Chinese New Year - Day 5~~~

Im back in KL oredi. It was a tiring journey but all of us enjoyed ourselves alot. Every year, we are looking forward to visit my grandmother's place and reunite with all our relatives.

Before we leave... these are the stuffs we gonna squeeze into the car boot. Alot rite??? Hahaha...

bags...

By the time we reached KL is oredi evening. Took a bath, went for dinner and everyone is getting ready to go to bed oredi...

Time for me to sleep also... Tired... Nite nite everyone...

Chinese New Year - Day 4~~~

Today is the 4th day of cny. Most of my uncle and aunt had went back to start their business. After breakfast, since there's no program for half day, Im juz gonna do some of my work. Yes, Im not in office but there's still many stuffs pending and if I dun finish it, there will be more when Im back in office.

Before cny, my 4th aunt fell down and injured her hand. She went for an operation to put a metal piece to her elbow. With her hand like tis, is hard for her to do alot of things, including washing her hair. Since is cny and no shops are open yet, my kakak was choosen to help her wash her hair. Hehehe...


mum and kakak washing aunt's hair...

Waaaa.... my kakak so pro oh..... Anyone wanna cheap hair wash can giv me a call oh... Hehehe...

pro kakak...

In the evening, we had BBQ to celebrate my cousin sister's birthday. Beside BBQ, we also have other dishes like roti canai, satay, curry chicken, fried noodles, etc...

bbq...

Oh... I think I forget to show my grandmother's house. Hahaha~! This is my grandmother's house. It is a single-storey corner lot. There's 4 rooms with a big, spacious living hall. In Kuala Krai, I can say... no one will not know who is my grandmother and my big uncle. My big uncle and her wife are teachers is 1 of the high school there. And my grandmother, everyone know her as she is very friendly and good-hearted.

grandmother's house...

BBQ party started... Let me show you some of the food... *yumm yumm*

fried chicken...


roti canai...


fried noodles...


chapati...


nuggets...


nasi kapet...

Since is my cousin's birthday, my grandmother will surely make red eggs. Hehehe...

red eggs...

My brother and cousins setting up the fire for bbq...

setting up bbq...

A table full of food... food... food... OMG~!!! Another nite of getting fatter. Hahaha~~~!!!

food... food... food...

My aunt ordered a cake for her daughter's birthday party. Oh... y there's a part with congratulation on it? Hehehe... My cousin sister got 8A's for her PMR. I can tell u... My this cousin is very smart. She alwiz get 100% in her tests when she's in primary and get top 3 even she's in secondary school.

birthday cake...

Now... let me show u my cousin and some of the family photos I took that nite...

my cousin sister...


cousin & grandmother...


cousin & her family (my big uncle)...

cousin & my family...


cousin & cousins (wif same surname)...


cousin & cousins (wif different surnames)...

Time to cut the cake...

cut cake...

Besides inviting her friends, my uncle also invited some of his friends over for the party. Now I can really admit that economy is very down coz everyone that came didnt giv any angpau. It feels so different... Haih...

many people...


sis & kakak bbq-ing...


cousins playing games wif her friends...

After cleaning up everything after the party, we gamble again. This is the last nite for me to try my luck... So... I MUST PLAY~!!!

Gamble...

Gamble...

Gamble...

Yeah~!!! Guess wat!!! I won... RM12. Hahaha~~~ Better than nothing la. Actually I won RM13 la... but the RM1 is to replace wat I lost the other day. Hehehe~~~

Time passes so fast... Is oredi the 3rd day staying at my grandmother's house. We will be heading back to KL tomorrow. Cny is the best time to get everyone hang out together. Will have to wait til next year to have such a chance again.

Chinese New Year - Day 3~~~

1 bad thing of sleeping in the living room, esp in my grandmother's hse is... U can never sleep later than 8am. Why??? Coz all the adults dunno y love to wake up early and start preparing breakfast, which makes LOTS of noise.

I was awake at around 7:30am. Standing at the sliding door... Waa... Am I in Genting Highland or in Kelantan??? Why izzit so misty???

misty...

Time for breakfast. In Kelantan, people usually have Nasi Dagang or Nasi Putih wif lauk for breakfast. In Kuala Lumpur, hardly v can find such nice malay food...


breakfast...

Tis is my Nasi Putih wif lauk ikan.

nasi putih lauk ikan...

As I mentioned before, we are going for a day trip to Tumpat today. Tumpat is a town situated approximately 15-20km from the capital, Kota Bharu. Many Siamese Malaysian live here. Hence, there are many Buddhist temples or wats here.

Among them, the most famous is the Wat Phothivihan, a temple which houses a 40-metre statue of a gigantic Sleeping Buddha, one of the largest and longest in South East Asia. The devotees of this temple are mainly ethnic Thais, and the temple itself is a typical Thai Buddhist temple.

wat photivihan...

Take a closer look...


sleeping buddha...

Surrounding the giant Sleeping Buddha, there are many buddhas which each represent an animal zodiac. I found the buddha that showing my zodiac - PIG.

me the PIG...

After all the praying, we took a rest while having coconut water at the stall near the temple.

coconut water...

The weather is so hot.... and... FLIES are everywhere... OMG~!!!


fly trap...

Mummy enjoying her coconut drink alone... Eh eh... there's 2 coconut there... GREEDY~~~


mummy drinking 2 coconut...

Next stop, Wat Machimmaram, the largest Sitting Buddha in South East Asia. As you can see from the photo, the giant 30-metre-high, 47-metre-wide brown Sitting Buddha with pure gold lips is sitting tall, cross-legged in a meditation pose above the temple.

wat machimmaram...

Another closer look at the Sitting Buddha with me inside. Hehehe...

me and sitting buddha...

At the temple, there's this quite famous (according to my relatives) fortune teller. All you need is your date of birth, and he will write out all the informations and numbers on a piece of paper and he will slowly explain to you 1 by 1 on your career, your health, your studies, your business, etc...

my paper...

To believe or not??? Well... is all depends on yourself. My brother and sister went for it as well. When comes to my brother's turn...

His 1st sentence: 'You are studying izzit? Very lazy to study... Am I correct?' Me and sis were laughing there as my brother really very lazy to study,.

His 2nd sentence: 'You sleep til very late rite everyday? When there's class, you wake up early but sleep til very late when there's no class and need ppl to call u many times to wake up rite???' OMG!!! Im laughing non-stop. Wat he said is so TRUE. We didnt even mention anything to him yet.

His 3rd sentence: 'Dun argue with your gf so much. Your gf has bad temper, rite?' OMG OMG~~~!!! How he noes everything???

Well, I must agreed that he's good.

As for me, I asked bout my career, health and of coz relationship.

Career: He said that the industry Im doin now is good for me. This year is not a good year for me to consider chainging job. *sob sob*

Health: He said that I'll have head problem, e.g. headache. He adviced me NOT TOO THINK TOO MUCH which I alwiz will la... Hehehe~

Relationship:

'Your bf tall and big???' he asked.

'Tall & thin'

'Hhmm... Dun worry... He will become fat later on.' HAH~~!!!!! Better make sure my baby dun put on weight. Hahaha!!!

'Dun argue with your bf so much. You alwiz complain too much....' Errr... How he noe haar? *face red*

Is lunch time, my uncle brought us to this new restaurant which served Thai food.

orchard garden...

Since Kelantan is situated near Thailand, there are many famous Thai restaurant around. However, most of them open only in the evening.

Here comes the food...

otak-otak...


thai style steam fish...


steam sotong with sour sauce...


steam prawns in curry style...


spicy lala...


sambal mix vegetables...

Err... Some of you might find the following dish abit grosss...... BEWARE~~~

stir fried bees...

Yes... Bees... I tried 1... Hhmm... Is crunchy~!!! But... once is enough for me... No more 2nd time.

closer look...

After lunch, we went to Wat Phothikyan as known as Double Dragon Temple. The most eye-catching icons here are the two colourful dragons flanking the entrance. Each head rests on an archway, with the Flaming Pearl of Immortality in the middle.

double dragon temple...

The centre of attention here is the new 33-metre-high Standing Buddha. Gleaming white, he looks serene. The left hand holds a lotus flower and he stands on a double lotus bloom. It is the tallest freestanding Buddha in South-East Asia.

standing buddha...

Here, there's also a semi-open air fragrant herbal hot bath house which have separate areas for men, women and families. Many believed such baths helped wash away bad luck. Dad, brother and uncle went for the hot herbal bath.

'The smell is horrible... Yuck!!!' My brother said. Hahaha~~~

Last stop, the beach. How can we miss the beautiful seaside of the East Coast???

beach...

The beach is definitely cleaner than the beach in Port Dickson. Hehehe... Here, you can see people playing kites...

kites...

Part of my cousins that came for the 1 day trip...

photo time...


catching mini crabs...

Something interesting... Haha~

naked kampung boy...

Another group photo before leaving...

group photo...

On the way back to my grandmother's place. I found this interesting banner near the roadside.

'Boikot product America 'Coca-cola, Colgate dan Mc Donalds. Makanlah RAMLY BURGER'

What a banner...

interesting...

By the time we reached back home, is dinner time. Hhmm... Im eating too much oredi. HELP~~~

dinner...

It has been a tired yet interesting day for me. Even thou I've been to those temples long long ago ( I think 10 years plus bacl), to me, it just feel like is the 1st time visiting those places, letting me to gain more knowlegde and information about each temple.

Gonna bring my baby for this 1 day trip when he's here... Hopefully nex year lah.

Oh~! FYI, Im did not camp in the living room that nite... Hahaha~~~ I managed to squeeze myself into an air-con room. :-p