Telaga Tujuh, Langkawi

We saw Telaga Tujuh on every Langkawi brochure and listed it as a must visit
telaga = wells
so we concluded it must be a hot spring....:P
but it wasn't.....very very hilarious!!!!

in order to get up there...one needs to climb 300+ steps up to Gunung Mat Cincang

*the name is already so salah*
while purchasing ice cream and drinks at the foot of the Mountain.....we were told it's only a 10 minutes climb

WTH!!!! it was like a 30 minutes climb and we didn't stop much

aiyooo when are we gonna reach to the top??????

then we were at the top....and asked a few locals there..
where's the hot spring????
O_O and we found out the hard truth....it's a WATERFALL and not hot springs!!!

GAHGAHGAHGAH I want my free spa!!!!!

the next logical thing we looked for was...
"where's the waterfall??"
*slaps forehead*

U can actually see the andaman sea right fr here...and we were standing right at the top of the waterfall
the edge of the stones.....was the FALL
it was pretty dangerous and we didn't wanna go near it

well after all the huffing and puffing up the 300+ steps we wanna make sure it's worth it
so why do they name it Telaga instead of air terjun?
the water carved all the stones into 7 wells before leading to the main fall
guess this geographical process took thousands of years

legend has it...that the fairies came down here to frolic and bathe.
and so the 3 angels who took 30 mins to climb finally get to bathe on its icy cold water

aaaAAAaaaaa soothe my feet after all the climb....

and this is one of its "carved wells"
pretty weird...coz it's really rounded like wells with water flowing into it
and then to the next one and the next
and we actually counted...in total there were 7 wells!!!

Baby Wei wat r u doin up there???? come and join us!!!!

yes the water was REALLY REALLY ICY COLD!!!!
on a hawt hawt sunny afternoon

the water was very clear too.....
and to make our climb worth it..

we spent bout an hour here until some weird fella started snapping our pics
definitely not a safe place
not safe to climb, rocks were slippery, no proper facility
and lots of hooligans aka mat motor

supposed a visit to this place to check out its Andaman Sea view is enuff
:P

Land of Nyonyas and Babas *by JS* Part 1/3

It was the weekend of May day and Monkey and JS had already planned a trip to Nyonya and Baba land. The plan was to depart at 10am and arrive at 11.30am and then head to Aunty Lee Nyonya restaurant for lunch before we start our walkabout around the historical town where Zheng He and Hang Li Poh used to tread.

According to historical records Admiral Zheng He made 7 trips on the treasured fleet in the early 1400s to this part of the world. He reached as far west as Sri Lanka, India and the east coast of Africa and as south as Indonesia where today he is still worshipped by the Chinese and there you will find a chinese temple dedicated to him. Strange though cos Zheng He was a Muslim!!

Back to the 21st century......as we approached the sg besi toll, OMG...look at the F***ing traffic. Yes, it was a start of a nightmare!!

chocker block at sg besi toll

crawling traffic along the NS highway.....that's what i call "the speed that kills"

The usual 1.5 hours journey took 4.5 hours but the driver for the day was still cool as a cucumber.......

On arrival at the Majestic Hotel, we couldn't wait to check in then quickly go for lunch. We couldn't make it to Aunty Lee cos they close at 2pm. In addition, the restaurant only have 6 tables. WTF. So we are in Nyonya land but no nyonya food!!

Reluctantly we headed out on foot and came across a coffee shop style hawker centre.

The aroma of the fry Kway Teoh and Satay was so damn tempting especially when we were so dead hungry!! so we sat down and ordered what our eyes saw......was the stomach hungry or was it the eyes that was hungry?? haha.

we were so late and kway teoh stall ran out of kway teoh so we settled for mee.

This is Melaka style pork satay. The sauce has smashed pineapples in it. Pork and pineapple are perfect partners.

The Melaka wan tan mee is pretty bland and has a clean after taste, Not everybody's "cup of tea"......or rather "bowl of mee".

Sui kow and wanton to accompany the wan tan mee.

and barley lime to cool off.

That was a sumptous meal of variety i guess and somehow we were still feeling .......errrrrrrrrr, hungry!!

So we continue to walk towards the town. Forgot to mention that Monkey grew up partially in Melaka and has got Portuguese blood running in her!! So i had a local tour guide bringing me around town and that was a somewhat comfortable feeling actually :)

Then we stumbled upon this stall along Jalan Bunga Raya.

Monkey : this is the most famous popiah seller in the whole of Melaka.

JS : really??!! why are they so famous??

Monkey : look at the queue at this time of the day!!! Don't think you get this in KUL.

JS : then what are we waiting for?? lets go for it.

Monkey then queued up and was given a "queue" number when she ordered!!!

Monkey : uncle, how long to wait??

Uncle : come back in 30mins!!

JS : o_O WTF!!

So monkey said lets go for some cool stuff first and we headed down Jln Bunga Raya to this very old fashion ice cafe which was Monkey's fav ........strange name.

Yes, they only serve ice kacang, chendol, etc. Having Chendol is a must when you are in Nyonya land.

The palm sugar has such great length.

what's this?? ice cream soda with a scope of vanilla ice cream....as the name suggest, it's ice cream soda lar.....ice cream and ice cream soda....get it!! you don't get this anywhere anymore.

After the ice stuff , its back to the popiah........

Look at the queue.....it's got longer!!!

Anyway we collected our popiah and couldn't wait to sink our teeth into the nice juicy filling.

JS took the first bite........and yes, there was pork scratching and that gave a nice texture in comparison to the soft filling.

They are also very generous with the filling.

One hell of an amazing popiah and i affirm it's one of the best i have had and eating it by the roadside made it even tastier!

For those of you who are interested, it's call Popiah Bunga Raya and it's outside Madam King's departmental store and they only open from 1.30pm to 9pm....strange opening hours!!

Incidently you will find the best O chien in Melaka along this street at night!

Then it was time for us to march on through the old town and finally arrived at Christ Church which is the town centre.

Watch this space for part 2 outta 3 parts series.

Spring Equinox in Switzerland

Beautiful aren't they?
these potted flowers were sold at CHF 1.90 = RM 5.70 at the supermarket
u can either transfer it fr the pot to your garden patch or just leave it as it is...

the colors were madness
I didn't know which one to choose!!
well if I were to buy...not like I can buy coz I can't bring them home
but if I am a Swiss, I'll have a new pot every single week
and ended up with more potted flowers at home than food :D

It was just the timing of work that we had to stay over in Switzerland for bout 2 weeks
and in time to celebrate Easter and Spring Equinox there
*well not like I celebrate it but it's good to join in the fun*

Equinox happens 2x a year - spring and autumn

well usually 20th or 21st March and 22nd or 23rd Sept
equinox is different fr solstice - the longest/shortest day

anyway equinox is the period whereby Earth and Sun's being on the same axis/plane
well so u get equal day and night...

in short whether u are on the north or south pole u get equal amount of day/nite and sun

Period.

*I am really bad in explaining technical stuffs hence leave all these to JS in the future*
**I am now doubting if my understanding is even CORRECT or not!!!*

there have been a lot of myths around this phenomenal since the ancient civilisation
but one thing for sure it does disrupt satellite communication bcoz of the alignment 

of these satellites, the Sun and Earth

One thing for sure....Earth Day was celebrated on March 21st *well used to*
Earth Day = Equinox Day
now it has been changed and Earth Day = April 22

*apa lar!!!! slaps forehead*

anyway ppl do take care of Earth
bcoz that's our only home
not like we can move to another place to live if it's beyond the state of living

so stop polluting

only use what u need
a little goes a long long long way~~~~~~
do your every bit yea :)))))))))
and of coz educate our next generation
*I believe education in this case is so damn important...gosh wat does the government teach our kids these day?????*

**throw more babies in the dumpster????**

and to end this post....
the ever popular Swiss Cheese fondue
believe me the alcohol content in it was HIGH
originated fr Neuchatel - the home of watchmaking *Read bout Monkey attending watchmaking school here*

it's a mixture of cheeses and kirsch
usually eaten with bread only
so kind of like communal dish in Switzerland

but it's pretty a heavy dish
the pot and the after effect of the dish itself...kekekekee