My family and I had just arrived from Penang two days ago. Unlike most of our trips to Penang when we stayed at the Feringghi BayView Beach Hotel on the island, this time we stayed at the Butterworth Palm Inn Hotel which is just across the road to the Dewan Dato’ Haji Ahmad Badawi where [...]
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A Weekend In Penang
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged Malaysia, Penang, Sungai Dua, Travel and Tourism on 22/07/2011 | 2 Comments »
An evening at Pantai Rhu Sepuloh… With Uncle Nisar!
Posted in Friends, Fun, Nature, Terengganu, Travel, Trengganuspeak, tagged Fish, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Prawn, Seafood, Terengganu on 08/01/2011 | 2 Comments »
We took a trip to Kuala Terengganu on 24th of December, 2010 together with Uncle Nisar. That was his first trip to the east coast of West Malaysia and we were very excited to take him around our hometown. On the evening of the 26th of December, we went to Pantai Rhu Sepuloh (Rhu Sepuloh Beach - near Bari). [...]
A Wonderful Weekend With Aunty Selina
Posted in Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Travel, Trip, Visitors on 11/02/2010 | 4 Comments »
On Friday night (29th of January, 2010) Aunty Selina reached KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) for a 3 days trip. Aunty Selina, who lives in Maryland, USA, is a very good friend of my parents. She stayed at The Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur at Jalan Ampang. She brought all of us lots of lovely presents. [...]
Friends from Sri Lanka
Posted in Family, Friends, Fun, House, Travel, Trip, Visitors, tagged 2005, 2006, Aishah Salihue, Ali Salihue, apple, California, Emails, Friday prayers, grandparents, Hijab, Islamic Finance, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur, Master's Degree, May Tower Hotel, San Jose, Sri Lanka, Stamp album, Stamps, tent, trampoline, USA, wagon on 13/01/2010 | 3 Comments »
Last Friday, my family and I went to May Tower Hotel in Jalan Munshi Abdullah to meet Uncle Zahedi, Aunty Suzana and Brother Hisham. They came from Sri Lanka to send Brother Hisham who is currently doing his Master’s Degree in Islamic Finance here in Kuala Lumpur. We met them after the Friday prayers. When [...]
Answer to the Stowaway Passenger Quiz
Posted in Animal, Puzzles, Terengganu, Travel, Trip, tagged Bulls Eye, City, Climb, Country, Glide, Gombak, Highway, Karak Highway, Photos, Pictures, Snail, Terengganu, Town, View, Wind, windscreen, Wiper, Zainun's Nasi Ayam on 11/06/2009 | 11 Comments »
Hmmm… seems like nobody hit the bulls eye. The answer is actually a… …SNAIL!!! Yup, it’s a small snail sitting on the windscreen. Somewhere on the Karak Highway, it glided to the roof of the car and most probably blown away because when we arrived at the rest area I searched for the snail but [...]
Two Weeks In Kuala Terengganu
Posted in Family, Terengganu, Travel, tagged Alam Akademik, Books, Bukit Pak Apil, Bukit Tok Beng, Business, Collection, Customer Service, Eid, Hj. Yaacob bin Abdullah Al-Yunani, keropok lekor, Kuala Terengganu, Maternal Great Grandfather, Pasar Chabang Tiga, Pulau Wan Man, Reader's Digest, Sultan Sulaiman Secondary School, Taman Tamadun Islam, Terengganu, Terengganu Delicacy, Terengganu Folks on 12/10/2008 | 6 Comments »
I was so busy for the last 2 weeks that I can hardly find the time to update my blog. Apart from visiting our relatives and friends, I also visited many interesting places in Kuala Terengganu such as my grandmother’s shop, Alam Akademik (refer to ‘A memory of Kuala Terengganu’), Bukit Pak Apil (refer to [...]
Going Back To Terengganu (Balik Kampung)
Posted in Family, Food, Malay tradition, Ramadhan, Terengganu, Travel, Trengganuspeak, tagged Ayam Golek, beach, Bedil, Geliga, Iftar, Kemaman, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Terengganu, Lempeng, Pasar Ramadhan, Petronas, Petronas Complex, Ramadhan, Refinery, Refinery Complex, Rusial, serunding, Terengganu, Ttupak Sutong on 30/09/2008 | 8 Comments »
Starting my own blog taught me lots of new things. For instance during our journey back to Kuala Terengganu, I was more alert to the surroundings – taking notes and photos for my blog. Normally I would just sleep, watching the VCDs or lost in my own world. There are lots of beautiful old traditional [...]
Niagara Falls
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged Ahmad Ali, American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Brother Island, Canada, Cave of The Winds, Chicago, DBP, Falls Fireworks, Goat Island, Grandpa Jan, Horseshoe Falls, Illinois, Illumination Show, Kemanusiaan, Luna Island, Maid of The Mist Boat Tour, Niagara Falls, Niagara River, Niagara State Park, Ontario, Prospect Point, Rainbow Bridge, Sasterawan Negara, Terrapin Point, Three Sisters Island, Toronto, USA, Usman Awang, Victoria Falls, Zurinah Hassan on 23/06/2008 | 4 Comments »
As I was reading (a poem) “Kemanusiaan” by Usman Awang (from ‘Sasterawan Negara: Usman Awang Edisi Kedua’ by Zurinah Hassan, DBP), I came across a word ‘Air Terjun Niagara’ or The Niagara Falls. All at once, I was transported back to the most magnificent place I’ve ever been to! The Niagara Falls (consists of The [...]
A Trip To Taiping
Posted in Travel, tagged Ahmad Ali, Akedemi Fantasia, American Idol, Astro, Atuk Idris, dad, Discovery Channel, Gang Stars, Opah, Penang, Taiping, Taiping Railway Station, Uncle Najmi on 19/06/2008 | 1 Comment »
On the way to Penang, we made a stop in Taiping to visit Opah & Atuk Idris. They are the proud parents of Uncle Najmi (or Khairul Najmi, the Akademi Fantasia* 5′s English Teacher). Uncle Najmi is an old pal of my dad and during his university days, dad used to visit them in Taiping. [...]
My visit to Penang
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged Aunty Habsah, Batu Feringgi, beach, Family, Penang, Uncle Firdaus on 06/06/2008 | 3 Comments »
Last week, my family and I went to Penang. We went there by car and stayed at Bayview Beach Hotel, Batu Feringgi. It was a fun and lovely trip. We had a half an hour boat ride and guess what??? We saw DOLPHINS!!! There were about four of them jumping in and out of the [...]
