Thursday, May 21, 2009

~A Warm Trip to Cameron Highlands~ (Part 3)

5/21

Good morning~!! =)
We were so excited and eager to continue our trip, despite the lack of sleep yesterday night (I believe).
Without delay we packed our stuff, checked out, ate breakfast (dad insisted and we children hafta gave in...haiyo...), and again, we were on the way to our next destination.

The Sixth Stop -- Rose Valley
It was my idea to visit Rose Valley first thing first in the morning, because I guess the roses should look more prettier with the morning dews.

My dear family having fun in the valley

Sunflowers work the same as sunshine... Brighten up my day
Alvin =.=" I think he's too "wu liao" ad... =.="
The Seventh Stop -- Bee Farm

It has free entrance. It's my first time and I was curious to know how bees produce honey. Here are some pics taken in the bee farm...

A box as the shelter of the bees...
Look at all the worker bees, working so busy buzzily...
Posing with a bee statue... Yeah my mommy is the queen of our family~!!=)
It's kinda sad to say that we did not took as much pictures as we did yesterday. Everyone focused more in visiting than taking photos already.

The Eighth (and last) Stop -- The Vegetables Garden

It was located a little downhill, and so we arranged it to be the last station that we should visit before returning home.

It was here that nobody even bothered to snap photos, because we were amazed with all the stuff here (Kinda wasted leh...). The lady owner of this farm was so kind to take us for a tour in the farm, introducing to us one by one the veges that they plant. We were also allowed to taste some of the veges and fruits, and it's very helpful because we don't hafta curi-curi pluck them to eat. Hehe. Her generosity was heartfelt. Thank you.

There were some veges (which names I couldn't remember) that could only grow here in Cameron because of the weather. And they were safe to be eaten raw too, like the peas, which I never thought it could be eaten raw previously. Most of the veges here tasted sweet somehow.

We were also introduced to the first generation strawberries, a.k.a. pure strawberries, which meant they grew without any "kacukan". They look quite different from the red ones we normally get in the market, which according to the lady are third generation strawberries. These first generation strawberries do not look tasty because they are small, and red-yellowish in color. They do not grow as lush as the third generations strawberries.

We were also introduce to the Miracle Fruit. It was called Miracle Fruit not without a reason oh... After eating it, everything will taste sweet, even lemons. Wow! We also saw a kind of vege that look like red pepper except it was small in size. It was the most spicy chili in the world, called the Devil Chili. A tiny bite on it could make you sweat profusely. Later on we were shown some "xiang liao", spear mints that smells like toothpaste or the mint flavored chewing gum, tiny flower buds that taste like black hacks, the original CK's perfume leaves (amazed me), lavenders that are used to produce Johnson's baby lotion, the leaves that smell like Tomyam, etc etc.

Only one word could describe my feeling after this overwhelming visit. "WOW"~!! And I realized there were so many things in life that I don't know about, and getting to visit places will be able to help me widen my world. Yeah we should organize more trips!! Hehe.

3:30p.m. We hit the road back to Taiping.
Sayounara Cameron Highlands~! ^.^

Sunday, May 17, 2009

~A Warm Trip to Cameron Highlands~ (Part 2)

5/21

Arhhh... it felt so nice after a refreshing bath~! While waiting for the others to take their turn to bath, I started to do some silly things...


This is my sis, Audrey's jacket...
It's not the normal black jacket, and I find it kinda ridiculous...
Note the furry + blink blink cap? OMG...
She must prepared it for the winter time... thought she's living in Canada manybe... keke.
I tried it on... it looked quite nice actually~!
But I still couldn't tahan the ridiculous fur on the cap... although it looked nice~!=)
The kids playing "Millionaire"... while Audrey became the banker.
So "hong san oak sat..."
The sweet sweet couple ooo...
Mom purposely packed the same colored T-shirts for them both... shhh... keke.
Okay, enough resting, playing and taking photos. Everyone was soooOOooo hungry now that we could eat each other up~! And so we go for our dinner...

The Fourth Stop -- The Charcoal Steamboat


We gotta wait because there were alot of customers in the restaurant... Look at my mom's "sien sien deii" geh look...
We waited & waited like many years just passed by...
Ohhhhhoooo~!!! AT LAST the food was here!!!
Wait... before that lets take a family photo first
larh...
Okay... Itadakimasu~!! While everyone was busy filling up the steamboat pot...
Mom was busy filling up her stomach! Gotcha~! LOL.

The ingredients were quite less at first look, we thought we gonna order extra later. But everyone was sooOOoo full when we finally finished our food. Luckily dad suggested us to finish the course first before ordering more. Phew... My tummy... so round like I'm expecting a baby jor~!


The Fifth Stop -- The Night Market

By the time we finished our charcoal steamboat, the skies turned dark and it's time for us to take a stroll at Cameron's night market. It was sizzling but we went for it nonetheless, after all we were already there.

Them buying the "Pearl Corns". Unlike the normal corns,
"Pearl Corns" can be eaten raw and they are sweet~!
Me at the pasar malam...

We bought a lot of stuff here in the night market, like Strawberries, home made ice-creams, and not forgetting to get some souvenirs for our friends. Yeah... ^.^


The night was still young but we figured we should get back hotel to get some early rest as we have more places to visit tomorrow. Furthermore there was not much night activities here in this quite-peaceful town... Err... I said "quite-peaceful" because we could hear motorcyclists racing on the streets. Somehow the Mat Rempits found their way to here in Cameron... *shrugs*

Groommm groommmm... 'effing Mat Rempits... Grr...

Alvin in his pyjamas... Looked so kelian coz we asked him to sleep on the floor.
Just joking larh... Wanna bully him a little bit.

We chatted a little before going to bed. As the clock ticked into midnight, the chitter chatters faded away too, and my family members landed themselves in dream land. Well, not all. Some were still awake like me. Some were having difficulties falling asleep as I could see them tossing on the beds... all thanks to the Mat Rempits, and also the Indians who spoken loudly at the downstairs' mamak. My dad snored loudly too.

2:15a.m. or so... everything went silent. All you can hear now is some far away sound released by some unidentified objects. Ohh... and dad's snores. T.T...


Oyasumi nasai~!

~A Warm Trip to Cameron Highlands~ (Part 1)

5/17

Plashhhh... Rain splashed when we were about to hit the road. 9:30a.m.
*roll eyes* Why izzit that the weather were so darn hot a few days ago, but rained on this particular day, this particular morning, when we gonna kick start our family vacation to Cameron Highlands??? God must be kidding...

But... but, maybe he wanna clean up the dusty air, fill it with mist, so we get to enjoy the freshest air @ the highlands... *squint* ^.^
And so, ignoring the weather, we moved on with our trip (which is 1 hour behind schedule... hehehe)! Hooray~!

We kick start our journey despite the not-so-good weather~!
Poor Bobo gotta stay @ home while everyone's out for the trip...

The First Stop -- Butterfly Farm

A farm full of butterflies, and also some other reptiles, such as snakes, tarantula... eeeww...
There are only a few species of butterflies, which in my opinion are not so beautiful like what I had seen before... Heh. But still, it's quite a nice trip inside this farm... and the camwhoring started!!


Most of the butterflies in this farm are of this species only...
My mom was so daring to wanting to kiss the butterfly!
Haha!! Musta scared Alvin like hell larh... LOL!
~Pretty sis with a butterfly~
Butterflies scattered everywhere on the floor.
We hafta walk so carefully else we could easily be murderer!!
This buggie wouldn't let go of my sis, and sticked itself on her back! Geliiii...
Musta fall in love with her liao... Blek~
Gotcha!! But... something happened...
Eeeewww... The buggie shyted on her hand!
Well... it never came to my mind that butterflies can shyt... and it's green... ahaha...
Dad & Mom studying the specimens of those bugs & insects...
While we children busy taking photos~! =)

The Second Stop -- BOH Tea Centre

Yahoo~!!! I had been longing for this~!!! I seriously think that this is the place where Cameron Highlands' visitors should pay a visit! Let these pictures below help me to explain my "why"...


As we drove in the BOH tea plantation, we could see beds and beds of tea plants...
Halfway to the tea centre, we gotta go thru the tea bush walk to reach the destination~
Mom being naughty when dad don't wanna smile... so "zeng keng"... hahaha~!
Taken among bushes of teas... Nice~!
Bollywood eh?? Keke~!

Okies~! Lets climb the mountains~!!!

Showing some love to mommy &
to give her some support to climb the hills!! Hehe^^
Like father like son~! =)
They were so far in front already while we gurls were still below...
Mom felt it's so tiring to climb the tea bush walk...
Maybe we should have drive up instead~
Laughing at mommy~! Hahaha... naughty eh?!?

AT LAST~!!! We reach the BOH tea centre~!!! Wahahaha!!! First thing first...

Of course pose for a pic sin larh... Poor daddy hafta be the camera man! Haha...
Yeah~!! The nicest family photo we had for this trip!

Haha...
Firstly we paid a visit to the tea processing factory. But there was no attendant to help us out or explain to us about the process. Such sucks a service!! There was 1 or 2 attendants at the waiting lounge's counter, but the female fellow just asked us to visit the factory ourselves. @#$%~! We wanna request a guide from the shyty attendant, but then dad thought it's okay for us to do it ourselves... And so...


We DIY,
with the help of some limited explanation on the boards.
Dad became our, or rather mom's tour guide liao...
The rest of us either training to becoming a professional photograher, like Alvin in the pic...
Or finished the factory tour fast and waiting for the rest...
Or camwhoring like Grace...
Or ki-siao like me...

After the visit @ the tea processing factory, we took a rest at the cafe. It has a closed and an open-air area, and of course we chose to enjoy our teas @ the open-air area so that we could enjoy the cooling breeze of Cameron Highlands...


Alvin sipping the Strawberry & Raspberry flavored tea, dad's choice...
It has a nice aroma but then the taste... heh... -.-"
No cheese cake for today and so we ordered the lemon buttered & strawberry cake...
Erm... left only a piece of butter cake now... Haha... the tam-chiak family...
Mom trying out the peppermint tea...
See the tea pot? That's my choice -- palas supreme, the original BOH tea... turn out to be the best among those that we chose to try. (^.^)V
While enjoying our teas we enjoyed not only the really cool breeze,
but the nice scenery as well~!
"Say cheese..." Cool cool deiii geh daddy still wouldn't smile at the camera... keke.
But poor dad, he is having some cough...
As we were about to leave we figured we should take some pics...
Oh ohh... not good... it started to rain... heavily!! T.T...
Everyone is starting to get weary...
"Rain rain go away, come again another day..." *humming*
Dad was the hero of the day!! With a borrowed umbrella,
he went down the hill alone to drive the car up...
"Erm... yeah... I can do this..."
While dad's gone to get the car up, I decided we should have some fun...
And thus we began to camwhore~! Again~!!!


Grace was without her jacket and felt so cold...
"It's ok... I'm here to shield you..."
Lets keep the secret to ourselves...
Audrey felt jealous and came over to give us her Hong Kong's leg...
Smelly leg... eeewww... busuk busuk...
Grace & Alvin posed as if they were some sort of models for wrist watch...
Eiii... Grace... That's not a watch wor...
"sek sei lei..." haha.
Mom joined us too... "Naughty boy I'm gonna bite you off!!!"
Ahh... help!!! Mommy they are bullying me!!
Haha!! Girl power~!! "man lei sei mei..."
See Alvin's expression!!! OMG... LMAO~!
I tried to carry Alvin on my back but he's too heavy...
Oh no I think I cracked my back bone... T.T
Alvin said I'm useless and showed me how he could carry Grace...
With only 1 leg!!!
Hiak hiak hiak... Bluffing la him...

At last dad was here to pick us up! Hooray~!! He's my heroic daddy~!!

Audrey was so tuched that she cried...
Haha... actually it's her contact lense giving her problem larh...
We were finally on the way to our next destination!

The Third Stop -- EQ Strawberry Farm

At first we wanna visit Raju's Strawberry Farm, because it's the only strawberry farm that is not gated and we can curi-curi pluck some strawberry... hehehe. But then somehow we missed the stop, and so here we were... Here you have pay a minimum of RM20 (per 1/2 kg) to pick your own strawberries... but we did not. We figured we could just get some from the night market later because we couldn't eat that much~


Mom & Dad posed when we were leaving the farm...
Nothing much we could do here since we were not plucking the strawberries ourselves...
Poor mom falled down cause of the slippery floor... Sayang...
We hit the road again and headed back to our hotel~ Yeah... I longed for a refreshing bath!!!