Friday, November 16, 2007
I had no time yesterday, so I didn't manage to write about my third part as promised. Sorry about that. Well, after waiting for so long, I finally got to play sports yesterday. Haha. We played touch rugby followed by soccer. Touch rugby was fun. I have never played it before but it sure was fun to play. Anyway after we changed to soccer, everyone was still in the rugby mindset. We were like shouting "Line line" and everyone was lining up in a line just like in touch rugby. Haha. Anyway it's good to exercise after staying in the office for so long. I better start losing weight.
Alright back to my third part of the story. Yeah so after the desaru fruit farm tour, we headed towards desaru and went to some beach resort. No, we didn't book a room at the resort. Actually we just wanted to go to some beach to play. And the beach is so so nice. It was so clean that east coast beach was pathetic and sentosa beaches paled in comparison. The sand may not be white but there was no rubbish or any other non-relevant items on the beach to tarnish its purity. And apart from the beach, you should have seen the sea! If you imagine the sea to be that you saw at east coast or sentosa. No way. The sea here is so wide and so blue. You can see nothing beyond the horizon. Not even ships. And the sea is no other than the south china sea, something you will never get to see from singapore. Well, so the kids played and ran about on the beach, collecting seashells and stones. I joined in too. Haha. Still young at heart. We played for around an hour and got tired. So we cleaned ourselves a bit and headed off for dinner. For dinner, we drove to some place called telok sengat which is on the map too. It lies just at the straits between malaysia and singapore, so by assumption there should be seafood to eat. So, we had seafood for dinner. Telok sengat is actually a quiet town. There was not much activity going around and it was very peaceful and serene. And it's near the sea. It's probably famous for seafood. After dinner, it was a trip back to kota tinggi, with most of us falling asleep in the cars being too tired after playing for the whole day. It was a fruitful day, going to so many new places, exploring more about malaysia. I am sure looking forward to the next malaysia trip which is sunway lagoon at kuala lumpur and genting too! So, in the meantime, it's back to work and in anticipation of my upcoming holiday break.
It seems like my choice of template was very good. Haha. So many positive feedback, even from the two young ladies who complained about my old template. Thanks for the comments. That's all for now.
hellmos signing off...Labels: kota tinggi, third part
My mind's unweaving/ 10:33 pm
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
I am back to continue my second day of my trip to kota tinggi!
So we stayed over at my uncle's house. We woke up at 9 in the morning, washed up and went for breakfast. From there on, we went out for the whole day! First destination was desaru fruit farm, located approximately 39km from kota tinggi. It was a 100 hectares-wide farm planted with many species of tropical fruits, with the main product being honey oranges. The place is supposedly quite famous with several celebrities having been there. There were photos of mediacorp artistes on the walls of the place. There was even a variety show hosted by adrian pang and michelle chia which introduced the place. So we went for the farm tour with a tour guide on board a van. First stop was the areas planting breadfruit and dragonfruit. After this it was followed by areas planting several other fruits like jackfruit, durian, soursop, rambutan, lime, chilli, longan, passion fruit, jambu, mango, betel nut. There was sort of a resting hut which grew spices like curry leaves, assam leaves and a big pond of koi. The kids had fun feeding the koi, placing their fingers below the water and let the fish suck the fish food from their fingers. Once food dropped in some place of the pond, the koi would all swarm towards the place, with water splashing everywhere. So after that, we proceeded towards the animal farm! Along the way, we saw some bee boxes, housing the bees which the farm use for pollination. So back to the farm. The farm reared goats, two monkeys, many chickens, ducks, turkeys, two ostriches, turtles, rabbits (nudges) and even snakes. The tour guide even took out the rabbits for us to pat. It was quite funny to see the rabbits hopping about on the table. They were not really hopping but more like pushing their legs backward to move forward. We took turns to stroke the fur of the rabbits. It was so smooth and nice to touch, even their ears too. That concluded our tour and we took the van back to the starting place. We listened to the guy introduce about their bees and products of bees like honey. He was saying that pure honey would never expire and those with expiry dates were all not pure ones. So after his introduction and persuasion to buy some of the honey products, we were given boxes of fruits as part of the tour package. The fruits were quite nice, considering I hadn't eaten some of the fruits before. Well, so after consuming the fruits, we bought some fruits and left for the next destination. As for the next destination, that would be another post I guess. It's getting pretty late, time to get to sleep for work tomorrow. So stay tuned for my third part tomorrow then =)
Map to show where the place is
I found a new emoticon today (^(oO)^) Hehe. Cute right?
hellmos signing off then...Labels: kota tinggi, second day
My mind's unweaving/ 10:40 pm
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
I changed my template! it's the third one already. Upon receiving complaints from two old girls that my font was too tiny to be read, I decided it's time for a change. So now, the font is larger, colour contrast is better than the previous one! So, comments please. There's always room for improvement =)
So here I am to blog about my trip to malaysia over the last weekend. It was just a short holiday to my uncle's house at kota tinggi. We heard about the rather famous firefly tours at kota tinggi and we decided to take a look. So I went with my mother and brother as well as my another uncle's family of four. We reached kota tinggi at around 2pm. We had lunch and then my uncle drove us to his house. We stayed at the house, chatted most of the time. Then we got ready for dinner and finally it was the long awaited firefly tour. Kota tinggi has a river which runs through the city, so along the river away from the city area are swamplands where the fireflies live in. So we put on our life jackets and boarded the boat. As the boat slowly moved out of the city area, the surroundings darkened except for the occasional fire lit at the river sides of fishermen fishing. The river sides were only trees left. As the boat proceeded deeper, that's where I started seeing it. "Eh there there there!" my cousins exclaimed. "Shh shh, can see can see." The fireflies were blinking on the trees but they never flew away from the trees. Under the dark cloudy sky, the trees dotted with fireflies looked just like christmas trees. There are only two objects which can produce light on its own, one is a star and the other is the firefly. It has such a truly admired unique ability - the ability to produce light. The boat brought us closer to the trees. Looking at them from near, they were so bright. As one landed on my palm, it was as if my palm was glowing. I caught a few but released them in the end, not wanting to disturb the equilibrium of nature. I had not seen so many fireflies in my life and it was indeed an eye-opener for me. So after the firefly tour, we headed for supper! Another thing I recalled about kota tinggi was the supper I always ate - roti prata! Maybe it was a just a habit but it had been a while since I last ate prata. So I was yearning for it. Haha. I even managed to catch the first half of stuttgart vs bayern munich. Stuttgart was 3-0 up by the time we left. After supper, we went back to my uncle's house to rest for the trip on the next day.
That's all for now. I will update the second day of the trip tomorrow night. Meanwhile, a big jiayou to all university students taking their exams soon! All the best!
hellmos signing off...Labels: kota tinggi, malaysia visit, template
My mind's unweaving/ 8:49 pm
