Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Crabs on the Island - Pulau Ketam Trip (27 Oct 2012)

My auntie suggested to visit Pulau Ketam on the weekend, since we were free then we went together with her. Before the trip, I was a bit worried about the weather, as during these few months, almost everyday is a rainy day. Luckily, it didn't rain during that day we visited Pulau Ketam instead it was a pretty hot day during day time. And I forgot to bring my umbrella, so my skin became darker again after the previous Hong Kong trip :(

This is the first time I visited Pulau Ketam, before the trip, I thought the name of this island maybe is just randomly chosen. After I stepped on the island, I fully understood, the name is really matched the island, in fact the island is full of crabs :P

Overall, I enjoyed with the food on this small island, hopefully I can come here to taste the fresh seafood again :)

Took KTM train at Kuala Lumpur station. Like the ancient architecture of this train station.
Our train has arrived, we were heading to Port Klang station.
Interior of the new KTM train, equipped with LED indicator board and LCD TV. Enjoyed the ride with this new KTM train, it is comfortable although the speed of the train is a bit slow.
After 1 hour, we finally reached the last station - Port Klang.
Port Klang harbour
We queued up to buy the ferry tickets to go to Pulau Ketam
On the way to take a ride with ferry
Many boats on the jetty
This is the ferry we took to Pulau Ketam, RM 7 per way.
Picture taken in the ferry, spotted this huge ship on the sea :)
After about 1 hour, we reached Pulau Ketam, YAY!!
Spotted many little crabs on the beach... I like to eat crabs... haha
Fire station in Pulau Ketam
Chinese temple in Pulau Ketam
Another Chinese temple in Pulau Ketam
Another small Chinese temple in Pulau Ketam
Beautiful flowers from a villager house
Bitter gourds from a villager house
Giant salamanders on the beach
Not sure is this the ship making factory??
Hot but beautiful sky :)
Round egg plant from a villager's house
After tired of walking, we had our lunch. We ordered delicious La La Kuih (fried clams cake) from this stall.
Love to eat this La La Kuih (fried clams cake) a lot, yum yum :)
Lunch at Pin Heong Seafood restaurant. We ordered fried bitter gourds with pork, fried stew fish and fried mantis shrimp
Bicycle is the main vehicle inside the island
Recycling center - As the island is quite polluted with the plastics bottles, therefore this center is built to encourage the villagers to reduce the pollution
Nice bridge on the sea
Many houses are built on top of the sea
Most of the villagers own a boat
Not sure what is on the boat
Another part of the island
As the last boat back to the Port Klang jetty is at 6pm, time to say goodbye to Pulau Ketam...

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Stuff bought in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is recognized as the top 1 best shopping city in Asia and it is also a tax free city. However, due to our Hong Kong trip the main focus was on sight seeing, therefore we didn't have much time to spend on shopping :(

If next time we had the opportunity to go Hong Kong again, I would like to slowly enjoy the eating, shopping and walking there. This trip was a bit rushed due to I hope to cover as many places to visit as possible.

Anyhow, I still able to buy something in Hong Kong during a couple of days we spent there :)

(top left) Hong Kong souvenir T-shirt from 女人街 Ladies Market for myself (top right) 合桃酥 Walnut cookies from 奇华饼家 Kei Wah, I like this cookies :) (bottom left) Disney's key chains set from 女人街 Ladies Market for myself (bottom right) Plum tablets candies from 无印良品 Muji at 朗豪坊 Langham Place mall
维他奶 VitaSoy soya bean milk (malt flavour)
FREE Donald Duck sticker from Hong Kong Disneyland (Got it after I done with the quick survey!! :D)
Purple bear toy and cute penguin cap from 海洋公园 Ocean Park
Mickey Mouse Fujifilm Instax film and SanDisk 16GB class 10 SD card from 百老汇 Broadway, Wong Kok (After visited Ocean Park, my camera's memory card was out of space :()
Post card from 山顶凌霄阁 The Peak Tower (Received safely at my house now)
2 pieces of clothes from Esprit Outlet, 东荟城名店仓 Citygate Outlet
Coach sling bag (a gift for myself :P) from Coach Factory Outlet, 东荟城名店仓 Citygate Outlet
Snack and mini mooncake from 奇华饼家 Kei Wah, Hong Kong International Airport

Friday, November 9, 2012

Discover City Life in Hong Kong Trip - 100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition (Day 7, 08 Sep - 14 Sep 2012)

After we had our lunch at 澳洲牛奶公司 Australian Dairy Co. restaurant at 佐敦 Jordan, the last stop we were heading to was 海港城 Harbour City shopping mall which located at 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui. The main purpose we went there was to visit the 「你睇!!多啦 A 梦嚟啦!诞生前 100 年祭」 '100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition'. Thanks a lot to my friend that provided this information to me before I departed to Hong Kong. Hence, I planned it as part of my Hong Kong trip's itinerary.

After we reached 海港城 Harbour City shopping mall, I quickly went to find the exact location of the outdoor exhibition where there are 100 Doraemon statues with 100 different gadgets and face expressions.

Once I found that location, OMG, the place was full of people!! How come all the people including the locals were also gathered here?? It was not public holiday nor weekend... So hard for me to take photos there, and also it was really hot at the outdoor!! Anyway, if you are Doraemon fans, hope that you enjoy reading this post :)

100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 未来法宝概念展 Concept Expo: Gadgets in the Future (No time to enter into the expo :()
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #01)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #02)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #03)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #04)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #05)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition - 元祖多啦A梦公仔 (Picture #06)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #07)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #08)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #09)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #10)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition - 任意门, can bring me back home? So I don't need to take the flight... (Picture #11)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #12)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #13)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition - (right) 情侣伞 - 在伞下站 5 分钟,左边的人便会爱上右边的人 (What a romantic gadget!! Haha :P) (Picture #14)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #15)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #16)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #17)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #18)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition - Finally I found a cute young girl helped me to take picture with Doraemon :) (Picture #19)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #20)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #21)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #22)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #23)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition (Picture #24)
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - Done photo shooting at 「100个多啦A梦嚟啦!」户外展览 100 Doraemon statues outdoor exhibition, heading to the next venue
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「怀念嫲嫲的真挚回忆」
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「多啦A梦临別大雄的晚上」
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition, Harbour City - 「大雄的结婚前夕」

Our flight was going to depart at 6:15 pm, therefore we couldn't spare more time on photo shooting with Doraemon, we gotta rush back to hostel and headed to airport. If time permitted, I would like to spend more time here...

Due to we were too tired to carry around our luggages to the airport, therefore we took the cab. On the way to airport, I was too exhausted while sitting in the cab and nearly fall asleep. Also I got no more energy to take out my camera to capture photos of the 青马大桥 Tsing Ma Bridge inside the cab. (Wasted the opportunity and I'm regret now...)

After we reached the Hong Kong international airport, since we still had some time after we checked-in our baggages. So, we decided to shop around the shops in the airport. I bought a mini mooncake and some snacks from the 奇华 Kei Wah biscuit shop :)

Hong Kong International Airport - Reached here by taking taxi
Hong Kong International Airport - Shopped around the shops in the airport
Hong Kong International Airport - Waiting for our flight to go back home...
Hong Kong International Airport - While waiting, I walked around and took some pictures...

Overall, it was a pleasant trip in Hong Kong. I really enjoyed the food, sight-seeing experiences and theme park in Hong Kong. Since this is the first time we visiting Hong Kong, so we were more focused on sight seeing but not shopping. Although we were always rushing and walking a lot during the journey, but we still able to cover to visit most of the attraction spots in the itinerary :)

Miss my holiday in Hong Kong, hopefully one day I can go there again... Time to save and collect more $$$ money for my oversea trips next year!! Anticipating for it now... I've used up my company annual leaves for this trip, gotta work harder now... Ganbate!!