Kellie's Castle We have heard of this castle for so many times and it's time for us to take a first hand look. Based on the story I heard, the castle was built by a Scottish planter called William … [Read more...]
Batu Gajah Road Trip: Kellie’s Castle, Heritage Driving Tour, The Last Dredge, and Kinta Nature Park
September 5, 2012 by
Gopeng Road Trip: Gopeng Heritage House, Hup Teck Soy Sauce Factory & Gua Tempurung
August 31, 2012 by
Gopeng is a small town south of Ipoh. That was our first stop during our trip. We had breakfast there (I am not fancy of the food there somehow). Let's dive in... … [Read more...]
Family Road Trip to Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tanjung Tualang, and Gopeng
August 31, 2012 by
During the last school holidays, four families embarked on a road trip to various towns of Perak. After some research and planning, we started our 3D2N trip up north before dawn. We put up our … [Read more...]
Crying at birthday party
July 9, 2012 by
K attended his friend's birthday party yesterday afternoon. The children were very excited and many of them jumping up and down for joy. As usual, besides the music and food and cake, there were … [Read more...]
Hopeless gardener revives gardening project
June 27, 2012 by
In the past, he got no luck with gardening. Be it flower or vegetable or tree. Whatever he planted, died. That's what his wife claimed. No hope of growing anything (with the exception of weeds, … [Read more...]
History Lessons at Lembah Bujang, Merbok, Kedah
June 15, 2012 by
We took a quick trip to Lembah Bujang in Merbok during the recent school holiday. Lembah Bujang (The Bujang Valley) is not as popular as other destinations in Malaysia but it sure gives visitors an … [Read more...]
National Planetarium Kuala Lumpur & Royal Malaysian Police Museum
May 31, 2012 by
Since it's now school holiday, I took J and K to National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara) Kuala Lumpur and Police Museum for a tour yesterday. It was a half day trip. And the trip is highly … [Read more...]
Bigger than parenting
May 14, 2012 by
No parenting lesson today. I hope you don't mind I occasionally talk about something other than parenting. Something hit me and I wanted to share with you. Here goes. … [Read more...]
Less is more when it comes to creativity
April 30, 2012 by
I see something interesting among my kids. It started a few years back with J. But now, K is also part of the picture. I notice that they always come up with their own games to kill time. To … [Read more...]
Bitten by the reading bug
April 25, 2012 by
One evening just last week, K did something unusual. You see on a normal evening, he'll ask me (or my wife) to read to him before bed. But that night, out of the blue, he felt bored "listening" … [Read more...]
