Finding me, a non-stitching post

I have no stitching to show, instead I have compile some photos from my travel from the time when I was not feeling myself and no desire to stitch .  Most of these trips are short and over the weekend. The first trip we made with kids was  to Genting Highland. I couldn't provide much photos from this trip as my mobile phone went' kaput' on me and the one Diane took on her mobile got stolen in college and both of us never  got the photos saved up on our PC. But there was these fabulous sunrise from our hotel window which I posted on FB and managed to retrieved from.

 Fabulous white clouds, looks like we are above the clouds but from our  hotel window.

Mid  March, me and DH went to Cameron Highlands and as usual we visited the flowers, strawberries and vegetable farms including their famous pasar malam  (night market ) and a steamboat dinner to end our stay

 Strawberries overload and selling off by the crates

While driving around,  we spotted this Earth building, an abandon Blueberry farm

In mid April, DH and me made a trip to Southern Thailand, Golok a boarder town in the East Coast.

The street by night turned into a food haven and also paradise for the naughty.

Coincidentally our arrival coincide with a temple festival although we missed the Thai Songkran festivity( New Year for the Thais)  a weekend earlier.

Towards end of May, I traveled to Teluk Intan (literally translated Diamon Gulf) with  Jaimis and the kids. It's been ages since I last set foot here , for the kids it was their first trip to explore and my first time driving the distance. This is the famous tower, a local landmark built in 1885. NO, I did not tilted my camera, This is our very own Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan . Originally housed the water tank that supplied water for the town during drought and also served as a beacon to guide the ship into Telok Anson Port. Standing at only 25 meters with 110 steps. It is not as tall as the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. The tower is shaped like a pagoda and look like 8 storey high but in actual fact only 3 storey. Today the tower serves as a clock tower which was brought in from London in 1894.

A visit to one of the Oldest temple (Hock Soon Keong circa 1883) .  It was the centre of  the Hokkien community during the British era in Teluk Intan. Our visit ended with a seafood lunch at a restaurant nearby which I did not get the name or rather forgot to note.

 On our way home,  we made a detour into Pantai Redang. It's my first time there and I never knew there's a beach here, it's also a seafood paradise, we will be coming back for the food next.

The beach and below the fishing village

Raining red - a Wishing Tree.  What a sight !

and Yes, we just had to try our hands at throwing/hanging  the ribbons (where we wrote our wishes)  as high as we could. Obviously, all of us failed to hang our ribbons anywhere in the middle section/height of the tree, maybe we weren't serious enough in making our wishes, and  'HE' knows,  LOL.

 Some photos of me and the kids in 'action' and Jaimis with the kids posing under the tree so you can imagine how tall was the tree.

Next, my trip to Saigon, until then I hope you enjoyed my little travel adventure in the course of me finding me.

Hope your days have been fabulous with lots of stitching and crafting.

Thank you for coming by.

Three days weekend

I visited my In-laws and took a peek at her Passion Fruit Tree in her backyard, and the fruits were plenty. She told me that lately something has been coming for the fruits. Today, we had lunch at this restaurant simply named 126 at Bukit Tinggi Their signature lobster prawn yee mien noodles and Claypot steamfishOn the way back to my In-laws as we need to sent them home, we made a stop at the Strawberry farm in Gohtong Jaya and found their orchid nursery in full blooms Surprised to find a canopy of grape vines /plant (?) with its fruits over our heads. I initially thought its artificial, coz its very unlikely to grow grapes here in a tropical climate, but I took a closer look and its the real thing..ooooooh..just gotta take a snap!
that leads us through a darken and sort of damp room/store like where we find rolls and rolls of

mushrooms growing You must be wondering why the place is called a Strawberry farm and yet there is no strawberries to be seen? Here's a picture of only a tiny section of the farm that I caught sight of the juicy red strawberries. It was such a wonderfully yummy sight to see all the red strawberries

yet to be harvested.
This ends my three days weekend. Hoped you had a wonderful weekend and thank you for visiting.

The break

another break to Cameron Highland (CH). 5,000 ft (1,500 m) above sea level, cool climate, with temperatures no higher than 25 °C and rarely falls below 12°C all year-round and being the raining season now, the temperatures falls slightly lower. Yes, it was cold and wet this time.

A bit of its history. The Highlands were named after William Cameron, a British colonial government surveyor who discovered the plateau during a mapping expedition in 1885. The fame of Cameron Highlands then grew during the colonial era when British planters realised the potential of its fertile mountain slopes for growing tea, then a prized commodity. Cameron Highlands is still home to many tea plantations, being Malaysia's largest tea-producing region. With its many vegetables and flower farms the area is also known as a major supplier of such. There are a total of eight towns in CH with their individual attractions activities.

The market place is a must to visit. I noted that there's a bit of a different varieties from our last visit including the flowers except the corns, strawberries, cacti which seems to be available all year long.

This break coincides with the Raya Holidays where the entire nation had at least a 4 days weekend off for most people, so the traffic was a bit heavier than our previous visits which makes getting a car park a bit difficult and big crowds at all places of interest.

MIL and FIL at the Tea Shop with the tea plantation as the background

FIL is not an adventurous person, he don't travel much except within the comfort of his vicinity.
We and a friend of his, schemed up a plan to coerce FIL to come along on this trip ( in a gentle way of course) during his 80th birthday recently. So, he can't backed out on his words
And he is such a good sport everytime I asked for a photo, he obliged willingly. I later found out that he was here some 40 years ago. LOL

My all time favourite place, I have shown this at least twice in my previous posting already, yet, I just had to take another shot at this, since I can't bring all the flowers home with me.

the kids with the tea plantation background

And Mary came along with me, made a bit of a progress during my stay, stitching in the evenings while it rained. Here, Mary is photograph on the Boh Tea Plantation . Still on Part 3
I sincerely thank you all so much for the well wishes for my mom. The repair is now done and the Doc had cleared her to be good, she sees better now too. Its now up to mom as she has to remember the dos' and the don't and she still needs my assistance daily for the least a couple more weeks to come.

Chinese teapots

I am back !!

We had a good trip and I enjoyed the holidays. We had to cut short of one destination, to the East Coast for fear of floods. The school reopens on Jan 5 and so did work. Was kinda preoccupied with work and another mad rush to clear things off before the next festivity holidays coming up at the end of this month and thus, the none posting until now.

And since I have yet to take photos of the little stitching that I managed during the holidays, I shall put up a little peek into my trip.

First Destination, Fraser's Hill. Name after is founder, its a serene and quiet little town, more well known to golfer's for its 18 holes course which stood surrounded in a very English landscape and cool mountain air The road up the little hill top was winding, about 8 km with 2 km opens to one way traffic only. Even hours up and odd hours down..or was it vise versa?? Anyway, its been a while since I was last here. It remained pretty much the same nothing seems to have changed. However, its currently undergoing a massive facelift. I think this place would be worth a visit in about a year or two.
The little time square is the first thing one wilk see upon arrival
Below is the interior of Shahzan Inn, formally known as Merlin Inn with very minor Christmas Deco, there wasn't a big crowdSight of Morning glory blooming in the morning. It has been allowed to grow and bloom beautifully
and the roses
caught sight of these and the lovely scent of roses, I would loved to have these roses plated in my front lawn if only I had a house on one of these hilly places ....lol
Kinda reminds me of Poisettia..it does look like one from a far, only these are the leaves in redMy most favourite house, if only its mine to own

Destination No 2 @ Cameron HighlandsWe made another to trip to Cameron Highland in a different season from last year. Its the raining season and when it rains, highlands rained too, its much cooler with very minimal of sun

Bee Hives on a slope of a hill, our first stop for some honey.

Another must stop is the Big Red Strawberry Farm. Last year we found lots of red yummy strawberries, but this time, most are still green or just turning red, and the kids indulgence
Bowl of Strawberries Cream

Fried Ice-cream.....whole scoop of strawberry ice-cream inside the crust
Waffle and Ice cream with strawberries
Eat all you can in one serving, salad laid with fresh strawberries, tomatoes and fresh vegetables

Tucked away from the main road we found this place on our last trip here. Its Steamboat dinner at SG Kaye Estate. It had a beautiful garden theme ambience's. We ordered four servings for five but this could easily feed six to seven persons . Its speciality, steamboat first, porriage last.
From the Cactus Valley, a street market where farm fresh are available, corns, sweet potatoes, honey, strawberry, homemade jams, flowers fruits are great finds besides little souvenirs.
Fresh cut of flowers are all year long, rain or shine, in vibrant colors, and seasons don't seems to matter here. One of my favourite sight. I'll leave you with photos from the market Tea breaks at one of the many tea house available along the road. Many built to overlook the tea plantations. I still like the Tea House on Boh Plantation. Take a sip, sit back, relax and enjoy the cool air

Hoped you enjoy the little tour and have a good weekend everyone.