CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017

This year, Chinese New Year is the year of a rooster. I am not sure what it means but hey I am grateful for the long weekend we Malaysians enjoy (28/1/2017 - 30/1/2017). The plan was to have a family get together at my folks all the way in Segamat.

Due to my knee injury, I was moving quite slowly these days. I took off from my house in Subang at around 11:00am. My sister went off earlier.

I passed through Tangkak to get to Segamat.

The journey was supposed to take approximately 2 hours 30 minutes. Traffic was pretty bad, so it took me around 4 hours. 

A bit cloudy but no heavy rain. Should be a smooth journey. Boy was I wrong.
 

Finally, I reached at my folks. My youngest brother and his family arrived a day earlier than us. I had a late lunch. Ikan Patin masak lemak! Ikan pekasam goring! Sambal Hijau! Oh my! Super awesome! Mom's cooking alway's the best!

For dinner, we had some BBQ lamb, Chicken and with MY special sauce.

Flaming Grilled Lamb. Family BBQ makes perfect gathering.

My brother got the meat from the local store. They were fresh and succulent. Amazing for BBQ.

A view from the verandah we love to sit and absorb the beauty and fresh air of village life.

Most of us were pretty exhausted. I fell asleep quite early.  The next day I woke up at 6:00am. The fresh air of my Kampung was undeniably awesome. I felt like I was being reborn. City life feels like killing you. Kampung life here I come. I let the pictures paint a million words. I can almost see you smile reading this blog eh!

Imagine waking up to fresh air and birdies chirping

Our resident cat, Mr. Billy. A 7 year old handsome rescued cat from Taman Puncak Jalil.

A simple breakfast but the view was fantastic and surrounded by love. Yes, it made a whole of difference.

My mom and dad are quite the green thumb duo. They can just throw anything on the ground and grow. I can't even do gardening. City life broke me ha ha.

 

This is limau purut. Don't ask me what it is called in English. Just google it!

Soursop

Pink Custard Apple - Buah Nona

Daun Pandan!

Young papaya tree

Lethal Cili Padi. You can die from eating this. Well, almost *winks*

Daun Sireh

Don't forget to drop us a snail mail or two

Grandma's Body Guard. Her name is Chomel.

We went to our Grandma's to check on how she is doing. She was not so well but happy to see us.

 

Then we moved to hunt for food. Well that's just the way we are. We love to eat. We discovered this new restaurant in town Selera Nasi Beringin, Segamat. The restaurant was filled with blast from the past. However, The nasi beringin was super delicious. My dad ordered two servings of nasi tambah.

I had a great time with my family. Unfortunately, I still have to go back to the City to work my derriere off to pay them damn bills. Oh, my journey back to KL was even worst. 5 hours. Long crawl Pedas-Linggi up to Seremban. Somehow I made it without going too crazy.

 

Happy Chinese New Year People.

I really hope for a better 2017

 

That is all folks

 

PEACE

A WEEKEND IN PORT DICKSON

Oh, HAPPY 2017 EVERYONE! I almost forgot my own freaking resolution to write about me, myself and I more. Well, here we go;

 

It started out on my birthday Dec 6th 2016. A great friend decided to throw me a birthday dinner (Pretty Cool Eh). She organized and 9 people turned up. That was awesome! Anyway, that birthday dinner was the turning point for all of us to really look for positives in lives. So, since we know that it may be a long while that we would be able to sit together at the same table again, we decided to plan some small get away, just for the weekend. We picked January 7th & 8th, 2017. That morning I managed to do some housekeeping and some laundry (The usual shenanigan). My sister came over to pick me up and yes happy happy joy joy I did not have to drive!

We followed the great Sungai Besi Highway just because we had to make that Starbucks pit stop. Awesome start already!

We arrived at Avillion Admiral Cove, Port Dickson around 3:30pm. Some of us were already there, some were still on their way.

After checking in, my sister and I had a little stroll around the area. We were at the Marina area so no beach there. There were quite a number of people but not as many as during festive seasons and school holidays. To me its breathable situation. Our rooms were upgraded since we took 6 rooms in total.

The view from our room.



The weather was all nice. I can't swim. What a waste.
So just strolling around like an imbecile but with happier mood.

 

I sat under the coconut tree. I hope nothing fell off from up there.

Well motivated to sing my heart out!

Later in the evening, we had some awesome seafood dinner at Embok Village by the beach. 13 of us. Real loud bunch. Everyone wanted to talk. The breeze from the sea was super amazing. We ate and talk and ate and talk until we passed 9:00pm. It was time to test our vocal chord. Karaoke Time! Yahoo!

We went to Bintang Family Karaoke
We sang until 2am.
My throat were sore but it was all worth it.

 

The next day we had breakfast and checked out. Though it felt like there were simply not enough time, we were happy and we were glad that at 48 years old, we were able to see each other again and college time seemed like yesterday.

Thank you my friends. Thank you my sister