Fabulous 4

Do I need to say more? =)
It was great to have my siblings back for Christmas. Our house was on high - high amount of laughter, high level of patience (to use toilet) etc & high level of tolerance for bro's surprise acts!

Xmas party @ the Lees

Our host for this year Xmas party, thanks to Lan who initiate, organise & cook! We still managed to party even though our usual host cum cook, Bee, is away.


Thomas cake for birthday boy, Ian, baked by his mummy.




A group picture for our remembrance =) Usually we don't or forget to take one.


Just the gals.


Soon Pol & Drayce


Mr & Mrs Lim come Feb, congrats Keong & Ping!

CMI workshop in Bangkok

Christmas decorations were already up in some malls in Bangkok in Nov.


One of the high-end mall.


Caught up with Oat, ex-colleague from GfK Thai, who took me to Somtam for lunch. The food was yummy but a tad too spicy & sour for me! Somtam is a popular restaurant, we'd to queue up along with others for a table.


A quick bite after a long day of walking. The stall is near the massage centre I visited, nothing fancy but I was too hungry to look around. Loved the quick service, the kangkung but not the char siew.


CMI colleagues from other countries.

This was my 2nd visit to Bangkok, first trip was some years ago with my ex-company. I realised that I didnt really enjoy Thai massage, found it to be painful after each visit. The only time I like Thai massage was my 1st encounter. Could it be the masseur(s) or me? Or possibly the company from my ex-colleagues made me forget the pain?
And I finally visited Chatuchak - the amount of stalls & people there were astonishing! Of course nothing beats Platinum Mall which is my favourite mall in Bangkok =)

A break at Tasik Kenyir

I saw the picture of this bus on the newspaper not long ago & couldnt believe my eyes when I saw it at KT. Of course I ride on it (free!) even though my friends & I weren't sure where it was heading. We ended up at Islamic Civilisation Park which has mini replica of various mosques around the world, a convention hall & Crystal mosque(picture below).




A view from the resort lobby.


The view outside my room.






Took a tour around the lake which brought us to a herbal farm (tongkat ali, kacip fatimah & other plants are found), waterfall & of course the famous spot of Tasik Kenyir - a bunch of dead trees (pic below).




The place is so quiet & secluded that me & my friends were the only guests left on our last day. I've never eaten & slept so much in my life till I came here =) Not forgetting my quest for nasi dagang which failed to materialise but led me to nasi kerabu instead. Needless to say the nasi kerabu was simply delicious!

Rediscovering Penang

I went to Penang over the long weekend. I had only one agenda in mind prior to trip - to have my share of assam laksa, rojak (fruits) & ice kacang. But I got more - tasted some authentic Penang food & discovered the scenic side of Penang. It was a fulfilling trip - definitely for my stomach.


First discovery was Penang Taman Negara. Our destination was to Pantai Kerachut & we got there through the hard way ie hiked (Caution: If one is unfit, the hike can be strenous). Alternatively, we can reach by boat.


Meromictic lake - contain layers of water that do not mix.


Opposite the Meromictic Lake is the sea, separated by the beach.


Sunset at Pantai Kerachut.




Next day we headed to Botanical Garden. We swapped plan from hiking to photographing thanks to merciful friends who saw I was unfit to hike anymore (after the 1st day hike). Thereafter we went on food hunting expedition =)




I like this B I G tree, quite rare in KL.


Needless to say the food hunt was very satisfying. This is taken at Balik Pulau, now I understand why people are crazy over the durians there.


Nasi kandar on Campbell St - our new discovery which left us satisfied.


Crunchy 'yau char kwai' - this shop sells only yau char kwai.


One of the streets we roamed.