Part 2 :USS trip

The writing of my trip to USS continued with our experience in The Lost World...The Lost World zone features two themed regions: Jurassic Park and Waterworld. In the Jurassic park, we only managed to ride on the Dino-soaring ride as others were not suitable for young children to ride....poor me!!!

Dino-soaring is a fly-around ride.A children's ride that spins around gently, with riders being able to control the vertical height of their carriage during the ride duration. The ride cars were designed to look like pterodactyls.

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Then, the best part of the evening was we got to watch a live performance in the  Waterworld zone... the live action plus the stage as well as the sound made it worth to watch....

A live-action performance that involves stunts and pyrotechnics, on a stage that is set within a large pool of water. We were really amazed with this!!!!

 The day was really hot...feeling thirsty and hungry,we found  a halal restaurant namely Oasis Spice Café to quench our thirst and fill up our empty stomach..hahah....It was an Egyptian-themed buffeteria serving specialities flavored with Mediterranean, Turkish, Lebanese and Indian Spices..

Then the exploration continued in the Ancient Egypt...Nothing much here as most of the rides provided were not meant for young children...We only rode on a mini-car ride named Treasure Hunters..It was a leisure car ride that drives around an abandoned Egyptian excavation site. The ride vehicles are modelled to have the look of vintage jeeps. this place was very crowded with people so we need to queue up for more than an hour to ride on each ride....can u imagine that happened to parents with two little children?? this was what to expect if u came during holidays unless u buy the vip pass...surely it will be quite costly....

When our energy was almost drained to zero..it was the time for the Hollywoods Dream Parade...then..we took our time to rest along the path and enjoyed the parade...Universal Studios Singapore Hollywood Dreams Parade is the parks' first full-scale regular theme parade which takes place every Saturday and Sunday, and on public holidays at 5 pm. Running through five out of the seven parks across all zones, the parade consists of fourteen intricately detailed floats, special effects, over one hundred performers, custom musical score and the "Hollywood Dreams" dance song composed by British composer Ian Habgood.

 

Next, we passed the Sci-Fi City where my children and I have to sit for 3 hours waiting for my hubby to ride on the Transformers: The Ride. It was a dark ride that uses the same ride-vehicle technology as The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, but with a completely different track layout that spans across two levels. It has giant wrap-around screens that sport photo-realistic 3D-HD video imagery at various points throughout the ride,
and has additional 4-D effects (water spray, wind, hot air, fog, etc.) that further enhances the ride experience.  My hubby repeatedly said that anyone should not miss trying this ride...yeah..easy for him as i was the one looking after the children for 3 hours whilst he enjoying himself....sob..sob... there were so many rides here such as the roller coaster ride as i would claim to be dangerous by the look at it.... but we have just to skip all that...

Then there was  the New York...New York is based on the original New York City, during the era of post-modernization. This zone features various icons commonly portrayed in movies including the city skyline, neon lights, facades, and sidewalks. This zone also has a replica of the famous New York Public Library with two lion statues at its entrance. Special Sesame Street character appearances include: Elmo, Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch.

The Special Sesame Street live performance...the exhaustion that my two children cannot handled..

Lastly..we walked back to the entrance area..the hollywood...Hollywood is the main entrance area of the park. Its only attraction, a broadway-style theatre, is accompanied by several restaurants and a variety of flagship shops. Being a replica of the Hollywood Boulevard, this zone is flanked by dynamic architecture and palm trees. It also features a replica of the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. Special character appearances include: Po from Kung Fu Panda, Frankenstein's Monster, Woody Woodpecker, Winnie Woodpecker, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Beetlejuice and Betty Boop. We did some souvenirs-hunting here and ended this trip...it was a really memorable experience... I just hope that the management of this theme park will look into the size of the musollah provided here as it was way smaller than the number of muslims coming here....

See you guys back in my next post...will be writing about another trip we had..:)

Universal Studio Singapore Trip : Part 1

After more than one month of silence... i would like to update this blog of mine..sorry...:)..
Actually the trip was way back at the end of January (26th January to be exact) but i didn't have the time to update it here..even my third baby was not even there yet...hahha..so now it is.... it was organised by the my hubby's colleague so we joined by paying around RM550 included the entry ticket to the Universal Studio Singapore and the transport (bus).. We departed around 5 a.m from MPOB Keratong Staffquarters...... There was a misunderstanding about the time of departure as we were told we will leave at midnight but the bus came late.... well...fortunately everything went pretty smooth except for one incident (no need to tell ya!!) after that.....

After went through strict immigration checking from the Singapore part, we managed to arrive at USS at noon....sadly .we have wasted few hours there due to unavoidable problem....

cam-whoring while waiting for the correspondent to take the entry tickets...

If u have been here before...u must have known that this theme park was divided into few sections namely Madagascar, Far-Far away, The Lost World, Ancient Egypt, Sci-Fi City, New York and Hollywood...it was more or less named after the famous movies made by universal studios, right?? it looked like, at least to me, the theme park was designed in an oval form so that you would not miss any section without going pass them....our fun and adventure journey began with Madagascar...

We tried the water boat ride (Madagascar: A crate Adventure)..it was slow and safe ride for young children... there were not many rides or activities for young children..mostly they were designed for older children and adults...so if you plan to come here, it will be  best not to bring children under 5...or wait till they get a little older...if not..you will miss the chance getting into all sorts of fun the offered but babysit your children..like me....(sob...sob...) unless you bring your nanny along...

Madagascar: A crate Adventure - A river boat ride with state-of-the-art animatronics, digital projection and surround sound, all housed within the hull of a displaced cargo ship.

King Julien's Beach Party-Go-Round - A merry-go-round ride that is themed and decorated with all the characters of Madagascar.... and also the famous building of the far-far away land...

Next, we moved to the far-far away land where we experienced to watch two exciting and amazing shows (donkey live-An interactive live show using digital puppetery technology, which features Donkey entertaining and engaging guests in conversation in an intimate theatre setting and Shrek's 4-D adventure - A 3-D stereoscopic show with added physical effects that is based on the story of Shrek and his quest to save Princess Fiona). These were the best i experienced along my trip there!!!! 

There were so many mascots along the way, but my children easily get intimidated by them so i did not put any effort to take pics with them...see..i've told you...wait till the children a little bit older..

And another piece of advice.. if u plan to bring younger children..do bring your stroller....the theme park distance  is way beyond younger children walking capabilities....here is the proof..

after been walking quite a distance, they even throw tantrums....

 Well, I bet this is too much of a story in a post... so stay tune for this trip part 2!!!!

Journey to the west - day 1

Feeling bored staying at home.. As soon as i heard hubby got to attend and award ceremony at MPOB headquarters, bangi.. Btw, Mr hubby was awarded with excellent service award... Congratulation, sayang.... (Don't forget about my portion ye..)... My heart bloomed..hehhe.... that was the signal that i was waiting for.. a chance to flee from the routine at home...Yup, i tagged along....

We departed around 9 a.m last Sunday from home....After a few hours drive, we reached our first stop... Sungai wang plaza.. We parked our car there and walked to Low Yat Plaza...... Actually, we just wanted to see the famous plaza where people always say that we can buy the gadgets with remarkably low prices....and we ended up buying a cheap tab - produced locally.... just for qalesya to play games without having her to ask for my phone all the times!!!

the tab!!

By the time we walked out of the plaza, its already 6 p.m. so we had our tea at the mamak's in front of the plaza ( I forgot the restaurant name)... and we headed to my aunt's at ULu Langat..we spent a night there...

 Stay tune for day 2, k!!!
Till then...

Kedai Roti Mokhtar, Slim River, Perak

More on my trip to Slim River, Perak....

Have you heard about Kedai Roti Mokhtar, Slim River??... this bakery was featured in Majalah islam: TV AlHijrah two years back...but recently that show was aired again on the same tv station......this bakery was also featured in Kosmo...

I had the opportunity to go and buy few products of the bakery as a cousin's of hubby who is in catering line suggest us to buy souvenirs from Slim River in the form of bread!!!!I was told that this bakery is so famous with the locals.....

From outside: looks like a run-down and shabby workshop

Traditionally baked using bricks oven...... Upper: the oven from outside...Down(pic from Kosmo): How it looks inside the oven..

The baker/the owner himself is packing the bread.... No worker as the only help he gets is from wife and children.

Waiting for our bread to be ready.....

So, if you happen to be in Slim River...do check out this.....Just support Muslim product!!!!Wanna know more about this bakery... click here...

Splashing time: Hot Springs Felda Sungai Kelah...

Hubby was scheduled to attend his team building course at Felda Residence Trolak near Sungkai last Friday... as it was the school holiday, i tagged along with my two off-springs and my two sis-in laws and my children's cousin, alif...planned to stay at hubby's cousin's at slim river so began packing on Friday early morning......

so ready to go......pictures below: waiting for the commuter from seremban to arrive...fetching SIL @ tanjung malim KTM Station..

The next day, we went to Sungai Kelah Hot Springs for some water activity... I have been here long before I got married ...so this was my second visit here...... just to cherish my two kids....they really love water-activities...bet many kids are....Have u ever been here? It is reputed to be one of the best managed hot spring in Malaysia and is located 200 feet above the sea level at the foothill of the Titiwangsa Range, the backbone range of Peninsular Malaysia. Once you arrive here, you will be amazed by the lush greeneries, hills, streams and rivers that abounds in the vicinity.

The guide

Too many words, heh??? O,k just take a look at the pics taken here.....

Main spring pool...... The water is quite hot...at first my children were reluctant to dip in for it was quite hot..Met with my neighbour and her children who happened to tag along her husband who went for  the same course with my hubby...

Mountain springs pool... the water here was icy-cold.....

Another attraction here....egg-boiling activity..... eggs are not allowed to be brought from outside.... there is a stall  selling eggs to be boiled here.... but I can see many people were sneaking eggs in...hehheh..

took the tram out of the park.... Feeling exhausted.....

Stay tune for more stories from Perak...:)

Langkawi trip: 3rd (last) day

It was the morning of the first day of Eiduladha..... my hubby, father and my brother got the chance to perform their eiduladha pray at the nearest mosque...the mosque at the heart of Kuah town... it was just within walking distance from the where we were staying.....

the view from the apartment balcony....

Around 10.30 a.m, we checked out from the hotel and headed to Dataran Lang.... People said, the trip will not be completed if you did not take any pics with the famous gigantic eagle statue there....and so we went....

and we boarded the ferry to Kuala Perlis at 11.30 a.m..... That's the last day of the trip in Langkawi...hoping to come more in the future to get another taste of the island......

We came and used a trolley and went back with two trolleys....:)

 Till then.......

Langkawi Trip: Day 2

It took me  a while since my last entry cos I had to find times in between career demands and also a hobby of mine (blogging)...huhuh..

 Continued from my previous entry..Day 2 of my Langkawi trip...The visit to any island would never be completed , if island-hopping was not included on your trip........Paid RM30 per an adult, we did island-hopping activity...we shared the same boat with few tourists from Japan, India and Australia.....

Getting ready for the activity.....

Our first stop was Beras Basah Island (Wet Rice Island)... We were given an hour to spend our times there...most of them were so ready to do some swimming and snorkelling...we were just sitting and relaxing there.... admiring the beautiful surroundings... there were lots of monkeys roaming around the island..waiting for tourists to feed them....and the first thing i spotted when we strolled along the jetty was the water was crystal clear.... you can see many small fish in the water... u can actually feed them with bread....

Then, our next stop, was to see eagles from close-up.... i forgot to ask the boat driver the name of the island, but we just stayed on the boat and watched the eagles flying and catching fish... the boat driver even threw a basket full of fish to the ocean to attract the eagles to fly down near our boat..... it was truly an amazing experience..... now maybe i can figure out a bit how langkawi got its name......

Our last stop was the none other than Dayang Bunting Island.... the driver showed us the island from far to see how the island got its name....its really looks like a figure of a pregnant lady lying down.... we were given an hour there...so we walked our way up and down the steep stairs to the Tasik Dayang Bunting (The lake of Pregnant maiden).... it was really a beautiful scenery down at the lake...... the water was icy-cold even on that scorching hot afternoon....

Feeling all exhausted, hungry and even thirsty when we reached the jetty, we straight headed to Pekan Rabu and had our lunch there.....  After fueling up ourselves, we drove our way to the scenic UnderWaterWorld...

a fee of RM28 per an adult was just worthwhile as i enjoyed myself very much there!!!!

After enjoying ourselves inside the Underwater World, we went to the duty free mall-The Zone which is situated just beside the Underwater World... not buying anything there (as we already bought so many in the other shops!!) we went to quench our thirst and fill our stomach again at the nerby McD.....

On our way back to the apartment, we stopped at Beras Terbakar (Field of Burnt Rice)... seriously said, nothing much to be seen..... there was no attraction at all... most of the stall were closed due to the upcomig Raya Haji..so we just spend like 10 minutes there.....

Feeling tired of reading this entry?? Sorry.... This was bits and pieces of my second day trip at Langkawi......... till then...

Langkawi trip: Day 1

How did you spend your holiday last week?? having five consecutive days off from work, we went up north.... To the legendary island, pulau langkawi... set out from my sister's at bukit sentosa at 1 a.m, last wed morning, we arrived at Kuala perlis just in time for our subuh pray....Performed our subuh pray there at masjid terapung, kuala perlis (a nice and beautiful mosque, was told that the mosque was just recently completed, early this year)...

parked our car in front of Hj Abdul ghani's restaurant and had our breakfast there.....  We boarded the second ferry to langkawi island from Kuala perlis ferry terminal... due to the major upgraded work at the terminal, the terminal looked a bit messy but for future good :)...

 

Arrived at langkawi 45 minutes later, around 9.30 a.m.....  more travel time needed  if you boarded the ferry from Kuala Kedah.... my hubby already aranged for our transportation there - rented a proton wira for RM110 for the rest of our trip here... a good bargain.....

 

 

i already booked our accomodation at Kuah two weeks beforehand.... rented an apartment with three rooms... so we stayed at seaview apartment for RM350 for 3 days and 2 nights... a comfy apartment and value for money too!!!! will recommend for anybody with large family...

 not wasting our precious time in langkawi, we set our foot at the famous idaman suri and haji ismail group... bought some souvenirs for friends and family and of course, yourself....

 

after some shopping, it was time for lunch... filled our stomach at Pak AQ nasi campur.... then, we straight headed to langawi Geopark Centre to ride on the famous oriental village cable car....it was hair-rising experience.....my father promised not to have another ride again on that gondola...huhu... me and hubby had the chance to try on the horse-riding there....

after such a frightening but memorable experience on the cable car, on our way back, we stopped at pantai kok to try out the local delicacies there.....

We headed back to the apartment, had some rest.... later in the evening, we went to Dataran lang cafe to have our dinner.. the food was quite pricey there and we went for some shopping at the nearby duty free shops....

What happened on my 2nd day trip in langkawi?? stay tune for more stories......:) thanks for reading..

SKS1 : Family Day

Have been very busy lately....getting ready for the coming examination, school sports day etc.....  tried my best to spend time for my blog..:) How i miss reading some of your blogs......

Amidst all the busyness , my school organized a family day at Tiara Beach Resort, Teluk kemang, P.D last Saturday.My mother and father tagged along.. I bet many of you have the experience of staying here... We took off in a convoy of merely 10 cars, our first stop was Ulu Bendul waterfall.. just to get some refreshment before having lunch at our former headmistress, Puan Jamilah's. Puan Jamilah invited us over to her house for lunch before going  to P.D.... well, never say no to good things!!.Tq Puan for such a delicious meal.....

Around 2 p.m, we continued our journey to PD..arrived there around 3, we directly checked in, and had a short nap.Tiara got quite a good waterpark... but for me, they did not do a good job in maintenance especially Block C (where we are staying)..it kinda looks old to me....... Then, water activity time...... my daughter was so excited to go into the water....

Kids can never feel boring when it comes to play ... 

 

 

 

At night, we had a small dinner....

We finished around 10.30 p.m..
Woke up for our subuh prayer .. then immediately went for breakfast..... then we made some time for pool activity.. just to cheer up my kids... before checking out...

After checking out, we stopped at Teluk Kemang..... there was a carnival there...shopped some souvenirs and off we went to Giant Senawang....  Arrived home safely around 5 p.m.

Good to have some fun activities over the weekend... Unwind from work....
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