Cameron Highlands..here I come

It's quite unexpected, but the plan is going on smoothly for a few weeks.
Don't know how to say, my dad's secretary (Hoon) asked me about this plan for weeks & I accepted without hesitation..because I've wanted so long to go back to my mum's hometown.
Dilemma begin when my sis asked me if I could joined her on a jogging event for cancer patients just few days before the trip..at last, I still stick to the plan..no regret...because I've promised that i will go..but I feel a bit bad for not accopanying sis..sorry sis!

Let's start the tour!
6 a.m. departed, passed by K.L. roads then highway
8.30 a.m. reached Simpang Pulai, take a rest in rest room, continue journey
9.30 a.m. reached Tringkap...yeah! at last, met my relatives & had breakfast together..then continue to ride on Landrover...plucked a few friuts & vegetables, bought bunch of sweet corn from my mum's best friend..the corn really sweet!
later continue to Cactus Valley, met another relatives..got free food & survenirs..hmm, went exploring & took some pictures
2 p.m. check in Desa Apartment at Tanah Rata...cooked...prepare food & had lunch there..hehe, got the chance to learn being a housewife...I salute you, Hoon...almost the whole utensils in kitchen you brought them to the apartment! Much more food for steamboat..thank you & your siblings! You guys treat me good enough! Ya, the apartment has 1 living room with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & a kitchen.

8 p.m. it's steamboat time! yay! It's very common & popular to have at Cameron Highlands.. enjoyed it a lot! especially during late night, we enjoyed rew wine with 7 up..quite tasty ;)

the next day, we try to finish the food so that we wouldn't waste much space in car.
back to Cactus Valley...buy everything that we want before went back to K.L.
then got some free vegetables from relatives before we move on..

3 p.m. Reached Simpang Pulai, had break at Tapah. I've got fruity guava...I love guava!
the plan still on, which is the journey to Kuala Selangor..time to eat seafood, here I come catch some fishs!

Long journey, stress + tense...but only reached Bidor, bought some biscuits but not me..
6 p.m. at traffic lights, 2 cars side by side, suddenly car's windows open, here comes the 'Pun Chuan Chicken Biscuits' known as 'kai chai' biscuits thrown from a car (Hoon sister's) to our car..wow! this, my 1st experienced...I didn't even know that's possible! I was shocked by the brave action...

7.15 p.m. we reached finally, got place at the restaurant, eating seafood as much as we like to satisfy hunger for more than 6 hours journey since the last meal we had..spend almost 2 hours..

11 p.m. reached home...trip ended!

Goodbye & Enjoy next vacation?

visited Hong Kong 20 Nov 2006 - 24 Nov 2006

Day 1
woke up 4.30 am ... very sleepy
6.30 am reached KLIA
8.30 am departed to HK... airplane food not appetising...but can satisfy hunger
12 noon reached HK...yeah!
it's a windy day, waiting for our bus...Tasha, tour guide from Malaysia...guide us all the way from M'sia to HK
Carry On tour agency...Ah Chuen, the tour guide from HK...he explains every single thing about HK places, culture, food, expenses, etc.
From HK International Airport...to our hotel...passed by Lantau Island, Tsing Ma Bridge, Disneyland, Tsing Yi, lastly, Tsuen Wan, where our hotel situated...which is considered as Kowloon area ..
Waited for check in....& here comes the call from Malaysia...ring ring...hello!
Met Our relative from Yuen Long, HK, Ah Ha...chit chat...take a break & relax in a "mini" room even smaller than room in First World, Genting Highland...sigh...imagine 9 of us including Ah Ha all cramp inside the little room with 2 single bed & a toilet.....waiting for another 3 rooms...sigh..it's like we could just turnaround & there is the bed...sleep...
later about 3 pm our tour started...first destination: Mongkok this is the place where we went to Sportswear street, Ladies' market, Sai Yeung Choi street...shopping time!!
Aunt bought nike sports shoes...we got to eat the curry fishball & takoyaki, drink mango drink...slurrp....
5.30 pm, took dinner in a Chinese restaurant...place where we tried their flavourate roast duck...delicious! of course with other a'la carte too with rice...
After dinner, it's time for our 2nd destination...Arena of Stars...where I took Bruce Lee's statue picture also some hands prints of stars such as Jackie Chan & Maggie Cheung last but not least beatiful scenery of HK Bank.. not wasting anytime...then we moved to Lan Kwai Fong...place where people from the west hang out for beer & etc. also the place where HK stars hang out clubbing (most stars visited club 1997), there we enjoyed our Haagen Daz ice-cream..cool!
Here we come...time to visit Madame Tussauds....where we took pictures with our flavoured stars ...Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Beckham & etc. we went up the peak by the peak tram operating since 1888 ....then we went all the way up to the peak...again we took pictures of beautiful night scene...then it's time to go down the hill...& back to hotel...all the way Ah Chuen explained about the rules and customs in certain places at hotel, we took shower and get ready to walked around the streets nearby our hotel 1st, we visited 7 eleven then we enjoy our nissin ramen noodle origin from Japan...as our last meal before heading to the bed...


Day 2
Early morning went to Tsim Sha Tsui for breakfast..we had dimsum & saw lots of old folks enjoying their morning tea...we could say that we are the only youngsters in the restaurant..lol... continue our journey to Hong Kong Island visited several places & took some pictures as usual sat on boat visit fisherman's village (people there known as Tang) ... they live in "floating house" a.k.a. house on boat, they have facilities like usual house such as air-conditioner, laundry & etc. how they actually survive? they earn money by fishing...there's where we found the Jumbo Floating Restaurant..used to be screening for movie...
Continue to the peak again, but stopped at mid of the peak..bought souveniers then went to visit our God of Wealth (Choy San) and other Gods, again...we took some pictures here and there. Walk across the Bridge of Health....for good health :) had our lunch in shopping centre after we went to Jewellery City Co., Ltd. owned by Jackie Chan & The owners...of course..then we went to visit the chinese medicine shop...they provide everyone of us ginseng tea..for healthy purposes..
3-4 pm heading to the Hung Hom MRT station..from there we reached Shenzhen as we stopped at Lu Wo station and it took about 45 minutes then we went through immigration, they have very weird rules which is we must not bring along fruits and newspaper from Hong Kong...of course they have their own reasons...for that.. there we met our Shenzhen's tour guide, Ah Hwa, an aunt with experiences but talking in 'rojak' style....sometimes Mandarin sometimes Cantonese & Hokkien...all together mix and match... :P she brief us with culture in Shenzhen...I could remember 1 quote by Ah Hwa, "things you put in front is your belongings, things you placed behind you belongs to others" there are thieves all around Shenzhen so, always keep an eye on your own belongings..it was an advice at 1st but when the same words keep repeating...it would sound scary...so we always stay alert & beware of pick pocket....another thing is we must beware of beggars...lots of them some will chase you...once a person received your money the whole gang will ask from you again...so.. be careful! we were advised to keep our passport in safe to avoid being steal.. checked in hotel (Ambassador Hotel) ...this hotel is way larger than the one in HK with additional chairs & coffee table just that the place is not as clean as HK's hotel room later, we had our dinner in Chinese restaurant again..they promoted roast bean...for appetiser where we go next? of course "pasar malam" their night market different from Malaysia's they have their own shop lots so, the place is stationary unlike ours which are moving stalls...they even had Samuel & Kevin (quite popular, more high class shop)..nothing much to buy..just mineral water (cause is cheaper than those in HK) & my brother's shirt. went back to hotel due to rainy night...shower & times passed...time to sleep

Day 3
Had buffet breakfast in hotel ...food not as tasty as HK's food...but still can satisfy hunger..haha then our journey begin..before that we waited as Ah Hwa late for more than 15 minutes..too bad..made a bad impression on 1st day journey...hmm...must complain! First, we went to a place similar to lychee factory..inside they have jewellery mostly made of Jade....& we enjoy our lychee tea...even bought some... Most of us went to the place: Shenzhen Window of the World...where we can see the world landmark in 1 day..only my aunt & relatives went to shopping (caused they went there before) waited for the train...quite long...about half an hour...riding on train stopped by several places & took some pictures.. as the train stopped at Eiffel tower where we should meet ...some follow Ah Hwa for skiing...while me, brother & my nieces went for "shopping" in nearby stalls accompanied by Tasha..bought some "cheap stuffs" not actually cheap...you know what I mean right? the shopkeepers there really have "good" manner, they like to cheat children..they ask us to buy things, if we don't buy, they chased us along the way! Luckily Tasha helped us along the way....sigh~ waited at meeting point, then went back to our bus meet our relatives - combine our shopping stuffs...aunt bought me a Garfield bag.. thanks aunt! Later went for lunch...went to Jewellery shop again! complain! and complain! shouldn't be going 2 Jewellery shop in a same day! all 34 people following this tour were angry about it! sigh~ what to do? must follow the plan... at late afternoon we went to China Folk Culture Villages...got chance to eat "ping tong wu lo", walk around the place accompanied by the photographer...introduce places like the Pagoda, Tibetan villages, Great wall of China, etc. & pictures of famous places in China (scaled to smaller size) later, went to shop for souveniers again :)
after that, we watched the 1st chinese folk show (restricted, taking pictures not allowed) took dinner at nearby restaurant..very quickly then, we continue to watch the 2nd show this time we can take videos & pictures as we like even with the performers themselves...yeah! it was a great show really! trust me...maybe younger teenager might not enjoy...but I did... next, we all went back to hotel...some (other gang) going 'pasar malam' again, some going for massage... sleeping early definately not our style...so, at the hotel Joan, my niece & I kind of becoming investigators went to check out somebody..press the door bell..put a note inside...hehehe..of course, we saw someone & got our reply ...& that's our secret for the rest of the investigation... nyek nyek nyek

Day 4
as the day before, we had our buffet breakfast then start our journey back to HK Disneyland!! so excited!
about 11.30 am we reached Disneyland! firstly, we shopped for about 2 hours...then only we start our real game...first to Adventure Land...Jungle river cruise, visit Tarzan...watched Lion King Show...take a break (hotdog) ...then continued to watch Disney on Parade at street...took pictures..after that, went to Sleeping Beauty Castle, Mickey's PhilarMagic...watched 3D show, played: Dumbo the flying Elephant, Cinderella Carousel, The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh, orbitron, space mountain, Buzz lightyear astro blasters, watched: "The Golden Mickeys", Stitch encounter...then it's time for fireworks!! very beautiful!! worth it..but other places such as Fantasy garden & fantasy train station..we'd no time to go...wasted...supposed got chance to take picture with Mickey & family....sigh~ and that, is considered whole day...finished... back to hotel almost 8 pm then, went for dinner, by our own this time we took wantan mee in soup (4 wantans filled with prawns) delicious & appetising...yummy! yummy! shop, shop & shop until feet pain...back to hotel & rest

Day 5
free lifestyle - went to shop by our own....some other poeple went to Tsim Sha Tsui warehouse...while our family waited for Ah Ha who brought wife's biscuits (lou po peng) for us all the way from Yuen Long..nice.. ;) after packed everything, Ah Ha showed us the way to shopping centre...we bought our "last" stuffs...took dim sum as lunch (Ah Ha treated us).. thanks ya! we also went to explore the Tsuen Wan market...2nd floor is the playground...while ground floor & 1st floor are the market according to the categories, again aunt bought seaweeds.. 3 pm ready to go to HK IA back to KLIA... got the chance to buy something just before check in...at HK IA...our plane departed at 6.15 pm arrived at KLIA at 10 pm family members waiting..say good bye to Hong Kong! special thanks to Tasha, Ah Chuen, Ah Hwa, Ah Ha who guide us all the way.. Thanks a lot!

SORRY for not update lately..

So much happen
Over the weeks
Rock n
Roll
Yell aloud

Haha...just making fun of the word SORRY

it's being busy since last month
renewing passport
gym + sauna + steam
friends & family
being fulltime driver
debt + deposit
put on weight
careless + hurt myself
receive junk mails
play sims 2 @ ps2

I have my own purpose to highlights junk mails
I don't know when it started
One day, my maid receive this letter on the floor when she was sweeping leaves near the gate. Due to her curiosity, she opened it & try to understand the words. But, still couldn't understand, then she reached me for help. Unfortunately, what written there were in poor English language. But, I'd tried to understand the pupose. There were 2 letters at the same time. Written there: To (blank)
I Love You
... ect.
The En
lazy to type it here..hard to explain
later on when my dad came home, he said he'd read those letters
as we still don't know who the sender is, so my maid keep those letters in safe..
until lately, here comes another letter + a card with fragrance..eww
this time, we could catch the sender cause he leave a hp. no. on it..hahaha..
once again, my dad found up 1st..we ask him to call..he(my dad) knew who he(sender) was..suspicion?? the sender is my dad's worker from myanmar...hahaha..what the....?
unexpected? No! It's so obvious!! just that we are not observant enough..hmm..
anyway, till now no more junk mails... maybe dad had warned him.. squeak..

Break free...and Ice skating

having fun skating at Sunway Pyramid..
1st time..going that place..1st time skating..LOL
skate for >= 2 hours...tired but worth it..
fell some times..got experience...hopefully still know how to skate the next time.. LOL :)

Things you should know

I've been busy all day and night since 5th April, that is about 3 weeks ago or more...

My mum fell into a small drain near my dad's shop on that night when she tried to pull(close) the van's door. I didn't know how, but it just happened according to my dad. He blamed that mum's not careful enough. Some other reasons might be the van is too high for mum, as difficult as climbing up the lorry. It was the first day dad try to drive the new van to shop, and (if i'm not mistaken) that day was the actual day for Chinese to clean their ancestors' graveyard (Qing Ming) and also pray for the spirits ...where you can actually see people burning so called 'money' - silver paper and joss stick, during night time, when we believed we shouldn't go out till night for that particular day(if not something bad will happen). Well, it'd just happened.

On that day, as I still remember, I went to my dad's shop to give mum's her lunch. Then I went home as soon as I sent my brother to tuition. At home, I quickly finish my assignments and sent to my leader. As I finished, I ask maid to accompany me to (do some exercises) walk around the house but she doesn't want. So, I packed my cloths ready to bath.

Just before anything happen, here come the bell rang..I went and saw a familiar face then I open the gate to let him in but he just stayed out. I went nearer as he tried to say something.

He said, "Your mum fell into the drain!", his tone as if he's joking.Then, I asked, "Which drain? Why & How it happened? "He said, "Don't know how, but she just fell into the drain"

After he left, I quickly ask my maid to go with me (perhaps she could help). We were feeling disbelieves about the news but anyhow we have to take an action about it, left my aunt alone at home. Along the way to shop I felt funny about the news, at the same time I'm worried about mum.

I was thinking,"Is mum still in the drain and need people to bring her up?"

In the end when we reached mum's already standing with dad holding her from behind, they stood near the place where incident happened. First, I stopped further from the place. Then they asked me to drive nearer to let mum get in the car easier. Then in less than a minute, my dad's worker came with his Proton Wira, at least his car is lower, so that mum wouldn't have to climb up again to my Proton Juara that's about the height of a van. Mum sat at the front seat beside the driver while maid & I sat behind her, me holding mum's hand. Her right hand's wrapped by 'soft paper box using dirty cloth'. Wrapped below her elbow as if her hand 'broke'.The worker drive us to Pantai Hospital near Taman Cheras (Yulek) as ordered by my dad. Then my dad followed from behind driving P.Juara. From his expression since he's holding mum near the 'small' drain, I knew that he's worried about mum (just that he showed his angry looks as usual, stay calm as if nothing has happen). I got to know about a week later, Mr.Philip(Social Psychology's lecturer) said that usually, generally, men will stayed calm while women will show their emotion. That's SO true! Even common sense can tell that.

As we reached, we helped mum to be seated on a wheelchair. The nurse sent her to particular room to medicate her wound at her leg's finger. While thing's going on, dad registered for mum. Mum have to stay a night. Dad's made his decision to ask whether I could stay a night accompanying mum. Without thinking further, I nodded. Me and dad takes turn to accompany mum in the particular room. With permission, I helped to take off her jewelleries while maid's holding her right hand. Dad standing outside the room, as only one person can go in at a time. Maid said that nobody's fetching my brother. Then, I quickly call my sister if she's back then she could fetch. I told her everything about mum, she got surprised, but she couldn't help as she should be back at 9 p.m. The problem is my brother's tuition end at 8.00 p.m. (how?)

Later, mum's sent to X-ray her hand. While waiting, a call came. It's from Mr. Lee, dad's friend(supposed they have dinner together), I passed my mobile phone to dad. After that, I called home & got to know that aunt Jennifer went to fetch my bro. already. Having dinner, my bro. didn't eat much according to my aunt. He did cried when he visited mum just after he had the dinner (fetched by Mr. Lee). That is after maid & I got home, fetched by my cousin (who used to work with dad, now he owned his own shop) . Cousin came along with his mum(another aunt who stay with us) after they closed their shops in Kajang Utama.

At home, we packed mum's clothing and etc. for her. Then, had some breads as our lunch(no appetite) even the food is delicious. Took bath and maid get ready herself, packed everything she needed to accompany mum during the night. My sister came back from work earlier and fetched both of us back to Pantai Hospital.In hospital we saw aunt Jennifer & her son(my mum's god son) standing near the counter. It's almost 10.00 p.m. He went to register, so that we allowed to visit mum as the visiting hour's over. We went to ask the room no. then only we went in the room. OMG!! What we saw is only her pair of shoes. What's happened? Of course mum still in operation room.. relived..There is a little waiting room near the operation room, we saw everybody (friends & relatives stay in Taman Midah) were there waiting too except dad(coz he went to dine with Mr. Lee..poor them, nearly 10.00 p.m. only eat) .

A few minutes later mum's pushed out from the operation room to her room. We all followed to her room, our friends & relatives telling 'grandmother story' along the way until they left the hospital. Left maid, me & sister in the room with mum. At 11 something, dad came with Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee left after a few minutes followed by dad (after dad had settled down everything- ask maid to look after mum) . Mum started to be half-conscious after they left. My sister & I went home after mum able to talk a bit, leave maid alone with mum, when it's about 12 midnight. We went to eat supper nearby with one of her friend who stay in Yulek. Chit-chatting.

Reached home, I felt exhausted...though went to sleep at 12 something. My eldest sister who was still in Filipina working & another sister studying in Cyberjaya(they got the news too).The moral of the story is don't do things that you didn't do daily (did by dad, drove the new van) - not really agree with this. Another point is don't stay up night during Qing Ming- that's superstitious.

Anyway, the thing is over (but till now I still need to take care of mum-doing her job such as going to the market & help dad in shop). I would like to say sorry for keeping it long enough without telling my friends about it. I apologize for not doing well in the assignments...sorry mates..also want to apologize to Mei Mei for not accepting her invitation to celebrate Easter during the weeks.

Happy VDay!

Hi again..
one might thinks that I'll never blog again
but I did actually blog now

I just want to wish "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!" to all..

I'm so happy :)
just finished read "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
not today but yesterday...if u could have a chance to read it, it will seduced u completely!(that's what written in the cover page, just that I rewrite it- hehe)

the story is very interesting- more deatailed than the movie, quite similar to it also :)

I think that's all...my mind went blank suddenly..don't know what to write anymore..