Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Langkawi Revisited (Final Part)

Found the time to update this blog. So, still with the Langkawi story, on the last day, we visited Underwater World. Ohhh .. before that we went to Awana Porto Malai first since it's still too early to visit Underwater. Awana is one of my fav spot in Langkawi. It has a very nice view of the sea & the islands. The water is crystal clear and we saw some beautiful fish swimming. Such a heavenly sight!



After a while there, we headed to the Underwater World. Everybody got the gov rate for the entrance fee. Aiman was afraid of the big fishes (they're bigger than him). There's a 3D movie show every hour. It was very fascinating seeing all those deep sea creatures.

There's this corner where you can actually hold some starfish (I did), some small fish and some sea cucumber (bukan timun...tapi gamat). This beautiful creature is called the dragon what ahh ... (I have a mental block lah pulak). It's actually a type of fish.


Can you recognize this little Eskimo boy?


We still have much time before our flight back home so we headed to the Langkawi Shopping Fair Mall. Nothing much to tell here.

All in all I am satisfied with this trip. Have been wanting to go back to Langkawi for quite some time. Alhamdulillah .. everything went well and as planned. Glad to be able to bring along my parents (I know my mom have been pestering my dad to go to L'kawi - beli pinggan lah apa lagi). Hoping to go some other time. Nak shopping Corelle lagi.....

Reminders for those who planned to visit Langkawi (or never been there before).
1. Try to arrange your schedule out of the peak season. Peak season in Langkawi: School holiday (if possible a big no-no), LIMA (the maritime & aircraft exhibition) and Le Tour de Langkawi.
Reason is simple: those so-called entrepeneurs will surely 'ketuk' you 'kaw-kaw punya' during the peak season. We rented a Nissan Serena (7 seater) for only RM 80 per day. But during those peak season the price could skyrocket up to RM 250 per day. Same goes for other things e.g. meals etc.

2. Do not take too much clothing there as you'll tend to buy some shirts or stuff. So no point packing your luggage to the brim, yet you still shop for clothes there. One more thing you could use those extra space to stuff chocs, kain batiks, souvenirs and what not.

3. During packing back home, do not put the metal stuff that you've bought in the hand luggage (e.g. spoon, forks, senduk etc.). The Customs will make a fuss of it. So better stow those things in the cargo.

4. Do not forget your sunblock, sunscreen or what-so-ever esp. if you're going to the beach. For those with kids, you'll be dragged by them to the beach I tell you!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Langkawi revisited (Part 2)

The next day we went to the Langkawi Cultural Craft Complex at Teluk Yu. It consist of mainly batik crafts (there are beautiful paintings), wood crafts & some 'anyaman'.

This item caught my attention. It's called bunga batu hidup. The description stated that it's not a coral. They are colourful and quite costly.


Then we're off to Tanjung Rhu which according to hubby is the nicest beach of Langkawi. My fav beach of Langkawi is Pantai Pasir Tengkorak. According to the folks there some of the islands that we saw there are situated in Thailand. Don't know for sure, we didn't bring the navigator. This is Tanjung Rhu, just ignore the yellow chair. Spoil the scenery je.



Our next stop was the fav spot for all the ladies of Malaysia (or everywhere else). Apa lagi shopping time! The rain doesn't hinder our 'niat suci untuk shopping'. The 3 men (or you could say 2 & a half men) had to tag along. Especially hubby, my fav banker! No photos of course, we were too busy!!!

Wait for Part 3...

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Langkawi revisited (Part 1)

I used to work in Langkawi for a couple of years. It's one of my family's favourite vacation spot. So we decided to go Cuti2 Malaysia this time around. Stayed at Pantai Cenang. Visited some of the places we'd never been. Our first stop was Dataran Helang (Lang). Aiman wanted to swim in the fountain pool there. Daddy & Atok had to restrain him, otherwise he surely would get his feet in the water.
Next we went to Oriental Village. There are some animal show here, souvenir shops and the best of all The Cable Car. Since none of us have ever been in a cable car before, we were very excited to try it ....including Aiman. It was a bit scary once the gondola heads for Gunung Mat Chincang. Aiman became very quite... Everybody felt a bit 'gayat'.



But once we were on top of the mountain, the scenery was simply breathtaking. You can see the blue sea dotted with some yachts. During the ride we saw a beautiful waterfall ~ Telaga Tujuh.



The cable car has the longest suspension in the world between two stations. It was built without constructing any roads through the jungle. Some people were seen walking the walkway at the highest station. The ride was more than enough for me!

In the evening, Aiman wanted to go to the sea which is just at the back of our place. The scenery was beautiful. There are some water sports for those enthusiasts e.g. banana boat ride, parachute ride & jet ski. And as usual Aiman doesn't want to come out of the water.

Enough for Part 1. Will continue later about the chocs, kain batik & Corelle!

Friday, May 15, 2009

Cuti cuti Malaysia

Yeayyyy .... can't wait for tomorrow. Going for Cuti2 Malaysia with the family. Dah lama sangat tak pegi tempat tu. Kat mana? Tungguuuuuuu ............

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Shevchenko or Bob the Builder?

This was during last weekend. Hubby had some projects going on in the garden, so the little boy decided to join daddy. Seemed so busy with his toy handphone and lorry. Luckily he forgot about his Bob the Builder construction hat. Otherwise I'd have to find it for him.




One thing I found out about my son, he loves to draw. Here's a masterpiece from him, on the wall of my office.