Category: Going Places

My travelogue.

Any Taker To Genting?

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OK… Gone are the cruises. I’m planning to go to Genting this April during weekdays, low season. Anyone wants to follow? Of course, you have to pay your own expenditure which include return air ticket, transportations to KL Sentral, to & fro Genting and accomodation of First World Hotel, 2 days 3 nights3 days 2 night.

It’s not a package but the room quote is for twin sharing. First World Hotel’s standard room rate is about RM38.88 per night(promotion price now) for two persons on weekdays inclusive of breakfast. There is no room for single person. You will have to find another friend to come along to get that rate, else you can also stay at the room yourself by paying that rate. You can go to Genting’s website to check the price. Air Asia is having offer of RM29.99 for flying to KL(one way excluding tax). The transportation from the airport to KL Sentral and then to Genting is less than RM30.

My problem is that, someone has agree to go with me but is a “He”. I won’t be able to go if the travel companion is a “He”. There is no way I can go if he’s the only one going with me. *SIGH* I had asked so many friends but they already have their own travel plan this year or they can’t get leaves :(. Therefore, I would like to ask whoever that is interested to go to Genting to join us. We’ll go to Genting together, board the same flight and go to Genting together as a group. Interested?

Then, of course when at Genting, you can do whatever you want, it doesn’t have to be a group activity. I would recommend those that always want to go to Genting but not sure how to go there to join us or if you’ve been there and wanted to go again, you are welcome too. It doesn’t matter as long that you want to go. That way, you will have people to guide/accompany you up there.

We are taking the advantage of the offer price of air tickets and the rooms rates now. The offer for Air Aisa will end on 7th February, so if you want to go, do act fast. We are planning to board the earliest flight on 23rd April, that way we’ll reach Genting around noon, it will be about time to check-in by then. Anyone? *teary eyes*

*SIGH* If still no taker, then this plan is off again. ANYONE?!??! Gosshh… I’m desperate 🙁

Anyway, if really have to call it off then be it. I hope this post will help give a bit of information to those that want to go to Genting. Besides, it’s Visit Malaysia Year this year, consider this an SEO post 😛

Going Places, Randomness

The Crocs in Actions! – Jong’s Crocodile Farm & Zoo (PART II)

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Lots of photos… PART II now… the climax is coming…

Left: What is this? Very huge bird. Very colourful head. At first I thought it’s ostrich.
Right: FEEDING TIME!!!


Left: Everyone is waiting for the show to begin!
Right: Hungry crocs. Buckets of fish were poured from the top to feed them.



The climax of the visit!


Goosh… damn big fish.. scary… couldn’t take photos of them. They didn’t come up but submerge in the water all the time. It’s black in colour. Some with florescent red scales too. It’s the same fish that you see in people’s homes or shops aquarium that they sometimes said it could give them luck or some even claimed can see 4D number on its body. You can feed them, there were breads in the baskets.


Left: Ducksss…
Right: Some huts built next to the pond for visitors to rest and enjoy the pondful of waterlilies.


Left: Asean giant softshell turtle, it’s gigantic 😛 people threw coins in there. For what? Well… for luck I guess because turtle or tortoise symbolised longevity. It can be as long as 5 feet and as heavy as 200kg.
Right: Sun bear.


Left: Guinea pig. A visit to this farm and zoo can cause cuteness overdose 😛 Heheheh…
Right: My greatest fear!!! Snakes!!! They have lots of pythons. You must pass by this enclosure to go into the zoo. I was a bit scare that time but it’s in the cage so it’s OK though I got goosepimles everywhere and I wonder my hair stands or not?

So… that’s about my short trip. I recommend you to go there when they are having feeding time, 11am and 3pm. Else… I think RM8 is not worth it. It’s open from 9am-5pm daily.

CROCS ROCKS!! LOL… not really 😛 it rhymes anyway…

Going Places, Retro, Uniquely Kuching

The Crocs in Actions! – Jong’s Crocodile Farm & Zoo (PART I)

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Quite a boring day yesterday, so went to Jong’s Crocodile Farm & Zoo. I had never been there. This is my first time there. It’s located about 30 kilometerfrom Kuching or fondly known as 17 miles.

Left: The entrance to the farm at the roadside so that people can easily locate it.
Right: The shop where you can buy some crocs’ products and Sarawak souvenirs.


Crocs replicas greet you at the main entrance.


Here, we bought our tickets. Adult is RM8 and child is RM4(below 12).


Left: Iguana, how many can you locate?
Right: The exhibition hall.


Some animals and egg, they are real but it’s already dead.


Bujang Senang! Geee… I wonder why people put money in there? It’s huge and it had eaten human. You can see the photos on the wall on how they took the victim from its stomach after killing it.




These are real but it’s preserved. It shows you the metamorphosis of a saltwater crocodile.


Young crocs.


Left: Tailess crocodiles.
Right: Its colour is different form others. Kinda white.


A collection of crocodiles and the entrance to the zoo(left).


Left: Catfish.
Right: Rabbit.Veli cute… don’t you think so?

Left: The otters. They were so cute. Making some squeky sounds. It sounded pityful. Summore, it’s very friendly too. When you are in front of the cage, it will greet you by running to your direction. It’s SUPER ADORABLE!!! They are very fond of children. When there are children near the cage, they would run to their direction.
Right: This owl is so cool… it has the what-are-you-staring-at look.


Peacocks! Too bad, they didn’t show us their tails.

Part 2 coming soon…

Going Places, Retro, Uniquely Kuching

Malaysia China Friendship Park(2)

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WARNING: Bandwidth sucker!!

I went to Malaysia China Friendship Park at Jalan Song in the afternoon of 29th June 2006 and took quite a number of photos of the place. I had went there before and it was at night. Took heaps of photots of the garden. Thought that there won’t be anyone there or at least only a few. It’s only 3pm++ in the afternoon, there’re already so many people there!!! Beating the scorching sun, they were there to rest/relax in those shades/huts but we were busy shooting photos. I’m sure they think that we are crazy enough to take photos at hour like this. Hahaahhaha…

Left: The globe opposite the entrance.
Right: The main entrance.


Left: The fountain.
Right: Hmmm… 6 huge coins in there. Some people treated it as wishing well. You can see coins that people thrown in there.


Left: You can learn about M’sia here.
Right: View from the garden. There are rows of shops opposite the garden.


View from the “boat” where the statue of Admiral Cheng Ho is standing.


Left: Tortoise!!! So cute, it was swimming towards our direction and good thing I have optical zoom and took its photo.
Right: The so called wishing well. Lots of fish in there. Actually there’re fishes everywhere. So long that there are water, there will be fishes.


Left: The bridge. The “wishing well” is in the middle of the bridge.
Right: Another entrance from the other side. Previously we went in via this entrance. This is the main entrance too I guess… *SHRUG* Where the actual main entrance? ;-P


Some views of the garden…


Left: The restaurant.
Right: The entrance view from the reflexology path.


Left: I’m walking on the reflexology path. Not that painful but when you stop… WOW… The pain came. It’s not supposed to be that hurt but because some skins below my feet was peeling off and it’s not heal yet and from the 3 inches heels I wore for my studio photoshoot that morning, then with my 2 inches heels I wore to this garden, it’s so painful ahhaha… Not only that, the sun was so strong that it heated the stones… Man… it’s hot when walked on it. Oh… must walked barefoot ok?
Right: Some plants next tot the restaurant.


Left: Fish… more fish!!
Right: The restaurant again.


Here’s the garden trademark! “LET THERE BE LIGHT!!! OPEN THE SKY!!” HAHAHAHH… The statue of admiral Cheng Ho. The picture is dark because I’m shooting against the sun.


Left: The view of the pond. Too bad the water lilies weren’t bearing flowers like previously.
Right: KUCHING!!! How can we missed this in Kuching. There’s “kucing”(in malay) everywhere in Kuching!-_*

Going Places, Retro, Uniquely Kuching

Damai Lagoon & Santubong Resort/Damai Golf & Country Club

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Sigh… nothing much to do again… want to work but could’t work. Stuck!!! So decided to go to the beach to relax but… sigh… forget it! Thought of want to rant here but I think I better don’t waste my time ranting about it. Don’t want to spoilt the mood. See photos…
Damai Lagoon
Santubong Resort/Damai Golf & Country Club

Damai Lagoon

Left: Tanah Puteh Toll Bridge near my house. We went there using this bridge, the distant is much shorter. RM1.50 for normal car.
Right: Damai Lagoon entrance. The fountain with four dancing statues will greet you once you reach there.

Left: Visitors are restricted to the lobby area only. If you try to go in, the guard will stop you and ask for your room number.
Right: The beach view taken from the lobby balcony.

Left: Volley ball facility is available there, it’s on first come first serve basis. Bring your own ball and your own netting will do.
Right: You can go kayaking there too.

Left: The holiday makers.
Right: Japanese carps @ the lobby.

Since we couldn’t go in there, next stop was
Santubong Resort/Damai Golf & Country Club

Left: Resort rooms.
Right: Big kite.


A family enjoying their holiday and taking shoots of each others. How sweet…

Left: You can see lots of butterflies here!! So pretty.. it’s flipping its wings so the picture turned out like this.
Right: The beach.


Left: The holiday makers.
Right: The beach again…


Left: This is taken from the restaurant.
Right: The golf course.

To go to Santubong Resort and Damai Golf Club & Country Club, you can spot this(left) and both entrances are using the same entrance.

Going Places, Retro, Uniquely Kuching