LAE Daddy

Today, Shien Wei brought us all to the SAE Hangar (his workplace) and the children got to see the planes up close and personal. Jia Wen had fun but believe it or not, Jia Xiang was quite scared of the planes. I think he is taken aback at how BIG the plane actually is. The tyres were taller than him!

Checking out the engine

The electronics racks with all the "black boxes" and computers

CFM56 - 5B2

(aka engine lah)

Fan blades

On the captain's seat

Danny, this picture is for your "kenang-kenangan"

B737-300
(aka plane lah)

CFM56-3B2

(aka engine lah)

Checking out the Auxilary Power Unit (APU)

A320

(A stands for Airbus)

My husbands "workplace"

First officer Ooi Jia Wen on deck

Photo Day

Today is Jia Wen's school's photo day. They were asked to wear proper shoes to school to take the photos. So today, I went the "extra mile" to make my daughter look fabulous.. I tied her hair!

She's got new shoes too!


Her class teacher - Teacher Ivy

Jia Wen & "Neighbour koko" Kai Joe

Jia Wen and her classmates

Tang Lung BBQ

We had a lantern festival bbq in Melaka recently and it turned out to be a very nice evening though I was poofed by the end of the night. Good company good food - what more can you ask for?

SW starting up the fire


We had an audience watching the bbqers bbq


Jia Wen & Joshua

The friends

KG hard at work

Walking the neighbourhood

medianlabs

A very good friend of mine became the unexpected - a photographer! Never had I thought he'd become one but today, he is a professional - taking great beautiful pictures. Though Ian is based in Miri but he will of course travel.

He just finished taking pre wedding pictures of another good friend of ours and I am loving the pictures very much. Makes me wanna get married again!

http://www.medianlabs.com/jules/

To Jullian & Marie - congratulations!

Call me for Ian's number.

The Ooi Bunch

Guess Who?

1982

1976

1974

1968

Haha!

1968

1960

1978

1956

1996

I know, I know..I have too much free time in my hands. But I couldn't resist playing with this www.yearbookyourself.com website. Its so fun!! Try it!

Afro Era

The Amazing Race Asia 3

Its back! Today and on every Thursdays at 9 pm on AXN.

(Repeats on Fridays at 12.03 am & 12.03 pm, Saturdays 11 pm & Sundays 11 am)

Fraser's Hill

My dad managed to book the Mallaig Bungalow at Fraser's Hill last weekend and we drove up there for 3D2N weekend. We (me in particular) were looking forward to the trip mainly because of the cool weather and knowing that there will be a huge garden for the kids to runabout and yet not sweat!

The Mallaig Bungalow belongs to Shell Berhad and being a Shell staff for the longest time, my dad managed to secure 1 suite at the Bungalow for us for the weekend.

The journey up took longer than I remember. We went through Rawang town before arriving at Kuala Kubu Bharu and thats where the windy road begins up to Fraser's Hill. Before I got too quesy, I exchanged places with my dad and got on the front seat where I know I won't feel so bad. Even then, I could feel the discomfort and I think Jia Xiang felt a it a little too. Jia Wen was fine.

The road from Kuala Kubu Bharu is a two-way-traffic road which turned out to be quite scenic as we passed a beautiful water dam and some monkeys along the way. We reached "the Gap" where we had to wait for an odd hour before we can drive up the single-one-way-traffic road (even hours for traffic to come down). It was indeed a windy road but we reached Fraser's Hill town with a sigh of relief. We headed straight up to the Mallaig Bungalow.

When my dad made the reservation, he was told that the bungalow looks exactly like the one in Cameron Highlands which we have been before several years ago and so we really didn't expect too much because the one in Cameron Highlands was small. But when we saw Mallaig, we fell in love and we were really really impressed. We were in awe at the size of our suite. There are 2 suites in the Mallaig and we got the nicer one (I think). We stayed at Oriole suite.

The moment we went in, it was like stepping into a different era - the colonial era where the furnitures were old but not too old and the windows are dream windows! The whole bungalow is built with stones and the wooden flooring definitely gave a soft touch to the whole place. And thats just the living room area. When we walked into the master bedroom - all of us WOWed in unison! It was a bedroom that I can only dream of! Windows all over... plus a huge bathroom with a tub!! We toured around the house and we were like "so big, so big, this is big".

We got settled in but the weather wasn't on our side - it rained most of the time we were up there but the rain made it all the more colder and all the more it felt like we were some place different, someplace foreign ... hmmm.. .like the alps? hhaha... Well, with all the mist and fog, it can be like the Alps! :-P

We stayed in most of the time but the next day, we drove around the hill and we know for sure that there was horseback riding somewhere and when we got there, it was closed for some kind of renovation. It seems like the whole place including the town is under renovation. Even the golf course didn't have anyone playing in it. Fraser's is a place with nothing to do. No recreational stuff except for walking and running but if you like to just relax and do nothing.. Fraser's is the place. If you want activities and things to do - go to Cameron Highlands.

We didn't have to worry at all about food because the caretakers at Mallaig cooked all the meals for us for a minimal amount. We could really get used to such a lifestyle! Looking for food at Fraser's may be a headache seeing that there aren't many places to eat. But most bungalows come with caretakers who can provide meals for a sum.

Fraser's Hill has quite a number of bungalows both private and for public to rent. There's this company www.hrhbungalows.com that owns a few bungalows up there and rents it out to the public. Go check it out.

Jia Wen and Jia Xiang enjoyed the weather and enjoyed running around the garden eventhough it was wet and soggy. It was a good weekend for us and the kids. We enjoyed ourselves.

On our way down, Jia Xiang puked twice in the car - on me! He really didn't feel very well in the car but as soon as we got home, he was ALIVE! It was a good weekend!

Weekend At Fraser's Hill

The Mallaig Bungalow


The Mallaig Bungalow consists of 2 suites, this was our Oriole Suite

The master bedroom has this huge bay window which overlooks the whole garden. The house surrouded by huge windows like these which brightens up the house and gives view of the entire outside.

The living room


JX and my mum

Behind Jia Xiang is the recreational room with somekind of indoor recreational stuff which needs a little updating and upgrading

The kids absolutely enjoyed running around the garden in the cool weather

Waking up to sunrise

We could see Gentings too

Beautiful scenery

My parents

Pics in Fraser's town

Rose mummy, a rose

Walk around the area

Walking vigorously

Time to go home... end of our beautiful weekend

Fraser's Hill

We were at Fraser's Hill over the weekend with the kids and my parents. My dad rented the Shell bungalow - Mallaig Bungalow and it was absolutely beautiful!

The Mallaig Bungalow's front and back

A true colonial feel

(click on the pic for a larger view, more pics to come)

@ En Szee's

@ The Zoo

My Little Devil

Check out his shirt
(it reads "God's busy, can I help you?")

Menara Taming Sari

Brought my parents to Melaka and so we went up the Taming Sari again.

My parents




Jia Xiang was less scared this time

After a long day (zoo+taming sari)!

Melaka Zoo

We brought our kids to the Melaka Zoo last weekend and I must say that I was impressed with the zoo there. For a state zoo, it has a very good collection of animals. Jia Xiang enjoyed walking the most and Jia Wen definitely did better than she did in Singapore Zoo last year - she wasn't whining and crying to go home every 3 minutes.

Jia Xiang with Guitar Kong Kong

Walking with grandparents

JX & Atira

Look at these 2 pics. The top pic was taken about 1 year ago and the bottom picture was taken just last week. Look how they have both grown!!

They are cousins

JX @ Wedding

I told you Jia Xiang had the most fun at the wedding and believe you me, he was the star for the night (of course Ew & Venu were the biggest star lah). He walked, her ran, he jumped, he danced, he played with ice, he licked the ice and he danced again - to Achy Breaky Heart!

The Speech

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My cousin Aik Ew and her new husband are deaf&mute and they had the most special and memorable wedding I've ever been to. They gave their speech in sign language.

(Please excuse the shaking.. I was carrying a wiggling Jia Xiang)

Aik Ew & Venu Gopal (KL Chapter)

Aik Ew & Venu Gopal had their wedding in KL last week and we were all there to join the fun and celebration

Jia Wen & Gaia

Sze Wei & Atira the flower girls

Jia Wen & Atira

The eager flowergirls too

My nieces & nephews!

Jia Wen had her chance too

Jia Xiang & Te Sha che che

Jia Xiang's new family
Jia Xiang with Jade & Tesha

Justin and his aunts!

Jia Xiang dancing with Kok Ew

Jia Xiang with Wei Ee
Jia Xiang was the happiest boy there!

Te Sha & Jade

(my nieces)