Vacation Preview

Whole family just got back from cuti-cuti Pantai Timur. While we sort out the photos (thousands of them), showing sneak preview on the road trip...

Some interesting facts:

# of states covered (from Singapore): Johore, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Pahang, Kelantan & Trengganu

Places stopped: Gua Musang (lunch), Kota Baru n Pasir Puteh n Pengkalan Cepa n Kubang Krian (visit relatives n shopping), Kampung Penarik (keropok lekor stop-over), Kuala Trengganu (site-seeing), Redang (main vacation destination), Paka (visit uncle n keropok lekor stop-over), Cherating (over-nite rest), Kuantan (relative visit) & Shah Alam (main HQ)

Total distance: slightly above 2000km

Days covered: 16 Days

Vehicle used: Nissan Presage - Highway Star 2.5

Fuel consumption: about 9.5km/ltr (Shell V-Power)

Total luggage: soo many (especially the beach tools & swimming/snorkeling gears)

Side effects: Very much darkened skin (except for Missy Izzy who seeked protection under the beach huts!) n total lost of track of the day/time.

BBQ at ECP (part 2)

More photos from the BBQ.... makan time.. nyum-nyum enak berkali-kali

BBQ at ECP (Part 1)

article by Izzy Jr #1
... a summer holiday writing project

Two weeks ago, in the evening, we had BBQ at the East Coast Park beach. We actually wanted to go to the beach in the morning but it rained so we had to wait till 4:00pm. My uncle, cousin, lil' brother and I played at the beach. My cousin and my lil' brother like to play with the sea water. I also brought all the beach tools to make sandcastle. My uncle built four sandcastles. My papa and mama was busy making the BBQ while my umi was taking a short nap.

Then my father called us to eat. We ate BBQ chicken, mash potato, lamb chop and grilled salmon. After finishing our BBQ party, I tried to make more BBQ fire using wood and leaves, but it didn’t work. When it was time to go, there’s only a little fire in the BBQ pit.

I enjoyed the BBQ and the food was delicious.

June '08 Izzy's Top 7

Welcome to the 4th issue of Izzy's Top 7
The votes are finally in! The counting has been reconfirmed! The Izzy kids has decided on their Top 7 for June '08

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This Top 7 can give you a simple insight of some of our favourite things.
If you are wondering why 7 and not 10?
Well... our respond will be why 10 and not 7?
For this month, our Izzy's Top 7 is...

Izzy's Top 7 Leisure Activities

7) Watch TV

6) Cycling

5) Swimming

4) Playing Basketball

3) Play board games (Life & Monopoly)

2) BBQ

1) Playing xBox

Number 1 is not surprising at all as the kids just got their xBox few weeks ago...

Nite Safari

article by Izzy Jr #1

... a summer holiday writing project

Last Friday, my grandmother, my uncle, my auntie and cousins came to Singapore for a vacation. On Saturday, we went to Night Safari. The animals have very good vision at night. I told my father that I want to go to the Night Safari show. The show is about animals performing on stage. When we reached there, the line was full. So, we took a walk instead to see the animals. We also walked on a suspension bridge. It was old, very long and it was also very wavy. It was also dark. The animals we saw are lions, crocodiles, bats, golden cats, leopard, otter, indian wolf, flying squirrel and flying fox.

After walking a full circle, we reached at the place where we started. We wanted to catch the animal show. The show was again full and we can’t watch them. So, we took the tram to explore more at Night Safari. In the tram, there was a rule not to use flash photography but some people did not follow the rule. The animals we saw from the tram ride are Malayan tapir, giant anteater, elephant, flamingo, rhino, water buffalo, golden jackal and giraffe. Some of the animals are tame but some are not. Before going home, we had Ben & Jerry's ice cream ... yummy!

Cub Scout Jungle Trekking (FB)

article by Izzy Jr #1
... a summer holiday writing project

November last year, our cub scout had jungle trekking activity at the Mac Ritchie Trails. We walked into a deep jungle. The weather was a bit wet... it drizzled during the first hour. The walked was 9 km and we managed to complete the walk within 3 hours. We had to climb hills, walk on a tree top bridge and crossed rivers.

There were lots of animals and insect in the Mac Ritchie Trails. The animals we saw include birds, eagles, turtles, bugs and even monkeys.

The tree top bridge is about 200 meters long. You can almost see the whole jungle from the bridge because the tree top bridge is even higher than the jungle trees and near the top of a hill. Luckily most of us were not afraid of heights! After the bridge, we walked in the jungle again.

Then, we saw a viewing tower called the Jelutong Tower. We went up there to enjoy the view and had a snack and drank water. We completed our walk before noon.

K2 Final Bow

Izzy Jr #2 taking the final bow to K2!