Happening Day!

It's Friday, hooray. There are many causes to celebrate this day. It's the end of the working week and the start of the weekend. In addition, we are celebrating Labour Day on May 1st and so we are getting Monday off too. Hooray. Besides that, many a good things are also happening today.

First up, iPad 2 is out for sale in Malaysia today! I heard people have queued up in Mid Valley since last nite to get their hands on one! Great excitement going on and those pads are selling like hot cakes. Me? I am not going to spend hours waiting in the queue, I can wait a few weeks. So I took the easy way, ordered it online through Apple Store today. In 2 to 3 weeks times, it will arrive (hopefully).

Next, who doesn't know today is THE day. The royal wedding day of Prince William and Kate. It's going to start at 10am UK time (or 5pm Malaysian time), if you want to stream it live you can go to the Youtube Royal Channel. Else, go back home and watch on your TV, I am sure there will be some if not all channels showing the wedding. Local news station have sent reporters to cover the event live which to be is kinda waste of money. I am sure the foreign news would already be covering the whole event in great detail, wouldn't it be better to just show their coverage. But what the heck, it's a celebration, so the more the merrier. My best wishes to the royal couple. Thanks for the invite but I cannot attend since England is pretty far from here. Send my love to Grandma Elizabeth, :P. 

One last thing I would like to highlight is this interesting TV show on TV8 which I think you should catch, every Wednesday at 9.30 pm. It's Showdown 2011!! I watched most part of last year's Showdown too. You will not be disappointed, I promise.

Dancing is like way out of my league, further then the moon, maybe all the way in Pluto. Keeping my hands and legs in coordination poses a huge problem for me even when I try to follow the aerobics videos. So I am convinced that these people are genuises in their own right. I think I am in love with this group Elecoldxhot. Amazing talented and cute guys. But then again, all of the top 12 groups are talented beyond my imagination. So do watch out for the show. Watch out also for the all girls group, Panic (sexy!) and the favourites, HMC Phlow. I am begining to pay more attention to local productions like this one which shows there is quality and substance in some of our local entertainment. So give local TV a chance, will ya! Peace and out.

  

Cameron Highlands Family Trip

My hubby was forced to take a few days off to clear his leave last week. So we thought it would be nice to go somewhere with the kids. We were contemplating Camerons or Penang and finally, we decided on Cameron Highlands for a 3 days 2 nights trip. The last time we went there was like 5 or 6 years ago! Time flies.

Steamboat at Brinchang @ RM15 per adult.

We love Cameron because of the nice climate. The drive up took us longer but we took the Simpang Pulai way up and it was quite a pleasant ride. Stayed 2 days in Century Pine Hotel in Tanah Rata, a nice hotel but a little pricy. The walks in the parks, the tea farms and the night and morning markets were relaxing and really enjoyable. Gained a few kilos from eating too much but food was good. We have steamboat in Brinchang for one dinner and western food at Rosette in Tanah Rata for another. If you are going there anytime soon, I recommend you try them. Then we snacked a lot on mushroom  and vege tempura, steamed ubi, fried ubi balls, etc..

It was Palm Sunday so we made sure we checked out the Mass time and the location of the Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Tanah Rata and made our way there. It was a great service and see some local Catholics. The 75 year old chapel which is also a Secondary Convent School is really beautiful.

The kids really enjoyed themselves! My eldest said we should stay for a week. Well, maybe next time we will. Then it was time to go home. We decided to take the shorter but more winding road down to Tapah and we soon found that it was not that good. The 2 boys complain about being sick and were whining. The roads were pretty dangerous, with every corner, you don't know if there will be a big truck coming at you! But if you drive slowly and carefully, it's ok. I wouldn't mind taking the same way next time only if there aren't any kids in the car. To my delight, my little princess was great as she slept on my chest the whole way down.

 We reached Tapah in 1 1/2 hours and had KFC for lunch before we drove home. And in our bounty, we have potted cactuses and plants, fresh vege and mushrooms! Love it and will be back to Cameron Highlands, hopefully not in the too distant future.

Little princess with 'snowy' plants at the Mardi Park.



Justin Bieber wannabes...



On a different note, Easter is next week. Blessed Easter for all fellow Christians. God Bless!

Not all Bad

Didn't I say life is unpredictable just 2 post ago? MACC has another death in their hands. This time a custom top officer was found dead on Wednesday morning at MACC KL office, after he supposedly fell off the 3rd floor onto the badminton court of the 1st floor. That makes it 2 floors only?! Hmmmm, MACC has just gotten more trouble in their hands now even when the TBH RCI is still ongoing. One death is already one too many, now 2? I don't want to make any assumptions, but let's hope this mysterious death will not take 2 years to be solved. Like I said, I am no surprised anymore. Malaysia memang boleh! However, condolences to the family of the dead man and may justice be served.

Ok, nuf of the bad vibes. Let's go for a few nice things happening. I made my 1st wearable blouse for myself and wore it to office today. This really is a positive development as my previous 2 attempts were not too satisfactory. I know now that patterns and precision are important in dress making. I will try making more stuff soon.

Some may already know that I am a MacD fan. Now MacD is giving away free sausage mac muffin with egg for breakfast with coupons, again! Last month, they gave 2 free big breakfast with RM5 purchase. We had that a couple of times last month. This new free giveaway is valid from April 1st to April 13th, so go find out before the end of the offer. Yippie!! Thanks to my friend for the tip offs.

Up next, we have American Idol's latest news. Pia is out and everyone is surprised because she is really good. But like I said before, everyone is good is time round and all of them deserve to be in the finals. But she's out and there is no 'save' left. Hmmm, I do not know who I should make my favourite this season. But frankly, I do not really care for I already have Adam!!!

Lastly, we will be off for a holiday next weekend with the kids. Already booked the hotel with Agoda, so look forward to a nice break on the highlands.