Gan Family aussie trip - Day 7 & Day 8

Day 7 - Blue Mountain, Sdyney

Today, our agenda was to the blue mountain. The journey from our hotel to the blue mountain was 1 hour 30 minutes. On the journey to the said location, we stop by at the mini zoo.


the the entrance of the mini zoo....we notice the zoo staff holding a wombat....a very very cute wombat...

wake uppppp wommy....wakee upp.....

the sleepy wombat ignores the screams of the 3 lil kids...

next, to the koalas...

a close encounter with the koala...its rather cute ...and smelly tooo....

this is a very special kangaroo...take note on the baby kangaroo at the pocket of this mummy kangaroo....

after this mini zoo, we proceed our journey to the blue mountain. we need to sit this funny type of tram down to the coal mine at the blue mountain...

all of us was soo curious on the funny looking seat of this tram...

then only we realize that the tram has to go down more than 50 degree slope...wow....really cool...

There was a brief introduction on the coal mine and also the working environment at the coal mine...

the equipments used at the coal mine.

mw and mm at the 3 sisters mountain. we was told that the 3 sisters fell in love with 3 men from the neighbouring tribe, but marriage was forbidden by tribal law. Battle ensued, and the sisters were turned into stone by an elder to protect them but he was killed in the fighting and no one else can turn them back to human....

the kids at the previous model of the tram...

a better view of the 3 sisters. and thats the end of our trip to the blue mountain.

Day 8 - Sdyney - Singapore

today, we have to go back to singapore and this mark our last moment at sydney....the luggages and the boxes needed to be load at the back of the bus. the boxes contained fresh cherries and nougut choc....

being a season traveller, mw really knows wat to do during the journey back home....

our last-call shopping in singpore before we proceed back to malaysia....

kekeke

thats the end of our gan family trip to australia...

wat bout lim family...kekeke...yeahhh...coming soon in June 2009....

Gan Family aussie trip - Day 5 & Day 6

Day 5 - Gold Coast - Sydney...

Today we have to travel by flight from brisbane to sydney. the journey took us about 2 - 3 hours. this time MM and MW were lucky to get the window seat.






upon arrival at sdyney, we went to chinatown which was situated near our hotel. it was just a 5 minutes walk.

Father in law was indeed shock on the major changes in sdyney...come on...40 years liao...of course everything changes except for the road names ahh....

As we walk to the darling harbour, we come across a very beautiful park. Hubby and the kids were playing on the stepping stone. luckily on one falls on the water.

At the entrance of the darling harbour...kinda romantic...

The kids of course were having a great time....in this beautiful park

At darling harbour, MM refuse to wake up to see the christmas tree....too bad....she miss all the fun..

One happy family at the darling harbour.

MW wanted to join the kids at the water spiral but then too bad ...i do not allow because i didnt bring extra clothes for him and its very very cold. A very disappointed MW.

We had our dinner at darling harbour that day and need to go walk 20 minutes back to our hotel


DAY 6 - SYDNEY CITY TOUR

The next day, we went to the darling harbour again for our city tour.

the kids were very excited not because of the harbour...its because of their sunglassess.

the boat lovers , hubby and jie fu definately having a great time admiring ppl's yatch and at the same time missing theirs back home...

one big happy family at the darling harbour

mei mei at one of the park that ables us to view the opera house and the harbour bridge....aussie landmark...

mw with one of his chicky post....

happy couple with big bellies...kekeke

at the opera house....

grandpa's loyal companion.....mei mei

koala wannabe???

bondi beach...i also dont know wat so special about this beach..is this the only beach in sydney??

Gan Family aussie Trip - Day 4

Day 4 - Dream World, Gold Coast

Dreamworld was located next to the Warner Brothers. However, Dream World is abit special. It is a combination of theme park and wild life...


One happy family at the entrance of the DreamWorld.

We took a picture with kenny and belinda koalas..

Our first ride was the train that goes around the park as an introduction and planning for us to where to go first.

our first stop was the nickeloeon park...there we saw a few of the famous cartoon characters such as:

Dora the adventurer....

Spongebob and patrick the starfish

Joo yee and vien thia went for one of the rides, Spongebob flypants. As MW and joyce was under the height par, they...

enjoy imitating the act on the bench...kekek...funny kids...

Next to the swinger zinger....everyone comes down feeling dizzyyyyy....

Next to the nick park was the tiger island. there we watch the tiger live show. the trainers brief us on the tiger habitats and habits...

look...the tiger is even taller than the man....

As MW and MM were not eligible for most of the rides as they were too young, we went to the wild life park.

MM : I'm cuter or the koalas???

One happy family and the sleeping koalas..

Kangaroos park...

MW being very brave all the time... he even dare to feed the kangaroos.....

MM lead the way.....

MM : Everyone please gather around and follow meee!!!

our driver of the day...MW....hubby has to help him to step on the accelerator coz MW's leg is tooo short....

to all the rides......I WILL BE BACK.....nyek nyekkk nyekkkk....

Loving and happy couple...similarity : look at our belly...kekeke...

After the theme park, we decided to go to the beach as this was our last day at gold coast...

Everyoneee flyyyy flyyyy....it was very windy that day and the weather was very very cold....its good that i bought their jacket along...or else they will be freezinnngggg....

One happy couple.....

Gan Family aussie trip - Day 3

Day 3 - Warner Brothers Movie World, Gold Coast

Today, our agenda was to the warner brothers movie world the whole day. Unlike Disneyland, Movie World closed at 5pm. i was worried that we will need to rush here and there for those rides. The sun rises at 4 am daily...and sets at 7pm during summer time.

Took a picture from our hotel balcony. Our hotel was located near the beach and it was 5am in the morning now. The weather was abit similar to Genting but however its getting warmer and warmer by noon.

a big happy family at the entrance of the movie world.

One happy family with one of the cartoon character, shrek. Mei Mei? She was too afraid of this green monster that she refused to join us...wat a waste....

We even watch the Looney tunes live show " What's Up Rock".

After the show, we took this opportunity to take a picture with the cartoon characters.

After that, we went to the kids theme park. There, MW ride his first kiddy solero shot.

The kids were very excited .

Up, Up here we goooooooo

Next, we were lucky to be those 20 lucky ones to take picture with batman...

i only manage to take picture with his car tyres....aiyoooo....

MM : look papa..i can even drive with one hand just like you....cool lehhh....

Taxi Taxi...any passenger?Guess that no one dare to take a ride from the beginners....

Next, to the tweety cage....

Joyce and MW with slyvester the cat.....

The desert train...

Check mate!!! you have no where to go...nyekkk nyeekkk nyekkk
The kids with daffy duckie...

Finally, we were ready for the parade...

At the parade...

We have the catwoman...

Austin power.....

scooby scooby doo, where are youuuuuuu......

daffy duck and the hunter...

slyvester the cat...where's tweety bird?

everyone's favourite...Batman and his superb car...

Wonder woman...

and many many more....

We were exhausted by the end of the day and very glad that the kids were having a great time too...

Our dinner of the day was western seafood...yummyy....

Gan Family aussie trip - Day 1 & Day 2

Day 1 & Day 2 : Malaysia - Singapore - Perth - Brisbane

We started our journey to singapore early morning as our flight departed from singapore. well, our agenda of the day was to travel to singapore, take a flight to perth , transit at perth , continue flying to brisbane and finally to gold coast. therefore it took us almost 2 days to do it as most of the direct flight to brisbane was fully booked.

At changi airport...everyone was busy arranging the luggages.

Total big luggages = 9.

Vien thia took this opportunity to take some pictures with mw and joyce in the airport.

This was MW and MM virgin flight. at first i was very nervous but it turn out to be fine. MW and MM were very good and excited during the journey.

Arrive at Perth Airport after the 4 hours flight. The security was very very tight compare to those in London and United States. Our instant porriage for the kids was confiscated due to the egg content was more than 10%. besides that, the queue takes about 3 hours. This is crazy mann... no special privelege for pregnant woman , kids or even senior citizens...very very bad service. besides that we even stuck in the perth airport at 4 am waiting for the airport bus to take us from the perth international airport to perth domestic airport. Surprisingly, the driver charge us aussie 8 dollar per person!!!

Fortunately, we were able to get some help from the customer service manager to get us through the domestic airport without any charges as he said that its is suppose to be FOC if we have the flight tickets with us.

A lil help from MM to take my hand luggage...good girl.

The security at perth domestic airport was equally tight as well.

grandpa and MM waiting for the aeroplane to arrive and its 7am.

We continued our journey to brisbane for another 4 hours flight. we flew from singapore at 7pm on wednesday and safely arrive at brisbane at 1pm thursday....pheeewwwww....wat a challenge for me to make sure that the kids behave themselves.

Finally brisbane here i come.


Upon arrival to Brisbane, we went to the factory outlet, the harbor city located in gold coast. the journey from brisbane to gold coast took us almost 1 hour 30 minutes and the driver charge us an additional 150 dollar as this was not in the itinerary. however, based on both of my sis in laws, it really worth it.

the only store they patronize was the Ralph Lauren boutique. No doubts that the price was much more cheaper compare to Malaysia and Singapore.

While waiting for them, we notice that santa was driving around the outlet. So Vien Xuan and MW went to him to make a christmas wish.

Our dinner of the day was at the Malaysian Seafood restaurant that was located next to our hotel. There were alot of Chinese restaurants around and we can even find some restaurants with the halal sign on it.

Our attraction towards the restaurant was the king crabs. however we have to cancel it coz it really cost alot. 1 crab cost about 650 dollar = RM1500...Cant afford to eat such an expensive crab..kekeke....

We sleep early that night to prepare ourselves to the Warner Brothers Movie World the next day...

Gan Family aussie trip - introduction

A lil introduction for the gan's family aussie trip last week before i proceed to the exciting days of the trip.

MEMBERS OF THE TRIP.

father and mother in law....

father in law's elder sister and her granddaughter..joo yee

1st sis in law, annie and family...
2nd sis in law, pheng and family

finally, our happy family....

one big happy family...

COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE TRIP.

Father in Law - Our history teacher .

He takes us back to the memory lane of sydney 40 years ago. He was there for his tertiary studies back then.

2nd sis in law, pheng - our part time tourist guide.

She is in charge of all our flight tickets, flight schedule and the daily schedule.She has done a very good job as we enjoy our trip very much and on time for our flights.

mother in law - our reminder.

She reminds us most of the time on looking after our kids, our travel documents and she even make sure that we wakes up 3 hours earlier every day....so that no one is late for any trip.

2nd jie fu - videocam cum cameraman cum luggage man.

2nd jie fu is always busy taking our every move every day. He is also our part time camera man when hubby is busy with the kids.

1st and 2nd jie fus - luggage man.

well, most of our luggages are over 20kgs. so its good to have them to help around.

hubby - cameraman cum luggage man.

hubby as usual loves to take some beautiful pictures.he is also one of our luggage man.

finally my niece and nephew, vien thia & vien xuan - babysitter.

they look after the 3 lil ones, joyce, mw and mm all the time.

thank you very much for making this trip an enjoyable and happy trip...

Busy lil weekend.....

There are alot of things need to be done by this week....:

1. Pre Christmas Celebration...

As we are only coming back from our trip on christmas night, i will have to the maid out to celebrate her pre-christmas celebration this weekend. hmm...where to go this weekend? maybe we will stroll along the portuguese settlement to view at their chistmas decoration, and have a nice meal with her. Just bought a watch for her as a christmas present.

2. Wash the Kids' Shoes...

Need to wash the kids' sports shoes and sandals especially mei mei's. Her shoes turn from pink to black...wat a transformation....

3. Lil Shopping

need to do some shopping before we depart for the trip. Maybe i need to buy some food for the kids and some of the necessary items such as anti nappy rash for mei mei , pampers , some medication, toys for them during the flight and the list goes on.....

4. Major packing for the Gan's family vacation

I will need to start packing the luggages this weekend as i do not want to left anything important behind. According to Father in law, it is suppose to be summer in Australia by now but the weather forecasted its below 22 c now...so i will have to pack our summer clothes with some jackets for the kids as well...really very confusing.

HAPPY WEEKEND PEPS....


P/S : Really hope that kit is able to recover soon....quit smoking laa my dear lil bro.....hope to get a favourable news from you next week. remember to sms once u done with your medical check up.

Balik Kampung...

We went back to ipoh last weekend as planned. As monday is a public holiday, we decided to go back on saturday after work at 1pm.on our way to kl to do some quick shopping, we notice that the opposite direction of the highway (from kl to the south) was very jammed..the queue started from nilai till tampin..wow....terrible traffic...luckily on our way back to ipoh the traffic is not that terrible.


bad traffic ....

we went to the mines...the kids are happy as i bought each of them a sunglasses..

the kids @ the mines...

Upon reaching ipoh, the traffic turn bad....however we manage to grab hubby's favourite food...the smelly tou fu....

this smelly tou foo was cook based on hong kong style...

the taiwan style..the difference...the hk uses cucumber and the taiwan uses cabbage....similarity..both also very smelly...

hubby cant wait till we reach home so he ate almost 3 packets of the smelly tou foo...

the next day, we went to the foh san restaurant to enjoy their famous tim sum...however we only manage to get seated after waited for almost 1 hour.

look at the crowd at this restaurant and the time is around 11am...this is not breakfast anymore..its brunch....

people grabbing the hot tim sum from the walking counter....this is crazy mannnn

but it really worth it...

after our brunch...we went to the junk market whereby ppl are selling the 2nd hand items

at the junk market...

after the market, wei wei is back with penang prawn mee...yummyyyy....just in time for my dinner ...:)

the next morning, our menu for brunch is the famous ipoh chicken bean sprout hor fun....yummy....

we also celebrated my birthday early as i am going to australia on my actual birthday...

a cute mango cake ....

the kids thought that its their birthday againn....:)

grandparents and their proud grandkids...

thanks alot for my parents for looking after the kids while we are at ipoh in order for me to go scouting for food..and wei...thanks for the cake...

will buy some souvenir for you guys yeahhh... ...:)

I really miss these very much...

Well, well...today's topic is about food...with this pregnancy going on, i cant help myself but to think about food almost every night before i go to sleep. Even though i only have a cup of maggi as my supper, it doesnt dampened my effort to nag hubby to get at least one of my favourite food the next morning or the weekend or the following week...:)

HOT SERVING TIMSUM.....

a "must-have" breakfast whenever we go back to ipoh...my favourite place is the Foh San Restaurant even though my lil bros always said that its mad to wait for a long queue just for the taste of a few dumplings...but hey it really worth it...

TASTY PORTUGUESE TART...
Luckily a bakery in tampin does sell this tasty portuguese tart...i had it almost once a week...this is also one of hubby's favourite too...its good that we share something in common ...:)

HOT AND SPICY NASI LEMAK

it taste good whenever there is a rendang chicken or curry chicken with it...cant get bored over it...we had it almost twice a week even though i dont mind having it as a breakfast every morning but its not healthy...:)

SOUPY HORFUN WITH BEAN SPROUT CHICKEN

ohhh..how i miss this very much...one of the famous food in ipoh...also one of my "must-have" lunch in ipoh...we cant get elsewhere the fatty brean spout and the tasty chicken except in ipoh...

PENANG PRAWN MEE...

Been craving on this food almost years ago even if i'm not preggy....only the best available in penang and i hardly goes to penang....argggg......

CRABBY CRAB

One of my favourite seafood is the crab...even though we can get it anywhere but hubby only allows it once a while coz i am allergy to it....:)


Ohh i cant wait to go back to ipoh this weekend ...i already thought of the menu for my breakfast and lunch....dinner? dinner is reserve for mum's cooking of course...kekeke...

how i really miss my hometown soo much.....luckily hubby says its ok that we stay till monday...yahooooooo:)