Archive for August 2013

Getting back to my travel post on my trip to Kuching. Now for Day 3, we hired a chartered van to bring us around for the whole day. One van is RM250 regardless of how many people ride the van. Well, the more the merrier right? :) For Day 3, we visited Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, Uncle Jong's Crocodile Farm, Friendship Park, Cat Museum :)

So the first place we visited was the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre to see... *drum rolls* Orangutans!! This is a nature reserve where the orangutans are not caged up but they actually live in the area and during feeding times, the park rangers will bring out fruits and leave it on the feeding platform and we just have to patiently wait for the orangutans to come out and eat. If you're lucky, you will be able to see most of them but I've heard that during the fruit season, it is quite difficult to see them because of the abundance of fruits in the jungle that they will not come out to eat.

Entry tickets cost RM 5.00 per person and here are some pictures of the area :)

Hey peeps! Sorry for the holiday post delays but I got some news!

Firstly, thanks to Hui Ting for presenting me the Liebster Award, an award presented by one blogger to another :) Let me give a brief introduction to what a Liebster Award is about.

A Liebster Award is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. So, what is a Liebster? The meaning: Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome. Isn't that sweet? Blogging is about building a community and it's a great way to connect with other bloggers and help spread the word about newer bloggers/blogs.

So here is how the award goes:

1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves.

2. Answer the questions that the tagger set for you plus create 11 questions for the people you've tagged to answer.
3. Choose 11 people and link them in your post.
4. Go to their page and tell them.
5. No tag backs!

So here's the first part :)

11 Facts About Me

+ I'm a Chinese Christian gal who is trying to always have faith in His ways

+ Favourite numbers: 2,12,20,22 which is coincidentally all with the number 2

+ A passionate Sagittarius

+ Loves reading and travelling

+ Dreams to travel around the world and meet new people

+ Silent and cold upfront but warm and friendly once you know me

+ Currently in a relationship and working to make it work :)

+ Tend to talk super duper fast when excited

+ I totally love cooking and baking especially after a good meal out

+ Once I set my mind to it, I'll work hard to achieve it

+ English educated but can speak pretty good Mandarin that some people don't even realize that I'm English ed! XD

Well the next part is to answer the set of questions that I was asked which are:

1. What is your blog about?

My blog is about my life, my travels, foodstuff and all the memories I make with my loved ones

2. Where do you get your writing inspiration?

I love reading and writing since young and my inspiration normally comes from my emotions and the people around me

3. What is your ambition?

I used to dream of having a professional job like a doctor, etc but now my ambition is to be a person that follow God's plans and ways and also be an independent lady :)

4. Which movie you like the most?

Hmm.. this is tough but I'll have to say 'The Lucky One' because it reminds me of how lucky I am to have those I have around me and to appreciate them

5. Describe your dressing style.

More of a casual chick but currently in love with the whole retro outfit since my mum has a cupboard full of them from her time *Yay*

6. How would you describe yourself to a total stranger?

Normally I really suck at first impressions so I'll have to tell them please stick around and you won't regret knowing me :)

7. When is your happiest moment in life?

When I'm with the ones I love travelling :)

8. Where do you want to go for your honeymoon?

Definitely want a Europe tour :) Maybe Paris? The City of Love

9. What is your weakness(es) and how would you handle it?

Weaknesses? Definitely speaking my mind at times when I shouldn't and blurting out things unintentionally. I'll have to keep my tongue in check and remind myself to think before speaking

10. Who is the role model you always look up to?

I guess my mum since she has always been so strong for me

11. What are your words to inspire your readers?

Always follow your heart to your dreams

So next I got to nominate and tag my friends so here it goes:

And here are the 11 questions I'll be asking them :)

1. Introduce your blog and tell us what made you start blogging

2. Movies or books?

3. Introduce yourself in 3 words

4. Any interesting events happened to you lately?

5. Name your favourite flower

6. What's your dream holiday?

7. What is more important? Looks or heart?

8. What will you be like in ten years?

9. Favourite childhood memory?

10. What is your greatest passion in life?

11. What would your last words be?

So thanks once again to Hui Ting for the award and please link me back when you post! Love to read your answers :)

Continuing on to my next holiday post still at Kuching :)

For the second day we went on a little exploring trip that literally made our feet sore and tired. We walked and walked the whole day and by the time we reached our hotel we were super exhausted. I think we finished walking and touring all the museums at the town center and also knew our way around quite well. We had dinner at the famous TopSpot Seafood Food Court which was reasonably priced and tasty as well. We also went on a taxi river cruise ride which is RM 20 per person and the boat takes you up the river. You can opt to take the last boat so that you can catch the sunset. However if you are staying at the Tune Hotel please remember to check if there are any promotions for guest. Because... we opt to take the taxi ride as we the original River Cruise was a little too heavy on our budget, RM 60 per person but you get to sit on a mini cruise ship with on board entertainment and refreshment. We totally missed the promotion and totally *face palm* ourselves! If we had known about the promotion we could have rode on the cruise for just an additional RM10!! Anyways there is always a silver lining as we managed to secure ourselves a chartered van to take us sight-seeing the next day. So here are some photos of Day 2 :)