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We are going to KL again to catch Mickey On Ice next week. Too bad it’s not a school holiday, if not I might plan a trip to Berjaya Hills because we haven’t been there.

It was formerly known as Bukit Tinggi and it’s only 40 minutes away from Kuala Lumpur. I think my kids will love the trip there as they can visit the rabbit park, deer sanctuary and taking a ride on a donkey! Of course, my boy will be thrilled if he can take a lesson on horse riding at the Horse Trails as lead rides around the paddock are available for children.

As for hubby, he can enjoy a round of golf, if he manages to join other golfers on their flight. I certainly cannot play with him if I have to watch the kids. But frankly, I hope that he can forget about golfing and help me to watch our kids. LOL! I think I will be busy snapping photos of Colmar Tropicale, a French village with street performances! It will be more enjoying that spending time at home cluing to my Bose home theater.

Let’s see when will the rain season be over. Then, we will arrange for a trip there.

I prefer a beach vacation whenever I need to relax myself. It’s pretty relaxing if you can stay by the beach and doing nothing much but sunbathing and swimming. You don’t need to pack a lot as long as you bring a few pairs of bikinis and swimsuit along! Of course, don’t forget those sarong which are perfect for the beach.

If you are planning for a beach vacation, check out The World’s Most Popular Beaches of 2007 announced by Yahoo! Travel.

1. Boracay Island, Philippines
2. Nassau, The Bahamas
3. Cebu, Philippines
4. Phan Thiet, Vietnam
5. Montego Bay, Jamaica
6. Phuket, Thailand
7. Cozumel, Mexico
8. San Diego, California
9. Honolulu, Hawaii
10. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gosh, Boracay Island is so near from us. Maybe we should check it out one day. But once we move to Bangkok, I think I will bring the kids to Phuket first. After all, it’s listed on the 6th spot! BTW, where is Phan Thiet? Mmm…I better Google for it.

But before going for another beach vacation, I better get some weight loss pills first as I’m not fit for bikini now!

Thanks to the incoming links on the dashboard of this blog, I found that someone has copied and pasted by whole blog and treated as his or hers. It’s frustrating to see splogs feeding on our posts but if the whole post is copied without a link back, that’s devastating!

I have just sent a report to Google webmaster and see if there’s anything I can do about it. Frankly, there’s nothing much that I can do now as the site own doesn’t response to my comment. I guess I would rather watch a movie on my discount home theater seating or get myself a good night sleep and see what’s the outcome tomorrow.

We have a friend in Finland and he’s been there for more than 5 years, if I’m not mistaken. Before we have kids, hubby and I joked that we would fly over to Finland to visit him, but he said it’s not a good idea to go to Finland as there’s nothing much to visit. Furthermore, the flight ticket to Finland is quite costly.

Nonetheless, I hope that one day we will bring the kids to Finland as it’s popular for its Santa’s Village in Lapland, the homeland of Santa Claus, at the Arctic Circle. The Santa Park is located about 500 miles north of Helsinki, outside the town of Rovaniemi which is also the unofficial capital of Finnish Lapland. The Santa Park is housed in a huge man-made cavern in Syvasenvaara Fell. Besides that, there’s a post office here in Santa’s Village and you can really write to Santa Clause! Of course, there are elves working for Santa at the park as well, so you can even check out the elf school. So, don’t you think kids will love this place?

As for hubby, he loves skiing. I think he will enjoy himself skiing in Ruka and Kuusamo. If my kids are old enough, they can learn how to ski and enjoy themselves at Rosa and Rudolf Route. This place is located at the Arctic Circle too, so if we plan the trip well, we can enjoy everything bit of Arctic Circle. Of course, we shouldn’t miss the Northern Lights in the winter. It would be a wonderful trip for all of us if we go there one day.

So, my friend better gets his espresso machines ready and heated up for me if I visit him in Finland. I wonder why he takes so much espresso in a day, and I am eager to taste the coffee.

We went there for lunch yesterday. We had 2 hours to waste while waiting for the turtle hatching center to open on a super hot Sunday. We’ve been to Damai Laut before, but not with the kids. It’s their first trip to this 4 stars resort which is popular for its golf course.

If you are wondering if the lunch was great, oh well, I won’t say that it’s nice as there were flies flying around at our table and it’s totally annoying. I think the hotel management should do something about this instead of waiting for the diners to ask for candles. Anyway, the candle didn’t help much and we tried our best to finish our meals ASAP.

My kids had a good time walking about the pool though. They love swimming pools and which kid doesn’t?

Too bad we were not the guests of the resort, so we couldn’t use the pool. My kids could only enjoy the sun. LOL!

We left the resort after a quick lunch. Nonetheless, hubby stopped by the road to admire the golf course.

He must be thinking about his Ping Golf set at that moment huh?

Frankly, I hate the place. It has nothing to do with the turtles but the attitude of those who work at the center. I ranted about it at my personal blog, so hop over to the link above if you are curious. My kids were excited when they found out that we planned to bring them to see the real turtles. They read about it from some books and saw the turtles once at KL aquarium, but it was a long time ago.

This turtle hatching center is managed by Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia (Department Of Fisheries Malaysia), and it’s entrance free. No wonder they have such bad working attitudes!!! Besides that, the beach is so dirty, it’s definitely not a good spot for picnic. Nonetheless, most children will love to see the baby turtles because they are simply cute.

There are bigger turtles too, and judging by the sizes, they represent the different stages of a turtle’s life cycle. I’m not sure how old are the turtles because there aren’t any details written about the turtles and no one bothers to entertain the tourist as well.

In short, don’t come to this center with high expectation. You might not be able to visit the turtles due to the lousy working attitude of the staffs.

Now you know why I didn’t need a usb flash drive to store the photos of the center? I didn’t feel like snapping photos after waiting for the whole morning.

We are going to visit the Turtle Hatching Center in Pantai Pasir Panjang tomorrow and my kids are excited about it. They went to bed early tonight because we need to leave the house early in the morning and reach the hatching center as early as possible. It closes at 12pm, so it’s best to arrive as soon as it’s open so that my kids can visit the whole center.

I tried to find out more about the center but I can’t find much about it. I just hope that hubby will not get lost looking for the direction tomorrow and ended up driving to the drug rehab. LOL! Nonetheless, we are going with someone else who claims that he knows the way. Let’s see if we can find the place.

Many years ago, hubby promised that he will bring me to Hawaii on our 10th anniversary of being together. Since we are going to relocate and start all over in Bangkok, I don’t think this plan is working anymore. It’s impossible to spend that amount of money on a honeymoon trip to Hawaii as we have to save up for our kids’ education fees.

Thank god we didn’t need to find any mortgage lenders for the time being as we are only renting a house. No point buying one when we are not sure about the business yet. But one thing for sure, I can’t bid all my holiday plans bye bye and only travel around in Thailand. Sigh…

I’ve just packed for our trip to KL just now. We only need 2 small luggages for all 4 of us, and I try not to bring a lot of stuffs along. For my previous trips to KL, I would do a lot of shopping, but considering that we are leaving for Bangkok in a few months, it’s best not to buy a lot unless I’m willing to pay more for international movers.

We are only allowed to check in 15kg of weight per person, and if our luggage is not as light as those from Delsey helium, we can’t actually stuff a lot of things along. If you are a frequent traveler, you will know how to pack well to maximize the space in your luggage but if it’s overload, it’s so hard to move the things out at the airport!

So, if you are shopping for a luggage, get a lighter version ok?

We are back from Bangkok, but we will relocate to Bangkok in a few months. I guess my travel blog will be filled with interesting places in Bangkok once we move there. My friends told me that they will come and visit us in Bangkok, but since my house is pretty small, they can’t stay with us. Nonetheless, it’s not hard to find Cheap Hotels in Bangkok, so I don’t think they will mind paying for the accommodation huh? LOL!

It’s school holiday next week, so we may bring the kids to KL for a few days. We won’t be looking for any Cheap Hotels in Kuala Lumpur but only stay at hubby’s apartment. I don’t that the kids don’t like that place, but if daddy has no intention to pay for the hotels, they will have to get used to the small apartment then.

Frankly, I wanted to bring my kids to Singapore because they haven’t been there. I think we should spend a few days shopping and sightseeing in Singapore, and my kids will definitely love the Siloso Beach in Sentosa Island.

So, maybe I should check out the rate of Cheap Hotels in Singapore too? I wonder if we will have time for the trip now? This school holiday is kind of short though. But then again, we can arrange a trip next time, but we will need to fly to Singapore from Bangkok!