~* GPS *~

I am not an IT savvy person. The last Penang trip was the first time I used the GPS. It went well for the whole trip bringing us around Butterworth and Penang Island. And now, I rely it to bring me to new places :D

~* Penang Trip in Pictures *~

~* Australia 2010 *~

A short update on my Australia trip. This is a very relaxing trip as we don't have a fix itinerary. YJ can consider behave during the whole trip. He slept during most of the traveling time which is a bless as I can take a short nap as well :)

The first city was Melbourne. It was raining during the 4 days we were there. Didn't really go any where. The highlight was to see penguins at Philip Island. 

Second city was Sydney. YJ travelled a lot in Sydney. We were on the Explorer bus, ferry and train. The Opera House was as beautiful and we enjoyed a very delicious seafood meal at The Sydney Fish Market. The crab is cheap if we compare it dollar to dollar. Love the Darling Harbour area and it has developed so much since my last trip about 10 years ago :) I must mentioned about one restaurant here - Mamak. This is a Malaysian restaurant at China Town. It sells roti canai and it is amazingly long crowd every night when we passed by. My uncle didn't want to try it as he said the not delicious roti canai is not worth AUD6 :D

Next was Gold Coast. My mom and cousin joined us here. We shopped a lot here. YJ have fun at the beach :)

The last city was Adelaide. There was a sudden change of weather. It was only about 18C. We went to the beach and YJ really enjoyed his time there. He was running and 4 adults were chasing after him :D My mom enjoyed her time at the strawberry farm and YJ enjoyed plucking the leaves of the strawberry plant :D

It was a good trip overall but I think I have spend too much on chocolate as gifts (around AUD250) :p

~* 小宝贝 First Long Haul Trip *~

So excited. We will be going to Australia for 3-week in December. My cousin is graduating in December, so we follow my aunt there and have a bit of tour (Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - Adelaide). My mom will join us later. I know it could be a hassle bringing 小宝贝 there. But a free and easy holiday should be fine I think. "fingers crossed" :)

I am now busy planning what to bring especially 小宝贝 milk powder. I am not sure whether I can bring in milk powder as the custom clearance in AU is very strict. I have persoanlly seen once that the officer throw away the milk powder as milk product is not allowed to be brought in to the country. Need to check this with the embassy also. Not plannig to buy new clothes here if it is not enough or not fit anymore. It will be fun shopping for 小宝贝 in AU ;) When come to anything for 小宝贝, I am very paranoid. Told my mom that I wanted to bring rice also :p Being scolded by her. So this idea was dropped. 

I am now counting the days ............

~* Half Day Trip *~

I was back in Batu Pahat for a few days last week. Mentioned about UK Farm to my parents. My dad was so kind to bring us there on Friday amid his buzy schedule. 

 小宝贝 was all ready for the trip :)

My dad was not quite sure about the place and we end up in another farm (Alita) in Yong Peng :D We did some tour around the small farm to understand the goat milk process.

The goats are from New Zealand. The grass they eat is from US and they only drink filtered water. The barn is also equipped with big fans so that it is cooling. And there is no strong smell in the barn. 

This is where the goats drink water from. It is all automatic. Once the goat put their head down, the water will flow out automatically. Cool!

The milk extracting area and packing room. They will extract the goat milk in the morning and evening. If you go at the right time, you will be able to experience the process.

The red shirt guy is our guide. He brought the technology of goat farming from Taiwan.

We were given some goat's milk to try at the end of the trip. To my surprise, it taste so good. No "goat" smell at all.

After the visit of Alita farm, we con't our journey to UK farm in Kluang (between Ayer Hitam and Kluang).

Once we turned in from the main road, the 6km journey to UK farm is all in red sand.

Can you see how dirty it is my car after the 6km journey?

The farm is not fully develop yet. It just opened in April.

Only limited activities at the farm.

1. Feeding the baby goats

2. Visit the goat barn

3. Ostrich park (but only 4 ostrich available :D)

4. Passion fruit

Accommodation is available. Either camp or stay in their chalet (only 9 chalets available).

For a city girl like me, this is consider quite good for some outing once a while. I really hope they will develop well (ie more activities) in the near future. It is good for a short getaway from the buzy city life :)

~* Annual Labour Day Trip *~

This year, my hubby's company annual Labour Day trip is Cameron Highland. It's been almost 20 years since my last trip there and I am quite looking forward to it. However, the trip turned out to be not so pleasant as we took almost 7 hours to reach (with about half hour stop at Tapah rest area). Cameron Highland was really crowded and with narrow roads and a lot of "attractions" along the way, it made the road congested.

We got stuck and all the cars at one point are not moving. 小宝贝 cousins were so bored and they decided to come out from the car and talk a walk. We wind down the window and let 小宝贝 cooling down a bit also. He has been very restless after so long in his car seat.

We didn't do much there. After we reached, it is almost dinner time. The next day, with 小宝贝, my hubby does not want to go any long walk. We just managed to go to the Boh Tea Centre. The view along the way are just amazing.

When we were there, 小宝贝doesn't really want the cereal that I made for him. He is very fuzzy now. The cereal or porridge not nice, he won't take. Luckily, my mom is around and manage to ask her help to cook some poorridge. 小宝贝finally has some hot homecook porridge after 2 meals of cereal.