Felda Hot Springs, Sungkai

Okay, how many of us had really taken the opportunity to visit our very own hot springs? Honestly, I have never thought that we have such place to visit here in Malaysia.


We have one in each Ulu Legong, Kedah, Langkawi, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Sabah and the most famous one is in Sungai Klah, Sungkai Perak (1 day is definitely not enough). We booked a villa with three huge bedrooms.

the hall

one of the bedrooms (there are two os such bedroom size in the villa)

the kitchen area, well, you can cook too...

Dalam villa, ada private pool. You can turn the water to hot water (which comes from the hot springs) or to cold water (from the mountain)

There is also a spacious area for your to do BBQ while berendam.

This is a fish pond just opposite our villa.

Bila bagi makan, begitu lah kerenah ikan.

Berjalan kaki ke cafe nearby for breakfast.

Peta inside the area

Ali test water, panas ke tak

 The first kolam that we went was hot water pool. Ok la, tak lah hot mana. But seronok jugak bermandi manda.

This is the source of the hot water for this pool. Notice the sign board is written 'BAHAYA'. Ali said it is really hot. But still ok la..

Ali berani sangat la mandi at the 'BAHAYA' area.

Algae is said to be very good to cure skin disorders, fractures, and quite a number of other penyakit, but i cant remember.

Oleh kerana algae dikatakan bagus, Mak Jah pon letak kat seluruh muka :)

Ini rupanya kacip fatimah!

 Selepas mandi di hot water, we went to the next area di mana airnya lebih panas. BOILING hot ok. Sebab tu boleh merebus telur.

Brought satu papan of telur and rebus semuanya..

Seriously, it tasted better than normal boiled eggs. Probably the suphur in the water yang buat the telur sedap.

You definitely cannot put your leg in the boiling water, but you can only stand on the rocks.. Still panas, I cannot tahan.

Notice the temperature?

The water was not boiling, but hot enough to make your feet turn rosy.

 OK, puas mandi and rendam dalam air panas, we went to mandi air gunung pulak. SEJUKKKKK..

Panas pun sudah, sejuk pun sudah, we went for therapy.

Not only the batu is painful, but the air on it was also damn hot.

This is not so hot, probably dalam 30 C.

I remember my bestfriend used to put Temu Lawak on her face, so this is how it looks like, ok

 Haaa... yang bawah ni paling best.

Kita bukan saja-saja je baring. Under this pondok, mengalirlah air about 100C. once in a while wap nya naik ke atas, macam sauna la gitu. BEST. Terasa perut kempis after half an hour :p

Just outside the hotel area, ada makcik ni jual kelapa and pisang goreng, termasuk cempedak goreng. BEST GILER.

Oh, they have a delivery service too for the kuih-kuih, sent directly to the villa. :) Kalau terasa nak makan best, you can also order from this lady, they can cook and deliver to your door. Best kan?

Tempat ni memang best for families or a group of friends to go and chill. bring your BBQ set, or you can also use theirs. The idea is to chill.

Room rates about RM1k during peak per night, so I guess off peak it is about RM600 to RM800. But memang worth it, because of the space, the facilities and ammenities. It is about 1.5 hrs drive from KL. They also have day trip passes about RM 6-10.

Oh, I would definitely go again!!!



Balancing life at work

In the effort to be a good employer, my firm has put this in the staff handbook where every month probably, I don’t know.. that they are gonna have this BrInG-YoUr-kIdS-tO-WoRK day!

Sounds fun eh. Work-life balance, no?


You get to bring your kids age 3 to 12 to office to introduce your work to them. What mummy does, what papa does, what is auditor all about, really. Introduce your kids to colleagues. It’s a half day event. Food are provided. And you get to leave with your kids after the event is over. Kewl.

But do you think these kids at this age really understand what you do? Or do they even bother to know? Unless you want to nurture your kids to have the same interest as yours.

Otherwise, please, I wouldn’t want to bring my kids to my office. It is so miserable. My idea of work-life balance is more like:

1. Work 4 days a week.
2. Membership to Phillip Wain gym
3. Eye allowance since 100% of the job requires the use of computer
4. Once a month healthy outing with colleagues (at the expense of the office)
5. Strictly 8 working hours daily (more than 8 hours will affect KPI)

Wouldn’t it be good than bringing your kids to work? Blerggh.

Anyway..good try :) at least they are trying to be good employer.

First Paintball

I may have talked about this paintball in my FB and twitter a number of time. It is quite obvious that it was my first time. I was very excited about it. Scared at the same time. Because people said it is painful if you get shot. But, hey.. how much painful can it be?

This is how the bullet looks like. Small, eh?

I went ahead with the plan that was organised by my staff. At that point in time, I hope no one had personal issue with me at work. hehe.. mesti la takut kene shoot. I invited Ali along, konon-konon to be in my team, to protect me. But mana tahu he prefers to be in the opposite team to shoot me. Cheh!!

The first 30 minutes, they gave us a profesional coaching. The most important thing is DO NOT open your mask while you are in the field.

After the coaching, some started to warm up. You must warm up. Don't just think that it is just like some lari-lari nyorok-nyorok game. It IS a sports game.

If you don't warm up, you'll be like me today! I feel like I just ran a 10k run yesterday. All muscles are aching and I couldn't go to aerobics today because I can't even walk properly.

Oh, yeay!! the girls were given free vests to protect the pretty body :)

Before we started, we have to strategize first. Like in the army. The objective of the game is to eliminate the opponent team.

HEADSHOTS!!

Me

Ali

Below, is what they call the Dead Box. You are sent there when you get shot.

SOMETIMES, your team member will accidentally/purposely shoot you from the back or from the side. haha.. Please settle any personal issues before you play the game :p

But that's what they said, No pain, No Gain.

Young kids. I was the oldest in the team. Thanks to Ali. I wasn't alone. :)

ENJOYED SO MUCH!

Padang Astaka PJ, near Tun Hussein Onn Eye specialists centre. RM60 for 200 bullets. Definitely cheap. And they have night field battle too. So you can gather up with your colleagues and play after work.

After the game, Ali and myself went to have our lunch at Lotus, PJ.

The subject matter is not Ali. Look at the uncle at the back. He was eating nasi with his hands. That does not happen always. My chinese friends are struggling like hell to eat with their hands. This is awesome.

Picture courtesy: Syed Jefrizil

The Engagement

30 October 2010, 8.15 pm.

Was the day when I got engaged.

It was supposed to be a small event. Small as in my father had expected all guests to be able to sit at one time during dinner. He didn't like idea that some people sit inside the house, bersila to eat while some comfortably sit at the tables outside. So initially I didn't invite any friends because he didn't let me.

But on the day itself, i managed to convince him that, in all engagement ceremony I have attended, it is normal for some friends and relatives to hang around and eat later, or take their food and duduk bersila. After all, it's buffet.

So, 7 hours before the event, I texted my girlfriends. Didnt put high hopes that they will come, but to my surprise, some girls, had really taken some time off, although its such a short notice, to come to my event. Appreciate so much.

Big thank to my aunties, uncles and cousins who had been a big help to my family one night before and the day after. Thank you to all the guests especially my girlfriends, who came by with flowers, chocolates and cakes. You know who you are.

(Cheh, macam dapat award plak..)

The official photos with some reviews of the engagement will come in later.

Photo courtesy: Abang Sam