Malaysia
« Previous EntriesA trip to Pengkalan Kubur
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Pengkalan Kubur is a town in Kelantan that borders with Thailand. It is a duty free town and my in-laws go there every week for the best coffee in Malaysia. Every visit to Kota Bharu for us will always be accompanied with a visit to Pengkalan Kubur for this very special coffee which you can [...]
Now Everyone Can Fly……
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010…..LATE AS USUAL!!! (is what TF left out in his tagline!) We didn’t fly Air Asia this time but took MAS instead and were pleasantly surprised and happy with MAS this time round. Truth be told, I don’t have a favourite. It’s almost like a Celcom-Maxis war. They’re both &#$%@*
Tee had an educational lesson today [...]
That horrible old man at Malaysian Immigration
Monday, February 8th, 20106th February 2010 - Saturday morning, 7.50am at the lobby of Damansara Immigration at the information counter.
He was in his 50s, had white hair, short and a moustache. Wore glasses. Was grumpy as hell. I didn’t get his name because he refused to give it to me. I even asked that he show me his [...]
Nightmare at Malaysian Immigration
Sunday, February 7th, 2010We just discovered recently that we were unable to book an air ticket for T2 without a passport. Why does anyone need a passport in order to book a ticket? We are paying for the ticket after all, right? And on day of travel should we not have a passport by then, then just bar [...]
Halal Hand Sanitizer?
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009There is this company that has developed a hand sanitizer that does not use alcohol and that is all well and great because if only they’d come up with it when Tee was going through her hand sanitizer addiction phase, I’d have bought a dozen bottles of it at a go.
Recently, they had a marketing [...]
Getting a business startup loan in Malaysia
Monday, October 26th, 2009Since I have never owned a business before, I was wondering…..where does one get a loan in order to start a business? And how much can one really get? Just for your information, I called SME Bank (I never even knew this bank existed! It is a bank to help Malaysian entrepreneurs flourish, like real….) [...]
My good friend’s annual holiday
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009I am so touched that my friends from London have chosen to visit Malaysia for the third time and this year they came right smack on time to see the new baby. They have currently chosen to rent a car and drive up the west coast of Malaysia and will come down the east coast. [...]
Malaysia’s GREAT loss - Yasmin Ahmad
Sunday, July 26th, 2009I was so sad, I cried.
I hope the least that Malaysians (including all them **&# politicians) can do is to embrace her dreams of having a true Malaysia.
I got this piece of news last night but out of respect, did not want to be the firsts to announce her passing. One did not have to [...]
Driving in Kuala Lumpur
Saturday, July 25th, 2009……is bloody stressful. Seriously! If you’re a Mom who doubles up as the chauffer, driving sure takes a lot out of your system. It’s exhausting. Incredible concentration is required to manoeuvre away from errant drivers and motorcyclists. I know some Moms who drive tens of kilometres per day because their children’s schools are just so [...]
Bahasa Malaysia Malaysian Primary One Syllabus
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Every time I look at the text books for Primary One, I am sure I will not be allowing Tee to skip to Primary Two because I feel she will die standing! It’s even tough for me! Moreover, I am appalled at what goes into the text books. The teachings are slanted and so uninteresting [...]
Soon to be the new big sister
Monday, July 20th, 2009In less than 10 days, Tee’s entire life would change and she will be a new big sister. In exactly 12 days, she sits for her entrance assessment to big school. I have been advised that she will be completely bored doing Primary One work and should be pushed up to Primary Two.
Whilst I have [...]
Crime in Medan Damansara
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Unfortunately, this is where Tee’ school is located and this has happened on the very road where her school is too so to all you mothers who have your kids at Tee’s school and anyone else who wait around the Medan Damansara area, please be warned.
Recently, a new tactic of motorbikes would hide a [...]
Inconsiderate Double Parkers
Sunday, June 28th, 2009Does anyone know the owner of this car???
Well, this bitch of a woman, parked me in the other day which infuriated me to no end. I was parked directly outside Bangsar Village in a yellow parking box but when it came time for me to leave, I realised that there was no way of leaving. [...]
Tee’s affinity to Redang
Monday, May 25th, 2009I have been to Pulau Redang many, many times because I used to be a beach bum but now, at the age of 4.5, Tee has already been there twice, amongst some other beautiful beaches of Malaysia.
Why do I love the beach? I love it’s scent, it’s views, it’s sounds, it’s air……it always relaxes me.
Why [...]
20 minutes on the phone with Streamyx
Sunday, May 24th, 2009I couldn’t access all my websites for the last 3 days because well……I had no idea why. I could access them from my phone, my friends could access them from wherever they were, so I deduced that it was the Streamyx connections up to no good again. I would click, wait for half an hour [...]
Cravings for nasi lemak Kampung Baru
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009This pregnancy, the Hubs has been very lazy. He hasn’t been out ONCE to satisfy my pregnancy cravings, mostly because I was vomiting so badly at the beginning and then didn’t really have cravings that sent me into murdering zones, and now he just takes for granted that I DO NOT have any cravings.
I can [...]
What to do in extremely hot weather….
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Apparently, we’re having a heat wave in Malaysia till this September. That’s just great. I’m in hotter now that I’m pregnant and this will only pass once the baby is born. Watch me melt!!! Temperatures have been soaring around 36 degrees Celsius whilst I drip in sweat all day long.
What do we do at home?
Tee [...]
Dangerous KL
Thursday, May 7th, 2009Recently, we’ve been contemplating on whether or not to send Tee for gymnastic classes but after reading the newspapers about pregnant women getting accidentally killed by snatch thieves and what have you, we’ve decided against it. Because obviously, pregnant women and women with young children are easy targets. The economy is so bad that people [...]
Ye Olde Smokehouse Cameron Highlands
Thursday, April 30th, 2009One of the places that one MUST visit in Cameron Highlands is the Smokehouse, which is located around the golf course, very near the old Merlin Hotel. They serve absolutely the best scones I have ever eaten in my entire life and mind you, I spent 7 years in London studying architecture, country of scones [...]
Child Care Options in Malaysia
Thursday, April 30th, 2009There is hardly any, is there? Not one of quality that I would really trust my kid with in their hands? What would you pay for the perfect child care for your kids?
Not everyone have parents and in-laws to help take care of the kids, which is what many Malaysians do, with the help of [...]
Thank goodness for play rooms!!!
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009When our vacation was booked, Tee’s boyfriend’s Mom was really stressed out that we were going to stay at such an adult place, a honeymoon-ish type of resort, where only quiet couples were seen during meal times. Heck, you don’t even see these couples in the whole of Cameron Highlands and you’re wondering why??
Hello, what [...]
Eating in Cameron Highlands
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009After an entire morning of picking up trash, hey, that’s 4 kilometers mind you, of steep uphill struggles, we were famished. Our meals were all packaged up by the resort so we ate there mostly, despite cravings to get out into the town to eat real food.
Breakfast at the resort was good - ample supply [...]
Doing our bit for a cleaner environment
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009The first thing we did on our first morning in Cameron Highlands after a sumptuous breakfast was to WALK IT OFF!!! Actually, we also had a night stroll on our first night after dinner but it was nothing compared to this morning walk that we braved 2km up a steep hill where the Shell Bungalow [...]
Checking in at Cameron Highlands
Monday, April 27th, 2009There’s nothing like a refreshing welcome of fresh bloom in a hotel room. I always love seeing fresh flowers in my hotel room, and my home too but I can’t afford a constant supply of fresh flowers unfortunately. So yes, this was indeed refreshing.
The first thing Tee does when we enter a hotel room is [...]
Holiday in Cameron Highlands
Monday, April 27th, 2009After an eventful 3 days, we made it home in 1 piece. Phew! And there were lots of tears……my drama Queen, every time we return from a holiday, there will be lots of crying for a few days because she has SO MUCH FUN. Probably too much. I’m telling you, the next time we go [...]
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