Just yesterday, the makan team decided to head down to Taman Connaught Pasar Malam for the usual Jalan-jalan cari makan..Just for your information, the pasar malam (night market) located here in Cheras is the biggest of its kind in Malaysia. yes, its long..and yes, there is alot of food.. The layout of the pasar malam is shaped like the alphabert "T" and i think its safe to say that majority of the pasar malam is dominated by chinese traders. The pasar malam is usually packed during the later hours of the evening, usually starting from 630 onwards. so, if you hate crowds, perhaps you could come a lil earlier say about 530..Surprisingly though, unlike typical pasar malams that start packing up around 10, this one opens until 12. Definately recommend this place for those who haven been here..But after awhile though, youll notice that the pasar malam seems to repeat itself..everyone is selling basically the same thing-clothes, food, drinks, bling-blings..they cant run far..

Hey guys..Thanks to Kok Hong, we are finally able to plan for FRIM!!..it will be on the 2nd weekend of May 2009 (either 9th or 10th May)..Those interested to attend, please confirm your names with me as we need to book the place..No book, No enter..





Here are the details:
Venue : FRIM,Kepong
Time: Morning (will tell you the time later)
Difficulty: Noob...haha..i mean should be "Easy"
Basic things to bring: Water, extra tshirt perhaps, mosquito repellant!
Entrance Fee: Around RM 13..
Required group: Around 12 ppl only..we dont want it to be too big..

It will be a nice experience.. esp the canopy walk and the suspended bridge..there will also be jungle musuem visits, monster lake and a small waterfall..

Driving at the heart of Klang can be very frustrating now that they are upgrading the roads..The jams are ridiculous! and theyll probably last up till 2010..But while you're probably stuck there, feeling miserable and you just happen to see Kamdar, ALC College or Bangunan Tabung Haji..and it just so happened also to be around 630pm and your stomach is craving for some authenthic hot chinese food.Just stop your car immediatly! find yourself a parking lot and look for Restaurant Boston Baru!

Pic:Kok Hong looking surprised!

Well, okie..that's abit too dramatic..So, in any case youre near these buildings, you might wanna check out this restaurant.Its called Boston Baru.. However, the name has no relevance with Boston or the word Baru whatsoever..in any case, its a a nice place to go makan. I would describe this place as a typical by the roadside chinese restaurant..no aircond, no fancy seats or customer service, just great food! Typically, you have to wait an average 1 hour for your food. This place is always packed, regardless of days..Probably itll speed things up if you try to hurry the solo guy taking the order, but he never fails to shrugg things off with just a smile. Probably he doesn't give a damn anyway,haha..you want your food, wait lah (he didnt say that but can be intrepreted that way)..He's having the last laugh at the end of the day..

This time around, Kok Hong brought us a surprise!..a 2006 Queen Adelaide Merlot to accompany our seafood..Never imagined drinking wine at the roadside. Haha..Cheers for da ' man!!

If you happen to be here, here's a list of things you should order: Happy eating!!

• Tapioca Starch Noodles (Shu Fen Kang) a must have for those not from Klang
  
• Steamed Clams (Shang Tang La la) a must have
  
• Wat Tan Hor (no translation available)
  
• Mantis Prawn (Lai liew Har - literally meaning Urinating prawn)
  
• Hokkien Mee or mee hoon
  
• Three variety seafood mix - fish, prawn, squid (Sam sin)
• Fried sotong
  

I recall talking to one of my coursemates when i just got to know her, that i found out she was also from Klang. Then we got into a conversation about food and i asked her for any special places to eat in Klang. At first it was those usual Bak Kut Teh and seafood recommendations and then she mumbled something that sounded like wasabi...Sabi-Wasabi...i was intrigued?!..Well, being so long in Klang, there shouldnt be any place that i dont know of..You'll be surprised if just just ask around actually.. you will find yourself silly of how little you actually know. But Sabi Wasabi was the new place in town, located in Bandar Bukit Tinggi..so probably, ill make that an exception but still, i am constantly discovering new places even todate..Since that conversation, i have been for a couple of dine-ins at the place with my family members.. The place is kewl! (try going upstairs)..the food is nice!...but the price is not so nice, but still affordable...I am still discovering their menu...Ill update this article whenever i have more pictures..

22 March 2009, the following day after attending Balloon Fest with Suli and her sis, Mushtaro, Meng and I met up with Suli and her German friend, Frank at Batu Caves for a visit. We were there to also meet up with my pal Eugene and his KK hiking group.

The composition of the group was very weird this time; Eugene's group was there for endurance training, while my group just wanted to visit. The result, one group was leisurely climbing the stairs, frequently stopping to take pictures while at the backdrop, the other group was training , scaling the 272-steps of stairs for several rounds.


It was nice to be able to visit Bt Caves again. So much has changed except for the smell of sulphur (if you know what i mean). Surprisingly, the climb wasnt that difficult, considering i have scaled KL tower which was 2000 steps (7 times more). However, i was quite disappointed with the management of the cave..The exterior seems okie, but the interior seems a little shabby. I think they could do better than that.. More frustrating was the dark cave which we wanted to go next. The entrance to the gave was locked shut. Entrance fee was required and you need to make prior bookings and arrangements for a guide before entering..oh ya, and entrance fee is RM 35 per person ya! We'll probably try it next time.

Next, we headed to the park beside the cave. Don't ask me what the park was..it was like a rojak type of cave musuem cum reptile zoo cum dance performance type of park..but beats me, it was a fairly interesting place to go (with reasonable entrance fee of RM 7). We managed to see the phython which laid an astonishing 120 eggs that came out in the papers not too long ago(usually they lay about 30 to 100, never exceeding) and also held her eggs!..it felt as though that we were holding soft potatoes..interestingly, we were told that the gender of the snakes could be told from looking at the shapes of the egg; females were of bigger roundish size while males had a slimmer oval like shape.

Our tour ended with the rest of the guys waiting for us outside the entrance. Most of them had scaled the stair a few times, having their legs feelin wobbly..next on their mind was to have food! But what's famous here? Har mee (prawn noodle) was said to be good..and there was also the porridge option..We decided to go healthy that day and so we went for porridge..The place recommended by one of the girls in our group was Pan Heong Restaurant located not too far away from Bt Cave (5 minutes drive)..I never knew that people could queue up for porridge as i never was a fan of porridge anyway..but frankly, it was okie..to get a rating 'okie' from a porridge-hater like me would be considered a 'good' from others..Best sellers here are their fish porridge and prawns..but the prawns cost RM 35 for 2..and mamak mee..their fish porridge had a unique combination of fish with 'pei tan'

What a great way to end the week! On the 21st March 2009, Suli, her sister and I went to Putrajaya to attend the 1st International Balloon Festival held there.. The place was packed with people, the traffic was massive and time schedules for the events were out of place..That was how hectic the place was.. Things couldnt have gotten better that day when we even missed the boat ride that we had booked earlier on..Things however,turned out to be blessings in disguise and it was one of those memorable weekend i have ever had

We reached Putrajaya at 530pm that day;giving in to Suli 's wishes that she wanted to see balloons while the day was still bright. However, the balloons weren't set up at that time, so we strolled along the bay and the Millennium Tower for some scenic views from the platform there. We also booked the last cruise boat ride scheduled at 8.00pm.

630pm and there were still no signs of balloons. Running tight on our schedule, we decided to have an early dinner back at Precinct 1(we allocated an hour and a half for dinner; inclusive of a 3km travel). The strange thing about Putrajaya is that their restaurants are all centrally located at Precinct 1; all in one food court..They do have cafes within each administrative buildings back at Precinct 2 but all are closed during weekends. This makes Putrajaya an odd city during the weekends, something like a ghost town.

After dinner that day, failing to factor in the jams, we reached back to the jetty at 8.05pm..we were 5 minutes late and we missed the cruise!..Feeling disappointed but not ready to give up, i was able to persuade the aaneh (brother in Tamil) at the counter to get us to the cruise ship using a rescue boat! It was the best ride ever- it was fast and exciting..arriving at the cruise ship, it really felt as though we were VVIP arriving on a private boat to join the mother ship..everyone was looking at us thinking who are these jokers..Back at the main ship, the boat was slow and calming (unlike the rescue boat), we sat at the deck staring at stars and appreciating Putrajaya lights..It was a real nice feeling..would like to try to rent the whole boat next time ;)
Well, if youre thinking thats the end of it. Youre wrong. That wasnt the end of the night that day. Next on the list was the 'one-of-its-kind' Night Glow event..We certainly had no idea what it was all about actually but was altogether attracted to it since it was promptly highlighted in their adverts.. Never did knew we were in for a pleasant surprise. Night Glow was an event in which they assembled all the participating balloons for a showdown of fire displays! This was of course in rythm of the music..so it's something like the musical fountains, only in the form of Balloons..Check out the video and get ready to be mesmerized..




The Night Glow ended about 10pm that day. We then had gentle strolls at the both the main bridges of Putrajaya; meanwhile also figuring how to take night shots with our compact cams at that time as well... It was a great night that night..A night captured by cameras but to remain in memory in our hearts..Cheers to the memorable night!

19th March 2009, was the day i brought mom to Putrajaya for a visit! Its not like she hasnt been to Putrajaya before but least would she have known what was going to be NEXT! News has it that Zorb Ball was in town in conjunction with of course, the 1st International Balloon Festival in Putrajaya the following next few days and we were there to try it. Like any other ANLENE mom, my mother sure had a fun new experience.

So what is this Zorb ball Zorb ball I'm talking about? Well, its basically a ball in which you get into and roll yourself crazy. They also have water ball in which you could actually tread water while inside the ball (See pic). For those interested, Zorb ball isnt at Putrajaya anymore. Instead, head on to Tasik Titiwangsa where their base is at. The fee is RM 10 for a 5 minute experience (depending on the crowd actually). If there are lesser people, probably they will let you play a little longer. Btw, you cant stay too long in the Ball anyway cos things get a little hot in there and youre also running outta oxygen!! Tips: try running in the Water Ball!...
Pic: Brought mum sightseeing around the capital city.Views from Millennium Tower