Academia, Food and Nature

Cerita ceriti 2 weeks ago:

KL:

in KL for 4 days....attended Tun's talk in a conference :-)
Still charismatic as always....

View from KLCC convention centre:

BACK IN PENANG:

1. Trus kena heret tgk bola kt Subaidah.... my very first time watching Bola kt mamak, dari start sampai abes... huhu... I wore Red konon2 nak bg variety since the other two wore light blue (argentina).... so argentina lawan south korea (in Red)... dan korea yg kalah... hahaha.... dah kata dah.... sapa aku sokong ke represent je mesti kalah :P
2. Next day: To Balik Pulau again!!! this Time penambahan ahli melantak: Shuh Jiuan. Beliau amatlah teruja dan tidak segan silu menyerang durian, rambutan, buah salak.... then makan Laksa + goreng pisang lgk :P (kt laksa janggus)

5 bekas durian + 4 gadis ayu... ahaksss... skali tgk mcm impossible.....Har HAr Har..... Posssibleee jer....  

Up NORTH, Kedah:

The next day... trus ke Jerai pulak... Gunung Jerai, Kedah... Seyes.... dah lawa dah tmpt ni.... Last skali mai sini 2003, masa tu agak 'sederhana' la keadaanya.. Skang, dah upgrade. Bilik selesa.... tmpt masih menenangkan, nice weather.

View.... Sawah Padi terbentang luas... leh nampak laut jugak.... Ni time musim baru tanam padi... menghijau... kalau musim padi masak... depa kata lawa jgk.. kekuningan. But kalo musim dah menuai...nampak mcm tanah tandus sket laa...

Bunga-bunga dan pokok2 hiasan pun byk.... Dulu first time, dtg thn 2001- masa tu byk bunga, then in 2003 takda bunga-bunga sangat. This time, depa dah renovate segala... landscape pun dah lawa dgn byk bunga2 seme... so harap dpt maintain la kali ni :-D

Cumanya.... mereka maybe belum cukup bersedia ambil guests berkumpulan kalau terlalu ramai... we went in 150pax... and depa macam agak kelam kabut menguruskan kitorg... a bit mengecewakan bab tu.... But for accomodation, and food... its good. Food is good wpun variety terhad :D Kalau go in small groups / family, this will be a good place to rehat2 tenangkan jiwa. Oh yaaa... dekat2 sini.. ada 2 spot air terjun. Satu a bit tersembunyi maka bahaya sket.. another dekat taman rimba ke apa ntah... turun bwh sket... mmg tmpt org suka camping dan ada air terjun yang besh....

Btw.... ini gmbr dulu dan skarang :D
Inset: gmbr pergi dgn kenkawan zaman dgree dolo...

Main: skang under Regency Resort.

So Jom.... hangpa nak pi mana... KL, Penang ka Kedah? :P

Balik Pulau cari Laksa

Sepanjang festival durian.... gerai-gerai ini ada until 30 Jun 2010. Hmmm.. kat Balik Pulau... exact location, alamak... taktau nak cakap. But on the way Balik Pulau, tepi jalan... korang nampak la gerai2 nie, hehehe :P

Ekceli, this option macam lebih accessible berbanding mencari dusun-dusunnya kt balik pulau :D

Di belakang khemah tu.... boleh la nikmati view neh :-)

Perkampungan Balik Pulau.

Rambutan, Langsat, Chempedak...... manggis lom ada lagi time ni.

Mak Aih... gugur jantung cheq tgk dorian2 ni .... ahakss...

But this time... beli yg dalam bekas je... Sbb pegi bukan bajet utk melantakz durian. Btw... yg ni harganya RM10 satu bekas, dan 3 bekas = RM20.

Lokasi kami sbnrnya... nak makan petang kt sini: (Laksa Janggus)

Utk apa?

Utk makan laksa aaaa :P

Ada jgk menu2 lain.. mee kuah ada... kuetiau t'ng ada.... Goreng Pisang pun ada: (rangup)

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Sebab aktiviti sebegini rupa telah menjadi hobi yang tegar... maka sebab itulah hiking cam mana banyak pun.... lemak masih mengunjugi... ahakss...

Janji Ada Gaya....

Last year, I went to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with my family. It was an adhoc family trip, with most of our time spent in KK, shopping and driving around. We went to Manukan, and on the same day, we drove to Kinabalu Mountain Park, my dad and I taking turns to drive.

At mountain Park, we walked around the park for quite a distance. It was nice but we were quite disappointed as the clouds and mist were covering the mountain and we couldnt take photo with/of the mountain. I saw some people whom I guessed must be group of hikers... Looking at them, I wondered... "Will I, some day, get to do the same?"... but left the question to dissolve into the fresh mountain air.

On our way back after singgah Kundasang, the skies were clearer and the mountain can be seen... thus I could no longer focus on my driving. Atta suggested we stop coz he knew how badly I wanted to digitalize it in my camera. We passed by Pekan Nabalu that has sorvenir shops and an observation deck. It was such a magnificent sight and the question hit me again "Will I?"...... and told myself "maybe some day.... who knowss..."

There were lots of click and snaps, including this one bimbotic pose.
For this one, the caption in my facebook reads: "Tak mampu daki takpa, janji ada gaya"


Few months after that...... came a proposal from Zue to climb this mountain! What? Seriously? She had been plotting and planning it with Omyn and Kak Ilah was excited too when she got to know about this. My immediate reply was "YES", though I had doubts we were really gonna do this. Next 3 months followed with uncertainties, then somewhere in October / November, we had to confirm our participation. This time, I put serious thought about it.... and yes... it was a YES.


We told ourselves we need a lot of practise.... bla bla bla... tried, but not very consistent. It was not until March that we started to have goosebumps, butterflies in e stomach.... and motivate each other to really start practicing and work on our stamina... ergo the series of update on aktiviti cargas-cargas in tis blog.

Hence, the conclusions of this post...

1. The Impossibles can be Possible if we put our mind into it
2. Life is Unpredictable
3. BBs can do it
4. No matter what... janji ada gaya.... ahaksss.....

it's Bukit Jambul

I have been updating on places I go for work out.... I missed this one though --> Bukit Jambul.

We frequent this place long before our May-expedition plan. This place is in bukit jambul... obviously :P Near Inti College.

a short hike on tar road, then u'll see this track on ur left... usually we'll do warm up here before goin up the track.
There are 2 main tracks.... We are only familiar with the right fork... not sure about the other track, heard it's more 'muddy' (if it rains) or some sort laa.

One good thing about this hill is, the stairs... yaaa... the stairs! hehe.

B.Jambul can be a very short hike for those who are good with stairs... but can be a lil challeging to newbies.

I remember my first time, alongside with some other newbies. I was panting hard and kinda dizzy while another 2 vomitted on the way up. So never underestimate this place :P my first time... i think I took around 35 minutes to reach up. with recent ongoing work-outs, it took me 10 minutes to reach the top :-) happy!

it's a good start for jungle track hikers :-D recommended !
If you are practising for a bigger expedition, goin up and down for 2-3 times is highly recommended.

Once u reach the top, there's this hut where they have weight-lifting equipments available to public. Open gym kinda thing la. So hot hunkies with 6packs + toned muscles can have this spot all for themselves and work it out, man.... :P

And there's also outdoor gym equipment available... so u can work-out ur cardio as well :D

Left: the hut with weight equip, Right: the outdoor equip

or u can just rest....

and enjoy the view:

with a cup of hot ginger tea, crysanthemum tea or just plain waterfree for public.


sometimes you will bump into people who will be carrying one/two bottles of 5litre water to the top. The is water supply on top but the water pressure is quite low. Ouh, on the side note, there is a toilet too, so dun worry in case of emergency :P

Hehehe...

Okies, that's about it... Updates on my work-out places or aktiviti2 cargas recently. This photos are taken after our May-escapade (which I will update later).... this is to so-call warm down from our big hiking expedition... heehe.

Till then... up up up we go !

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Stamina bertangga ke Bukit Bendera

WOKES..... mari Cargas semula.

Kali ni ~ Bukit Bendera.

Bukit Bendera or Flag Hill is one of Penang's most popular tourist sites. One of its main attractions is the Cable Car... the other would be the view from top.


To reach Bt Bendera on foot.... there are quite a number of tracks... One from Botanical Garden (MoonGate), then another from Youth Park. Even from MoonGate... there are more than 1 track for us to choose from.

I went hiking there 2 times recently. We started from Moon Gate. There is another track - from the Jeep Route, so it's tar road all the way up. From MoonGate - hill track.

mula-mula... so semangat!

Then jadi mcm nyawa2 ikan bila tgk the stairs.... Stairs of Horror as Zue put it. Tgk je la... byk steps n curam2 jugak :{~

First station: Station 5 ~ here, we have outdoor gym instruments... Free drinks (plain water / chinese tea)- not sure on weekdays ada tak... and resting/lepaking spots.

CONTINUE:

Phew... no mo stairs of horror! but challenging nonetheless. Quite interesting track :-) Nice View along the way.

Our second Station.... Station 84 ~ Resting place and Plain water available.

From station 84.... we can choose whether to continue on hill/jungle track or jeep route (tar road). On our first time, since there were only 3 of us, girls... we chose the tar road since someone told us that the hill track is a bit confusing and we might get lost....

TAR / Jeep Route:
So here's our Tar Road journey, Hehe:
(marked Red - a track approaching from other fork) - this is where we tembus kuar on our 2nd trip.

Yeahhh..... Sampai...Jeep route 5.0 km :D for us: (2.5km from station 84 + hill trek, not sure)



Hill / Jungle Track:
The following week.... we chose the hill trek.

It's very challenging.. very steep and dirty :D but at the same time... nicer view :D
And actually we were quite lost... we were supposed to come out at 4.6km fork.... But we kinda pusing2 bulatan mana entah... and got out at 3.8km, hiking back on jeep route. taking us longer time than expected.



at 4.6km.... we chose another route... not jeep route.... and finally... made it UP to the TOP!




My rough sketch.....
Both these tracks start from Botanical Garden (MoonGate / JeepRoute).



Actually there are more tracks.... There was this guy who told us, they climb to station 5 and from station 5 they use a different track known as Bukit Pondan before exiting to station 84. Aikk bukit pondan? Never heard of it before... maybe next trip eh.... hehe

Ok Bukit Bendera sudah..... What next? :D

I loved you.... but that's the Past....

Sudah seminggu lamanya.... daku tak ber-laptop.
Wow... and I am still surviving.

Ya laa.. coz these days.... almost everyone, anyone wants/ needs a lappy for work / studies / entertainment etc. maa... not only those dealin with IT / tech stuff.

one thing i miss most.... internet accessibility.... gagagaga

wat bothers me most.... i can't do any work, any time I want....anywhere I want... (like I used to)
and all my works are highly dependent on this thing called computer.. geeesh.


When my laptop buat hal hari tu.....
I felt numb.... mcm nyawa di hujung tanduk...
(although I have backup data.... but then, not updated for one month)
like so worried thinking of how to catch up to one month of progress (if there's any :P)

Luckily, my HDD was not affected... therefore all my data is safe....
but then thinking of how much my "life" depends on the lappy.... so fragile.... so unpredictable... kinda bothers me....

I always have this LOVE-HATE relationship with technologies.... HAHA.....

however.... I am proud to say I am indeed, a computer scientist... :P cecewah


and...ouh... MOST IMPORTANTLY.... I need a NEW Lappy asap....
HP? Toshiba? Acer Travelmate? Haih..... the survey begins!!


P/S:
I loved you for 2 years.... I slept with you... I laughed with you... I cried with you... How could u leave me when I need u most!!!!!! !
@*%#$%##^ Dell XPS m1530.

but ... thanks for the memories .... ahaks... jiwang plak...

Call me Abang

For Neena Teena viewing pleasure :P hehe

(shorten n compiled)


This is my very first time uploading a video in my blog :P
Hehe...Shameem yang macho tak mahu dipanggil baby lagi :D
"No, ameem abam" = No.. Shameem Abang.... wakakaka...

Ouh and the dancing part... he got his inspiration from:~

Hoho... Ainaa. From 3 years back, when she was about the same age as Shameem is now.
The ori video is longer with all the super kiddo shakes... kuikui :P
Background voices: Alisa and I. hihi...

Suasana petang di Tasik Mengkuang

Ini hari, cheq mau buat liputan Mengkuang Dam plak.




Tempat ni sesuai bagi mereka yang suka berjoging2. Bagus utk senaman cardio. Kawasan sekeliling pun indah mata memandang... auwwww ....

Ada dua pilihan... nak joging kt laluan terbuka/terbentang luas, atau, kat laluan yg dikelilingi pohon indah nan menghijau.

Ni laluan terbuka, ni jalan merentasi empangan dan tasik dia.

Jalan dia cam gini dan kita leh nampak penghujung trek dia jauh nun di sana. Lebih kurang 1.5 km gitu lah...

Di kala petang, ramai ber-joging2.. ber-walking2.... ber-sight2-seeing. Di sebelah kanan, adalah Tasik Mengkuang ber-background-kan bukit-bukit. Manakala di sebelah kiri:

Bukit dan jalan raya... akan juga nampak empangan. Opss lupa amik gmbr cekpoint kat hujung nya...

Hari tu masa patah balik... hampir nak Maghrib. Dari kejauhan, dalam suasana senja, terdengar sayup-sayup bacaan ayat-ayat Quran dari sebuah masjid. Rasa damai :-)

On the way balik dr trek di atas, tasik di kiri.

Laluan Kedua: masuk dalam lagi....

ada nampak Bukit Mertajam? :P


Ada juga yang berkayak petang-petang.

Ada yang jadikan lokasi utk wedding outdoor photography:

Jalan masuk ke laluan joging kedua:

Sedikit berbukit but tak curam sgt...

Lepas laluan berpokok-pokok.... then kuar open space balik.

Di tepi tasik .

anyone knows, bangunan apakah itu?

Dan sampai lah ke penghujung trek ini... Sekian... :D

Selain itu, kat sini tempat Penang International Dragon Boat Festivals diadakan tiap-tiap tahun.



Cheq suka tmpt ni sbb dia damai tenang gituw :P

Pemprosesan Pencarian Calon

To celebrate my 100th post in this blog... let's talk scandal !



Hmm... These 3 guys...I can't make my mind.


What's the most important criteria to consider?
- chemistry?
-financial stability?
-possible future together?
-the best father-figure?
-etc etc

Fortunately, there's this website known as http://www.morphthing.com/ to help me in a way :P This website offers a morphing technique where u can morph 2 images... and tadaaa.. ur possible future child will be rendered and presented to u. Haha.. tak perlu masuk wad bersalin ya puan-puan.



Ok..... here we go...


The 3 lucky guys who made it to my nomination list:
(btw, are they still single? :O malas nak google :P )

Presented in this order:

Left: the morphed image from the website (morphed with my skemarina foto)
Mid: If the child grow up to be a man (malas google, but rajin Photoshop plak)
Right: If the child grow up to be a lady... (same, photoshop-ed)




[#1]DiCaprio's babies:

Can u see any resemblance of me?
Haha... yang gurl tu a bit over laar... mcm drag plak :P




[#2]
Lai's babies:

Hehe... I used to have a huge crush on Leon Lai when I was a kid- young teenage gurl. Those days, most of my friends adored Aaron Kwok and Jimmy Lim... but no.... for me.. it was Leon Lai all the way... ahakss...

Hehehehe.. ada sama ka? :P




[#3]
Crawford's babies:


Saje kasik the guy look tanned sikit.. haha..supaya takler jambu sangat :P


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So.... who should I choose? :P:P

poyo je... erk :P

Saje je... found this website thru some bloggers... and I got a lil carried away playing around with it :P Don't be shy.. try aaar :D