Lake Of Walker

I woke up this morning and the first thing I told daddy was, "Papa, Shopping".

So after I had my afternoon nap, mommy changed me and told me wake daddy up for shopping. Since granny had gone out to office so only mommy and daddy went shopping with me. Since we have been going shopping on a weekly basis, daddy had no idea which mall to go anymore, so mommy suggested Mid Valley which we had been going almost every weekend. But this time it was totally different the carpark was almost full with cars parking at illegal bays, even daddy favourite parking area was full at B1. Anyway daddy could still parked at the second favourite spot at B2.

The mall was full of people, it was human traffic jam. So many people all over the place and we had to avoid so we do not knock onto the people coming toward us. Daddy wasn't keen in walking with such crowd so we stayed around Gardens instead since it has less crowd but still quite a lot compare to normal weekends.

For dinner we went to Flying Chillies since it has the lease people, as most of the other restaurant were quite full,

(clockwise Tub Tim Krob, Fried Rice with Crab, Chicken with Basil Leave, Sprout with Salted Fish)

Lunch : Steam Pomfret with Brown Rice
Dinner : Steam Egg with Brown Rice

Some photos taken today

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Today's Movie -

Malacca Here I Come

Malacca was added to the World Heritage Site List together with Penang Island as a join heritage historic city on 7 July (2008) this year. A couple of years back when daddy was visiting Colonia, another world heritage in Uruguay, the owner of the guesthouse did not know were Malaysia, Singapore and even Thailand is but has heard of Malacca! Quite amazing right. Anyway this trip to Malacca is to visit the famous Melaka Zoo, it has a good mix of animal but do not have an aquarium. I think the best feature in the zoo are the big cat cages with Panther, Leopard, Tiger and a pair of Lions. Another feature which I missed would be the safari boardwalk. Overall daddy would rate this zoo, 6 out of 10 but mommy will only award it 4 out of 10.

After visiting the zoo, daddy drove into the town but the traffic was so bad that daddy had to detour using the Bukit Cina joining the traffic heading into Jonker Street. Daddy called Uncle Khee Wai to asked where would be the best place to park around Jonker Street since the traffic was so bad around Jonker Street. All the restaurant along Jonker Street was full with people lining up to get a place to sit, even Daddy's favourite cendol stall was full of people. It was definitely daddy's worst trip to Malacca, did not manage to have this Chicken Rice Ball, Cendol and the actual Satay Celup stall (along Jalan Ong Kim Wee).

We arrived back home around 1930hrs after getting stuck around Malacca road since the signages told daddy to follow a different route. The road signs in Malacca need lots of improvement for tourist like daddy.

A little suggestions from Daddy in making Malacca a more interesting place,

1) Stop vehicles from driving into the World Heritage Area.

2) Resurface the roads with pebbles

3) Set up stalls along the area.

4) Police or enforcement back-up dress in 1600 uniform.

(a link to another old portuguese town with World Heritage Status since 1995)

Lunch : Stream Vegetable Egg with Unpolish Rice
Dinner : Satay Celup @ Zao Jiuu (better celup restaurant is next to this, open at 1700hrs)

Some photos taken today,

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Today's Movie - Transiberian

Swimming Or Not!

I was suppose to have a good time swimming today but unfortunately after mommy changed me, it first started to drizzle and then within seconds it poured. You can actually see the rain coming toward the my direction, and the lifeguard around the pool started to blow to whistle, asking everyone to evacuate the pool, probably because of lightning. Since I could not swim, daddy asked me where shall we go, and I answed quickly "SHOPPING".

I arrived around 1700hrs and daddy went directly to Wendy's since daddy has been craving for it since since the last time we were here a few weeks ago. As we did not finish walking the last time, we manage to cover where we did not past and actually it is not that interesting as daddy as thought, but Wearhouse is now open in a new location, if you are looking for branded rejects.

Later we had our dinner at Esquire Kitchen, 4 dish and a soup for RM58.00++. Rating 4/10.

Video taken while I was on the Merry Go Round in Sunway Pyramid. Video taken from Nokia 5320 mobile phone. (note : video taken sideway)


Lunch : Steam Fish with White Rice
Dinner : Toufu, Long Beans with White Rice @ Esquire Kitchen

No photo were taken today.

Today's Movie - Taken

One Eye Grandpa

I woke up so early this morning asking for milk and woke daddy up after mommy went downstairs to get it from me.

Grandpa went to have his other eye operated and waited the whole day before it was his turn to be wheeled into the operating theatre. Granny didn't understand why could they make appointment for the surgery instead of waiting and hanging around in the hospital for an operation, a total waste of time.

Below is currently my favourite thai tv commercial, I would stop what ever I am doing just to watch this,

Lunch : Steam Egg and Carrot and Cauliflower with Steam Rice
Dinner : Steam Pomfret and Carrot Soup with Steam Rice

Some photos taken today

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Today's Movie -

Finally

Woke up late today as I refused to sleep the night before and it was just another day at home watching Barnie and mommy doing video calls with Daddy. Daddy was suppose to be back for dinner but did not come back until very late in the night.

Today the yellow clad hooligans also agreed to leave the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok as the government headed by (ex) Prime Minister Somchai was dissolve as the court found the party guilty for vote buying the last election. Anyway "THIS IS THAILAND", a country full of smilling faces but the most important, face value.

Hopefully the pro and anti government do not start a new episode after the King's birthday this Friday as daddy has a great plan for us to Bangkok in February 2009. Daddy is planning to rent a campervan/caravan to drive around north or north eastern Thailand.

Granny also went to Kuala Selangor today to buy supposinglt fresher and cheaper seafood which daddy never did actually agree.

Lunch : Fried Minced Pork and Pumpkin and Egg with Steam Rice
Dinner : Friend Cauliflower and Minced Pork with Steam Rice

No photo were taken today.

Today's Movie -

A Smilling Sky

This morning daddy got a new 3G sim card since the previous sim card was only a GPRS 128kb sim and good only for GPRS connections. With the new sim, daddy would be able to make video calls to mommy's phone for 'FREE' which is part of the family plan, 1 plus 3, which daddy subscribed to. Now daddy is also thinking of getting another 3G phone for the house mobile which grandpa and granny uses at home since any calls and SMS between the phones are free of charge.

In the afternoon, mommy manage to call granny in Hat Yai to ask about the flood situation since the flag indication has turned to red, flood imminent, hopefully the flood will reside since the rain stopped later in the evening.

Later in the evening when daddy got back, he realise that the sky had a natural 'smiley', a crescent with 2 planet (Venus and Jupiter). Daddy only realise when daddy was about to drive into the driveway. This phenomenon will not happen for another 28 years in year 2036. I got to see it but guess I will be too young to remember what I saw.

(photo courtesy from Sydney Morning Herald)


Lunch : Carrot and Reddish Soup with Steam Rice
Dinner : Fried Minced Pork and Cauliflower

Some photos taken today,



Two photos below are taken from mommy's new nokia phone camera.

Today's Movie -

Phones And Shoes

This morning, just as daddy woke up, Toon knock the door and inform daddy that she forgot to take out the phone before washing! So daddy's phone was inside the spinning washing machine with water for 2 hours before Toon notice it was a phone at the bottom of the washing machine. The phone could not be turn on, but later it daddy could turn it on but the number pad were not functioning properly, numbers were not in the correct position. This is when daddy knew there must have been some problem with the phone and decided it was time to get a new phone.

Then daddy suggested to mommy that we should go the zoo first then to Low Yat and shop for a new phone since daddy wanted to get another phone for mommy which has 3G as well.

We arrived at the zoo around 1230hrs but could not get into the parking since it was full because of school holiday and it was Sunday as well, so daddy decided to drive to Low Yat instead since daddy and mommy was already hungry then. We arrived in Low Yat around 1330hrs which was also full of people, had our lunch and daddy started hunting for his new phone. Finally got 2 phones
1) Nokia 5320
2) Nokia 6600 (slide)

After daddy and mommy got their brand new phone, we then drove to Mid Valley instead since there was nothing here which interest me, phones, computer, PC and so on! I need toys..... so daddy drove to Mid Valley since it was on the way back home. Since it was sales period and daddy needed to get a new pair of shoe, daddy went to Camper to see if they were on sale and they were. Daddy got 2 pairs
1) Locus (Black Suede) more than 50% discount
2) Peu Cami (Black) 30% discount
and Mommy got a pair of Peu (30% discount).

Daddy wantes to get another pair but unfortunately there were no more size. Wonder why did they bring in Camper kids into Malaysia!

Lunch : Steam Egg with Rice plus Wonton @ Causeway Bay
Dinner : Clayport Seafood Toufu with Steam Rice @ C Jade Express

No photo were taken today

Today's Movie - Chocolate

A Week Later!

It's been a week since my last post from Hat Yai, and many things has happen throughout this whole week, a terrorist attack in Mumbai and PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy or also known as National Liberation Alliance) going rampage and taking over both main Thailand's international gateway, Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don Muang International Airport. Anyway I will not go into that yet.

I arrived back home in Malaysia last Tuesday night after 8 hours and a great dinner in Bukit Tambun. The drive back was fine since I slept throughout the way from the Hat Yai Town to the border, and again from the border to Bukit Tambun and then after dinner all the way back home.

The dinner at Ghee Seng Seafood Restaurant in Bukit Tambun, we had 6 dishes but only cost RM49.80
1) Fried Spicy Prawns (Kam Heong Prawns)
2) Atlantic Jackknife Clam (Bamboo Shell Clams) with Ginger and Onions
3) Fried Brussel Sprout
4) Steam Soft Shell Clam with Ginger and Chilli Padi
5) Claypot Toufu (specially for me)
6) Fried Rice

Mommy will definitely insist to stop here again for dinner the next time when we drive back from Hat Yai, instead of stopping at Lye Huat Food Court (location).

As we were driving back home, Suvarnabhumi International Airport overtaken by the anti-government yellow clad supporters for over 96hours now. So far over 100,000 passengers has been affected from this "unreasonable" act. I hope everything will be back to normal and flight will resume before my trip to Bangkok in Feb 2009.

Then on Wednesday a day after I got back, Mumbai City (Bombay) was hit with multiple simultaneous attack in at least 6 locations killing more than 150 innocent victims. Locations are,
1) Taj Mahal Hotel
2) Leopold Cafe
3) Mumbai Chabad House (Nariman House)
4) Oberoi Trident Hotel
5) Cama Hospital
6) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

I went swimming in the afternoon today but wasn't very fun because the arm float did not have enough air and I kept sinking below my mouth. I cried most of the time and hang on to daddy, did not try to move on my own. After swimming mommy suggested to daddy to go to Mid Valley since mommy needed to buy a bottle cleaner and water bottle since I broke one of my drinking bottle.

During dinner mommy and daddy had pasta at Pasta Zanmai, which is the same owner as Sushi Zanmai located at The Gardens, but the pasta isn't as good as the pasta I had couple of weeks ago at Pasta de Gohan in Sunway Pyramid.

Lunch : Wan Ton Noodle with Roast Pork
Dinner : Pumpkin Porridge @ Pasta Zan Mai

Some photos taken today,

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Today's Movie -

Food Day!

A gloomy and wet day in Hat Yai. I started raining early this morning and raining on and off the whole day. But I had a great time tasting new dishes today, starting from morning (breakfast)

1) Khao Moo Krob (Crispy Roast Pork Rice or Siew Yook Fan in cantonese)
2) Kuey Tiew Pheak (Duck Herb Noodle)
3) Yenta For (Sweet Red Sauce Noodle)
4) Pork and Pork Intestine Satay
5) Kai Tod (Fried Chicken - Wings)
6) Pork Ball
Note : all link to the location are from wikimapia and the location are at the cross (center)

I even had some sausages when daddy was having his hair cut, 150bt (Wash, Cut and Rinse)

Daddy got a new DTAC pre-paid sim card (49bt) to access the internet. Currently as daddy understand, there isn't any 3G provider in Thailand and EDGE is currently the best. The rate for DTAC are as follows,
1) 10kb - 10satang
2) 1 Day Unlimited - 39bt
3) 7 Day Unlimited - 240+bt (if not mistaken)
Connection : dial - *99# (no username and password) / sim activation needed.

Speedtest on DTAC EDGE connection at Hat Yai (location),


Tomorrow will be Auntie Muay's wedding at Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel and mommy is 1/8 ready for it. Mommy got her fingernails painted today at Greenway Shopping for only 39bt. The dinner will be located on the 10th floor of the hotel, Lobby Coffee Area with a great view of the Hat Yai city.

I wish daddy had brought the camera with him so I could show where and what I did.

Lunch : See above
Dinner : See above

No photos taken today

Today's Movie -

Daddy Arrived Today

Daddy arrived in Hat Yai today for Sunday's Auntie Muay's wedding, but as usual daddy forgot about the camera, so there will not be any photos in this trip. The traffic driving through the Malaysian CIQ was heavy, not sure why didn't the immigration do some change to the CIQ complex to reduce the waiting time.'

Daddy met up with me and mommy friend, Auntie Kwan's, cafe opposite Genting Hotel. I had some fried sausages, but they have good Fried Pork with Basil Leaves (Prad Kra Pao Moo), Dry Tomyum (Tom Yum Heng) and Lemon Sauce Pork (Manao Moo).

Lunch :
Dinner :

No photos taken today.

Today's Movie -

Arriving in Hat Yai

I arrive in Hat Yai this morning in time and no delay in both immigration except mommy was surprise that we need to take the bags down at the Thai CIQ complex. Previously, mommy need not bring any bags except for the passport. Anyway this is the proper procedure but a nuisance since the Thai CIQ at the Danok (Sadao CIQ) was build with a proper planning. Anyway, will just have to leave with it since the Thai governmnet doesn't seem to care about it.

The bus arrive in Hat Yai at around 0730hrs at the bus agency in Hat Yai, which is owned by mommy best friend in school, Tor. But daddy doesn't really like this bus since it has never been puncture at departure time.

In the afternoon, mommy took me to Robinson to shop for some stuff since I needed a new potty. Mommy is trying to let me stay around at home without wearing any diapers and so far today has been great. Manage to tell mommy almost everytime I needed to go the toilet. I will be staying around at home until next weekend when daddy coming over to join us for Auntie Muay's wedding.

No photos will be taken for the next few days since mommy did not bring along the camera.

Lunch : Pork Porridge
Dinner : Fried Egg and Vegetable with Steam Rice

No photo were taken today.

Today's Movie -

Bus Ride To Hat Yai

I took a bus to Hat Yai today with mommy and granny. Yesterday night granny took a train from Kanchanaburi back to Hat Yai before taking another bus from Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur. Granny arrived around 1930hrs in the evening before meeting up with me and mommy in the bus booth before boarding the bus "Best Boon" at 2230hrs. The bus was supposed to depart at 2200hrs but did not leave the "so call" station at 2300hrs. Anyway it was a very new bus, supposingly only 10 days old. Anyway I should arrive in Hat Yai travel agency by 0700hrs (0800hrs MST) tomorrow morning.

The bus fare was only RM50.00 so daddy told mommy to buy me a separate seat since it will be a long journey so I could sleep better in the bus. I hope it will be a safe journey and arrive in Hat Yai on time as well.

Anyway, currently State Railway of Thailand are offering free seat for all destination in the 3rd class carriages (without air condition), but granny is unsure when is this offer until. It could be just for the next three days inconjunction with Princess Galyani Vadhana funeral on the 15th and 16th but I am not if this is available to tourist or foreigner.

Lunch : Fried Vegetable and Egg with Steam Rice
Dinner : Steam Pomfret and Vegetable Soup with Stream Rice

No photo were taken today.

Today's Movie -

Yeh Yeh Birthday

Today is Grandpa's 63rd Birthday. Daddy initially thought of having dinner in Kuala Lumpur since grandpa has always wanted to try the buffet in Cititel Hotel as they normally would have promotion such as pay 2 adults free 2 adults. But because the promotion only going to start tomorrow grandpa thought it would be cheaper to have dinner in Kajang instead.

Daddy got back around 1930hrs to pick me, mommy, grandpa and granny up for dinner in Xi Lai Ton, suggested by grandpa. It was good since I would be able to have some of the dishes as well.

Daddy got a GPRS or HSDPA mobile modem so when streamyx is down, daddy would still be able to connect to the internet. Daddy is trying out Celcom and the coverage in Kajang and Taman Shamelin area isn't that good, not as how it was advertise. Daddy would need to do more tries before deciding to stick with Celcom or change to another provider. Daddy has only been able to get around 200-300kbs instead of 1MB as advertise not to mention 3.6mb.

Tomorrow mommy will take me to Hat Yai by bus, my first bus ride into Hat Yai from Kuala Lumpur. Hope the journey would not be too difficult.

Lunch : Fried Egg and Vegetable with Steam Rice
Dinner : Fried Prawns and Vegetable with Stream Rice

Some photos taken today

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Today's Movie -