::Fantasy vs. Reality::

Sejak dua menjak layan blog Kak Zu @ Mama Tia Mia ni, selalu la berangan nak rumah macam Kak Zu. Tapi itu mungkin hanya fantasy sahaja...realitynya, hmmmmm wallahu'alam, tak tau la boleh buat ke tak...

Nak ikutkan, rumah Kak Zu ni intermediate, sama je dengan rumah saya, rumah tengah. Tapi the way she decorates macam rumah corner lot and saya dapat rasakan penuh ketenangan dan kerterujaan tiap kali dia share pics on rumah dia... :)

Contohnya...

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Dah la ada verandah and tempat-tempat lepak dan makan-makan kat luar, pastu anak2 pun ada space untuk get close to nature macam gambar bawah ni...

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Cantik kan?? Tu belum tengok kat dalam lagi.... :)

Tapi untuk rumah saya ada kawasan macam ni, hmmmm macam satu perkara yang mustahil...huhuhu. Pokok-pokok yang ada sekarang pun tak berbela sangat...

Cuma, apa yang Allah dah izinkan.....jeng je jeng...........

Tidaklah extravaganza macam rumah kak zu ni....yang boleh ahli keluarga lepak2 sambil tengok orang berkebun...kanak-kanak bermain pondok-pondok, main buai....

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Cuma ini sahaja...alhamdulillah, rezeki dari Allah.....

This one saya order from Intan Garden owned by Puan Yati & En Rosmadi. Costed RM1500 including delivery charge. Cepat juga diorang buat..around 2/3 weeks after confirtmation of order. Material dari kayu balau and insya-Allah boleh tahan hujan panas dlm 20-25 tahun, bak kata En Rosmadi la, me yet to tunggu lagi 20-25 tahun to confirm hehehehehhee.

Errr tgk lantai tu nampak sangat jarang dicuci dan disental kan...apa bahan pencuci yg bagus ya untuk lantai luar?? Anyone can suggest

Hajat di hati nak cat luar tu color putih macam rumah Kak Zu, tapi tak approved pula oleh en. suami. Now tengah fikir-fikir semula color yang sesuaiiii....korang ada idea? Rasa macam nak biru or hijau...tapi nak kene tengok tone la kut....OK x?

::Cuti sekolah - Part3::

Last weekend, kami sambung lagi cuti-cuti Malaysia. Kali ni pun ke utara juga, but not up to Penang. Takat Cameron Highland sahaja sebab anak-anak kepiiingin sangat nak makan strawberry kat CH since the first time they heard about CH.

It was a very short trip. We went there on Saturday, and coming back on Sunday. Walau sekejap, tapi kami puas hati...Alhamdulillah..

Kali ni, kami jalan-jalan dengan clan Labu pula i.e dengan Mamayong dan Nenek Normah...:)

Since, the morning we went to KLIA first to send our beloved Maklang Nadirah back to Riyadh, so only able to start the trip at about 11.30AM and reached CH at about 2.30PM.

We stayed at Sri Intan but the condition was not that good. Sayang sungguh company tak maintain properly this resort. Sebaik duk semalam je, otherwise, I already thought of changing the hotel. Dah bayar upfront, sayang pula...Last time we went takde la seteruk ini...

Nenek, Mamayong & Anisah

So, lepas check in, we went for simple lunch sebab lepas tu hajatnya nak bawa anak-anak plus nenek dan mamayong gi petik strawberry. This was the first time for Aisyah Humayraa and Nenek datang CH. Dah makin banyak ladang2 strawberry kat CH ni. And this one for us memang baru la last time datang tak ada. Nak pergi sini punya la sempit jalannya. Lalu belakang shop lot pula tu..This ladang strawberry is just before the tapak pasar malam.

Selain strawberry, kat sini ada tanam pelbagai jenis salad. Memang seronok melihatnya...fresh tak hengat..

Unfortunately, org tu kata budak-budak tak boleh gi petik strawberry, so kitorang pun tinggalkan tempat ni and cari tempat lain pula...

We went to few more ladang, but mostly dah tutup. So we decided to postpone the activity.  Next we went to pasar malam to search for food for dinner. 2 kali round pasar malam ni sebab my ibu seronok sangat beli udang goreng tepung sampai 3 pack. Anak2 pula seronok beli strawberry dipped in chocolate...

On Sunday, we checked out at about 8.30AM and went for breakfast at near by restaurant.

Last pics at Sri Intan

Lepas dah sarapan, kami meneruskan pencarian ladang strawberry. Memula we stopped by kat Strawberry Point ni. Pun rasanya baru for us. Dulu macam tak ada lagi...

Unfortunately, the self picking tak buka pula lagi. So just jalan-jalan sket, tengok mushroom pelbagai warna, anak2 beli selimut strawberry and lepas tu terus pergi ladang lain pula...

Strawberry point

Kami tuju ladang strawberry yang bersebelahan dengan Equatorial Hotel. Dulu-dulu pun memang pergi sini to pluck our own stawberry. It is RM25 per kg. 1 piring tu boleh share 3 orang, so we bought 2. Extra strawberry kene tambah duit lepas tu...

Alhamdulillah, puas hati sangat sebab Allah izinkan anak-anak petik sendiri strawberry diorang. Puas la memilih yang besar2.. :)

gambar paling cantek rasanya yg diambil...lighting yg bagus.. :)

Ibu tersayang...alhamdulillah...seronok dia di sini...

one of the plate...

 Lepas dah abis petik buah, kitorang pergi tempat semalam sebab kat situ ada banyak makanan2 dan minuman2 dari strawberry....tapi anak2 p beli french fries jek...hehehehe

suka betul tgk daun-daun salad kat sini....

Dah selesai makan, jalan2 sekejap kat area pokok2 bunga dan cactus ni...bersambung dengan ladang strawberry and salad di atas...

Last but not least, bawa ibu, along dan anak2 melawat ladang tea Cameron Valley. Ibu complain penat nak turun ke ladang... :

On the way balik, kami singgah sekali lagi di Cendol Bakar Kuala Selangor nak bagi along and ibu try...:)

With that, habis la jalan-jalan cuti sekolah kami. Alhamdulillah, terima kasih Allah atas izinMu....

::Comments from Anonymous::

2013 ni, melambak-lambak komen from Anonymous yang ntah hapa2. Virus kah? Scam kah? Cam mana nak buat ek? Korang experience the same ke? Contoh seperti di bawah....

::Cuti sekolah - Part2::

Sambungan entry yang lepas....

Day 3: Monday 24thMar : Penang-->Tambun

On the third day at Penang, we checked out from the Kafa Homestay at about 10.30AM. The siblings requested for a visit to Hard Rock Hotel, thus we just fulfilled it. Both hubby and me are not fan of Hard Rock, so there's nothing catch our interest there...:)

Some shots at Hard Rock Hotel

Later, we went to visit Galeri P.Ramlee. It's all because of the Upin & Ipin series on Kenangan Mengusik Jiwa, thus our children was so excited when we told them that there's P.Ramlee house in Penang. Quite hard to find the location as it was not found in our Sygic. Plus, there was also no sign of direction. Somehow, we managed to find the place. Anisah love this place so much coz she can read lots of facts on P.Ramlee, so I'm thinking of having more museum visits after this... :)

This Galeri P.Ramlee is located at Jalan P.Ramlee. Mak @ Puan was previously working with Arkib Negara and this gallery is one of galleries under Arkib Negara. We met En Mansor who was previously working with Mak @ Puan. Bagus juga kalau jalan2 jumpa kenalan lama kan...

After we had free lunch with En Mansor, we went to the  jetty to cross the sea via ferry. Hubby was so happy to bring the 2 gals riding on this ferry....hehehehe

From Penang, we headed to Tambun and stayed at Alpine Apartment, another homestay. This one cost us RM480 for 3D2N. Alhamdulillah, this one pun complete with dapur essentials and washing machine. Sampai je rumah, terus start laundry...:)

This Alpine Apartment is taking less than 10 mins drive to The Lost World of Tambun. Memang dekat sangat-sangat. On the way tu tengok rumah besar2 yang cantek. Nak senang lagi, apartment ni dekat juga dengan Giant, so senang nak beli groceries...

Day 4: Tuesday 25th Mar :Lost World of Tambun

After having in house breakfast, zassss we went to the Lost World of Tambun. Both Anisah & Humayraa dah tak sabar-sabar dah nak main air..padahal the themepark is open at 10.00AM. 

The tix bought via groupon promotion somewhere in Jan/Feb. The theme park has lots of area other than the waterpark. Memang best la..contohnya Tiger Valley, Swan Lake, Tin Mining, Petting Zoo, Hot Spring, Spa etc...

After we redeemed the groupon voucher, we had few camwhoring due to the entrance was no opened yet. Anak-anak sudah bernyanyi-nyanyi nak masuk main air..

 Dapat je masuk, apa lagi, bermula la saat keriangan...:)

The waterpark...

Riding on the tram

Show on this bird, tak ingat pula nama dia...

Tiger Valley, ada feeding the tiger show..

Swan Lake. Boleh naik paddle boat and feed the swans yang sangat2 lapar...mencatuk je kejenya

Some shots on the petting zoo

We went in before 10AM, we went out after 6PM. More than 8 hours inside the park, so imagine the damage on our skin....huhuhuhuhu...

Day 5: Wednesday 26thMar :Tambun-->Kuala Selangor&Sabak Bernam

On the next day, checked out from Alpine Apartment at about 11AM. Then we headed to Sabak Bernam looking for this seafood named Mentarang. Our lil sister, Maksu Rahilah kepingiiiiiin sangat nak mencuba. 

Mentarang ni is from the family of kerang juga. Not widely found sebab dia hidup kat pantai yang berselut sahaja. So far yang kami pernah dengar, memang ada kat area Sabak Bernam ni je la..

Cari punya cari, akhirnya jumpa this small stall. Boleh makan disitu sahaja atau beli yang mentah untuk bawa balik. For mentarang, it cost RM14 per kg. Sudah mahal as compared masa first time kami cuba dulu. Mungkin sudah glamor sebab dulu2 tak ada stall macam ni..

Selain dari mentarang, kat sini ada juga jual tiram, kerang besar, siput besar dan kupang. We tried tiram bakar and memang sedaaaaapp. Humayraa makan sepinggan dia sorang. Tiram ni RM1.20 per pc.

mentarang tu yang hujung kanan sekali...kat tetengah belakang tu tiram, kiri sekali is giant kerang

Usai mencuba mentarang dan tiram bakar, kami teruskan perjalanan dan jumpa pula Cendol Bakar ni...tengok ramai org, so kitorang pun singgahla nak mencuba...

I asked hubby apa yang bakarnya? Hubby jawab, owner dia nama Bakar kut...hehehe. Actually apa yang bakarnya is the gula merah...

Selain cendol yang ada perlbagai jenis dan boleh refill percuma, ada few more stalls selling soto, nasi ayam, ayam goreng, otak-otak, rojak pasembur, rojak buah, karipap besar RM1.00, bakso...dan macam-macam lagila...

So, that's the end of this trip. Lepas pekena cendol bakar etc, kami pun balik sebab the next day dah start kerja....

Tapiiiii, we had another short trip during the weekend...so tunggu next entry ya... :)

Sekian, assalamu'alaikum....

::Cuti sekolah - Part 1::

Alhamdulillah. Wonderful break for the kids I hope. Took 3 days off during the school break. Went up north for holiday with the whole clan of Pajam's family i.e the kids Puan (Granny) & Atuk, Makngah Najihah & Pakngah Nizam, Maklang Nadirah, Maksu Rahilah and 4 of us.

The trip was from Penang, then down to Tambun and then down to Kuala Selangor.

Day 1: Saturday 23rd Mar : Penang

So first day ni, all of us gerak from Puchong, took the highway belakang rumah i.e Elite, and keluar Guthrie due to the other highway dah start jam. Banyak betul tol kat laluan yg ni....jalan sket jumpa tol, jalan sket jumpa tol, but the good was jalan clear...Alhamdulillah...

Kitorang berhenti sekejap di R&R Tapah. There's construction on going thus the place was crowded.

On the way tu, nampak this unique tranportation..lori tanpa kepala namanya ni...driver siap pakai helmet lagi...amat unique..

 

Arriving Penang at about 3.30PM. We booked Kafa Homestay for RM250 per nite. It was a 3 rooms apartments. Ada dapur, washing machine bagai. So mmg suitable for a group of guests. Kalo book hotel kene book bilik asing2, xde tempat plak nak gather...mcm ni boleh lepak living hall..Unfortunately tak amik plak gambar...hehehe

Jambatan Pulau Pinang

This is where the homestay located. The Eden Seaview Condominium

Bila sampai je apartment ni, anak2 dah mula ' nak mandi kolam, nak mandi kolam'

Malam, went out for some groceries for tomorrow breakfast. Lepas tu gi dinner. Belum bersemangat nak amik gambar on the first day...sibuk duk tgk keliling je. This was my 2nd time datang Penang and first time for Aisyah Humayraa. Anisah dulu kecik2 about 1 year old pernah la datang juga, tapi surely dia tak ingat dah... :)

 Day 2: Sunday 24rd Mar : Penang

Day 2 started with homemade breakfast. We had nasi goreng and macaroni goreng. Dah kenyang, we went out jalan-jalan. First tempat dituju was Bukit Bendera!!!

Ok jom kita ronda-ronda Penang

It was still under renovation tapi train boleh je naik...

Tix for 8 adults n 2 children

All of us except the lady photographer

Sementara que for train...

Dalam train...

There was a snake show. Memang menarik. Berani betul performer ni...dah expert la katakan. Anak2 pun excited tengok walaupun dalam hati berdebar-debar... :)

Dah puas hati berjalan2 area Bukit Bendera ni, kami pun terus mencari Restoran Hameediyah for lunch...perut dah berbunyi2 kelaparan..:)....Ordered Beriyani but me personally feel yang kat Mahbob Bangsar tu lagi sedap..so x perlu la gi jauh2 sampai ke Penang...hehehe

 

Finally, jalan2 area townn looking for jeruk and roti benggali. Sambil tu menikmati pula cendol di tengah cuaca yang panas amat tu...sedapnyaaaa..

Malam, Makngah Najihah ajak gi Padang Kota...so layan pasembur pula...makan je la kejenya...

To be continued....