Sungai Kob Fish Pond Restaurant

Sept 27: Today, we took a 45 mins drive to Sungai Kob which is about 15 mins drive away from Kulim Hi-Tech park. The restaurant is not visible by the main road. You will have to further drive in to a small village road somewhat similar to a 4-WD adventure road. The tar road will stretch for around 1km after which followed by another 1km of pabbled and uneven road. Upon reaching, you will find yourself in an oil palm plantation where you will park your car. And the restaurant is just a couple of steps away.

Here's where you can park your car - beneath the shed of the oil palm trees

Fried Ikan Lampang (somewhat similar to that of Sultan Fish) braised with garlic & special soya sauce

Steamed Patin with soya sauce & ginger

Scenery surrounding the 'makan place'

Uncle cleaning the fish at a nearby river - definitely not the pond where they rear the fishes!

More scenes ...

Abby's 4th Birthday

Sept 20: Today we celebrated Abby's 4th Birthday. Her actual day falls on the 22nd September (she was born precisely 2 mins after midnight i.e. 00:02). For the past few months, she has been telling her friends and teachers in school (since early in the year) that her birthday is coming soon in September ... but don't really know how long that will be :p

What prompted her to think so much about her birthday was in her school, the teachers will celebrate the children's birthday on the last Friday of each month. So ... she has seen all her friends celebrated their birthdays except for her - as her's was yet to come :)

So this year, mummy & daddy decided to give a birthday bash for this little girl. She doesn't really know what to expect except that she's going to have a birthday party. But what kind, she just has to wait in total anxiety ... ha ha ha. Mummy & daddy invited our close family and friends over for a buffet dinner at the pool side. Mummy & daddy also invited a clown to entertain the kids ... but it turned out that the adults too had fun! Oh well ... it's good to be a kid again doesn't it? And definitely not forgetting, the 2.5kg cake we ordered (actually chosen by Abby herself) shaped of a Minnie Mouse - one of her favourite cartoon characters from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Where most of you know Abby's appetite for food, today was exceptional as she was seen to be having the most fun and dinner was secondary to her ;). So in the following photos, you will see this Birthday Girl's happiest moment in her life.

Abby & her cousin Serena

Abby & her Sunday School friends ... Yi Xing & Yi Ching

See who wins in this fencing championship ... or sword fight :)

Why is everyone looking up??? What is so interesting??

Oh ... a magic show ... presented by the clown named 'Vitamin C'

Abby's birthday cake - chosen by Abby herself

This is how it's done - to blow off your birthday candles

I'm done after cutting the cake

Me & my friends. From left, Amber & her little sister, Yi Xing, Yi Ching, "Vitamin C", Abby, Natalia & En Xuan

I don't want to take photo with you, clown ... I only want to take with my friends ...

ONE FOR THE ALBUM!!!

Mummy's Birthday today - 16 Sept 2008

Sept 16: It's mummy's birthday today. Daddy today surprised mummy by sending a bouquet of beautiful peach & pink flowers (mummy's favourite colours) to mummy in the office.

This was what happened ... Daddy called mummy;

Daddy: Hello ... go to the lobby now. Got something

Mummy: Huh? What?

Daddy: Go to the lobby, got something

Mummy: Oh ok (still very blur)

Finally in the lobby of the office was your daddy holding the beautiful bouquet of flowers and presenting it to mummy, "Happy Birthday, Sweetheart". In the card that came with the flowers wrote, "Love, Your Darling and Sweet Abigail".

What a day to remember and cherish :) :)

New member to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Hi-5 wanna be??

Ok, let's start off with this so called "karate chop"

then followed by this "kong-si kong-si ni" action

and we end the dance step with the arms outstreched

Lantern Festival

Sept 12: We celebrated this year's Lantern Festival at Abigail's nursery. It was celebrated by the teachers, kids, their parents and family. There was potluck contributed by the kid's parents having an array of fried noodles, chicken nuggets, fried chicken, sausages, jellies, tit-bits, etc ... Wow ... all kids food :)

Later, we were entertained by the kids with 3 action songs. Here in the photo is Abby with her school mates putting on a show for us. Oh ... she just enjoyed herself! The party ended with the kids walking round the school yard with their different lanterns; those with music, THX sound system, and those with different colours and shapes of helicopters, cartoon characters of mickey mouse, pooh bear and many more. Just so different from the traditional chinese lantern that we used to carry with a candle in the middle that with just a gush of wind the entire lantern will go into flames ... hahahah.

Here are some photos for you to enjoy :)

A day out with my family - Penang Butterfly Farm

Aug 30: A day out with my family to Penang Butterfly Farm. I'm not sure when was the last time I was there ... too long to recall. Here in this photo is me with my 4 year old daughter Abby. This is her first time visiting this butterfly sanctuary.

She has been telling her mum & dad for a while that she wanted to visit the butterfly farm with her friends in school by taking the bus. So, one day, dad & mum decided to surprise this little girl. Upon arriving at the butterfly farm, she was all excited about it with questions and curiousity. However, upon entering she dissappeared behind me & her dad seeing all the butterflies fluttering around. It took her awhile before she got accustomed to the beautiful flying creatures. By then, she was asking her dad to catch the butterflies to be placed on her tiny palm. But unfortunately the butterflies were more attracted to the flower's nectar.

There were other insects, bugs, reptiles, etc that caught her attention, which we thought it was a good educational tour for her to answer her curious questions.

Here are a few photos taken in this outing. Enjoy :)