Cherating #2

Our 2nd day at Cherating starts with breakfast and we strolled by the beach,  and the wind are so strong. Sofia as usual sleep in her carrier. While someone else were so excited to get a jump in the pool but we say later in the evening as we have plans today

Our first pit stop was to the Turtle Sanctuary which located about 10mins driving from Impiana
Eventho it's on Sunday they still open

Operation hours  
Open on everyday Incl Public Holidays EXCEPT monday from 9am onwards
No entrance fees but you can donate some amounts for contributions towards the centre

basically you can finish touring inside within 30-40mins je
nothing much beside than the so called small museum, few small pools that have turtles from baby to the adults. Great exposure for the youngsters. I must say HM was bit excited seeing all the turtles as she thought all of them are part of her Ninja Turtles (i dunno why my daughter is a big fan of ninja turtles
 -____-)

Then we decided to go and cari this Hai Peng Kopitiam (now they changed to Sukiyang). After we waze it, its about 20mins drive to Chukai (don't ask me in KM, i am bad with that)
Cherating is almost at the border of Terengganu so it's not that far. Apparently Chukai has so much to offer, they have small town that have Manjaku pun (yeah, we cari this kedai too as we need to buy Sofia baju tidur. lol. jauh sampai ke T'ganu)


Once reached at Hai penag kopitiam, we ordered roti toast with pisang and peanut butter fillings. Amir ordered fish n chips and their famous kopi la. i've also tried their version of nasi lemak but they had this ikan tenggiri masak lemak Tganu style kot. Sedap, something new, We also tapau roti bakar with egg in case we lapar in the room later :)

Once in the room, we thought that it's good everyone (including me) to have a short nap/break before the last round of pool and beach. All of them slept, as usual me terkebil2 cannot tido pulak ( i dont sleep daytime unless tersangatla penat). Then, bila masa i dah ngantuk, Sofia pulak bangun. So where's my rest? *crying*
These two beranak, HM and Amir can really sleep long and if i tak kejutkan they're probably missed their  chances to melepak. i have to make noise and woke them up, itupun dah 530pm. Angin kat luar sgt kuat, and it's bit cloudy
me and Sofia are not joining to get wet, just wandering around je lah
So we both lepak by the pool je. Itupun sgt windy and it became so cold. Dapatla agaknye 20mins suddenly i felt the rain drop. Ha kelam kabut everyone trying to balik bilik. But too bad the rain suddenly pouring heavily. We stucked at the gym center for almost 15mins, and wet. Lucky Sofia berjaya diselamatkan
so that night gonna be a cold one for us

While for dinner, we decided to try something else and new at Chukai plus we need to buy a new sleepsuit for Sofia. The one i bought tak muatla pulak. Tang her kaki i cannot button up, padehal baju tu baru sekali je pakai and i bought them all the way from US *nangis*. What to do, Sofia getting bigger (8kg baby from the last time we weighed her at 6mo*

kitorang pegi je normal food court area. End up kitorang makan yong tau foo, mee rebus tganu style, nasi ayam hainan. malam tu dah terasa macam nak demam, coz my tonsils dah tak sedap. Ni semua akibat HM and ayah dah start berbatuk dulu semalam. Yang bestnya diorang setakat batuk je but me terus nak demam dah..so unfair tsskk :(. nasibla esok tu nak balik KL dah

sambil tu tengok tepi2 jalan ada banyak kedai yang jual kopok lekor belum tutup lagi, so beli dulu sikit bekalan bawak balik KL as also souvenirs. Murah gak. Itu je signatures bila pegi T'ganu ni

Upon checking out, we have planned to singgah Kuala Gandah utk saja tgk elephants tulah. I pun tak pernah pegi ye. So ada abang ni bg directions from Cherating exit ikut Lanchang then just drive straight, akan masuk area perkampungan sket and drive je almost 7-10km gitu and will find it.
tapi, on the way home, infact since pagi tu dah mendung je. Lepas break kat Temerloh RnR, still mendung. So kitorang called it off la coz kang halfway tengok gajah hujan tak pasal plak semua basah. Plus i don't feel good pun. Lepas hiway Karak tu nak masuk ampang, wah cuaca panas berdentum pulak.
So balik je cuci laundry la yang confirm banyak gile ni

beach bummers at cherating #1

the first trip for 2015 is to the--------------------------------------------------BEACH!
yeah, we just simply the beach. HM been wanting to go to the  beach lately
so your wish do come true darling

None of us been to Cherating pun (how sad haha) so it's a good choice la
and we stayed at Impiana Resort Cherating. room been upgraded to suite deluxe (as usual, cough). we paid RM280nett/night w 2 breakfast
left house approx 1030am and road was ok, not much cars. We stopped at RnR Temerloh 
Urghh, i smell ikan patin masak tempoyak everywhere. So not me.

Checked in was breeze. Room was spacious for 2adults and 2 childs. But it need refurbishment and improvement. Well, i kept my judge to myself as i don't want to spoil my mood. So layan jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I am so thanked that weather has been so perfect when we're here. It was sunny, clear blue skies with wind blowing nicely. It's just so windy. It'll make you fall asleep. Well, most of the time it's sofia who is comfort enough in my carrier. At night, thousands of stars and with clear moon. ini barulah 
PERFECT 10! lol

the happiest kid alive would be my HM whenever she heard i say
 "let's go to the beach"
very the efficient tukar baju to her swim suit, bring on her sand castle stuffs and ready to go. selagi tak sampai beach selagi tu membebel and tanye 
"bila nak sampai beach?"

For dinner, we got recommendation from one of the front office staff to head to Nabil Seafood which about 10mins drive based on waze. and tempat tu memang packed. we waited almost 30mins for our food to arrived!

While driving kena slowly sket coz have to locate for the landmark. nearby this seafood shop ada banyak B&B and also cheap challet which budget tourist and surfers stay. Mat saleh pun makan nasi goreng and telur mata ok

#PrayForPantaiTimur

Allahuakbar. Allahuakbar. Allahuakbar

Banjir menyerang lagi. This time the whole stretch of pantai timur, mostly Kelantan were hit badly.Terengganu, Pahang are also affected. Johor, Perak, Perlis ada juga yang terkena tempiasnya

Kalini air yang membanjiri sangatla teruk, and its muddy flood. Hujan yang nonstop lagi 

memburukkan keadaan

At social media, there were a lot of pictures and messages been shared. From the victims, the relatives, rescue teams etc

but the most heart wrenching one, that involved kids. Sangat sedih tengok and dengar

They are hungry and helpless. Some area tuh were hit badly and air sangat dalam sampai rescue team nak masuk to help and distribute donation pun tak boleh. End up they were stranded there with no food, no dry clothing, no drinking water and other basic necessity

Sungguh Ya Allah, if aku di beri kesempatan untuk turut serta helping any of the rescue team to be either at kelantan/pahang/terengganu, i will be there. I WILL BE THERE

But i have my own family here that needs me especially my 5mo baby Sofia who are still breastfeeding. I'm not complaining nor anything, i was saying if i were given a chance at the right times, i am gonna volunteer myself. I wanna help them. maybe i can't donate much on cash/food/items but at least i can help to ease their burden and help them whatever necessary.

So sad seeing them with no place to stay, no proper food, some had lost their family members and even all their stuffs to this musibah. It is yet another ujian drpd Allah swt, we just  have to be redha and accept and move on from there. Bahu yang memikul mmg lagi berat dari mata yg memandang, truly understand that

Meantime, others shouldn't be judging others. I mean, if one didn't update or post anything on his/her FB/ any social media about this, it doesn't mean that they didn't care or aware. We are not in the position of judging others. Let just doa and pray that all the flood victims are safe and in good hands

I am also deeply sad that some kids have lost their parents to this. 

No one expected that. NO ONE. i bet everyone are trying their best to save their loved ones, even to the animals. Animals too deserved to be saved. Please have some mercy

 Every year from mid Oct- Jan we known its monsoon season here where mostly nearby beaches area have to be alert and take some precautions on the weather. Again, it is beyond our control. Allah yang mengetahui segalanya

From my 2cents (yelah kita belajar dr pengalamankan) since its monsoon every year, each houses/family needs to have the survival kit. Ensure dalam bag yang waterproof and floated one too, kena ada basic ameneties ie : towel, blanket (nipis pun OK), candle, mancis, small mineral botol, dry food (or can be top up on the day itself), one/two dry clothes etc. Stuffs can be added at later based on needs. At least bila terjadinya musibah, we can just grab this bag. 

Plus government pun play a big role. Dah tau monsoon ni memang every year ada (just based on teruk ke takla banjir tu), kena ada sistem mengatasi or a evacuate plan yang proper.

We can't  be ongoing to deal only when the issue arise. We need to learn from our past and make it better in future. Sistem pengumpulan bekalan and rescue team pun kena ada plan.

Well, i'm not gonna be a keyboard warriors or any ustazah FB yang nak tulis macam2

i just hope and doa that all of the flood victims tabah and kita as a one malaysian unite and help them whichever yang boleh!

#PrayForPantaiTimur

Sabah Trip

the long awaited break , to sabah we go with another 2 couples
 here's a short info for my trip :

1. Flight malindo - RM330 (return) 3 paxs
2. kereta sewa exora - RM350 - 3 nights
3. minyak keta : RM100 - 4 days

Hotels :

Kundasang - Kinabalu Pine Resort RM230 nett/room - incl bfast + dinner

Hotel Grandis at KK RM220nett/superior room - incl bfast (5mins walking to Jesselton Point)

Day 1

our flight was at 0745hrs with malindo via KLIA

my review : ample leg space, snack were ok (biskut +mineral) je pun, but ada jugak di jual meal if you wish to purchase (RM12 - food + drink)

entertainment pun ado gak so ok tak boringla

Reached KKIA, we took our Exora car and fixed our waze to Kundasang which took approx 2hrs+ (depend how u drive gakla)

Journey memula ok then lelama dah macam nak pi Cameron, mcm ular. being 6mo preggy boleh sakit pinggang dok lelama dlm keta ngn anak lagi

so later we stop at Nabalu, such a nice and cold place for a break

Tips : if nak beli colored t-shirt/souvenir better buy here as way cheaper than pasar Phil

and after the pening journey konah sana sini to reach Kundasang, we finally saw the sign of Kinabalu Pine Resort. weehooo. we need to stretch outttt

Kinabalu Pine resort

market yang jual fresh veges and fruits 

the small town, takde ape pung

and we give ourself almost 1.5hrs to relax and refresh. here the sunset is earlier than at KL,

so if nak buat activity better be earlyla. We olls just pergi to the nearest town to look out and lepak for a tea and snacks while waiting the sun down

after some real refreshment back in the room, we're gonna have our dinner. Food was scrumptious eventho just a simple one but they way they cooked it is nice, or maybe all of us were hungry. lol

and the night ends with just spending time in the room and hope that we're up early for the sunrise which is definitely not to be missed!

mt kinabalu covered with clouds

depan our blocks, heading for dinner

Janda baik and waterfalls

Yes, the weather will be this hot most probably till March or the end of it.
Semggu sekali rasenye hujan baru nak turun. Oh what a torture. tapi org cakap di neraka lagi panas kan?so bare with it jela

Get urself pregnant legally ye and feel the double heat. You're sweating like orang yg kerja buruh tu..and all you want is least clothes to put on but not with 2 piece at homela, melampau tuh. Should i say sleeveless and shorts will do.

CNY weekend for 4 days..nuthing much exciting. Decided to just cool off to Janda Baik. Actually a week before pun dah ke Pangsun, rendam dlm sungai lagi but it's not clear water & not cool enuffla. That's why repeat ke JandaBaik, my first time here.

A bit challenging, mind be being 4 mth preggy ni tapi ku gagahkan jua. But it's all worthla. air yg sejuk dan nyaman, orang tak ramai. Berendam sepuasnya la. tak rasa sejuk pun due to contra with the weather yang panas. Korang bleh caya tak, i've had sun burnt tau. Haha dah sehari baru realize the shoulder skin dah merah. We were there for about 4 hrs then balikla. But we stopped at Wadi Hussien's place, yang ada big taman that fulled with flowers and all sorts of things. A bit creative and quite a huge place to taka care of tapi dia ada workers so it helped la.

Dengan weather yg berterusan begini till march, the possibility for us visiting the rest of air terjun/sungai2 seems like helping. Waaa, i need my a/c now!!

More pics at my FB ya

Year end honeymoon

yeay, off to cameron highlands, sort of our year end honeymoon trip for 2009

was really hoping the weather is bright sunny due to read newspaper recently that there's a landslides infact at Simpang Pulai, cross our fingers

alhamdulilah, clear weather mengiringi us

kami stop di hentian tapah for lunch and proceed again to the top

BUT, the road to cameron was far way challenging than to Genting

a lot of narrow roads heading

not forget to mentioned, we saw few of the tapak landslides along the way, a bit scary and just hope nothing would happen

We arrived EQ on time at 3pm, checked in and we've got room attached with balcony, which not all of the rooms are with that, very near to the indoor swimming pool, ergh bit tempting for the swim

Without further delayed, we are down for a walk to the nearby market. They have lots of fresh veges and colorful flowers

broccoli's 

 

while we're scouting for more fresh veges & strawberries, hujan sudah. so off to hotel and get ready for dinner.

 

 

Punyelah susah nak cari parking, can see ppl everywhere. more buses parked sana sini, so parking space are very limited. KL pun kalah ok. Crowds are really everywhere. We all makan ikan cencaru bakar, tom yam, sayur kai lan

Drop by jap kat pasar mlm area tanah rata. seronok. more foods

 

 

Next day, we're ready for checking out thus to check some other cool places.
The Sg Palas tea plantation is next. And the most challenging part was, the road. it was built for only small cars, i guess but by knowing Malaysian ppl yang very the rich, they have Alphard, Lexus, School buses, Lorries, Kancils and Myvi :). So there'a s lot of in and out. We need someone to be 'police traffic"

cars queuing 

bored while waiting in the car

After 30 mins of  winding road, we're safely arrived. And the crowds, aiyo

increasing from time to time. It's 12+pm, patutla..all hunger for foods with great view

Breath taking view

 

egg & tuna sandwiches, palas supreme tea & doughnuts 

Ok now both are satisfied, we're off and saying goodbye to cameron. We're indeed happy spending quality time together. For more, 2010 will come soon

 

signature pose

ps : full pics will be at my FB