Kuala Linggi - Port Dickson Getaway

For the past one month I really need a vacation. Was thinking of going to Pulau Perhentian, or Langkawi, or Tioman but a quick, short distance getaway will do I guess. After a short discussion on where to go, we decided to go to Kuala Linggi. About 120km from Kuala Lumpur, we started our journey from different location. Me from Puchong. Anna from Setapak, and her hubby drove all the way from Sg. Petani! Whilst Fakhrun decided to take laluan sepanjang laut katanya and took Langat-Morib-Lukut-Port Dickson-Kuala Linggi en route.

For the first time in my life, I go fishing. Err.... it’s more to ikut org memancing. And I simply fell in love with fishing! Hmmm....for me fishing not only needs a skills but a patience (especially bila org sebelah dan sebelah dan sebelah asik dapat ikan). Dan melihat keindahan alam ciptaan Tuhan. I took the opportunity to see a breathtaking view at Sungai Linggi. A little I know about local history, jambatan di Sg Linggi tu adalah sempadan di antara negeri Melaka dan Negeri Sembilan. Kiranya ala2 sekejap kat melaka, sekejap dah sampai N9. Hehehe

Dinner malam tu kami pergi ke Restoren Terapung, about 5mins away from our KM Chalet. Ini dinner sambil melihat sunset. Later that night, we went to Bandar Hilir. Sejam lah jugak (sebab sesat2). Halatuju pertama Jonker Walk where you could see all types of items from crafts to antiques to pets to local foods. Macam pasar malam pun ya jugak benornya. Then kami pergi ke Stadthyus, from there kami naik beca mengelilingi kota Melaka di malam hari! (cost us RM20). We stopped (to take photos) at Samudera Museum, A Farmosa, passes by Menara Taming Sari and Dataran Pahlawan, tengok pokok Melaka (where they believe daun pokok Melaka tu bagus utk ubat diabetis, darah tinggi). The Abang Beca sangat helpful. Explaining about Malacca history over and over again. Siap ada sesi macam cikgu sekolah:

Abg Beca: Apa tujuan Tunku pegi ke London?
Me : Rundingan kemerdekaan.
Abg Beca : Tunku naik apa?
Me : huhh?? Abg ni mcm cikgu kat sekolah lah.
Abg Beca : Naik apa? (he repeated his question)
Me : Aeroplane.
Abg Beca : Ok, sekarang kita dah sampai kat replika kapalterbang yang bawa Tunku ke London.

Well trained by Jabatan Pelancongan Melaka kot abang beca nih?
Habis dah seharian kami di bumi Melaka.

The next day, it was rain. *sigh* Heavily rain since around 5am. Bila hujan teduh around 830am maka teruslah kanak-kanak riang ria mau mandi laut (read: main pasir). But truth to be told, the parents were more excited than the kids! Budak-budak main pasir kat tepi pantai, manakala mak budak dan bukan mak budak berenang-renang di lautan (persisiran jek lah, mana berani lebih-lebih sebab tak tahu berenang) sheessh.. but hey, at least I know how to float myself! Itu step pertama untuk belajar berenang kan? Though I guess I could only float myself for not more than 10secs. Hehehe

After check-out at about 1130am, we went straight to AD Goat Farm (ladang kambing milik Azizon & Dalina) huhu and that was my first time ever to hold a goat, for photo taking purposes. Dinch kan? Saya mempelajari perihal kambing secara mendalam (dan terus bercita-cita untuk turut memiliki ladang kambing dan perlu membeli seekar tanah untuk tujuan tersebut). Yeah I know, orang ada ladang kambing kita pun nak, orang ternak cacing kita pun nak ternak cacing. Orang nak kaya raya, tapi kita nak hidup sederhana tetapi mewah?? HAHAHAA you wish anne, you wish! Oh, we ate mihun goreng yang simple tapi sedap (read : lapar).

Selepas mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada Kuala Linggi, kami meneruskan perjalanan ke Port Dickson. Sasaran utama ke PD Ostrich Farm. Ya adik-adik sekalian, bayaran masuk adalah RM8 utk dewasa, RM 4 for kanak-kanak berumur 3-12 thn. (bole dapat diskaun $1 kalau ada Jusco Card. Ya, Jusco Card!). Feeds the Ostrich, feeds the rabbit! Tapi dalam ladang ada bermacam-macam binatang. Bukan sekadar burung unta, tapi angsa, arnab, ayam kampung, monyet dan segala lah. So called a mini zoo. We take a break and tested ostrich satay. Rasa macam sate ayam. Can’t really taste it for the rempah yang telah menghilangkan the original taste of ostrich itu.

Destinasi berikutnya adalah Muzium Tentera Darat. Admission is free. Dan camera boleh di bawa masuk. Ini adalah sesi pembelajaran sejarah Malaysia. I would say that this museum were informative enough for us to learn our own history. About World War II. Dan mengetahui pejuang-pejuang tanahair yang terkorban untuk mempertahankan Negara. I read bout Lt. Adnan Saidi (he was more handsome than Hairi Osman who played his role in that Leftenan Adnan movie). The museum is dsivided by a different eras started with era Kesultanan Melayu Melaka, era British, era Belanda, era Jepun, communists etc and of course how the Angkatan Tentera Darat was formed. I don't really a museum person, but I have to admit that this museum is one of the museum I enjoyed most. The sound system were good too. Very informative. Owh, I saw a warrior named Rentap of Sarawak’s (the replica lah kan). Adalah bagus utk anda membawa anak-anak ke sini untuk lebih mencintai tanahair kita ini.

Petang tu kami kembali ke Kuala Lumpur untuk meneruskan kembali kehidupan sebagai anak rantau. At precisely 6pm when we hit PLUS highway, we saw a cars parade along the highway...arghhh!! Congested. We took old road instead, terus lah exit from Seremban to Nilai-Salak Tinggi-Sepang-Putrajaya. Sempat jugak stopped by untuk makan durian di tepi jalan.

All in all, it was a great weekend gateaway. Extremely tired though but yeah...we did enjoy ourselves.

life out of boredom?

i have heard enough that when you love someone, you will do whatever it takes for that love. i did once and i call it unconditional love. the love towards my mother. until the day she passed away in front of me. there was that moment i pray harder and harder. how i wished she will stay with me forever. and started thinking how my life would be without her. and i will hold that love til the day i die.

not only the loves we have to our family but our friendship as well. a friend who would stay by your side through thick and thin. who will woke up in the morning to lend their ears for the stories they had had enough to listen. we build friendship with trust, love and respect. and that friendship will last forever.

and that LOVE. when someone has caught your eyes. when your heart pounding hard the moment you see him. that someone you want to share your life with. and starts asking yourself - is he the right person for you? and wondering if that someone would do whatever it takes for you. because you've been searching (or hunting perhaps) for the right person for you. and finally you did. and he proposed you to marry him.

but what if, there is a twist in your life...and the only choice you have is to let it go?
that when you learn to love someone, you have to learn to letting go?

I feel really bad....

and I'm sorry :(

*sob sob*

Cerita Singapura

Day 1
Kami berlima bercuti gaya 'backpacking' selama 3H2M ke Singapura :) We took Aeroline Bus from KL - Harbourfront.. Seawal 530am dah duduk depan gate MRT untuk ke Mustafa Centre (24hrs shopping Complex)..Checked in at One Florence Close (budget hostel), berlakulah sesi drama swasta kat situ (ye lah, we booked 2 rooms tapi 1 room jek, hangin tak hangin??) Nasib baik ada orang canceled last minute, so ada lah bilik untuk Izzah but for 1 night only... ok jek lah dari takde kan?

We went straight to Raffles Place MRT to bought Tourist Pass, then later to Orchard Road, had our lunch at Burger King, window shopping at Wheelock Place, and walk and walk and walk again along the Orchard Road. Went to HRC but buy nothing. Sebab dah penat tahap dewataraya, we took bus to go to the infamous Takashimaya...tengok building je rasa nak fengsan uols sebab LV & Chanel boutique sign sebesar alam...err giler ke?terus lah rasa tak layak sesangat kan..tapi sebab dah alang2 sampai tu masuk juga laaa... terkejut tengok org beratur panjang nak masuk LV..err kaya sangat ke orang Singpore or LV memang murah gila sebab ramai gak yg pakai beg tu bersepah-sepah kat Takashimaya (fake or no fake we would never know)..feeling kayo, we made our moves to Guess boutique (yep, the SALE sign macam magnet yang menarik-narik)..izzah dah beratur untuk bayar 1 beg itu, tapi dah sampai turn dia terus cancel.. dinch tau! pastu we'ols masuk Zara, pusing-pusing kawasan sekitar, menuju ke Paragon pulak...nak cari sandal for Linda... up & down escalator, up again and down again and YESS!! i bought selipar jugak (kakiku sudah menjerit-jerit mahu bernafas)...Crocs menjadi pilihan huhuhu.. oooookay lah, murah sikit dari KL :) pastu we walked and walked again untuk pulang (Orchard Road-Dhoby Ghaut-Kovan)..penat seyyy.. we bet kalau kaki bole bercakap sudah menjerit-jerit suruh duk dendiam! but hey, we're on vacation, walking around is a MUST, right?

A number is just a number?

2112...nice number eh?

If mak is still around, she will hugs me.
She would says "today is the day where you light up the dark."

"Selamat Menyambut Ulangtahun, annakku"
"Terima kasih mak, kerana melahirkan, membesarkan, mendidik, dan menjadikan diriku seorang insan sepertiku pada hari ini."

I woke up and realised, umurku bertambah setahun pada hari ini.

takde keje??

Your Spiritual Number is Eight

You bring inspiration and success into people's lives. You understand how the world works, and you have a knack for money. Right now, your life is all about goals and progress. This is nothing new though - you're always moving forward. You have a lot of perspective in life. You are able to remove your emotions and see the big picture. You usually bet right in life. You have are intuitive and win often.

What's Your Spiritual Number?

p/s: though m now is running around, a busy bee!

hmm

You Are a Discount Shopper

You love to get things as cheaply as possible. You live for sales. It's partially because you like to save money, but it's also because you like the thrill of finding a fabulous deal. Of all the types, you tend to shop frequently but rarely by. You keep an eye on prices. Brand names are not that important to you. You know how to have style without collecting designer tags.

What Kind of Shopper Are You?