Raya @ Taiping & Kuala Sepetang - Part 1

We went for a 2 days 1 night trip to Taiping and Kuala Sepetang with three other families last Monday and Tuesday. It was a fun-filled trip packed with delicious food, educational tour, water fun time, lots of laughter, jams, sweat… you name it we experienced it.

If you were thinking how on earth do 4 families with 9 girls managed the trip and achieved so much, come tag along on our adventure trail…. Followed by pictures later ya!

Day 1
8.00 -9.00 am – Dim Sum at Pekaka Square
9.00 – 10.00 am – Journey to Taiping with songs, quizzes in the car packed with 4 talkative girls
10.30 am – 12.30 noon – Taiping Zoo
12.30 – 2.00 pm – Lunch at the hawker center, near Taiping market, they served fabulous Koay Teow Soup…
2.00 – 4.00 pm – Check in at Taiping Golf Resort, swimming and water games (the men are rough!)
4.00 – 5.30 pm – Rest (Super tired!)
6.00 – 9.00 pm – Dinner at Siong Leng restaurant (the food plus the bill were a total disappointment! Bad recommendation!!)
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Chatted…
10.30 pm – Completely knocked down for the day

Day 2
8.00 – 9.00 am – Breakfast in the hotel
9.30 – 10.30 am – Taiping Lake Garden for photo shooting and a stroll around the lake, superb view and nice weather
10.30 – 12.30 noon – Back to hotel for a dip in the pool again…
1.00 – 2.00 pm – Trip to Kuala Sepetang (Port Weld)
2.00 – 3.00 pm – Lunch opposite the KTM Port Weld signboard (A hut selling superb curry mee, Loh mee (Penang one much better), Chai Kueh (this is good), Curry Puff (thumbs up too), Cucur Udang (we saw many people ordered this but too full to stuff in anymore…)
3.00 – 5.00 pm – Mangrove Forest Boat Ride (Sun bathing.. the kids enjoyed it)
5.00 – 6.30 pm – Early dinner at “Restoran Tepi Sungai” (We ordered octopus dip with grated nut chili sauce, deep fried baby crabs, deep fried shrimp, buttered prawns, siput, steamed fish, stir-fry lettuce, char mee and bihun (for the kid’s table), fried egg, 6 bottles of herba tea, guess how much is the bill???)
6.30 – 8.30 pm – Back to Penang…

I extracted below photos from some of the website, ours one yet to be downloaded..
From top left and in clock wise direction... mangrove forest, Taiping Lake garden, Port Weld curry mee, Taiping Golf Resort (where we put in).


From top left, deep fried shrimp, octopus, stir-fry mee, buttered prawn..


Stay tune for more photos in Part 2.

Mama Lunch Outing

I planned a “mama lunch” last Saturday contrary to the “mama dinner” last year. The setting is quite similar, get all mama out, away from the kids and hubby, just have a good peaceful lunch (young mothers would know what I mean, not being mean to the daddies out there ya!), chat and chart the course of our “mama group” next milestone. This time we went to OXO restaurant near Queensbay Mall. I’ve been there once, the setting is quite comfortable with couches set up as seats, smooth background music and pretty lamps hanging from the ceiling. We ordered set-lunch from the menus recommended by the chef, the portion was just nice and most importantly we had a fruitful session.

We decided to start a prayer partner group, plan to meat twice a month with some family activities in between that involved the whole family and topical discussions. The ultimate purpose is to support one another in love and in truth with God’s word as our foundation for knowledge and wisdom. We hope to build closer relationship through the prayer partner activity and support each other through the word of God.

Though our membership/attendance is not very consistent (mainly due to family commitments), we thank God for supportive husbands and sure we did talked about our kids and hubbies, it’s true politics and careers are not our cup of tea but rest assured they are not gossips but means to share a part of our lives. I still remember clearly our Pastor’s wife advice to all mothers the last time we met which I think it’s very true… “God does not give us a perfect husband but He gives us the man just right for each of us” How profound…. In the same way we are not perfect mothers and wives but just the right mothers and wives for our children and husband.

Thumbs up for mothers ya! And not forgetting for daddies too…

Happy Birthday to our dear Emily

Today is Emily's Birthday...22nd Feb..222. Five years ago Emily was eagered to come to this world, a week earlier (her due date was supposed to be on the 29th Feb!!) I guessed she doesn't quite like the idea of celebrating her birthday once in four years. Happy Birthday my dear Emily, mummy prayed the below prayer for you yesterday night:

Thank God for His blessings in your life for the past 5 years, thank God that you have continued to grow healthily. Mommy prayed that you will continue to grow into a child God wants you to be and God helps mommy and daddy to bring you up according to His will. We thank God for your energy, laughter and joy you bring into our lives. Happy blessed 5th Birthday.

Below is one of our conversation:
Me : Emily, you know the meaning of "sen re"
Emily: "Sen re" is birthday lor
Me : Yes, but what is the meaning of birthday leh
Emily : Birthday lar
Me : Birthday is the day mommy push you out from the stomach and you are out into this world
Emily : Oh...
Me : Very painful one leh
Emily : Thank you thank you mommy
Me : Why say thank you twice?
Emily: Thank you for delivering me and thank you for the birthday present mah..
Me : :D

To top it up, daddy suggested we went and try Domino Pizza... aiyoh, first time ordering, we ordered the thin crust and when the ordered came... we were quite stunned, it doesn't look like the picture displayed and no where looks like the normal pizza that we used to have at Pizza Hut, this crunchy super thin crust is just like a piece of biscuit... taste wise still okay but it didn't fill our stomachs, no value for the money we paid leh.... :( So we all decided this is the first and last of the super thin crust thing... or probably the last of Domino pizza for the family... LOL

Udang galah n Catfish Affair

We really ate out a lot this trip back, and this time to Tanjung Tualang. I blogged about it before but this time with pictures. Check my earlier post here.

This is our family favorite’s place for “udang galah” or fresh water prawns and certainly one of mum’s favorite dining place for they served fresh and superb prawns, steamed “pak soh kung” and homemade tauhu.

This is what we ordered:

1) 1 kg of medium sized udang galah @ RM58.00 a kilo
2) 1 medium size “pak soh kung” @ catfish
3) 1 kangkung belacan

Udang galah – before, swimming actively in the aquarium


Udang galah – after, steamed with egg white and Chinese Wine, 1 kilo consists of 16 medium sized prawns.



Steamed “pak soh kung”


Kangkung – forgot to take the picture

Grand finale – the bill!!!



Conclusion – we were all very contended and went our separate ways, we continue our trip back to Sitiawan, my dad back to Kampar. I’ll be coming back for more… so must you… For those who are interested, you may locate the place in the above bill.. Tanjung Tualang is not a big town so you will be able to find the place quite easily and I'm a lousy road director... don't want to bring you all to nowhere..

Bean Sprouts Chicken Affair

We ventured up to Ipoh during our long raya break and hubby being adventurous this time round (we normally go to Jusco and eat there during our usual trips to Ipoh) and with some help of my good friend’s direction we managed to land ourselves in the town of Ipoh. You see this Kampar girl seldom ventured around even though Ipoh is just around 30 km from my Kampar home. We spotted a restaurant cramped with people and thought that it must be good, we parked our car and walked a short distance.. as we approached the restaurant we realized they served the famous bean sprout chicken. Wow all the tables were taken, we waited for a while and got a table ourselves… quick quick ordered as the situation was quite chaotic with the workers running here and there and customers standing waiting for empty tables.

Here is the gang waiting for the food…



In less than 10 minutes, our plate of bean sprouts was here… hmm… see the chubby and fat fat sprouts… people said the bean sprouts in Ipoh are fatter and crunchier due to the mountain water… I hope so and it’s not due to any chemical reaction.



In the next 5 minutes, our plate of chicken arrived…. Looks good eh but hubby and I think it’s too fatty for us and we can taste a lot of “Ajinomoto” being put in it. However the girls love them because they like the smooth and fatty chicken skin… eee….


Just in case the next time round you happened to be in Ipoh and try this dish, you can dropped by at the 2 restaurants below, they are situated a stone throw away from each other and has equally customers patronizing their restaurants, so I guessed the taste should be okay. Frankly, hubby and I don’t actually like it, maybe we are quite health conscious folks who don’t like oily and fatty food.

The restaurant that we dine in..


The restaurant opposite the street.. equally famous