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Monday, November 8, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Amin Masa Kecik
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Pakat Mai Penang @ Nasi Kandaq OD
Back in August, the company I work with organized a Family Day + Annual Dinner getaway to the Pearl of the Orient...PULAU PINANG!!!! Funny i didn't notice any large plantations of pokok pinang around the island hmmmmm but i didn't get to round round the whole island.
Had a most excellent time. Needless to say twas the first trip to Penang for the kids and my last one was 21 years ago, with Abah and Awang. I remember vividly because it was during that trip that i switched my guitar strings to lefty and actually learned a few chords.
We stayed at Holiday Inn Batu Feringgi, which was excellent considering the company paid for everything. We got to drive around a bit, not to the Balik Pulau side but just between Georgetown and Batu Feringgi. There's a place called Miami Beach hahaha... I thot i almost saw Lt. Horatio Caine YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!
Anyway, here are some pics for posterity. We definitely will mai Tanjung again, Insya Allah!!!
The hotel room...not bad at all and the hotel food was quite tasty
Couple of Cabana Boys, looking Cool :P
Chillin' on the Beach
Construction in Progress
What Penang REEAALLLYY meant to us as a family
I actually called in Sick after this trip, OD'd on Kari!!!
Don't be Fooled by his young age; he's a curry-gobbler as well
Dinner at the Hotel with 2 Beach Beauties i picked up
The dinner theme was Back to School, except these two haven't actually left it...or even enrolled or gone to any school hehehe
Posing at Padang Kota
Some hardcore fishan folks set up Crab Traps all along Padang Kota...Respect!!
Kids getting restless
The drive back....Tourism is Tiring work
Couple of Cabana Boys, looking Cool :P
Chillin' on the Beach
Construction in Progress
What Penang REEAALLLYY meant to us as a family
I actually called in Sick after this trip, OD'd on Kari!!!
Don't be Fooled by his young age; he's a curry-gobbler as well
Dinner at the Hotel with 2 Beach Beauties i picked up
The dinner theme was Back to School, except these two haven't actually left it...or even enrolled or gone to any school hehehe
Posing at Padang Kota
Some hardcore fishan folks set up Crab Traps all along Padang Kota...Respect!!
Kids getting restless
The drive back....Tourism is Tiring work
Ciao bebeh!!!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
AYNA IS FOUR!!! YAAAAYYYYY
We celebrated Ayna's FOURTH birthday a couple of days ago at Mak's mansion in Sg Merab. Acik Na Maria and the gang provided the catering, authentic East Coast Nasik Ulang and Laksang!!!
Check out the video.Yes, she's wearing a Snow White dress, courtesy of Mummy, imported by Aunty Ella,
Ihsan helped with the candle blowout, while Amin was ever-loving big bro, YAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
More pics to come....
Thursday, May 13, 2010
LANGKAWI Part 4 : Pics and Pieces
So these four postings pretty much cover the highlights of our trip. These are just some more pictures of us there.
If you're too lazy to scroll down, here are the preceeding parts :
Langkawi Part 1 : Some videos
Langkawi Part 2 : First time for All of Us
Langkawi Part 3 : Fish N' Eats
Buntal, duly Catched and Released
New Wave
My failed attempt at panorama photography
View from our Chalet
Some weird seaweed that the housewives were scooping out like mad. Must be really good to eat!
A kerapu I caught
Posing atas batu hitam, at the end of Pantai Tengah
Beach was ours!!! Check out the footprints in the sand
The Nation's Building Partners, hard at work
D'Warung Restaurant, Amin view
On the flight back, Ayna and Ihsan flat, Amin couldn't stop smiling
Alhamdulillah, hopefully someday, we'll be back!!!
Til then SALAM!!!!
If you're too lazy to scroll down, here are the preceeding parts :
Langkawi Part 1 : Some videos
Langkawi Part 2 : First time for All of Us
Langkawi Part 3 : Fish N' Eats
ENJOY THE PICS!!!!
Arrival at Langkawi Airport, have to walk Grrrrrrr...
Proud Plunderer of Ocean Life
Buntal, duly Catched and Released
New Wave
My failed attempt at panorama photography
The "magic" number TRES
View from our Chalet
Some weird seaweed that the housewives were scooping out like mad. Must be really good to eat!
A kerapu I caught
Posing atas batu hitam, at the end of Pantai Tengah
Beach was ours!!! Check out the footprints in the sand
The Nation's Building Partners, hard at work
Pasir Eating Monster
D'Warung Restaurant, Amin view
On the flight back, Ayna and Ihsan flat, Amin couldn't stop smiling
Alhamdulillah, hopefully someday, we'll be back!!!Til then SALAM!!!!
Langkawi Part 3 : Fish N' Eats
One thing that we were looking forward to on our Langkawi trip was the local seafood and of course, some fishan for me. The fishan stories have received much coverage in my other dedicated fishan blog (http://guerillafishan.blogspot.com), so anyone interested in what happened can check out this posting there.
According to Abang Rahim, a local who helped me with my fishan trip as well as other island tips, the best seafood place is called Nelayan, an Ikan Bakar joint, right next to a fisherman jetty (near the way to the Hospital). So naturally, we went there.....TWICE!!! One novel dish they have is Petai Bakar on the BBQ. Syiok, brings out the bitter beauty of petai.
We chose some crab, prawns, small fishies, pari and weird-looking shellfish (on the right). As usual, we may have ordered too much...took us 2 days and 3 meals to finish it all. DEE-LISH!!!
On the second day, we also visited the Underwater World, located near Pantai Cenang. Can't miss the place, and if you are a fish lover, DONT miss it. For a few bucks, you can see all sorts of amazing fishies and father fishies. Some were big, some were cute and small, but every single one was beautiful. Definitely one of the highlights of our trip, plus it got me fired up right just in time for my fishan trip the next day!!
Kids posing with some Black and Albino Patin
Amin face-to-face with his kolam nemesis, the Pacu
Beautiful fishies, Lampam and Temoleh
Beautiful Fish Predator, top of the food chain hehehe
Ayna intrigued by Pink Flamingoes. She loves pink btw
Our favourite was definitely the Rays they had on show. Manta Ray, Sting Ray, Leopard Ray. Was cool to see them flapping sort of like slow-motion in the deep blue water. Here's a vid :
Graceful "flight" of the Pari
Missus trying her hand at hand-fishing hehe
On the last morning there, we checked out this restaurant near the Padi field demo thing. The place is called D'Warung, Abang Rahim had taken me there the day before, after our fishan trip. I thought the food during late tea time was good, but the breakfast spread was UNBELIEVABLE! They were sorry, no nasi lemak...but look at what they had on offer at 9am!! Me and the wife almost had seizures looking at the spread, mostly seafood cooked kampung-style!! But we settled for some fresh pari in asam, some excellent Kari Bawal and wife even took Asam Pedas Pari. Talk about revenge for Steve Irwin HAHA!!
Till Next Time,
Adios and Salam!!!
According to Abang Rahim, a local who helped me with my fishan trip as well as other island tips, the best seafood place is called Nelayan, an Ikan Bakar joint, right next to a fisherman jetty (near the way to the Hospital). So naturally, we went there.....TWICE!!! One novel dish they have is Petai Bakar on the BBQ. Syiok, brings out the bitter beauty of petai.
Amin, smiling like a Kerapu, looking at the fresh fish on offer
Some of the giganticus on display
Some of the giganticus on display
We chose some crab, prawns, small fishies, pari and weird-looking shellfish (on the right). As usual, we may have ordered too much...took us 2 days and 3 meals to finish it all. DEE-LISH!!!
On the second day, we also visited the Underwater World, located near Pantai Cenang. Can't miss the place, and if you are a fish lover, DONT miss it. For a few bucks, you can see all sorts of amazing fishies and father fishies. Some were big, some were cute and small, but every single one was beautiful. Definitely one of the highlights of our trip, plus it got me fired up right just in time for my fishan trip the next day!!
Some Araipama that greets you upon entering the Underwater World
Kids posing with some Black and Albino Patin
Amin face-to-face with his kolam nemesis, the Pacu
Beautiful fishies, Lampam and Temoleh
Beautiful Fish Predator, top of the food chain hehehe
Ayna intrigued by Pink Flamingoes. She loves pink btw
Our favourite was definitely the Rays they had on show. Manta Ray, Sting Ray, Leopard Ray. Was cool to see them flapping sort of like slow-motion in the deep blue water. Here's a vid :
Graceful "flight" of the Pari
Missus trying her hand at hand-fishing hehe
Those sharks were parked there, completely still at the tank floor, sleeping I guess.
The big-ass walk-through tank was cool, fishies swimming around and overhead
Giant Kerapu, twins maybe?
Buntal
The big-ass walk-through tank was cool, fishies swimming around and overhead
Giant Kerapu, twins maybe?
Buntal
On the last morning there, we checked out this restaurant near the Padi field demo thing. The place is called D'Warung, Abang Rahim had taken me there the day before, after our fishan trip. I thought the food during late tea time was good, but the breakfast spread was UNBELIEVABLE! They were sorry, no nasi lemak...but look at what they had on offer at 9am!! Me and the wife almost had seizures looking at the spread, mostly seafood cooked kampung-style!! But we settled for some fresh pari in asam, some excellent Kari Bawal and wife even took Asam Pedas Pari. Talk about revenge for Steve Irwin HAHA!!
Amin washing hands, while some "locals" looked on
That little "structure" with lavender curtains is where they display the lauk
The spread, beats any 5-star hotel anyday
Till Next Time,Adios and Salam!!!
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