A day trip to Port Dickson & dessert at Kakigori

Hello Internet!!! Hope you all Malaysians have an enjoyable long weekend and a great Independence Day! MERDEKAAAA!!!

Myself, I went to an impromptu, day visit to Port Dickson just to unwind. I have been to Port Dickson as a child and recently to a resort for my company’s annual dinner but in the latter, we spent most of our time in the resort compound.

We started off early and headed to a random beach just for a bit of sightseeing. This beach we went is polluted, as notorious as other PD beaches.

 

Spot the crabs!!

Dirty water didn't stop me from wading my in the waters for an hour or so while exploring the length of the beach, we decided to have our lunch at Port Dickson Ostrich Farm.

We head straight to the cafeteria after buying the tickets as we were starving by then.

Chose the set of Ostrich’s steak, satay (Meat on stick) and omelet. It was my crazy idea to have everything ostrich ヾ(≧▽≦*)/ After all it's been yearsss since we tasted one! Of all, I like the latter best but totally hated the steak platter. The marinade tasted weird and the sides blend and weird. Satay was surprisingly good, sans fat unlike chicken satay.

Fun fact: apparently ostrich’s meat is a healthier option and even its egg contained lower amount of fat compare to chicken egg.

Gotta indulged in coconut juice after baking in the terrible heat. Weather's been ridiculous lately, ping pong-ing from super hot to rainy cold.. (✖╭╮✖)

Once our stomach were somewhat satisfied, we head to check around the farm to explore. From the canteen, we were first greeted with these feathery friends, some tiny gerbils,  seemingly well-fed kois and even snakes in glass displays.

Not too long later we spent some time in the mini bunny hutches and pet their fluffy coat. Even though they're quite dirty lolol

Crazy reaction hahahha

Next minute I befriended another ostrich.

 There is also a dogs' section. I have no idea what got me to even enter the place but when the dogs drew nearer, I freaked out like an idiot. While they were quite friendly, they still look menacing with their huge size. Never again, unless they’re small, docile, not so hyperactive sort.

 

Ben, being a dog lover had the time of his life playing with the dogs. Too bad the Cats’ corner was closed for renovation. Would have loved to spend time with the cats #CatsPerson

Big dude appeared super docile until he stood up and acted playful which meant I freaked out again. He's so huge on his paws, its scary!!!

We left afterwards to Tanjung Tuan, wanting to check out the lighthouse. Unfortunately because it was the public holiday, the place was close to visitors. What a bummer.




Instead, we decided to go for an impromptu hike over super sloppy heels and hundreds of staircases in the midst of the burning afternoon. Pretty leg workout, I joked.

Super steep woihh!

 
After what seems like eternity to me, but was in fact only 20 minutes of climbing and descending down the stairs (some taller than the length of my short limbs), we made it to the prettiest, cleanest beach in west coast of Malaysia.

I SWEAR this place has the clearest, bluest water in Negeri Sembilan or maybe west coast of Malaysia!!! Super breath-taking (on top of the whole hike lol)

 

That made all the effort worth it until it was time to head back WTHLOL. Anyways, we did stayed for a while to enjoy the scenery and seaside breeze.

The sun was too blaring to go for a dip unfortunately. Only a handful of sun-loving foreigners played in the water. Malaysians be like, this is the best reason to stay at home. Or who EVER hike in the middle of the day???

 

The darker spots are actually seaweed. There are lots of them there.

 

 

Once we scrambled up and down back to where we started, we stopped to get our cold ice cream as reward for going through the entire ordeal. Decided to try the new Magnum White Almond flavor!

So very super yummy!!!!!

Can't wait to try the other flavors! Who tried all yet?

We conclude our day by having dinner at Double Queue Thai Restaurant. We had sweet & sour chicken,  seafood tom yam and mango salad. 

Love the salad the most!

Unfortunately the overall food tasted 2 outta 10, I would say especially for the odd, barf-tasting tom yam… And I thought I’m the only one who can screw up when it comes to cooking. That’s so reassuring hahahahaha.

It wasn’t until we returned home that we noticed all of us got 3 shades darker WTF.

 ┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻

Plus it’s like our skin’s prickling and all, it was terrible. I immediately bought my own devised post-sun damage control kit which soothe my skin but I’m regret not applying any sunscreen dieshitme ( TДT)  I’m blaming global warming too, Malaysia’s getting really hot these days!

Now I’m praying hard that’ll I get lighter before my sis’ big day…

~ ♡ ~

On another day I met up with another friend and we dropped by the all time famous Murni mamak for dinner before having dessert at Kakigori, Taman Paramount, PJ.

My choice of sweet potatoes flavor kakigori. It's super unique they topped it with Japanese pudding yum! Just a warning to taste the kakigori before you pour all the honey like I did.... It became overly, sickeningly sweet afterwards....

Watermelon kakigori. Super cute lehhhh! Think I love this best because the flavor is milder and so you won't grow sick of it before finishing the entire thing. 

This is another friend's matcha kakigori. There were hilarious story behind this kakigori. Because the seats at Kakigori was small for the three of our dessert, we had to switch place for comfort lol and when I was shifting the kakigori, the wobbly mochi accidentally fell onto the table lolol. Le friend, "NOOOOOOOO!!!" and I was like, "Five seconds rule!!" and he picked it up and put it back onto where it was WTF! Dudes, aih.

And after he poured the milk onto the top of the kakigori, it made the mochi sink further to his dismay because he wanted to eat the mochi so much, hahahahhaa!!! Poor mochi lolol

The matcha kakigori damn bitter they literally pour tons of matcha on them. Not to order unless you like bitter stuff.  We were all making faces at every slurp.

What I have been up to: a Putrajaya Wedding & 2017 Bon Odori in Shah Alam

Hello internet! I know I've been MIA-ing for quite a while. That's what happen when work's a priority. Aside from that, I got a lil more time for technology detox with my internet provider P1 WiMAX doing their best at failing the couple of fortnights ago from some upgrade (or rather downgrade). The problems have started manifesting since early of this year but it took them awhile to explain that. Neat.

Although I find it may actually be a blessing in disguise now that I can use those time to rest properly after work and on weekends. During those times I missed my blog, writing though I did vlogging but the videos left untouched. Now that I've been on hiatus long enough, I thought I should fill you in on what I've been up to.

1) Our family is growing!!!!

Sis' and bro-in-law ROM just ended last month and soon it's upcoming wedding banquet food tasting with the extended Tans. Later this year you bet I'll be filling you more on the Hens Night & wedding! This is so surREAL, it's true how adult years pass by so fast!!

Because of the whole occasion, I've been spending a lot of time with my sister and her new family.

2) Baby, baby, baby oohhhh

Aside from that, my sis' welcomes motherhood this year. Not that kind of baby. But a babi baby whom the new parents pampers like crazy. Meet Buttons, the cat whom at 6 months is a healthy, super discipline and you betcha, proud Persian. 

She's not pissed, she just looks like that. She's so cute lol

Ok, in this pic she was really pissed. My sis brought her to the vet to check on her ear mites issue which my sis discovered recently. She was clearly not pleased and ignored my sis the entire day...

On less grumpy days, she's super photogenic!

If you've seen my insta, you'd noticed I posted this pic with a funny caption.

Almost everyday our Whatsapp group is showered with photos of Buttons not that I mind ahahhaha. Most of my fam except the dudes loves cats so she definitely stole my sis' limelight lol. Our attention was for her and her only and she was happy to be the center of it, rubbing herself close to our legs when we visited her. 

I bought her a mini tent on the same day I met her but she carefully examined it but afraid to explore further. My sister showed me her first and last attempt later that day. Tadaaa~~~ 

Hilarious! The tent was rather out of shape since her body was longer and she, large for her age. Imagine how big she'll become when she grows! I guess its just in a Persians' gene, she's biggest among all the cats my mom adopts!

You can't tell it from here, but from aerial view, she's bigger than the tent!

"I dowan to play with you anymoreeeee..."

Ya, I can bombard this post with more photos of Buttons but let's move forward because that'll take forever hahahaa

3) Bon Odori Shah Alam 2017

Yeshhhhh! This is the first time in yearsss since I attended Bon Odori and my first celebration in Shah Alam's Stadium. I have initially guessed the crowd was going to be huge (like Penang's) but turns out they came in a throng! Mind blown!!

Impromptu decision to attend with my best friend and adventure buddy, Ben! Ben wanted to take videos undercover because he is shy. Yalah tu! Nah, he was sick LOL.

There were crowds in circle dancing, picnicking, shopping or just viewing fron the platforms. When the fireworks went off suddenly, people went silent in awe admiring the spectacular showdown. Cheers and whistling erupts when it quiets down only to be surprised that the fireworks displays were far from over. Hahahaha. Bestest fireworks for the year! (I'll try to be edit the videos siob

Think it took me a few hours to go through the stalls, the place is so huge! I bought Hokkaido's sea salt flavored gelato (Japan's ice cream never disappoints me?!), German sausage and dew drop jelly with fruits in them. 

Partly, I regretted not wearing my yukata, partly I don't cause it's super hot what's more with the huge crowd! Perhaps I should've invited a few girl friends, that'll be fun and prolly making the sauna experience worth it Lol 

4) Tourist in my own country

This was two months back, I was at Putrajaya for a colleague and friend's wedding and decided I should make time to explore the place. It's my second time there, but my first checking out the place. 

I spent most of my time at the pink mosque and Putrajaya Botanical Garden, the latter particularly to check out the Moroccan Pavilion.

Managed to graze both my knees when I had a horrible fall, falling from a bike with seat so high my legs barely reach the ground. Perfect especially when I have a dinner to attend... (°ﾛ°٥) Thankfully after wiping off the blood, they didn't look that bad that evening. 

Loving the bride's pretty dress! She looked great in it!!

Subsequent days were agonizing, with the swelling and pain I barely walk properly. I still miss biking and truly considering one, something my size. 

5) One of my many obsessions _Feng Shui!

It has been going on a while but I didn't want to write about it on my blog thinking I'd be laugh at (Why did I even bother about people's opinion then?!). I started reading Feng Shui books, attending Lillian Too's talk (recently I attended my third and first Spiritual Feng Shui), and start sharing Feng Shui articles/conversation with my mom. I'm still new at this so I don't really put them into practice 100 percent, perhaps next time. It's just becoming one of my many fascinating hobbies. Though, I was surprised to find one of my friends from uni attending the talk with her family too! So the next round I'll have companions, so fun! 

In my opinion, growing spiritually and more religious are part of growing up. Still I will never be part of one whose disciples are small minded, thinks of themselves as more superior or ostracise other religions/believes. That's so backward and stupid! Speaking of growing up, I may have a post to write about this topic but still considering if I should. Maybe next time!

Back to the event, I had a chance to hear Guru Rinpoche speaks and find he is so humble and as Lillian said, rather wise for his age _ he takes into accounts different angles of perspective and his logic is rather, well logical to the sane minds.

6) Planning for my epic Trip of The Year!

It's still a few months to go before my trip but tickets are booked, itinerary is 80 percent completed, and my excitement is still unwanning. I wish I can tell you about it but at the same time, I want to keep it a secret. To keep the suspense growing, you know LOL. Anyway, the plan is to go on a budget which I am unsure if I will achieve it. Gahhhh, I need more discipline with my moniesss!!!

So ya, these are pretty much the significant events in my life. Not so glam eh (≧∇≦)