Pulau Mutiara

For Pitis' wedding, we opted to stay in Penang instead of Sg. Petani mainly coz there are more things to do, places to go in Penang during our 2-night stay. Mintak maap ye org2 Sg. Petani ;)

Stayed in the relatively new Naza Talyya Hotel in Tg. Bungah and gotta say, it's quite nice for the cheap rate that we got. The breakfast buffet was definitely better than Porto Malai's - stuffed myself with a gazillion hash browns (what? I love hash brown, deal with it).

View from our balcony

Breakfast by the beach

Each morning, we'd have our breakfast then go for long walks by the beach - my favourite. I could just live like this mannn...someone gimme a beach house plssss? Tengah hari, drove to Sg. Petani for Pitis' Akad Nikah and the next day, Reception.

Malam, went to Batu Feringhi to buy some "souvenirs" (DVD murah lerrr hehe) but too bad 'line tak clear' that night, so all suppliers either tutup kedai or ventured into their second businesses selling legal items; magnets, crystal bracelets, art crafts, etc. The rest of the night we just lepak mamak, makan, borak and were later joined by the rest of the girls. Drove by Hard Rock Hotel on the way back but was too tired to walk around and explore it so we just jakun from inside the car.

Lesson learnt from the trip - I'm becoming too old to hangout at mamak sampai tengah malam buta coz I'm already thinking of the bed by 10 PM (is it just me or you pun sama?). Just DON'T, I repeat, DO NOT remind me how old I'm turning this year, thank you very much =p

Pulau Lagenda

By now, I think most of you already know that I LOVE being a beach bum during my spare time. But since it's monsoon season now in the east coast, obviously I couldn't spend my break 'tanning' myself at one of those pulau-pulau indah di Laut China Selatan. So, I settled for one of the islands in the west coast jelaa. Welcome to Pulau Langkawi: Pulau Lagenda chewahhh~

Since we're planning to drop by Sg. Petani for Pitis' wedding after the Langkawi trip, taking the plane was not an option. So we drove to Kuala Kedah, parked our car there and took the ferry to Langkawi. As it was also the school holiday, of course ramai orang, ferry penuh, kids everywhere.


It took almost 2 hours to reach the island. Sampai jetty, amek keta sewa then dear SRB drove us to Awana Porto Malai dengan sangat rempitnya, adoiii pening gue. He said - dapat kereta rempit, so bawak pun kena macam rempit laa hahah!

I love our hotel - the sea-view balcony, the boardwalk, the nearby jetty (which made me feel like we're in Miami bebehhh hihi).


BUT the breakfast buffet, memang fail. They didn't even serve hash brown, supposedly makanan wajib di setiap breakfast buffet ok, cisss! And I thought Awana is supposed to be a 4-star hotel?

We signed up for a snorkling trip at Pulau Payar Marine Park, which was another 1-and-a-half-hour ferry ride away. This time we're allowed to get some fresh air and enjoy the view from the top of the boat.


Long story short, we reached Pulau Payar but had to turn back due to the rough sea - snorkling trip's cancelled kids! They gave us full refunds but people were still angry for the waste of time. Like hellooo...haven't you heard of the weather forecast, Encik Organizer?

We malas nak emo sgt on our vacation, so we decided to just move on and drive up to Tanjung Rhu to find the perfect white sandy beach to lepak. Found a quiet one right next to Four Seasons Hotel. I straightaway dropped my bag, took out my towel, my book and voila! BAHAGIAAAA...


The rest of the trip was spent doing the usual tourist-y stuff:

Went for some massages.


Visited Makam Mahsuri. "Langkawi maju selepas 7 keturunan Mahsuri, adakah ianya suratan atau hanya satu kebetulan?" - said the voice from the museum video. Goosebump bebbb!


Drove around the island for more sight-seeing and photography sessions.


Then took the ferry back to Kuala Kedah (by this time I was already so sick of ferry rides. No more ferry for me, not for another 10 years lagi kot) and drove down to our next destination, Pulau Pinang: Pulau Mutiara.

To be continued...

8 Dara Pingitan

Okay, technically not all are 'anak dara', if you know what I mean hahaks! But this is just too cute for words hihihihi~

A very nice pic to be featured as the first 2010 entry on this blog, no? =D

Temporary Hiatus

As mentioned before, I am currently taking a long break from work and enjoying more time with family, friends and nature.

I am now in the state of ignorance where I don't even bother to remember the date and what day of the week everyday is and I find technology as such a distraction to humankind (except phone calls or smses to ajak lepaklah ye kawan2 =p).

Hence, this blog will also be joining me on my vacation bliss and it'll be on a temporary hiatus until I recovered from the post-vacay blues hehe. Taaa~

Son & Daughter

Single Dad: Single parenthood is so hard sometimes.
Single Mom: But you're lucky. You've got a son.
You only have to worry about one pen*s - your son's.
I, on the other hand, have a daughter.
So I have to worry about all the pen*ses in the world.

-Picking Up & Dropping Off, Hallmark Channel-

Hilarious and so true hahah!

Cool T's

Souvenirs fresh from OZ...

It is now my mission to find the coolest baby T-shirts dedicated to Aunties plak. Tak puas hati aaa niii cissssss hahahahah!

Light at the End of Tunnel

Today marks my last day of work for the year 2009. The next time I step into this place would be in 2010 - bye-bye you stinking office! Annual leave has been approved, handover documentations have been completed and outstanding issues on my part have been cleared, syabasss! Can't believe that this is finally over after 2 years and buckets of blood, sweat and tears fuuhhh~

Since I'm in the mood of celebration right now, let's have a look at some that we've had recently.

Last day of work at the Data Centre - all work and no play...NOT!
It was more of the iPhone Jakun Day ahah~

A friend's birthday feast in TGIF, Pavillion.

Another friend's birthday feast at Carlos, Pavillion.

Banyak makan betul laa ish ish ish! Must work on the C25K program non-stop over the holiday - come rain, lightning or hurricane chewahhh. Wish me luck and I'll see all you suckaaa next yearrrrr =p

Now, back to the cuti-cuti research. Work? What work? Hehehehe...

Wedding Fever

Congratulations Bon and Elin!
Semoga bahagia hingga ke akhir hayat, amiiinnn~

Congratulations Ina & Mydin!
As said in the wedding video...
FINALLY, after 9 years of togetherness =)

Pancaroba

For the past couple of weeks, I have been in a roller coaster of emotions and it got me into some deep, self-reflective thinking, my friend. Seriously, hidup ini memang penuh dengan dugaan dan segala macam pancaroba. As Vince Vaughn said in Couples Retreat: "We don't have a problem, honey. We have a million problems. And so does everybody else."

I watched a friend got carried away with sadness until she lost her sense of self-respect.

I saw the aftermath of a boy's 'unworldly' experience and was reminded again of the power of Azan and Ayat Kursi.

I watched a love-struck girl turned her back on her family and ended up hurting everyone including/especially herself.

I met an unbelievably RUDE boy who's soo clueless of his reality that I felt like kicking him in the head, literally.

I also watched the face of the one dearest to me, lit up with genuine happiness as he finally got what he wished for. I know this is cliche, but when you love someone, you would indeed feel happy simply by seeing him/her happy.

As I became the spectator of these events, I have been overwhelmed with sadness, anger, love, happiness, keinsafan and many other kinds of feelings. Rasa macam my whole jiwa dan raga was being put into a 'stress test' in order to find out my emotional threshold, before I breakdown and totally lose my mind ahah!

But other than that, life's been good and normal. All I'm thinking nowadays is kissing work goodbye and going for our end-of-the-year vacation =). Sorry ye, ini battery sudah habis and desperately needs to be re-charged boss!

The Lucky Laki

SRB and I are head over heels with these bunch of cute and talented little rock stars right now (memang melalak lagu ni all the time hahaks). A true example of 'ke mana tumpahnya kuah, kalau tak ke nasi'.

Presenting...Ahmad Dhani's (Dewa 19) three young boys - The Lucky Laki with their catchy hit song, 'Superman'.

"Ayahku selalu berkata padaku, laki-laki tak boleh nangis" OMG sangat comelllll!