Kuala Terengganu - Pasar Payang Shopping

Wow.. just came back from Pasar Payang just now.. yikes.. lotsa people maybe cz Xmas is just around the corner.. so people are applying leave for a long holiday up to the New Year..

Went there to buy batik for a friend.. thank god I got quite a good parking space.. but not much discount cz maybe its busy seasons... well.. enjoy.. maybe some of u might have some idea on what to shop next time in Kuala Terengganu.. :)

Hmm the traffic.. lots more traffic than the pic suggested..

Some of the souvenior.. a bit blurry.. wanted to buy the Upin Ipin pillow for the boys but forgotten hehehe.. well.. I'll go next time when there's no public holiday.. will have more discount then..

The baju requested.. ready made baju and kain.. got RM140 for the current duyung cut.. the pareo style (a bot older design).. can get up to RM120.. huhu.. maybe get better during slower time but as need it urgently.. ah well... bought two - pink and red coloured ones...

For myself.. the batik bed cover.. will try to auction it first via lelong.com.. if not I'll use it myself.. quite nice to sleep on actually.. the cloth is cool for balmy night and bring up childhood memories as well as my mum used them as well decades ago :)

Culture - Cukur Jambul / Shearing Off Infant Plume

Hmm.. this entry is a bit late as this occur during the past Raya Haji.. Me and the family went back to our kampung (village) in Kuala Krai.. As my youngest son, Haikal has nearly approach two months old, we decided to also do his cukur jambul at the kampung with the special menu of my dad's young goat to be cooked as curry during the event...

Traditionally, this was done in order to shear off the impurities from the hair being in the mothers' womb as well as ensuring that the hair will grow better after the shearing. As time evolve, only the shearing of the baby's plum is done and afterwards weighted in gold or silver and distributed as alm to the poor (which we didn't practice) haha...

Before that, the child was also given a taste of the sweet (dates.. honey) , salty (salt) and of course the air zam zam.. afterwards .. there's the berzanji session to give thanks to the almighty as well as doa or prayers for the baby's future wellbeing...

Goodies prepared for the guests..

Before the shearing.. not enough hair as it is.. thank god that he slept throughtout the ceremony...

Beginning of the shearing and the tasting...

Kuala Lumpur - Citrus Hotel

Had a fun time last weekend.. helped hubby to go shopping and spend his RM1K bonus for 10 years of services in his company hehehe.. as it was SALES season again.. bought loads of things.. new bag and shoes for me.. playthings for Kimi and the baby.., sushi for our dinner... yummy2 :)

Anyway.. had highlighted Citrus Hotel.. which is our preferred hotel if in KL.. as it is not so bad .. strategically located.. easily accessible as well as easy for me to phone in as I am a long time guest :) .. the old room is RM155 per night and the new refurbished room is around RM180 (no diacount for government servant this time as I went there during the public holiday aka the Maulidur Rasul) but as I booked two rooms, the management give a discount of RM 10 hehehe.. well.. better some than none at all.. enjoy :)

View from our rooms..

One of the room.. we had interconnecting rooms for ease.. this one is the pic before Kimi jumped on it apparently..

The toilet.. not perfect but ok lah...

Quite like the new design of the shampoo bottles..

Kimi and daddy indulged on a dip..

Our sushi dinner from Jusco One Utama hahaha.. but there's a nearby mamak restaurant just besides the hotel.. so more convinience for guests...

Breakfast before we're off to Nilai.. not many breakkie selection but still ok for staving off the hunger..

EMBA - Seminar Raja Lelong

What I like most about EMBA this sem is that we have the opportunity to conduct a seminar. Well being a MATRADE officer, I have actually been tasked to dom lots of seminar before this.. so it's nothing new to me.. but organising it with friends makes it more enjoable... heaps more....

The preparation.

As it was part of our assesment for MIS ... 20% of final mark, our subject was on E-Commerce... just from the backyard i.e. Petronas... we had Mr. Eruwan Gerry Norsen.. the Lelong King of Malaysia... it was very impressive seing that somebody from engineering background is able to generate mountainous passive income via the internet... huhu I am jealous...

Full house!!!! Yeay :)

We had lots of question from the participants as making money from the internet will a;ways be an interesting subject. Hehe.. seems that I need to dig out books I've purchased (but yet to read) on the subject hehe... seeing even my Adsense account only generate mr $6.55 after a year and a hal of blogging hehe... :P

Terengganu - Hutan Lipur Cemerung

One of the best waterfall in Terengganu is the Cemerung Waterfall.. others would include the Sekayu waterfall.. or even in my backyard... Air Terjun Menderu...

In road.

Cemerung Waterfall is about 30 km of Bandar Dungun.. it is easily accessible using the Jerangau-Jabor road before driving a few km inroads.It is also quite near to Bumbung Raja, another tourist attraction.. no waterfalls there though but shallow river.. nice for swimming and also languishing around (a bit like my kampung or village near Kuala Berang but that's another post :)..



No need to worry about bringing in food, there's plenty of hawkers selling finger food such as nuggets.. fishballs.. crabstick and the compulsory keropok lekor for the holidaymakers. I believe most of the tourists are locals but as it is quite easily accessible, maybe outside visitors might like to take a dip there. It is quite nice as the local authority recently did upgrading of the facilities so the toilets... changing rooms.. madrasah are all quite new and most importantly CLEAN..

Hubby and Kimi on the way in.

A closer look at Chemerung attractions.

Going in.. only at the bottom of the attractions as my stomach as BIG then... hehe... still.. need to be moderately active should visitors would like to reach the top level..

The view from out spot among the refreshing river and cool stones... and a few fishes pecking our feet for leftover food...

EMBA - MIS 750 Management Information System

Hmm... This is the subject I only spend 2 weeks outta 4 weeks due to my maternity.. thank god that it's more towards a reading material as apart from the two mostly calculation subject before this. I quite like the IT subject actually... I might have gotten a IT/Finance degree during my study if it weren't hard to get MARA to change its loan during my study at UniTas...

Our lecturer this time is PM Dr. Mazidah Puteh.. a very nice lady that makes going to class a breeze hehehe.. and very supportive of me not going for the two weeks of the class hehehe.. thanks Dr.



Hmm.. my group and I are even thinking of getting her as advisor for our ABR next sem.. our final sem.. yahoooo... it seems like she's very interested in my presentation of individual term paper about SMEs and ICT Adoptation.. so.. we'll see..

OK.. the new things I've learn in this course is about Wireless Technology, Wikis, Google Free Sites.. doing database... actually MIS is a very interesting subject and fastly changing.. it seems like if we are quick to grab the opportunities it offered, we might be able to get $$$$ ... hehe.. a subject that I am very interested in :)

New Baby - Wan Haikal Wan Ahmid 6 Oct 2009

Baby Haikal as of today :)


I was quite surprised to see that my last entry was in August.. hehe.. sorry folk.. I was too busy being very pregnant just then... Now I have my new bundle of joy.. Wan Haikal who is today around 42 days old. Have heap of things to be posted but just haven't got the time as yet including:

- Hotel UiTM Dungun
- EMBA Sem 3: MIS 750 Management Information System
- Keropok Lekor 008
- Keropok Lekor Biru...

Can't wait :)

Selangor - Equitorial Hotel Bangi

Actually, I went to Bangi Equitorial Hotel for my PTK3.. resit I might add cz I only got III for the exam module. I need to get the level IV for my anjakan gaji or wages shift so back I go for the retaking of the exam... and for meeting up friends and colleagues.. as well as free hotel food hahahaha.. well, we're the government servant is notorius for the 6 meals per day requirement :)

Hubby went along as I cant drive the long journey myself anymore.. to tired now that I'm 8 month preggies.. we drove from Kerteh around noon.. then stop over to Kuantan for hubby to do his banking stuff at HSBC.. then to KL for dinner... arriving at around 7pm for a bit of Japanese food at Yoshinoyo at KLCC's Foodcourt.. yumm...

An hour later we arrived at the hotel.. a bit late cz we left KL during peak hours and therefore stuck in jam.. hmm.. Kimi and his fav. thing to do i.e. jump on hotel beds..

Another fav. thing.. languishing in the bathtub :)

Father and son having nescafe and oreo over balmy night with the nice view of Bangi town.. very nice...

Breakkie for the guys.. had only 1 breakfast coupon so have to pay extra.. hubby at RM42.. and Kimi's at RM21.. hmm.. anyway, that far outweight the cost of the room which would be at least RM180 for the government servant..

Going round the courtyard...

Hmm.. the guys had to head back to Kerteh and I'm stuck with the course.. hahaha.. a backbencher now cz I just need to retake the exam part.. huhu.. really hope I got the level IV needed especially I was told that JPA only allows PTK 3 to try for PTK 4level only once.. cost cutting?? You betcha!