The Journey of a Distort Soul....

Ben 10 Showcase KLCC...

We went to Ben 10 Showcase with Ilyas and my sister; Eliza decided to stay at home recovering from her eye infection. We drove out from my sister house at around 3.45pm and we reached at KLCC by 4.30pm and we parked beside KLCC Convention Center. The show is scheduled to start at 5pm and we immediately went up to the 3rd floor; it was lucky as if we had use the escalator we would be buying Ben 10 toys for Arief and Ilyas. Arief & Ilyas was looking forward to the showcase and couldn't hide their excitement (running all over the seats and playing with the Ben 10 omnitrix). The show started at 5.15pm and they shut down the lights. Arief & Ilyas immediately sat on our laps. The show is divided into two segments; Ben 10 & Ben 10 Alien Force. Familiar aliens appears such as Heat Blast, Four Arms and Willy Mutt and newer aliens from Alien Force @ Squids & Rocks. I was tired from driving this morning and was trying to keep myself awake during the show; same with my sister. The showcase finish at around 6.45pm and we went for our dinner at the food court beside Aquaria before heading home :-)

Hari Raya Aidil Adha 2009 Part 2...

I went with my mom and my cousin @ Abg Long family for an early morning breakfast at Bismillah Restoran, the usual Roti Canai & Teh Tarik. Today our family will be having our Aqiqah and we will be preparing the meals for this evening; bihun sup tulang, kari daging, rendang daging and satay daging. Almost all of the clan is back in Pokok Assam. I had to bring Eliza to the clinic in the morning as her eye infection has gotten worse. Everybody has their chores to do in preparing the meals; and as usual I'm not that keen to the cutting duties; just sticking to the usual "kacau sup" duties and re-arranging the table and chairs. The kenduri is scheduled to start after Asar but it was raining quite heavily; pity those people who need to take their food in the rain. Lucky it was raining for only half an hour and we managed to enjoy the kenduri. Food was delicious; especially the satay daging. The kenduri ended at 6.30pm but clearing up everything was tiring. It was an excellent kenduri with delicious food :-)

 

Hari Raya Aidil Adha 2009 Part 1...

We went back to Taiping on the morning of Aidil Adha; it was a great decision as it was jam packed the night before. Eliza's brother went back at 10pm and only arrived in Taiping by 4am. BTW I was on emergency leave on Thursday as Arief was suffering from an eye infection. After the morning prayers, we went to my sister house for breakfast but Eliza is suffering from the eye infection; and she's wearing her shades the whole day. To our surprise, even Abg D & Ilyas is suffering from the eye infection. We started our journey at 11.30am with Aiman. It was generally smooth until I received a text message from my cousin Malis saying that it is a massive traffic jam after Bukit Tagar. I then decided to turn back and head towards Bukit Beruntung and use the road heading to Tanjung Malim (thanks to Google Maps on my BB I managed to find the way). We enter the highway there and exited again at Trolak due to another traffic jam and re-enter at Slim River. After that it was smooth driving to Taiping. We arrived at Pokok Assam by 3.30pm and we went straight for lunch at my grandmother's house. Well my mom did prepared laksa at our house :-)

Lunch at Raju's PJ...

It was my mother-in-law's birthday and we decided to have lunch at Raju's. It was supposed to be a big family gathering but everyone was not available, so we just went with my in-laws. We arrived there by 3pm and it started to drizzle. We managed to get a table inside the shop and proceed to order the usual ayam, sotong & ikan goreng. I also took "rasam"; Indian soup serve is a drinking glass. BTW we spend about an hour there enjoying our lunch; it was delicious :-)

 

Langkawi Part 6...

We woke up early as we wanted to have our breakfast at Padang Matsirat (buffet breakfast was not included in the package, blessing in disguise as the hotel is currently renovating the cafe and swimming pool). We went to Restoran Mempelam and had nasi lemak, nasi goreng and roti canai. The food here is delicious. We went back to our hotel for check-out and we drove straight to the airport which was just next door. We were again the first at the queue; no questions from the customs (we didn't buy that much and no blue plastic bag @ Idaman Suri). Our total luggage weight is within the allowed limit; Alhamdulilah. BTW the flight is almost full; must be due to the school holiday. We went for our dose of Starbucks Coffee while waiting to board our plane and Arief decided to pooped (better here rather than on the plane). We went into the boarding area by 11.25am and it was already full. By 11.50am I just stand up and queue; we were the first and others followed. Arief as usual can't wait to board the plane. Our seat is No 28 (favourite); not to near to the toilet and few of the first to be serve refreshments. BTW we were tempted to order the Oriental Mee but decided not to as we will be having our lunch at Abg Ngah house. We arrive at LCCT a bit late due to traffic congestion; 1.25pm. It was an excellent and enjoyable vacation to Langkawi and we can't wait to come here again next year :-)

Langkawi Part 5...

We drove to Idaman Suri from Galeri Perdana; where we did our shopping (kain batik, kain pelikat, handbag, chocolates, utensils, dining set, jug etc etc). The place was so crowded with bargain hunters and holiday shoppers. We had to watch Arief carefully as there is a lot of fragile things on display. We finished shopping by 12.30pm and we rush immediately to Padang Matsirat for lunch at Jom Ikan Bakar (I did stopped by to buy minyak gamat). The place was crowded and lucky for us we came in just before the tourist bus. We had three ikan keli, one each of ikan pari & kembung for lunch; even Arief enjoy eating the ikan bakar. It was started to rain when we were enjoying our lunch; we really like the ikan bakar and it's air assam. We arrived at Helang Hotel by 2pm but our room was still not ready and we need to wait for another hour. We then drove back to Kuah to finish our shopping (done at 3.30pm and Arief was sleeping inside the car). We were thinking of having laksa first but we decided to go our room instead. I lost my cool at the check-in when a family just simply cuts queue and demand their room keys (no manners). We finally got our keys and I decided to push the luggage trolley myself as I don't want to wait for them to send it up. We were really impressed with our room; spacious and clean :-)

We refreshed ourselves and waited for the rain to stop before heading out to eat Laksa and Cendol nearby the airport runway. It is delicious and we manage to see a plane take-off from the runway. We then went for our last drive to Kuah and we stopped by at the Jetty where Arief went to play his favourite Daytona at the arcades. We bought KFC for our dinner and Arief ate in the car as we were driving to Pantai Cenang. I wanted to buy nasi lemak bungkus for our dinner but we couldn't find any there. Arief was already sound asleep when we reached back to our hotel and we can't wait to get a good night rest today after an exhausting shopping day :-)

Langkawi Part 4...

It was so quiet at EcoPark Hotel and I had to turn the TV through-out the night to keep us company. We woke up early as usual and we went for our breakfast at the Rockside cafe nearby. The buffet breakfast was simple; kuehteow goreng, baked beans, scramble eggs & toast with orange juice. After breakfast we take a short tour around the vicinity; it was quite odd as there was nobody around. We checked out at 9.30am and we proceed to drive to "Air Hangat Park" and we took the scenic route there. It took us about half an hour to reach there and Arief fall asleep in the car. I did stop by at the Craft Complex (survey for our next visit). When we reached "Air Hangat Park" it was still close and we proceed to Galeri Perdana @ Tun Mahathir gallery. As Arief was still sleeping soundly, we decided to drive back to "Air Hangat". Then we noticed that it is undergoing a major renovation. We then drove back to Galeri Perdana and went it. It was truly an amazing collection of souvenier from various countries, the best is a horse cart given by Argentina. I really like the car collection while Arief enjoy looking at the many model airplanes on display :-)

 

Langkawi Part 3...

We went to check at GeoPark Hotel on our reservation and the room is ready. I duly re-parked the car infront of the hotel and took our luggage to our room. Eliza & Arief was waiting at the lobby; resting under the air-cond after the tiring climb on the stairs. From the hotel we drove to Padang Matsirat for lunch. We wanted to visit "Jom Ikan Bakar" but it was closed. We went to Restoran Mempelam instead and we had ikan bakar (pari, keli & siakap) for lunch as well as ABC for desserts. After lunch we drove to Langkawi Water World. The last time we went here Arief was still small and he was sleeping. Arief was very excited to visit the Water World and he wanted to see the big shark (none here). Arief likes looking at the penguins; actually Arief was tired and sleepy but he was too excited to sleep. He did sleep during the drive back to EcoPark Hotel :-)

We went for our evening tea at Loft Langkawi; looking forward to their scones but it has already finished. We ordered pastries instead with hot chocolate & ice lemon tea. From here we drove to Kuah to do some Duty Free window shopping. We went to about 4 shops around Kuah; didn't buy anything yet as we still have a full day tomorrow. We went for our dinner at a foodcourt nearby to the jetty; Nasi Lemak Saloma (one of the cleanest shop there and it was quite delicious) :-)

 

Langkawi Part 2...

We had our complimentary breakfast at the Hotel; the spread was just nice and we really like the kuehteow goreng. We check-out by 9am as we wanted to go for the famous Langkawi Cable Car. We reached there by 10am as I got lost along the way (I should have use Google Map on my BB for direction as I drove to Pantai Cenang instead). We parked at the back and had to walk on the small suspension bridge (quite shaky). I called Maleck (my ADBA senior) as he had FB me last night saying that he is working there and he gave discounted tickets for the cable car. The journey up to the top took less than 5 minutes and it was an enjoyable ride; Arief was at awe with the amazing scenery as well as watching a lot of eagles flying around the mountain. We stop at the highest peak and decided to walk on the suspension bridge. BTW we need to walk down to the suspension bridge; stairs provided of course. The view is amazing but again it was quite shaky, But the worst part is when we need to climb back up with Arief. I carry Arief up the stairs and it was extremely tiring. We rest for awhile before taking the ride down while Arief drank his milk during the journey :-)

 

Langkawi Part 1...

We had to change our earlier plans for the Langkawi trip as Eliza needs to attend an interview in KL (promotion). I'll fly with Arief first while Eliza is taking the evening flight. We went our from Shah Alam at around 7am and reached Abg Ngah house by 8am; arriving at LCCT by 8.15am. The check-in counter was not open yet; I decided to wait there and within few minutes the counter was up and running. As it was still early, I went for breakfast with Arief at Marry Brown (fried chicken and chicken burger). Arief was busy taking pictures with the digital camera. We went into the departure hall by 9.30am and Arief can't wait to board the airplane. I had to coerce him to listen to my iPod while waiting. Arief enjoy looking outside the window during take-off and he asked for his milk. As long as he did not pooped during flight, I'm okay. We reached Langkawi as schedule and our rented car @ Vios is already waiting outside. I drove to our Hotel at Kuah town @ Langkawi Seaview Hotel and overshoot the turn until I reached the jetty; but thanks to Google Map on my BB I managed to locate the hotel with ease (should have use this in the first place). BTW Arief fall asleep in the car :-)

As our room is not yet ready, I decided to drove out into town to locate the famous duty free shop @ Idaman Suri;  managed to locate it with the direction given by the hotel staff. We went in for a brief survey before heading out to the shopping mall located at the Eco-Park and bought Arief's Big Ultraman @ RM10. We had our lunch at McD where Arief went and play at their mini playground and Arief specifically asked me to sit at the nearest table. BTW the service here is slow due to many customers, most of them are tourist. We went back to out hotel to freshen up and I even managed to take a short nap; only to be waken by Arief as he had pooped. We went out to Kuah Town by 5.30pm; we went to Haji Ismail Duty Free Shop where we bought a lot of chocolates as well as a cabin bag to carry the chocolates. I even had time to share "nasi lemak" with Arief before we drove to the Airport to pick-up Eliza (arrived at 7.35pm). We went straight for dinner at "Airport Corner"; rice with ayam masak kunyit, kailan ikan masin and telur bistik (they cook telur bistik differently here). It was raining quite heavily and we went back to our Hotel by 9.30pm :-)

 

Little Caliphs@ Muzium Shah Alam...

Arief is participating in Little Caliphs Ihtifal & Performance Day held at Muzium Shah Alam. We rushed there by 2pm with Eliza's parents and Haziq; went to the wrong museum first before driving to the correct venue (it was just close-by). The hall was already full with proud parents and the children went into the preparation room nearby. We just sat near the stairs and it was so hot (bad air conditioning). Arief performance was the 2nd last and we had to wait until 4.45pm for his performance. Arief was supposed to hold the placards but he wave the small Malaysia flag instead; crying in the process. I guess he got tired of waiting since 2pm for his turn to perform. BTW we are so proud of Arief in his participation in the performance :-)