Syasya's 8th birthday

1. Food shopping @ tesco : RM400
2. 2kg 3D Ben & Holly cake ( K. Laily) : RM200
3. 2 bedroom suite @ Best Western Premier (4 breakfast) : RM287

4. Dinner at Tupai Tupai (3 table) : RM551

5. Pizza & fries at Hugo : RM50

No goodie bag this time. Leceh nak bawak pergi pool.. 

Being member of Best Western Premier previlige.. dpt guna coupon room upgrade to 2 bedroom suite at the price of 1 bedroom suite. Kalau booking.com dpt price RM254 without bfast. Corporate rate RM280 with bfast.

Then at Hugo tukar kupon free wine dapat free flow orange juice. Also got 2 small pizza free.

Parking mahal giler. only 1 car per room checked in can get RM8 flat rate

Kids above 6 y.o kena charge RM29 utk bfast. hrmm

Sunway Lagoon

So we had a short Sunway getaway last weekend at Sunway city. The ahmgenda was to celebrate me being suceesfull with my Khazanah scholarship. Alhamdulillah
Husband choose this place as it is near and it is school holiday. Hotels in PD are mostly full.

Booked Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel & Spa via booking.com and get the deluxe room at RM409++ without bfast. Upon checked in I asked about corporare rate for government. Apparently i just need to pay RM445++ to get the room with 2 bfast. So I changed to that option. Finally paid RM550+ after taxes.

The first day we just play by the hotel pool and had dinner at Sunway Pyramid Sushi king just next door. Man.. we ate a lot.. the bill was RM120. ha ha

That night we went for dinner. Planes Fire Rescue 

The next morning we had and awesome breakfast at Fuzion, Sunway Hotel. The best breakfast so far!! So many choices. But it close at 10.30am.. so be early!
Owh btw.. did i mention everything in the minibar is FREE! Cooll. Got couple of canned drinks for is to enjoy during our stay

After breakfast we went to Sunway Lagoon. Took the family package 2A2C for the price of RM270+... and we get a free picnik basket. Hrmphh... 
Normal price without MyKad is RM120 for adult and RM90 for child. 2 y.o Nana no need to pay

The park was soooooo big we cant finish everything in a day. 3 quarter of the day pnly spent at the waterpark. There were still few more.. the scream park.. amusement park.. kiddy park etc.
I want to check the price for annual pass. Could be good for us.

We had great time!

**summary of expenditure
Hotel 550+
Sushi lunch 120
Delicious dinner 100
Movie RM80 (@RM18 x 4)
Sunway Lagoon 270

That is 1000+++

Kids had fun = priceless

Hajj - the annivesary

21 Sept..  same date today last year.. we were busy preparing for our most memorable journey.. the departure for Hajj 1435H...

All memories came to my mind..

Kind of emotional.. really.

Alhamdulillah.. feel blessed.. feel awesome.. feel complete... He gave me everything I've ever wanted..

Syukur.. alhamdulillah...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia || The Airport

In Phnem Penh International airport your will find Prayer room (Surau), Halal Vietnamese Noodle and beef soup restaurant and of course money changers. You can also change Ringgit at the money changer.

Inside the boarding area (after custom) there's also another halal restaurant - taste of asia..

The airport lounge or Salon serves halal food also.. also available massage service at $10 for 30 mins.

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Due to traffic jam you might need more than 30 mins to reach the airport from the city.

From the airport to Russian market took me about one hour.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia || The Hotel

Staying at Sunway Hotel u will feel like home.. got nasi goreng istimewa.. kiblat sign... astro.. visit malaysia book.. and all the room arrangement are so familiar. We've also got upgraded from superior to Exec King Suite. How cool is that.

Alhamdulillah rezeki

No worries in finding hotels here. It's pretty small and you can go anywhere by tuk tuk. Maybe 1km will cost u R10,000 (RM8.50).. REMEMBER ..BRING USD IS MUCH BETTER!!

Phnom Penh, Cambodia || The city

Roadside massage are everywhere. Only cost KHR 10,000 equals USD 2.5.. that is RM 8 !!!

I haven't check the exclusive massage yet. Will update

Many Halal restaurant available here in the city

There are 2 big markets - The Central Market and the Russian Market. I first went to the Russian Market (Toul Tom Poung), said to have more choices and better price.

Well, my review... DO NOT CHANGE YOUR USD TO KHR (Khmer Riels). You will end up paying more price in Riels compared to USD. For example... 1 small cushion cover cost USD 2 (RM6.20) but in Riels is KHR10,000 (RM8.50). Here u can use USD or KHR. So, just bring USD!

About the 2 markets.. maybe i like Central market more because it is less crowded.

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Today i went to Russian Market again. Got (more) cushion covers and some souvenirs. So cheap, 3 fridge magnet is only R5,000 (~$1 ++). Four meter of silk cotton is about $9

Just bargain for your best price

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We then went to Royal Palace by the Mekong river. So beautiful when sunset. An awesome timing

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Bike shops are along Presh Sihanok street.

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Getting some sleep now. Going back home tomorrow . Yay

Ta

Note:

Check out Orussey Market

Phnom Penh, Cambodia || The arrival

It only took 1hour 50 minutes to reach Phnom Penh. And the timing is (minus) 1 hour MY time..

Upon arrival PNH airport, there are cashier counters for VISA.. not necassary for Malaysians unless you are staying for more than 4 months.

When I arrived, EDC staff was already there waiting with my name on the arrival card. A driver and a lady Engineer **cant remember her name

Airport to Sunway Hotel near EDC normally take 30 mins but due to traffic jam at peak hour, it took us more than 1 hour. Most people here travel by motorcycle and tuk tuk.

We got lucky upon check-in when our room was upgraded to Executive King Suite because they somehow messed up with my booking. Hinsss!!

Whats good staying at Sunway Hotel is that u dont feel far from home. There's even "kiblat" sign in the room 😀

And owh... No need to bring international adapter ok... its using 3 plug pin just like in Malaysia

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EDC brought us for a dinner party with all the directors and Managing Director at a nice restaurant not too far from hotel. Got to meet the entire participants, EDC bosses and of course, JEPIC and TOHOKU trainers from Japan.

We left the party early leaving them enjoying the night karaoke'ing'. Need to get some rest for tomorrow.

Nite nite

Phnom Penh, Cambodia || Intro

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

I'm travelling again.. to Phnom Penh Cambodia...

And this trip is special. It's one of my dua' during Hajj last year. Like a dream come true 😀.. well, I've been teaching locally in ILSAS and Sabah since 2008 and  I've always wanted to expand my wings internationally.

And guess what, this year I was nominated to be the trainer for Cambodia and Laos utility... This is a program under HAPUA and we will be working together with JEPIC, Japan in a 2 weeks course for  EDC Cambodia. EGAT was also supposed to be one of the trainer but I didn't see them in the final list.

I really look forward for this program and myself and Hj Zulkarnain (Protection) will hv to deliver a 1.5 day session on our topics - protection and Overhead lines of course!!

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So, what about Cambodia?? I asked Mr Google.. he answered

Cambodia (i/kæmˈboʊdiə/;[8] Khmer: កម្ពុជា,Kampuchea, IPA: [kɑmˈpuˈciə]), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (Khmer:ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa) and once known as the Khmer Empire, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula inSoutheast Asia. Its total landmass is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 sq mi), bordered byThailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia.. things to see here are the Palace, river and the famous Central & Russian markets.

To see Angkor wat you have to go 200km north - Seam Reap. Hard Rock Cafe is also available there in S.R.

Insyaallah I will update from my P.O.V in my next post..

😍😍

East-West Riding Journey : The wrap up

1,300  outlying kilometers
38 amazing hours
11 awesome bikes
14 rider souls
5 alluring states

Priceless satisfaction

East-West Riding Journey - Day 2

Freshly started day 2 at 730am having our favourite ayam/ikan bakar at Besut. Then had a brief stop at ma/abah house for a cup of tea before heading to Gerik.

An awesome pit stop view at Banjaran Titiwangsa RnR Gerik Perak. Overlooking Titiwangsa mountains with fresh scent and nice drink had surely amazed us

Small panic when yus's bike fell on us  upon leaving Banjaran RnR... man that was really heavy.. luckily none of us hurt. Just small pain.

Continued our journey to Medan Ikan Bakar Tasik Raban at Lenggong for lunch and prayer.. then it started raining very heavily..

We started again at 4pm all the way to Ulu Bernam Plus RnR where everyone got soakin' wet!!! It was raining soo heavily and the traffic was jam packed due to school holiday which has just started.

We waited for Maghrib prayer at 7.16pm before saying sayonara to all. Had an awesome trip this time.. all wrongdoings forgiven, memories kept alive, spirit raised higher, mission well achieved

This is brotherhood..

Alhamdulilllah

East-West Riding Journey - Day 1

Started our ride from BHP Gombak at 8am.. got everyone around this time (almost) .. 11 bikes.. 3 with pilions

Weather was awesome.. but couple of hiccups along the way. At Jabor we had our biker-entertainer-friend : Boyi slipped at the clover interchange. Luckily Zul saw him and Alon the marshal managed to catch everyone at cherating exit!!

All head back to the "incidence" site and he was already not there.. brought to the toll house by some car passers.

After everything settled Boyi hitched with Alon... brought him to Kemaman for wound cleaning and injection. Then had our lunch at Restoran Aziz Satar ***very expensive meal here everyone!

After hundreds of km ride, Boyi wanted to go back.. too painful i guess..so we brought him to Kuala Terengganu. Manage to catch the bus at 9pm to KL. Lucky 😉

8pm we continue our ride to our destination for day 1 Besut.. Finally arrived Demong Beach Resort at 930pm. Had a quick shower and brought everyone to Zul ikan bakar. Everyone had a great meal and of course... zzzzzzZz

End of awesome Day 1

East-West : Malaysia Riding Journey

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

Rabbi yassir wal tuassir

Our most talked-about ride trip and long-planned ride is finally here..

Been planning to go for a Tasik Banding ride and also "balik kampung" ride since early this year.. well after this and that, it's finally here 😉

** not to mention a slight drama yesterday when Techer Lyya suddenly texted cancelling her schedule with the kids due to some emergency. Luckily my darling brother agreed to come over. Pheww...!!

So we will start the trip all the way to Besut via LPT.. plan to spend the night there at Demong Beach Resort, of course with several stops.

Sunday morning we will continue to Tasik Banding via East-West Highway.. couple of stops at Hulu Perak and continue back home.

May Allah ease our journey and fill in with barokah. Insyaallah

Weekend with Perrochon-Leprieur ♡

After a stressful week in Paris.. i was lucky to be with my new family - the Perrochon-Leprieur

After checking out on Saturday morning at Hyatt, Pascal together with the kids Chloe and Raphael came to pick me up.

We went 50km west to La Queue-Lez-Yvelines. Prior to arrival we make few stop over, the morning market was one of them. And I love it!

Pascal introduced me to one of the cheese shop owner.. a very nice lady. And i got taste all kind of cheeeeseee.. can i say everything is my favourite?! Ha ha

Valerie was at home greeting my arrival and the kids were so excited showing me everything. Funny fun thing was, we communicate using google translate app.. i talk.. Mr google translate.. then they replied.. translation again..

We then had a nice lunch... baked fish.. and self-pick tomatoes! And that was raphael's favourite

After lunch pascal brought me to Montfort l'Amaury - a small village with beautiful house with a tower. Very warm people and awesome macaroons and eclairs too ♡♡

We then head to Chateau de Versailles (Versailles castle) to see the famous Marie antoinette estate during French revolution. For more info visit

http://m.en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage#palace

I was so lucky that valerie and pascal has purchased for the entry and that evening we get to explore the 12 garden of versailles.. awesome!! The visit start at 8pm and closed at 10pm.. ended with fireworks show.. if not mistaken.  The firework show is every weekend during summer.

The next day (sunday), we went picnic with other friend and family - olivier, marie blange, marie, lisa, clara, diego and the perrochons (oh my.. i miss one more name)

Then continue exploring Chevreuse - a small town with classical castle of La Madeline on top of the Chevreuse hill

Then to Dampierre-en-Yvelines.. a huge castle with an exvlusive wedding going on.. also a famous spot for bikers tho!!

Our visit ended at Rambouiller - a nice lake with park and of course castle.. said to be centre for government meetings during special occation..

Man.. i consider myself very lucky now to get to see all these..

Alhamdulillah

I thank the Perrochon family - me nouvelle famille.  Till we meet again, insyaallah

The Perrochons