more pics of canberra, OZ

serious. Floridae is a nice place. standing there, everyone would be amazed by the flowers. i personally think that these photos are very very nice, and i really want to share it out.

haha. without a high tech camera, but with these wonderful model ( flowers), shooting great photo is not a dream.

amazing canberra...

the floriade was really amazing. besides flowers, there are lots of other attraction. imagine sitting in the Marry-go-round and seeing all the flowers under your legs. not to forget the cooling air blowing softly onto your face... such a day!!!
Lake Burley Griffin of canberra. so relaxing and everything was seem so nice if you look at this pic, but the fact is....... it was so cool, not only cool, but actually freezing!!! almost zero degree. but, it is really worthy to be able to stand and witness the view. dont think we would have a chance to see that in malaysia. by the way, Lake Burley Griffin actually is an artificial lake.


birds.... it was so cold, and all the birds were resting at home. so, a few bird statues are hired to do 'part time' just to make sure the lake is not lonely.

wow~ surrounded by flowers in Canberra, Australia

Australia~ when i think of 'Australia', i will automatically imagine of Opera House & Harbour Bridge of Sydney, the beaches of Gold Coast, the Melbourne... but the capital of Australia- the Canberra had never been in my mind. but, from today onwards, i will always remember it as the beautiful city of flowers. whenever i see flowers, i will think of Canberra.

every year, a lot of people are waiting for the right time to go to Canberra, to see, to smell, to experience the beauty of Canberra. This year, Floriade is on from 12 Sept to 11 Oct 2009, at the Commonwealth Park of Canberra.

Floriade is the biggest flower festival in Australia. can you imagine yourself being surrounded by flowers? everything is so serene, peaceful...










the flowers ( tulips) are so gorgeous. we should go there and see it by our own eyes.

along the highway... scary... exciting.. memories

After we have the service of PLUS highway, i dont have have the chance to use village road. still can remember that long long time ago, we used to stuck in jam in a single-lane village road on our way to Kuala Lumpur. but with the highway, i can go northern and sourthen easily, fast and safe( safer if compared to winding road). Although the tol price goes up and up again, but still have to thanks for giving us a highway, but really hope that the price will be stagnant but the service will be improving.

i never been to Segamat, a town in Johor before. To my surprise, there is no highway directly link to Segamat from Kuala Lumpur. well. cant deny that i'm a 'katak di bawah tempurung' ( frog in the well means someone who is in a confinement and doesnt know what is going out there).

now, let me show you how to go to Segamat from UPM, Serdang. Basically, we just went straight the highway and follow the signboard directing to Melaka. all along the road, we can see palm oil platation and not to forget the big signboard that stood in front of the platation.

here it is. Sime Darby Platation!!! wow..... Sime Darby is so rich. the highway is surrounded by their plantation from Serdang till............. not sure where, but i know it is a very long distance. besides plantation, USJ , Putra Heights are developed by Sime Darby too.


ok. back to the journey. We exit the tol at Simpang Empat ( if you want to go to A Famosa, you can exit through here too.), then follow the signboard to Muar. then, go straight and go and go....... go through all the village places. 'S' shaped roads. long time did not use this kind of road already, remind me of my childhood. haha.

After many many 's' shaped road, we finally reach Segamat after 1 hours drive in the winding road. We spent some time in Segamat, then we went back to kl the next day.

We decided to try another road to go back to KL. From Segamat, we went through Jementah and Tangkat , then entered PLUS tol. but, the journey was very veyr 'exciting'!!! why? the road was even more winding than from Simpang empat way.

luckily, i was not the driver. if not, throughout the journey, my adrenaline would flush to maximum and extremely tense up. please excuse me for being so 'katak di bawah tempurung', i really never see so many road signs in a road in my life.serious. so many roadsigns.

mother ( big) signboard with its children signboard.
these signboards serve their purpose very well and alert all the road users to be extra careful


not kidding. the road is really like a snake....
dont speed. slow and steady. berhati-hati di jalan raya. besides that, there are a lot of big sign boards stood beside the roadside saying 'kawasan kemalangan'....





hehe. not all the palm oil plantations are owned by Sime Darby. i can see IOI property too.

baby palm oil....

5 years later... oil palm... money.. money....
long long ago, we can see rubber tree along the road, and now we can see palm oil along the road. from here, we can see that, the trend will change, and we must always keep upgrading ourselves to keep our competatives!!!

angel or devil?

who is she?

Name : Muffin a.k.a. naughty girl ( kuai kuai) / shui poh
D.O.B : year 2008 ( some day around Chinese New Year)
Birth place : somewhere in a garden of a house
BW : 1.8kg
Hobbies : eat ( she can eat anything. just put anything into the mouth), but at the same time, she can just choosy on her main course. rather starving, then eat other brand of dog biscuits. of coz, she is just like all others child in the world. never say 'no' to junk food.

another hobbies is barking. when you open the door, she barks. when you eat, she barks. when you walk around her, she barks. Muffin, shut up!!!

she loves exercise alot. run, and run whenever she got a chance. she can run faster than me.serious. although she is skinny, and with short legs, but she can run real fast, like a horse, should be like a wild horse.

she is quite smart, but stubborn. she knows simple commands and when we put up our hand, she will slowly sit down, and wait........ and wait......... for the reward. she is really adorable, other than the most important thing, which is hygiene. 'bomb' my house and 'flood' my floor whenever she likes. when will she learn to take care of her hygiene??!!!!!

little muffin.......... with innocent face.

jakarta... what am i doing in jakarta!

jakarta.. jakarta.. jakarta..

i never thought of going to Jakarta. to be frank, i never think of traveling to Jakarta and it should be at the bottom of my travel list. anything special there?!!i know that Bali is a great place with breathtaking views; lake toba with its famous lake and what about jakarta? i wonder.

anyway, i was so fortunate to have a chance to go for a company training in jakarta. first thing that i noticed in jakarta is........... the traffic jam. it was about 11pm when we reaced the city, but the traffic was so bad!! almost forget to mention that, actually we used the highway ( Rp 5500) but we still stuck in traffic jam. but, i was really amazed by the tough and hardy indonesian. when i looked at them, i just thought wow, they do have business minds and they can do anything. without the determinations and strong body, who can stand the heat, air pollution?





busy preparing food beside a busy road. the weather is killing us, wondering how they can stand there whole day? by the way, is it hyegenic? and any customers buying from them?



selling wooden statue in a busy road. walking in between the busy road. umm.... it is not easy to earn a living here.


this is jakarta!!! only part of it. this is the ordinary jakarta. it does have the luxury side which is comparative to our KLCC.

traffic jam again.....

why thai food is so delicious??!

thai food is really very special and delicious. it seems like wherever we go, there would be tasty food waiting for us.


there are lots of food stalls along the roadside, which selling all kinds of food such as cakes, fish, rice, soya bean...... the price is reasonable too. dont ever miss the local food!!!


my breakfast- the thai style omelette with mushroom served with a very nice strawberry plate and sky juice. 250 baht.


our breakfast... yum yum.. the pork rice with vegetables is very yummy. 250 baht too.



this is the stall. simple but serves great food. although it is just located next to a busy road, but sitting there, we dont really annoyed by the polluted air. anyway, dont really notice that too.



buffet lunch in a conference room. food is once again great and well-presented too. cant wait to eat again!!!


food + shopping = thailand