Saturday, September 15, 2007

Travel Guide (Kota Kinabalu) - Day 4

On Day 4, we decided to go to Kundasang, where the great Mount Kinabalu is situated. This is mum, with graduating Snoopy, looking delighted in the morning.
View from halfway to Kundasang - Ranau. We stopped halfway for break and photo-snapping.


Next stop... Kundasang town. Lots of fresh vegetables, fruits and local snacks for you to choose from.
Tempatation tempatation...
Lovely flowers are available too...
Lovely rose bud.
Hah, potted chili plant. How cute the chilies are!
Potted gerbera.
Varieties of local fruits - durians, mangoesteens, langsat, buah salak, banana, guava etc etc...
How bout this? RED DURIAN...
We have reached dairy farm, where the environment are cool and windy, suitable for "New Zealand" black-and-white-milk-producing-cows.

Hungry hungry hungry! We went to Balsam Restaurant at Kinabalu Park (gateway to Mount Kinabalu) for lunch.

Chinese fried rice.

Nasi lemak with chicken curry.
Finger lickin' good!
Don't stop me! Never mess with my chicken curry!
Spotted heavy vapour!
Dad interested with the vapour.
Pretty clouds.

Canon moment~
Alah... trying to be cute (it's sunny at that time lar...)
Had durian meal there.
Huey: You want my durian? You are not getting it! Argh...!!!
Cloud moments again.

Pondok Timpohon - your gate to Mount Kinabalu. We spotted mount climbers resting and puffing cigarattes here. Smoking keep body warm I guess?
Spotted rainbow and these beautiful view on our way back to KK town.



Mummy and daughter moment.



For dinner, we went to Kingfisher Park, looked for my cousin sister, and ordered chinese stir-fried dishes at Little Man Tai Restaurant. Extremely tiring trip, I drove 4 hours... But their expression on their face? Priceless...

Travel Guide (Kota Kinabalu) - Day 5

On 4th day, which is 2nd September, which is also my convocation (*hooray*), we went to Pasar Tamu KK, situated on the heart of the city. This morning market is only available on Sunday morning, from as early as 6.00 am to 1.00 pm. In short, this morning market offers you macam-macam barang, such as local handicrafts, foods, kuih muih, clothes, pets, LV, Guess, Levi's imitations, plants, local Sabah pearl, etc etc... Happy mum with her beautiful smile.After a short walk at the morning market, we quickly head back to hotel and prepare ourselves for CONVOCATION! Excited and happy at the same time... (^.^) Weather in Sabah is extremely hot! I was sweating all the way during the convocation ceremonyFinally, the convocation ceremony was over! I just can't wait to take off that heavy jubah but before that, of course take tonnes of pictures first lar...Thanks to my cousin sister for the lovely sunflowers, and thanks to mum for the plush toy Snoopy, who also graduatd with me! Haha...
This is me with my second year roommate cum coursemates, Carrie. She make me laugh all the time, love to sleep, yet she can get good grades! Next to me is Chee Kean, another coursemate of mine and also boyfriend of Carrie's.
Kok Wah, me and Wei Hwa. Kok Wah is my coursemate, quiet but very smart~ Diam diam ubi berisi. If I got any problems with assignments, espeacially programming, he will be the person I seek to. Hehe...
That's my cousin sister, mum and my dad. Despite rushing for her thesis and exams, she still manage to come over to look for me.
Kamala aka Kamaba aka Buddy, my third year roomie! She's fun to be and humourous. Our room is the noisiest of all! Of course with the help of another roomie of mine Aun Nee. Picture not available yet. Third year is the most enjoyable one, because of you Kamala and Aun Nee!
Me and Dalena. I love her name, unique and sweet. Always bump into her and her boyfriend when we take our dinner and lunch at Kingfisher Park.
Fishie and Janice. Fashionable Janice - I love to see her dressings. Crazy Fishie - love making stupid and nonsense jokes.
Me and Fishie again.
Nick - boyfriend of Lai Kuan. Below: me and Ah Boon, a coursemate of mine. He speaks Mandarin and I speak Cantonese. Chicken and duck communicate.
Siew Peng and Sin Hui.
After convocation and photo snapping session ends, we went to Kedai Kopi Tenom Yun Soon in Lintas Square. Don't under estimate this normal looking coffee shop. In the morning, it's a coffee shop but in the night, it's a western food shop! It's famous for black pepper lamb steak. Below is Fried Chicken - 2 large chicken thigh RM11.
Me with mum and couzy...Star of the night - Black Pepper Lamb Chop RM13. Two piece lamb steak in a wide selection of sauces - mint, black pepper, salsa and the rest I don't remember. Look delicious leh? Taste super delicious too!
We head back to hotel to rest after a long day~ Dreaming of lamb steak that night...

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Travel Guide (Kota Kinabalu) - Day 6

This is the last day of my convocation trip. Good things must come to an end. I am glad that I get to meet up with my ol' uni friends again. I guess it's hard for us to meet again as some of us are so far far away.

On the last day, we went to Pasar Ikan Masin for some souvenirs for relatives, friends and colleagues. From the name itself, you know that I am getting ikan masin lar! Other than ikan masin, there are also scallops, dried sea cucumber, shark fins, dried sea horses, famous Tawau belacan, sotongs, etc etc...Nicely packed goods in plastic bags. Must bargain for lower price!
Dried shark fins. (Poor sharks, killed for their fins.)
Pasar Ikan Masin, Kota Kinabalu, situated next to the Philippine Market and Pasar Besar Kota Kinabalu, opposite Le Meridien Hotel.
Satisfied mum and dad...
Then, we stopped by at another market, but this special market sells coconut (lots of it) and other kind of fruits. Mainly coconuts. (*slurp*... we quench our thirst with yummy coconut)RM2.00 for normal young coconut, RM2.50 for cold young coconut and RM3.50 for screwpine young coconut.
For lunch, we went to Lintas Plaza for the famous "sang yuk kon lou mee".
My "sang yuk kon lou mee". My verdict: VERY DELICIOUS!The mee and the sui kau (below).They make the best assam lime drink (kit chai shuin mui).One of the friendly waitress in Kedai Kopi Jia Siang. Isn't she cute?
Next, we head on to Warisan Square for retail therapy! But first, I went to Yogur Berry for some low calorie yet delicious yogurt with fresh fruits. This is my set - the white cream look-alike is the yogurt (very very delicious and smooth... yummy!), the brown thing there is walnut cake and fish cake. The name fish cake is a bit weird lar don't you think? When they mention fish cake, the first thing I could think of is the fish cake people put in kuey teow goreng. But this fish cake and walnut cake in Yogur Berry is actually hand made cake with red bean paste in it. Walnut cake contains walnuts in it. Verdict: smells good, taste great...The fresh fruits selection booth. I picked green apple, melon and mango.The view in Warisan Square. Nice...The decoration in Yogur Berry. I love this piece - rose petals scattered all over.After done with our retail therapy and last minute shopping, we packed up our things in hotel and headed back home. Flight delayed 2 HOURS. Biasa lah, Air Asia mah! For the three years I flew with Air Asia, flight got delayed numerous times. Aih... But I love Air Asia for their promotions! So, my parents and I hanged out at the air port for 3 hours and finally reached home at 3 am!

Convocation ends, life goes on... Working life now...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

It's time to reveal...

...pictures of my DoDo!DoDo doesn't like to be captured, so I had to use Pedigree Springo snacks to settle him down. See the red-thing in front of him? That's Springo. RM4.99 from Jusco. Love at the first lick... Yummy... Even mummy wanna take a bite of Springo because DoDo love it so much. That make my mum curious. Erm... dog food anyone?Springo is chewy-kinda-snack. DoDo putting lotsa effort in chewing it.
Ngaum... Lion in the making. After-effects of eating Springo.Slurp! "I want more", says DoDo.Furball DoDo!

Monday, August 20, 2007

It's spring time!

Hey hey, you you, now it's spring time!
Cut it short. Sunday is my photo-snapping day at home dan yang sewaktu dengannya.

Love mum's flowers! Very pretty! Whole tree full with blooming flowers. Down side is that the flowers won't stay pretty for long. The difference between photos taken with/without day sunlight. The below look much more prettier!
Other than the morning-glory look-alike flowers at my home, there are also ROSES!Rose bud ("ROSES butt")
Full blooming rose!

 

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