Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Aquaria - Our 2nd Visit

We went to this place today along with my parents-in-law and what a huge crowd!! It was so massive and the place became so humid due to so many people around. We reached there at 2.45pm and I was really shocked to see the unbelievable long queue. 


20 minutes later, mr.hubby got the ticket and straight away, we started our journey to the under waterworld.

First, to the Touch Pool - where we have the opportunity to observe, touch and feel its exotic exhibits such as the horseshoe crab, spotted starfish and our gentle bamboo shark. We didn't stop at the Piranha Tank because it was surrounded by such a big crowd.


Then, we proceeded to the Electric Eel and the Stream where Hayra was curious to see the water rat. At Jewels of the Jungle, Hayra was so fascinated to see the snake, scorpion and turtle, but not the lizard, spider and alligator.


Next, we continued to the 2nd floor at the Amazon Flooded Forest and piccas time for a while at the  big fish tank.


After that, we walked along the Coast and later, we continued to the Oceanarium.

 
 

We ended our visit at the Weird and Wonderful area and after almost 90 minutes of exploration, we wrapped it up with some delicious ice cream and a light snack at the cafe area, just outside the Aquaria.

It was just a short and quick visit. A better preview to Hayra this time around.

Link to the previous visit:
http://lavendergal08-travel.blogspot.com/2011/10/aquaria.html

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Genting Highlands - 2013 Visit

It's Genting time again..and this was our fifth y'awl!!

'Hayra nak tengok snow...Hayra nak tengok snow' (ni kuat pengaruh Bambi ni) - that was the derivation.

Genting Snow World - our motivation to come back at this place. I suggested Mr.Hubby for us to go to I-City's snow world but he didn't keen to go back to that place.

So, last Saturday, we ended up at this place again. But this time, it was quite costly because Hayra was no more having the privilege of 'Less Than 2 Years' free entrance fee.

We reached the peak at around 11am and went straight to Marrybrown for our brunch.


Mrs.Wifey and Emyr weren't feeling that well due to flu and slight fever but we didn't want to miss out the fun.


Once we entered the Outdoor Theme Park, we tried the compulsory Double Deck Carousel. This time around, Mr.Hubby asked me to ride the horse too and I just did that. Haha.

 

Then, we thought that it was better to go to the Thrill Rides area first. Once we were there, we went straight to the Children Rides and Hayra requested to try the Circus Ride.

 
 

She was so excited to digest all this new thrilling moment, but the same couldn't be said for Emyr (kesian anak mak..tak sihat). Then, we queued for Matahari.

 
 
 

Next, we agreed to proceed to the Family Rides area and Astro Fighter was the first pick.



Later, Hayra continued with the Rodeo Rider. During her time at this attraction, she was the only one who laughed so hard each time the rodeo rider swooped up and down. Well, she really enjoyed it.



After that, we tried the Flying Jumbo.


And just after only less than 2 minutes being 'up-up-away', the crew has to stop the joyride due to raining. So, we have to cover both of them with the stroller cover.


Mr.Hubby suggested us to proceed with the Antique Car even though Emyr had already went to his la-la-land and I just followed his option.


During this ride, Hayra was so thrilled because it was as if she drove and controlled the car. We just monitored her pace by saying 'Slow...Slow..'.

 

Later, we continued to the Indoor Theme Park area and have another makan-time at Nyonya Colors. At this point of time, Hayra also went to her la-la-land. Once they woke up, we bought a hot porridge for them to eat.

At about 4pm, we bought the Snow World whooping expensive ticket and booked for a slot at 4.30pm. Again, my dearest daughter was so excited for this new experience.


Unfortunately, it was forbidden for us to take any pictures inside the Snow World (merepek betul...dah la bayar mahal..pastu tak bagi amik gambo lak tu). It was such a sweet moment of mine, just to see her excitement with the snow. By the way, it was a crazy-cold huge area of -6 Celsius degrees.

We ended up with their own photographer and bought the picture at another crazy price of RM100, just for 2 big pictures. But, no complaints from us because we wanted to keep that special moment with us (even though she had her picture with the real snow in Japan 2 years ago..tapi, harus la Hayra tak faham and tak ingat apa2 pun masa tu).
 

Then, we proceeded to the Indoor Mini Train,

 


..the Rio Float, 


..the Outdoor Mini Train,

 

..and stopped by for a while at the Kids Playground.


Mr. Hubby thought that we could wrap up the day with the Dinosaurland, but Hayra saw the elephant again and asked for another ride.


Then, she saw the Tea Cup.


After that, I thought that it was really late but Mr.Hubby wanted to give Hayra a boating experience as well at the Dinosaurland. We ended up queuing at almost an hour for this last attraction. 

I was really exhausted and dehydrated because of the 'being-not-well' symptom (so, sila abaikan gambar muka penyek Effiza Azwani ni ye) and here, I tried to give my best 'smile' while enjoying this boating experience.


It was already 8.15pm (record sehhhhh...tak penah gi Genting sampai malam macam ni) and Hayra saw the Carousel (waduhhhh..penat banget sudah). We didn't want to disappoint her so we just followed her request.


We reached home at almost 9.30pm and I couldn't have the best word to describe my exhaustion. But, by just remembering Hayra's face while entering the Snow World, that was just enough to wash away all the negative aura.
Till the next trip.

Link to the previous Genting Highlands trip:

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Janda Baik

I attended a course in Janda Baik at Cherengin Convention and Spa Resort last week from 20-22 November. I really liked the resort because of its beautiful nature surrounding. It was just a 45-minutes driving from Ampang...not that far. The driving experience that I got while reaching the resort was so nice and good because of its greenery atmosphere.









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