Lukut Road Trip

I made an accidental Lukut trip yesterday. And came home with FOOD !

There’s 6 of em plastic bags filled with Lukut specialty.

Curry chicken bread !

And it came from Lucky Seafood Restaurant which was situated along the main road of Lukut.

It cost RM25 for one giant bun. Best eaten when it’s fresh.

Mum bought 6 of them as a gift to our family friends.

Yesterday was an interesting day. Drove to so many places. My dad started out with sending Hui Hwen off from KLIA. Woke up around 5.30am and left the house around 6.30am. I was very glad that I made it to KLIA on time and without getting lost. Pei Fern and I even manage to have a farewell breakfast with Hui Hwen at the airport.

Then from KLIA , I went to seremban. Then to Port Dickson. Explored port Dickson a bit. Went to port Dickson hospital , Klinik kesihatan ( which was at the other end of port dickson ) and the Jabatan Kesihatan Daerah. Finally, the next stop was to head back home from the Jabatan. Actually, by then , I didn’t know where I was in PD. The exit where I entered into PD was quite far away. So I decided to just follow any Seremban road signs back to Seremban.

And yes, it brought me to Lukut. I remembered being in Lukut once during Surgery posting. It was he very first time we drove to PD and we took the wrong exit. our 30 minutes journey to PD turned into an hour journey. And I was back in Lukut again yesterday. =_=

Then I recalled mum saying that Lukut was famous for the chicken curry bomb(as I call it). So, I stop by a random coffee shop to have lunch.

Herbal Pork Noodles

And I asked the shopkeeper there for directions to the chicken curry bomb shop. Very easy. Actually. Lukut ‘s just like Tampin. Everything’s along the main road.

That’s how I ended up in Lukut. Reached home exhausted from listening to the radio. But , I was very happy my day was filled up that way.

Anyone wants to go for road trips around Malaysia? I can be your driver If you don’t mind sitting in a MyVi

In Melaka with the lovers XD

2 hours is the time it took us to eat this

This is the longest i’ve ever waited in my life to have a meal .

And i had the special long awaited anticipated meal with these two fellas .

Yes …. i was their tour guide . And also their light bulb . A very bright one i must say . But what the heck . They are both my friends . and i don’t mind their public display of affection . which is somewhat tolerable . Fun people they are .

We had a one day trip in Melaka .

Covering more of Melaka’s food than historical sites .

I love Melaka .

Singapore 3 days Trip with Agnes 2010

I’ll be quiet this time  * shhh *

It was superb !

Meet Nak

My tut tut driver’s son . A 5 year . SO SO SO Adorable !

the not so malaysia part of Melaka

Just came back from Melaka yesterday .

Due to the lack of internet , transport and Astro at my Grandpapa’s house , I had to find other sources of entertainment so that my 5 days there weren’t meaningless .

Like i said , no transport , the only means of transport were my capable pair of legs . So , they brought me everywhere from my grandpa’s house to Mahkota Parade , Dataran Pahlawan , Stadhuys , along Sungai Melaka , A ‘Famosa and Dataran Sungai Melaka .

Some really nice buildings along Sungai Melaka

It used to smell and had dead fish floating … not anymore

Kincir Air Kesultanan Melaka

This place resembles a place in South Africa … can’t remember the name

See.. such a nice and modern-looking bus stop .

Malaysia’s not so Malaysia these days .

19 years of bygones

This is the last day of my 19 years . I’m going to hit the big 20 soon . Yep . . . Old already . A lot has changed since i was born .

1989 – 1 year old

For example , i’ve lost my cute looks as a baby .

Perfect , smooth , fair and radiant skinned . Sammi Cheng couldn’t beat me with her SK II . Qiqi couldn’t beat me with her SK II Miracle water . Zhang Zi Yi couldn’t beat me with Garnier .

But that was once upon a time when i was just 1 year old . I think i looked super cute ler …

To come to think of it , my mum should have brought me for auditions for MamiPoko diapers and milk powder comercials . I could have been a child star !!!

Enough of that . My head’s growing bigger .

1990 – 2 years old

You see that white cloth on my head . That’s a diaper . I remember that i used to love disguising as a bride with that on my head as the veil .

My elder brother would start singing , ” Pom .. pom … pompom … “( the song that comes on when the brides walk into the church ) . And i would then walk into the room holding bunga telurs my mum got from Malay weddings . Me and my imaginations .

1991 – 3 years old

I use to love this shawl very much , makes me look like a little red indian

I was 3 years old back then . We were in Cameron highlands . And i think i had the chicken pox during the trip .

I remember that my family and I stayed in a hotel which had a pool . And i wanted so badly to just swim in the pool . I shrieked , cried and pestered my dad to let me swim in the pool . But because of the chicken pox . I couldn’t , at first . We waited till it was really late at night , till nobody was there and only me and my dad were alone . Then , hehe .. i got to swim with chicken pox in the pool .

I wondered if anybody got chicken pox after that night .

1993 – 5 years old

My elder bro , younger bro , me and ( i think ) Wan Xin

Wan Xin’s one of my BFFs .We went to the same primary and secondary school together . Actually , we went to the same kindergarten too . Only , our friendship bloomed later . We weren’t in the same class then . But who knew we would be such close friends in the end .

She’s now furthering her studies in Australia . Miss her very much .

P/S : Wan xin , I was taller than you .

1994 – 6 years old

This was my kindergarten graduation day at Tampin Chinese Methodist Church . Me and my classmates were doing the Newspaper dance . Funny right ?

We were holding newspapers , doing newpaper-tossing-moves on stage . Our teachers would have us stay back after school to practice the dance moves .

There was another group of 5 year olds practicing an Indian dance for graduation day . I actually envied them because thr Indian costumes looked so much better than our costumes .

Somehow , I also found it a bit embarrasing dancing around with newspaper and making tossing-like actions .

P/S : Yee kim’s the one , on my right , wearing a bangle and Boon Siew’s the one on my left . I’m the one who looks miserable in make-up and red shoes to match my lipstick .

1995 – 7 years old

This was my first trip overseas with my parents and 2 brothers .

I was only 7 years old then and all i could remember was all the fun stuff that happened . I couldn’t remember any sceneries or famous buildings . Didn’t know how to appreciate and admire them then .

It was really fun going to Disney Land and Universal Studios . There were so many rides to go on . We didn’t have enough time to ride them all .

Those were the days when i was enlightened that Genting Highland’s rollercoasters weren’t that WOW after all .

1998 – 10 years old

Seaworld in New Zealand , Look at my HAAWT body

If you have kids next time , bring them to New Zealand . Seriously , they’ll enjoy , remember and would want to go return to NZ .

My dad brought me and my siblings to places like Seaworld , Mazes and Zoos . We had the opportunity to feed baby sheeps , witness how the wool of a sheep was shaved , visit the Maori people , and see a glacial .

Australia’s Wonderland

We also went to Australia after NZ to visit my aunt . Look at my younger brother’s head . Its under that fella’s arm pit .

That’s my 10th birthday . It was the first time i had a birthday party .

I remember myself being super nervous . I was nervous and wondered if i looked pretty in my dress , I wondered was the food we catered yummy enough to my impress my friends , I wondered would my friend be bored out at my party and leave before the party started .

I was super self-conscious when i was in primary school .

Yi hong , friend and neighbour , thought i succumbed to Autism or some kind of mental disorder . He said that whenever he and his brother came tp my house . I would AUTOMATICALLY * pooofff * … vaporize .

2001 – 13 years old

Virgo Star Cruise to Phuket

They had many performances on the cruise and the performances were all hosted by Jason XX . I remember having a huge crush on him because of his charm and good looks .

Pity , my Wake-Up-look hair style wasn’t strong enough to send out magnetic waves .

2003 – 15 years old

Went to China with my family and neighbours . That’s the Great Wall of China .

We , kids , went with the intention of climbing every steps of the Great Wall . Little did we knew that it was 6400 km long . Some of the steps were as high as our knees … Maybe not as high but about the same height .

The most memorable part of the trip was at a street which sold all kinds of food . Yes , ALL types . Got chicken , pork , beef , mutton , vege , frog , smelly tofu , cockcroach , grasshopper , sparrow , beetle , centipede , etc …

I tried the centipede .

Mahatma Ghandi took a photo with me !!! Consider him the luckiest man on earth . At least , the one made fom wax at London’s Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum is .

There was a wax photographer right in the middle of the path for us to walk there . Lots of people bumped into it and apologized immediately . Only after a few seconds did they realize they apologized to a lump of colourful WAX .

2004 – 16 years old

That was Italy . Can’t remember much .There were LOTS of beautiful sceneries of the dolomites and architecture of the buildings .

We were at the floating market of Thailand . Thailand was fun because we saw lots of Mak Nyahs . They looked very very beautiful .

They had long slender legs , tiny waist , big boobs , long silky hair and contagiously perfect smiles . You wouldn’t realize they were actually guys if they kept their mouths shut .

We went for a tranvestite show . After the show , the tranvestites would line up in a row and draw audiences to take photos with them . One of them accidentally exposed one of her her nipple without realizing it . She continued smilling and drawing people to her … Ewww …

2005 – 17 years old

This was at a seminar at a cement factory . Yup , a cement factory . We even stayed one night there . It was suppose to help us prepare for our SPM Sejarah and Moral paper .

2006 – 18 years old

This was the Cambodia Vietnam trip . This trip was a very educational one . I learnt a lot of history on Vietnam and Cambodia . The war history to be exact .

By the end of the trip , I was very much filled with war photos and stories . Besides , I got food poisoning the whole one week there . I think it was due to the fried insect cocktail or the duck foetus i ate there … lost 2 kgs . Which was a good thing for me .

2007 – 19 years old

Michelle , me , Jason , Melvin and my younger bro

That’s my genius cousin in the middle who is the same age as me . This was right after STPM . Spain was a good get away from studies .

At the end of the Spain trip , my cousin’s friend named Maria treated us to a super expensive lunch . Her dad was a very rich businessman . And my cousin was a very close friend to their daughter .

We dined at a famous restaurant called Casa Lucia . The king of Spain once dined there . And he would always order fried eggs with fries . Seems like a very simple dish , but it didn’t taste that simple at all . Me and my brother never felt happier to be there . We got to try what the king of spain loved .

Besides the fried eggs and fries , we were treated to a drink called Sangria , Jamon ( Spanish pork-leg slices ) with bread , grilled beef and creme puffs …

And it all cost 537 euros … times 4 and you get a RM 2000+ lunch .

These are the most memorable moments of my life . This post shall act as my fridge to preserve these 19 years of memories . Of course , there are a lot more . But , these are what came to my mind first . There’s too much on trips with friends to tell about . Therefore , it shall be in another post .

south africa’s eye candy

Please please take a look at these photos . Or else … may this old lady here haunt your dreams tonight and tomorrow night and the night after tomorrow and so on ..

Thank you very much . I’m sure the old lady will be nice and there’ll be no nightmares for you tonight .

tales of south africa

GOLD REEF CITY

Many people have this misconception that South Africa is a very poor and undeveloped place . Well , some may think that what you see in SA ( south africa ) are the tribes , starvation , and a huge stretch of slums. In contrast , SA is actually quite developed . My trip to SA included a week’s stay at Johanessberg and another week’s stay in Cape Town .

We went to a theme park , Gold Reef City . This theme park’s built over a functioning gold mine . Apart from the educational gold mine tour , the rides were very thrilling . I only had the chance to ride rollercoasters such as Anaconda , UFO and Jozi’s Express . Jozi’s express was average while Anaconda and UFO was really something different from the rollercoasters in Malaysia .

This is UFO . We’re to stand in those colourful boxes with only the gates and bars to secure us in there while it spins super fast . Not only that , it starts from ground level right till the whole thing’s perpendicular to the floor .

Anaconda

This rollercoaster’s the best . It has the speed , the lenght , number of loops , ” corners ” and twirls .. All in all , its enough to have you screaming your lungs out .

PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK

This would be the highlight of my trip .Set in the crater of a long extinct volcano , the park ranks among the largest parks in SA and covers an area of 55000 hectares . * you should be wowing now * .

Pilanesberg National Park accommodates virtually every mammal of southern africa . It is also homes to the BIG FIVE – Africa’s 5 most dangerous animals – lions , leopards , rhinos , elephants and buffalos . These are some of the animals we spotted in our vehicle while on the bumpy roads of the national park .

Deers .

Zebras.

Giraffe .

Rhino .

Birds .

Hippos

Tortoise .

Wilderbeast .

Warthogs .

LIONS!!!!

Lions feeding on a wilderbeast . Look at the lioness’ bloody mouth .

Elephants .

Do you see what i see ? Its so long !!

We had a very great week at the Pilanesberg National Park . It was a great experience watching the animals in their natural habitats in going their thang . The hotel, Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge , i stayed in was very good . It has a hide out where we could see animals like the elephants drink water and fight with each other up close . They even have a website where you can watch the animals at the hide out through a 24 hour video .

Animals were nothing to me . Not anymore .

UPDATE : Things guys should know . It may come useful one day .

He has 25 children . He wants 15 more . I really pity his 25 year old wife , Suhaili . Her job from now onwards is to be a reproduction machine .His 3 other wives are already over 40 , i don’t think they will be the ones getting pregnant – high risk of getting a down syndrome baby .

Here’s the advice from him on how to remain sexually active at an advanced age – when you bath in the morning , remember to pour a pail of water on the right foot ( Yes , the right foot . Not the left . ) before washing other parts . Gosh , does it really work ??

Off to South Africa

My “stepmum’s” for the past one year

Today’s the start of the mid-term school holidays. I’ll be off to South Africa for 16 days which starts from 9pm today till the morning of 7th June .

My dad loves travelling . I can, with no doubts, say that he’s been to more countries in his life than any other general practioners or doctors that i know. He’s been planning this trip since june of last year . The flight tickets were booked then too .He acquires books ( in the picture above) and studies them like we studied for our government exams . One glimpse and you know that fella is passionate for travelling.
That’s one thing a really admire of him .Pity, we don’t see guys like him around anymore :’(.

I salute you

In a nutshell ,I’ll be going to explore gold and diamond mines, spend a week in the wild life safari park, admiring Table Mountain of Cape Town (Table mountain ??what a name for a mountain , Mount Kinabalu sounds so much better ) and admiring more scenic places .

I’ll be arriving at Johannesburg,the largest city of south africa tomorrow .According to today’s newspaper , the south african’s have deployed their soldiers to end the violence.Here’s the news .Here’s the video . Watch it . It explains everything that’s happening there . Feel lucky and grateful that Malaysia ‘s still in one piece.The violence is aimed mainly at Zimbabwe immigrants . So , anybody who looks like a Zimbabwe-ian is targetted. This is the looks of a Zimbabwe lady .
I feel safe now .

Zimbabwe lady says : ” i love pandas. “

My mum’s a bit worried at the disturbing news . To her , south africa = lioness den . And we are walking straight into it as if it has undiscovered treasure . But , we can’t do anything now . My father would really want to reap his sweat and toil of one year plus . Furthermore , this would be the last trip i’ll be having with my family. Got to treasure the 16 days there . After this , no more long trips for me * sob s0b * . Happy holidays people .

That’s it for now .