enough sun to warm the cool morning surrounded by the sounds and sight of blue waters and a man made waterfall. The food was luxurious. LITERALLY an INTERNATIONAL buffet. There was large and variety selection of pastries, buns, cakes, cheese, hams, cereals with all kinds of nuts (including cashew nuts), thai dishes, western dishes, oriental dishes, Malaysian dishes (pau, wan tan), korean dishes, SUSHI, etc….. etc….. etc.. Oh and also 5 selections of juices excluding coffee and tea. We at so full we skipped lunch that day.

Well here we are on the second day at Phuket. Second day took us to the town of Patong (the town that got hit badly during the tsunami). Patong has a flat landscape compared to Karon which actually made it vulnarable during the tsunami. We shopped and rode through the streets of Patong. Beautiful archituring. Nice long beaches. Interestingly though they were badly hit due to the tsunami, the town actually bloom back almost overnight. Not forgetting, we also spend sometime soaking in the sun on Patong’s beach and enjoying the clear waters of Patong waters. Wonderful experience.

We did not stay long at Patong. By mid day we headed back to our resort for a good swim at the pool. As we were laying on the pool chairs we were served with juicy dragon fruits and watermelons.

Evening came another beautiful sunset….

Tonight we decided to visit Kata Town. Kata beach was more rocky and doesn’t really have long beaches. It was Our last night here at Phuket so we decided to go for a romantic beach seafood dinner. We rode and rode and stumble upon Mom Tri’s Kitchen-Fine Dining by the beach. As we step inside the building it was as if we were stepping into Wonderland. Lush gardens build on different tiers, nice round steps leading the way down to the restaurant. Fountains surrounded the place creating a calming effect. The whole place was litted with huge lanterns hanging from the trees. finally we heard the music of the piano. Located deep in the garden, was the little restaurant that stretched out ABOVE the sea. Build on rocks, the whole place was magical. It was like a dream come true. As we ate we could hear and see the waves hitting the rocks.

 

 

Since it was suppose to be a fine dinner for us.. we ordered the most expensive dish on the menu (this is another first time experience). We had SEAFOOD PLATTER for two. The meal began with starters of bread, bread sticks, tortillas and baked aubergine with cheese. A plate of fresh green salad…Then comes the big bang of … mussels, white prawns, tiger, prawns, huge lobsters, and a whole white Garupa. Later we were served with Strawberry Fondue for deserts.. Exquisite dining. Great service. How much better a dinner could I ever asked for.

We rode the bike one last time through Kata and Karon stopping on the fly at one shop cos I spotted a beutiful skirt. LOL.. Yup I got my favourite souvenir on the last day the last stroll through town. Back again at our room. We opened and all the gifts and souvenirs we bought and started figuring out how are we to pack them into one Black Luggage.

That Night I slept peacefull, with deep gratitude for God’s blessing ONCE AGAIN. A wonderful gift from God.

Bye PHUKET

  

counting my blessings and naming it one by one

My Week-Long Holiday

Mon – Tues:

For the first time we are going to leave our little home unattended for so long. It was still dark when we left our home. I felt my heart skipping away into that happy holiday mood. I love the coolness of that morning. We drove and drove and at around 9 am we reached our first destination of our Holidays; BIDOR!!!! Hometown of my darl. We were suppose to meet our college mates here who were also on a college field trip, but since we arrived earlier, Lionel drove to his aunty’s noodle shop. WAH a plate of noodles with curry sauce, with lots of liu and 2 cups of drinks only costs us less than RM 4. Cant believe!!! KL RM 4 can only fill a quart of your tummy! We strolled the small town for a while longer. A nostalgic feeling, laid back mood could be sensed throughout the town.

Then the VANS arrived. The bunch of BCM-ers finally touched down on Bidor. And they were ready to devour all the food they could. MUAhahahaha.. DUCK NOODLES was the first to be devoured. Many duck’s drumsticks were cruely chopped off to feed these mouths from KL. ……………………………………………………………………….it was a pity DELICIOUS!!

After consuming ducks, the whole bunch of us moved on to destination 2: KAMPAR! Driving along the crowded streets of people cycling, riding bikes without helmet and big old Hup Seng Buses roaring away, one of our friends spotted our next food stop. The ice kacang shop. Wahlau… at the entrance of the shop was a sign “buy 10 free 1″ back in KL even with the offer of buy 1 free 1, people will still walk away. But I am really wondering what’s with Kamparians that they can confidently put a buy 10 free 1 sign. Either the food is really good or people there love contributing to the economy even if they only get back minimal rewards. Anyway back to the ice-kacang eating frenzy… it was indeed a cold frenzy.. We ordered almost every type we can find on the menu. And we did receive the buy 10 free 1 offer.. LOL

 

Eating did not ceased after ice-kacang.. we went on snacking on anything we see sold along our way. Too much I forgot what i ate even. Look at all the hungry posers

 

Good thing we took a break from food and headed to more nature activities. Waterfall was it..! lovely refreshing and good de-stressin. The guys went crazy, the girls were kept cool. haha. Great fun time and crazy time skipping stones. Some of us could skip a good 4 times while many of the rest just sanked the stone.

    

This is the I LOVE NATURE GIRL……. and her recruits

   

The good part is at least we are not gluttons always..though we may sound like a bunch of them… Our next stop was not about food anymore..It was truly an experience for all of us and it was an interesting one. We visited a drug rehab centre known as the Vineyard Keepers. Visiting Rehab centres always sounds so uncool especially for a holiday stop over. I felt that way…. but wait a minute.. the moment we drove in the drive way of the centre.. It was like in somekind of recreational centre more than a drug rehab centre. SERIOUS.. DEAD SERIOUS… it is a beautiful place.. The rehabilated druggies literally did beautiful wall carvings on almost everywall. The most beautiful part was the chapel. It looked like a cathedral. Angels singing, playing musical instruments, bible story characters we all carved and painted carefully on the walls. The most painstaking art was carving scripture verses. Every alphabet was carved beautifully in celtic fonts ALL OVER THE WALLS.

The centre owns a massive plot of land which allow them to have a fully equipped gym with full sets of weights and sand bags. They have several courts for sports, a huge football fields a farm of cows goats and sheeps. They reared a kennel of huge K9 Dogs. Foxes, monkeys, birds fishes was all part of their animal family. Another section of their land was  alocated for a gorgeous orchard of flowers, plants, fruit trees and vegetation.

When that little excursion was done… we were all set back on FOOD.. food and more food.. It’ll make you feel blotted if I would to blog the details of the food we had.. So I better not spoil your apetite.. My advice is: Go to ipoh and experience the food yourself and BLOG bout it.

Alas we can finally take our shower and bunk in for the night. We all bunk in Emanuel Church, Ipoh like sardines in a can. We girls were shivering through the night in a small air-con room, with hardly any blanket to cover and woke up with sore backs and sore necks from sleeping on the hard floor with only our bags or stack of clothes as pillows.

Here we go gila-gila-siao-siao-pose-pose and SNAP SNAP in the main sanctuary :P

 

   

But morning breakfast was comforting to our aches and sprains. Good chee-cheong-fun with the famous mushroom souce. YOU CAN’T get this kind in KL! Look at the toast bread ….. topped with the irresistable mouth watering perfectly done half boiled eggs. Look at the yoke… imagine in seeping through your taste buds as you munch on the freshly toasted bread. YUMMY YUMMY YUM YUM.. I WANT IT NOW!!!!!

Here is a Travel Tip when visiting IPOH.. YOU MUST STOP BY THIS SHOP… (Yee Hup)

Here’s where you can get fresh from the oven Hiong Peng and other chinese homemade Biscuits. This is the shop most famous in all Ipoh. They have several branches all over Ipoh but this particular shop we went is the want where the biscuits are baked then supplied to the branches.. So you guarantee get the freshest of the freshest. After that food shopping we stop for coffee and tea at a mamak. This was our last destination with the gang at Ipoh. The gang would continue into the cave of Gua Tempurung, attempting to finished still in one clean piece. While my hun and me would continue up north to Penang.

The journey to Penang seem to me like a blink of the eye and .. BINGO we reached.. well maybe is because I slept all the way til Penang Bridge. Woke up just in time to take pictures of the Bridge. From the bridge Penang looked like a serene lively harbour city. We headed to Gelugor to USM to meet my bestfriend but the hardworking friend of my was still in lectures so she told me to shop from 12 pm to 6pm then only return to USM. She suggested me to shop at queensbay mall. Shopping.. hmm sounds good for a KL-lite. So we made our way to queensbay. Not familiar with the roads on the island we traveled almost half of Penang to get to the mall which was only like 10 mins away from where we started off. We hit one wrong road after another that’s how we ended up exploring half of the island before finally reaching the mall. The mall is HUGE-MONG-GOUS…. You’ll probably shop til you drop and faint… Dun ever attempt shopping at that mall for so many hours with your Boyfriends.. They will forever be traumatizzzzed.

Anyway, after that long hour shopping, I finally got to meet my dear Eang Bee. We talked alot as usual… it was a good thing her boyfriend was able to join us too.They were a good host. They brought us round Penang town and continue to feed our glutonny. We bunk at his apartment that night. Apparently that night at the apartment i pulled a muscle in my neck. Well many of you may not know that I have weak neck muscles since 14 years old. Due to that I was always advice not to strain my neck and to stay away from active sports. But as you know the way I play my games, no one will think my neck is not suited for any of those sports. Okay so I pulled my neck and it was really bad I could hardly move my neck. I could not even sit down. Almost any slight pressure on my neck in almost any position sent sharp pain from my lower neck to the back of my head. It was really a downer..

Thankfully my caring darl, bought yoko-yoko from a 7-11 store and I pop in a good dose of Postan, lay flat on my back and decide to just sleep off. My darl said a prayer and all i could remember after that was a good tight sleep with my darl beside me through the night.
Wed:

The traffic noice from the streets below woke us up. I sat up, turned and stretched my neck a little here and there … and…. Thank God! It was so much better. Just a little sore stil but no more sharp pains. So I applied more Yoko-yoko and off for breakfast. Eang bee and Abe brought us for Pan Mee and Nasi Lemak. ooooo The Nasi Lemak is so  so much nicer than what we get at Kanna.. LOL…

It was quite a rush breakfast because we had to beat the morning traffic and get to the Penang International Airport for our next Holiday destination.

So zoom zoom we went within minutes we were at the huge automatic glass door of Penang International Airport’s arrival entrace. We bid our dear friends bye… and off they went with our car. They would be babysitting our car for the next 3 days. What a Lovely and fun couple they were…. I wish my best friend all the best.. It’s really fun to hang out with your best friend that had been with you since primary til secondary school days. And the double joy is to be able to share our lives and fun with two added love of our life. What a journey together.

Walking through the airport we check in our single black luggage, got our tickets and chilled at Mc D with a cup of hot tea.

YOU MAY BE NOW WONDERING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR NEXT HOLIDAY DESTINATION…

GUESS WHAT…… YOU WILL SOON READ ABOUT IT MORE

IN MY NEXT POST….

……………..to be continued

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Youth Camp 2009

I’ll walk you through the story with pictures…

Sounds interesting???

 

Ok it was a 4 days 3 nights camp at Dusun Eco, Bt. Tinggi.

Well to me the venue was really “back to nature” especially for the toilets.. they really almost reached the “back to nature standard” LOL.. not complaining but YES there’s a froggie in the toilet, big black lizards (they jump), snails, lots of insects and erm…. a huge long milipede – ok non of these creatures are deadly, so that’s good but they are FREAKY. Especially if you have to bath with them or brush your teeth with them. Adding to the company is the freezing cold mountain water that could send chills up your spines…

OK I HOPE I SCARED YOU!!!! WAHHAHAHAHAH evil laughs…….

Upon reaching the foothill of the campsite, we were FORCED to climb and work our butt muscles up to the campsite. Thank God the luggages were transported by a jeep. I wish i was part of the luggages.

Ok so yee hah…. here we go up and up the hill… (please forgive the poser in the third picture)

Alright we all reached up safely with some muscles tonned.. hopefully! And after a short brief we had games (GAMES THAT HURT OUR BUTTS EVEN MORE!!!!!) what!!!????? is this a boot butt camp???

 come on SPLIT!!!!

   Oh Boy! More POSERS!!

YEAP!!! THAT IS A SPLIIIIT!!

But however those amazing splitters did not win the game. My team led by MR. CHRIS CHIN of Team Roti Ikan WON!!

We may not be able to split our legs but our brain and strategy power made it!!! SORRY I’M BRAGGIN….

 

This is the game that burned our butts!! Burned because we had to move from one end of the scorching cement floor to the other end on our BUTTS!! ouch ouch.. I feel the pain and the muscles cramps so badly I decided one picture of this game ordeal is more than enough for anyone to picture the scenario 20 mortal humans had to endure.

LOOK AT THEIR EXPRESSIONS!!! Poor thing

 

NEXT NEXT  Please…. Ahh.. yes LEGS.. LEGS.. beautiful legs.. look at my team parading their legs. And look at that “ON YOUR MARKS” pose…. SWEET.. look look at how they speed away together as a team of bread and fishes…… lol

 

 

 

By the pool alone…. then God saw that it was not good for the woman to be alone so he sent… ADAM  LIONEL!!!

 

And God Multiplied filled the waters of the pool with……..

 

Throughout the camps activities and games were competed between 3 teams. The Faith Team, The Flame of the Bush Team and TEAM Roti Ikan (MY TEAM!!).

We had to compete in a cheer, a skit and games. For the cheer we had to do it 3 times and the the revised version of our unconventional team won First Placing. As for the skit, my team we did a modern day Jonah skit. I have to SALUTE my team mates. They were astoundingly amazing in the skit. It was like they perfectly suited the characters of the skit. It was hilarious, yet the message was clear. I have done this exact skit with other groups from other places but i must admit Roti Ikan was the best team i worked with!!! HURRAY guys!!

Please welcome the Roti Ikan TEAM!!

 

MS. Daredevil …..

I did the hanging bridge, flying fox and a rainy jungle trekkin……. i still came out alive and well!

See the sun glass??? hahaha it is so that no one will know if I closed my eyes or not, as long as i keep SMILING! lol

 

Not forgetting the God-sent VIP of the camp. Rev. Chris Pak!

He’s so sensitive to the needs of the teens. I admired his teaching and the way he connected and reached out to a generation that is like so apart from his. Well at the end of the camp, the teens were like his buddies. Oh yeah, he did the flying fox too!!

 

Okay!!! There’s alot more of the camp… but due to time I have to keep it short and sweet….

Go Sword Squad!!

 

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What Were My Holidays Like?

Okay…. This is how the holiday started..

The first week went by like this:~

DAY 1&2

UPHILL… Naik Bukit Genting With BCM Gals just for one night…. we ate, played, prayed, ate more, watch wayang, bump each other, and **cuddle** in one room.

 

DAY 3

Leon came back from Spore by plane..after Lionel fetch him and his female fren, Ai Min from air port, they came to my house to pick me up for a whole day of outing…. PHEW!! actually it was an outing to satisfy Leon and his singaporian friend’s food craving. Thank God I live in Msia… Yumm Yumm!

So first stop was Dim Sum.. Leon Paid.. whoo-hoo… Second was KFC @ Curve, then back to Kota Kemuning for homecook dinner… supper was with BCM fellas, Danny, Victor Lee and Girlfren, Jon Koo, Lionel, Me, Leon and Ai Min.

Day 4

Mid val with Ps. Ooi Lin’s family til lunch den headed to Leon’s dentist for his surgery, but good for him, the surgery was not done and it was postponed again. So headed off to Tesco for shopping with the whole family…. shop till you drop…..good thing none off us drop..LOL…

well.. oh ya.. that night we had a show “run fat boy run”… Aft that lionel, leon and ai min slept over at my house so that the next day we did not have to wake up so early to visit Miracle (Leon’s Kai Lui) at Sg. Long.

Day 5

Miracle House… see miracle… den Went to Klang to pick stuffs up …….

Dinner was great!!!! we went for Korean Barbeque with Painted Picture Band and then went over to one of the band member’s house to play Nintendo V.. wakakkakakaka cool… we played boxing, golf and tennis.. it was fun to see the silly expressions of everyone.

 tap-tap-tap with Leon’s IPhone

 Korean Barbecue~Look at the Meat… YUM YUM

 Virtual Boxing with Lionel on Nintendo

Then came the weekend back to church and work……

SUNDAY.. ARGHHH WOKE UP WITH A RED EYE on the right eye… sighs down with sore eye……

Week two was stressful yet the happenings in the week did bring some relief :~

Monday I tried to get enough rest for the family dinner in the evening but eyes did not really cooperate much.. it watered and watered….

Wednesday was the day we went to Cyberview Lodge to check out the place….YEAH!! finally prayer answered. He provided us an award winning garden… Truly he gives and takes away all for a better plan!! 

Thursday, shopping for dresses with the Kay Renn, Yuli, Wai Chi, and Eang Bee…..YEAH YEAH!! Double blessing cos’ now I don’t have to worry about their dresses! Another Big Relief

ooooh but Friday came and eyes hurt even more. Went to doc again for a change of medication cos’ the first medication did not seem to work very well.. sighs..

Saturday, woke up.. *gasp*GOSH. BOTH EYES were red.. the virus must have spread in the night to the left eye.

And Sunday came, swollen, extremely painful and teary. My already small eyes looked even smaller now. NO!!! Then after the service, one of my member who also had sore eyes said he dripped the eye drop every hour and it helped his eyes clear faster. So I decided to be my own doc and started dripping the drops every hour …… GUESS WHAT!!!???

I could sit up the whole afternoon and finisg my assignment without the slightest pain or teary eyes. And best of all the swelling went down, pain got tremendously lesser, and my eyes came back to its normal size..

 

How would I evaluate the holidays????!!????!!

 It was everything but DULL

Yup Thats Bout It!!

Pangkor Island Holiday (Part 1 & 2)

 Day 1:

We started our journey after a quick lunch and headed down from KL to Teluk Intan. We stayed there for one night at one of my former church member’s semi-D house. She hasn’t really shifted in yet, so our company opened ceremony for her new house. We really did WARMED the house with our presence of 23 adults and 6 kids!!! By the time we reached Teluk Intan we were really a bunch of HUNGRY people and gratefully we were treated to a wonderdul dinner at RIVERVIEW SEAFOOD

RESTAURANT. REALLY yummy yummy yummy food.

Ps. Rachel Kala (right) together with my mom and dad

Together with us was our member’s Pastor,

Pastor Rachel Kala. She pastors Faith Assembly (AG) at Teluk Intan. After dinner we headed to Faith Assembly for a visit then it was supper at Teluk Intan’s famous chee cheong fun shop. There was so many of us and the shop was rather cramp, we literaly filled up the seats in that shop.

chee cheong fun shop

Then we headed back for alittle more chit chats and then snores…… 

Day 2:

It was 7am almost everyone was awake. All was trying to get to use the toilet first. I pushed myself up from bed got dressed and then when for a good morning walk and devotion with Lionel, around the housing garden. The area was cool and serene. The air was fresh because the housing garden is surrounded with green trees, jungle, oil palms…….

Once we got back from our morning walk, everyone was now ready for breakfast. We drove to the town’s open food court and had breakfast that were good and CHEAP.

St. Anthony School

Imagine a bowl of curry noodle only costs RM 2:20. Lionel and me shared a bowl of Kuey Teow soup, curry mee, yong tau foo and a few spoon of nasi lemak. How nice if PJ food were this cheap today.

After breakfast we visited the St. Anthony school to watch my church member’s husband’s brass band group play. The missionary school architecture was nice. I always admired missionary school architectures. The high doors, the arches… they are just great. And the unique thing about this school is that the motto of this school is “charity without hypocrisy”

 

Our next stop was the famous leaning tower of Teluk Intan @ Teluk Anson.

Menara Condong

We even got the opportunity to walk inside the tower. There is about 3 stories accessible to the public, the rest was closed off. But we did get to see the interior of it, walk out to the balcony at each leval, admire the wood structure of the tower… according to history, the tower was made to store water. However due to the soft foundation the tower was built on, the pagoda structure tilted.

Gate to the towerThe water tank built within the Tower's structure

A view from the top of the Tower's balconyIntricate wood structure seen inside the tower

 

Just next to the Menara Condong, was Kompleks Menara Condong. In there was a shop with local antiques. Things like, the old school cameras which were used when my parents were kids, sports trophies of their time, weighing scales (dacing), magazines, calendars, mugs, typewritters, fan etc…..

And as city sleakers, we cannot miss our shopping. We headed next to a small shopping mall nearby the leaning tower. It’s no match to our huge midvalleys and pavillon. But I managed to get Lionel a nice pair of leather boots as his Birthday gift for only RM 49 and I got myself a brown heels for RM 27… What a treat!!! 

Close to noon, we left Teluk Intan for Lumut. There were quite interesting sights on the way to Lumut. At one point of the journey we passed by huge vast paddy fields on both side of the roads. And there were Stalks in the paddy fields too. Then the scene changes to acres of oil palm plantations. Later we passed by the coconut tree plantation. We don’t get to see these along our city streets. LOL….

Finally here we are at Lumut Jetty. A good break for a short Photo Taking Session.

 

 

 

 

  

   

 

Not very long after that we borded a bright yellow ferry. I slept all the way til we crossed over to Pangkor Island. The weather then was gloomy with light rain. It had rained heavier a couple of hours before so the roads were muddly and puddles were everywhere. We got a taxi to taxi us to Vikri Huts Resort. Located just opposite the beach, our lodging was a comfortable kampung house chalets with private patio for each hut, fully furnished with water heaters in the toilets and tiled floorings. The place is comfortable and economical. The journey was quite exhausting which made me ate quite little during lunch.

Lunch was over, we settled down in our rooms. Right after that our intinary for the day at the island began. We went for an island tour in two taxis….. It was drizzling lightly as we started off.

We look at giants posing at the mini Great Wall of China

We visited Nipah Bay, satay fish factory,

 

 

a Dutch fort and a Chinese Temple where we got a chance to see huge Koi fishes, 4ft  Apiranas and some other species that were big but i forgot their names. There were also a part at the Temple where big Turtles were reared. One of the attractions of the Temple was the exact miniature structure

Giant Turtles

 

of the Great wall of China, built along the slopes of the Temple. By that time the rain was staring to pour heavier. 

Dutch Fort

As we toured on round the island we passed a small airstrip, beaches, fishing areas, rocky beaches, boat making factory and finally we landed up at Pangkor main town. That was the end of our island tour.

 

 

 

 

 

All I wanted after the wet tour was a warm shower….

The very good thing about mealtimes was that it was all homecooked dishes with fresh from the sea seafood….. Yummy!!!

After dinner we all sat down to fellowship, and later chilled at the beach for awhile before supper was served. And day 2 ended.

Day 3:

6 am I pulled myself out of bed. The temperature in the room was cold…I washed up quickly grabbed my shawl and went out to meet Lionel. We decided to bike over to the other side of the island to watch the sunrise. it was really a cold windy ride. The sky was dark still. As we rode on it started to brighten. Just as we reched the spot…. The view was awesome!!!!.. The sea was calm serene, boats were chugging out to sea. Sea gulls, eagles and hornbills were flying above the beautiful scenery. The waves lapped gently on the rocks by the beach. Then the sun started to peak over the horizon and as it rises, we could see the rays shining over the sea, and the colors of the sky around the rising sky was like some work of art. Truly that morning was like watching God working on his art. It was beautiful. And even more amazing to know that God does this every day – Perfectly!

Later after breakfast we headed in a speedboat for an insland hopping. Scenery was great. The weather was a blessing. Sunny warm and the sea was calm and crystal clear. Sea creatures could be seen right from the boat itself. We had the opportunity to snorkel and see some really nice sea fishes, corals and other sea creatures.

After a good day of sun sea and sand, we headed back to our lodging huts for lunch and some rests.

I was tired out by then and a quick nap did me a whole lot of good. By mid afternoon, some of us when on bike and rode round the island and got to the town for some shopping. I got myself hand accesories, a wrap-around-skirt for only RM 9 and a wrap-around-shorts.

I looked forward for that evening’s meal. IT WAS BARBEQUE DINNER!!! after a long day, it was nice to have a barbeque. The weather was lovely that evening and food was sumptious!!

Day4:

After hearing my news about the sunrise the day before, today the entire group set out to watch the sunrise. The weather wasn’t as clear as the day before but we enjoyed too. After our last meal on the island we played a game of volley ball. There was lots of laughter and sweat even minor bruises…LOL…

Since it was our last day…. we just had to go back to the beach for one final deep, splash and tan……

Then it was time for pack up before heading to the jetty. Standing at the jetty awaiting the ferry, I missed the island. It was time to say goodbye to one good holiday which I haven’t had since a long while. I stood there letting my thoughts run through the few days we had on the island and deep inside me I thanked God for all this good blessing He gave.

When the ferry arrived, we were glad to see that it has an open deck where you could stand up there and watch the island passed as we headed back for mainland. It was lovely with the wind blowing and the smell of the sea breeze and the familiar sights of the island…… i missed the holiday….

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For more photos click the link below:

Pangkor Island album

I’m Back!!

I’m Back from my four days and 3 nights holiday at Teluk Intan and Pangkor Island.

It was AWESOME!!!!! *shouts*

I love the weather the scenery, the tranquil sights and scenes, the sun, sea, sand.. I just loved it!!

Well I really got a good unwinding for the year.

Dear readers, I will blog about it the next post. In FULL DETAIL with THE PICTURES.

STAY WITH ME TILL THEN!!

chaoz!

High Touch

This is my third annual camp ever since I set foot at the Bible College of Malaysia. And the second time being part of the camp committee. The camp committee basically plans everything from the lodgings to the preparation to the gifts and etc etc etc. Throughout the 2 months of planning and preparation there were alot of things learnt from each other as committee members. We made mistakes, we slacked in certain of the jobs assigned, there were miscommunications, and headache moments when making arrangements for the roomings. Well, but after its all over, I would say we did made quite a team. Maybe not exactly being able to fulfill each of our roles perfectly as assigned but rather helping anc making it up for each other and in the end the camp turn out to be a rather successful one.

I believe that the camp speaker, Ps. Julie Khoo has in many ways impacted and touch our lives and refresh many hearts all through that 3 days at Elsanctuary, Melaka. Her message were not stereotyped camp sermons but rather she really had in mind the Bible College students, staffs and faculty and preached on subjects that convicted us, and also encourages us to continue serving God faithfully. I personally was very touch and encouraged. The week and even months before this camp there has been so much going with assignments and other church work, for me and many others, hence this camp was really really refreshing like water being poured on parched land.

The venue that we choose this year was one close to mother nature, where chalets will built on slopes amongst the rubber trees and greenery. Away from the city traffic and brick walls, the atmosphere there was green, fresh, natural, and serene. Run by a family, this retreat campsite was built with much effort and I would give credits for the way it is well maintained. Oh not forgetting the food there-its just mouth watering, and you will surely look forward to the next meal. The meals are fusion of local, chinese and western. Part of the family that does the cooking were formally chefs at the J.W Marriot Hotel and also cooks in their very own restaurant chains. So thats why sure YUMMY YUMMY lah.

On the second night of the camp, a group of 13 students decided to do a night jungle trek. After much persuading between the camp advisor, Ps. Florence, we were reluctantly ‘blessed’ to proceed with our mini adventure. WIth much prayers by our dear Ps. Florence  the 13 of us managed to finish the trail, crossed one muddy river and a mud pool full of leaches, unharmed. hee heee….

For more, click BCM Camp 2008 Photos

It has been such an experience for us as camp commitees, that we took the that as a chance to pamper ourselves to a mini delicious celebration at T.G.I Fridays!!!!!!

For more, click T.G.I. Fridays Lunch Photos

Great!!!

BCM camp is finally over!!!!

A GREAT CAMP

WITH GREAT COMMITEES TO WORK WITH

AND DEFINATELY AN AWESOME “HIGH TOUGH” FROM GOD!!!!

with my bunch of crazy pals, there was lots and lots of

eating

fun

shoulder rubbing

chat n chat n chat and keep chattin

craziness and dumbness

etc. etc.

ALRIGHT camp is well OVER!!!

is back to BCM, “the place that I love”

Another trimester to “enjoy”

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and now is BACK TO BCM……

oh well 2 weeks has just a passed since classes began………

so much for now…. will keep u updated!!!

 

The Flying Factor

Yesterday I spent an awesome time up in the cool mountains of genting highlands.

Genting Highlands, rightly called the ‘City of Entertainment’ is a commercial place but definitely worth a visit. The locals call it the Las Vegas of Malaysia, it’s does not really live up to the name, but yes, it’s the only place where gambling is legal. Perched 1800 m above sea level, Genting boasts of some awesome rides in their outdoor and indoor theme park. As we moved higher up the hill, it got really cold and misty. The road leading to Genting is scenic with lush rain forest on either side but mostly it was covered by the thick fog and mist which makes visiblity leval decline to almost only a few metres.

Okay the whole thing about this post is Mainly to describe my palm sweating, freaky and an adrenaline-pumping-to-the-max experience, i had when I made that decision to cage myself horizontally in mid-air and go plunging down, turning cockscrews, swinging round the bend in mid air-”HORIZONTALLY” in what they call it the FLYING COASTER

How did i get myself to do it???? HOW?? Well this is how. I have a boyfriend who loves thrills dumbly. Why i say dumbly because he would not rationalize before getting on the ride, NO MATTER HOW FREAKY IT IS. He would just enthusiastically, excitedly get on a thrill ride and PLUNGE. And it is after he has plunged then only his mind will go ” Oh God why did i Do this??” but as we know is too late by then.. So there he goes… screaming and shouting and yelling out of fear, shock, excitement, fun and everything you can mention. [taking deep breaths] i just find that part of my boyfriend adorable and weird. Well okay with that brief intro about that boyfriend of mine, so with him so implusive about going onto that Flying Coaster, he managed to influenced me up that ride too. I am usually not this type. I would watch people take the ride, analyze the danger, the risk, stand there watching a little longer to try get over the fear but usually end up walking away contented and happy with no regrets of not getting up the thrill rides. 

Anyway so here am I on the metal platform, the attendent ushered us hastily in to the seats made where we will be lying on our tummies with a cage covering. Within seconds, we were lifted slowly up a spiral thingy till we were many many stories above the ground. On that slow ascend up the spiral track, i told my boyfriend, “ok i really regret doing this……..” then we stopped right at the top on a platform. Oh my God. I could see myself hanging lying down in midair. I saw all the curvy tracks below me, the people below looked so small, It was really really FREAKY. I wanted to scream and shout for them to lower me back down. But before i could utter a word………………..ARHHHHHHHHHHH i was plunging down at highspeed, face first.. and okay there’s no turning back.. I was going round and plunging and tossed every degrees till i din know whether i’m upside down or upright. Every thing was so fast that i could not scream in anyway. I felt my voice got sucked into my tummy and my face was pushed to the front to face the whole terror. And guess what, my boyfriend was screaming all the way through.. not because he was afraid.. it was just that the ride thrilled him to the max. I bet he was so caught up with that thrill he would not even know if his protective cage was off. Well half way that ride, he turned to me and said “shout something baby”.. I wanted to tell him “its CRAZY….” but i was unable to explain to him what was in my mind….so i just kept silent and spinned with all his screaming going on…..

Phew Phew.. finally it was over!!!!.. The moment I stepped on solid ground. I have to say after that first time freakiness is overcomed, I actually think it was FUN!!! I would not mind going up again for round 2!!!!

Here’s some info about the FLYING COASTER:-

‘Flying Coaster’, a hang-gliding roller coaster with Swoops, twisters and zooms round turns and drops! With the Flying Coaster, you’ll ‘fly’ with a totally unobstructed view of Genting and its beautiful scenery. Although there is no time to enjoy that, it’s moving and turning around so fast. If I’m not wrong, the ride lifts the flyer to a height of 20 meters and releases the flyer to a hang gliding flying experience over 391 meters [rough guess only] of the track length, with a maximum speed of 25 mph.[a guess from my own experience]. Four people fly together side by side, so everyone is on the front seat. I didn’t know what was coming, but it was lot of fun and thrilling experience. So JUST DO IT IF YOU HAVE TO!!

Flying horizontally ! It's Crazy !!