UPDATE: CNY in Kelantan :)

CAUTION! Boring post ahead.
(Do not continue reading if you dislike wall of text. Do not continue reading too if you somehow dislike me at first sight.)

Hello all! I know I haven't been updating ever since the first day of CNY (which also happens to be Valentine's Day). Well, CNY is now officially OVER! :( So no more ang pows & CNY kuih-muih! I already miss eating them especially chigu & those almond cookies that melts in your mouth. Such haven.

Okay, so Ima update you with my CNY. If you followed my blog, you will know by now where I usually go back to during this season.

12th February 2010

Dad drove the whole family down to Kelantan in his 2 to 3 weeks old car. Finally, a comfy and spacious car to travel in. Normally, the journey will take at least 5-6 hours minimum but we took only 5 hours to reach the border of Kelantan because dad sped WTFish. We headed straight to Kota Bahru which of course, took us another hour or so. I saw a 24-hours MCD there OMFG! -.- I've been to Kelantan for many many years already (20 years to be exact) and never in that grace period I've seen a 24-hours MCD there. They even have WiFi-ed cafes, Parkson (WTF seriously), Bowling Alley, Professional Salons and many more! Truly, Kelantan has developed already. They also have Happy sim cards there. Now who says Kelantan is ulu & still live on trees and uses cows as means of transportation eh?

As usual, we headed over to our favourite reastaurant there but to much dismay, it was closed :( So we went searching around and ended up in a Thai Restaurant (which serves more chinese food than thai food WTF). The food was reasonable. Not entirely good, not bad either. After dinner, we headed for home in Pasir Puteh.

Unpacked, online a lil and stayed up late to watch some shows on Astro (as I have no Astro at home. How saddening right?)

The petrol station there. Small & old fashioned ;)

The view. Random much :)

Notice the sign "WiFi"? :D

13th February 2010

It was CNY eve. FYI, most of our relatives arrived the same day as us. Aunties and mum helped out in the kitchen while we kids catched up with our cousins. The whole morning and afternoon was wasted watching shows on tv. We were bored, of course. So we walked around the neighbourhood and bought keropok lekor & goreng pisang back to the house to eat as we were craving for it.

P/s: Keropok lekor is a MUST eat in Kelantan. Penang's are just full of flour but in Kelantan, it is purely fish! :O :O How lovely, no? :)

We had reunion dinner at night. The food was not as good as the previous years. Shark's fin was a lil too salty. Maybe it's due to age factor. Aunt is getting older :S Oh well, maybe it's time for the younger generation to step in and do the job (which I doubt will happen because none of us can cook that well) for her LOL!

The rest of the night was spent online, tv and poker cards ;) Chor dai di, of course.

The shark's fin.

14th February 2010

1st day of CNY! Gong Xi Fa Cai, Ang Pow Na Lai! ;)) Dressed up, curled my hair and helped my cousin with it and left to go visiting. Went over to one of my aunt's new house. It's sooooooooo pretty & nicely done up! I wish my house would be that nice! She served Nasi Dagang together with the lauk-pauk. It is not my favourite but it's Kelantan's specialty too (I think). We hung around her house until evening, then went back home to rest, then dinner.

Fooling around :D

Camwhoreeeee is what girls do best.

Nasi Dagang Kelantan! ♥

Well, the rest of the night was spent online, tv and poker cards- again. Bored eh? We can't seem to find any nice games to play with :S

15th February 2010

Stayed back in the house and did practically nothing for the whole day except play with cards, eat, watch tv & played around with our 2 lil nephews. Kids are just so cute, you know. But they can be a walking disaster if they do not like you. One of my nephew asked us to draw rabbit masks for him. So, we did. It reminded me of my childhood days where we made masks and wear them all around. HAHA, how cute isn't it?

Masks for the 2 nephews.

Entertaining the kid.

Sweets!! ;p

Our lunch for the day was special. My sister requested for it since she missed it so much when she was in UK. So yea, everyone helped out to make it! Success I must say. It was the best meal. So traditional and lovely! So..... Indescribable! LOL! Wonder what is it? It is called Khao Jam! It's a thai name. Khao is rice and Jam is Kerabu (I think. Or is it the other way round?). So yes, it's Nasi Kerabu traditional style. Nyummm! ;)

This is Khao Jam!

In the evening, we went to the beach for around 1 hour. We managed to camwhore a lil though :) Pretty pictures we've taken. Then we went around searching for fresh clams but to our disappointment, there were none anymore :( We were too late actually. So we had the leftovers we had the past few days for dinner.

In Tok Bali beach :)

Need I say more about what I did at night? Lol, it's practically the same as the past few nights.

16th February 2010

We went visiting in Kota Bahru. It's some distance relative or something. We found out that we actually have more cousins! :O WOW, but I forgot their names already :/ Sorry, I'm sooooo not good with names :( If any of you happen to stumble by my blog, don't say I'm a bad person! Haha, anyway they were nice people. They tried so hard to be friendly to us, talked to us and even asked us if we wanted to play cards with them.

So hardworking.

We left the place around 4-5pm for KB Mall to linger around while waiting for dinner time. We wanted to play some bowling, but the queue was long, so we decided not to. Walked around and saw SALES!!! :O Yea baby, SALES! Lol, we went on iPanema flip flops spree because it was on 50-70% Discount! Who wouldn't buy them? :D Mum & I bought a pair whilst sister bought 2 pairs!

When we were about to leave the mall, one place caught our attention! Guess what?! They have pool/snooker in the mall!!! WTF we should have discovered it earlier so that we could play! :( Oh well, we got flip flops to replace that! :D

For once in many many years, we finally had our dinner in a restaurant. This time, it was in Syam Restaurant- the one we wanted to have dinner in when we reached Kelantan. Heh, like finally!! We had 2 big round tables to fit us all- 23 of us (I think). Some went back already, so only 23 of us was left. Love the food there! Really good!

SYAM! So 1Malaysia Lol. There's chinese food too!

Pizza Hut there.

It's Happy advertisment!

Oh, and this was our last day there. Was suppose to go to the beach & have massive amount of keropok lekor but oh well, we didn't have the time.

17th February 2010

Woke up early to pack pack pack! Mum bought massive amount of keropok lekor for us to make up yesterday's loss. Nyummm! ;P Lovely! Travelled back around 11am & reached Penang around 4something :)

P/s: My aunt gave me a bag from UK! :D :D Happy sial okay? Something I've always wanted ;) ♥

(There are plenty pictures more in my Facebook!)

CNY IS NEAR! ♥

Yes, yes Chinese New Year is near! :D & it is time for most of us to go back to our hometowns for this celebration! For me, it's Kelantan! :) Have a safe trip everyone! ♥

CNY is on the 14th of February! :( Which means this year it falls on Valentine's Day! If I'm not mistaken, next year too! Oh well, the boyf and I will celebrate Valentine's Day together after I come back. Miss me okay, baby? :D ♥

I will try to update my blog in Kelantan but most probably, I won't! Haha I will be too busy filling my tummy with shark's fin soup and many many more types of FOOD! Nyummmm! ♥ Will be busy playing cards too & oh, my cousin and I already planned to curl our hair together! Heh! :)

Okay, I'm going back to packing already. Pack pack pack!! Too many things to pack LOL!

Toodles! ♥

Day 2, 3 etc. in Kelantan.

I AM BACK IN PENANG- FINALLY!!! (was actually back on Saturday)

NOTE: Bear with this post- it shall be quite a boring post because firstly, I am quite lazy and secondly, I shall let the pictures do the talking. ;)

First day of CNY was quite okay. Went visiting in Machang- my aunt's place and her mother-in-law's place. My bro and I had some good cousin-to-cousin talk with my cousin; gossiping with one another, had lots of catching up to do lols. Ate really good food there, especially the sharks fin which is a must every year :) As usual, we played cards again- Chor Dai Di -_____________- and yes, it's boring.

P/s: No pictures of food partly because I was more interested in eating than taking the photos of it and partly because my sister reads my blog and she will definately slur all over her laptop in her room in Sunderland after seeing those pictures ;)

Yes, shuddup I know I'm pouting and I know it's annoying. (it's to annoy my sister and brother) LOL.

And yes, he annoys me well too.

o.O

Second day of CNY was quite a bore at first. Stayed in grandpa's shop for nearly the whole day. Went to the beach later in the evening and built fugly looking sand castles. Played with my nephew but couldn't really communicate with him though because he spoke Mandarin. Played cards again and also Scrabble. Haha I know, it's lame.

P/p/s: I shall start brushing up on my Mandarin again. Used to be quite okay in it :(

Eveyone, say AWWWWW!!!! (he seldom smiles)

Irene and I

Everyone, say AWWWWWW again!!! :)

Another time, please ;] lol.

Sunset :)
He loves my heart!!


Helping my nephew to build his sand castle ;]
Paddy fields, paddy fields and more paddy fields.

3rd day of CNY was even more a bore. Got emo Lols. Went to the beach in the evening again. This time bro got hyper and soaked himself in the sea. Went to buy lala for uncle to cook dinner for us. Played cards- AGAIN.

P/p/p/s: Playing cards is getting boring already.

P/p/p/p/s: My bro gave mum one hell of a job to wash his pants. It was all filled with sand.

Irene and I love shades!! ;]

Nah that bro of mine.

Bro and I

I have a vain brother.

4th day; nothing much. Sat down and watch tv till around 4pm again, then beach and Kuala Besut (where the jetty to Pulau Perhentian is). Went keropok lekor hunting in Besut because its supposedly famous. But I still think Pasir Puteh and Tok Bali's lekor is still nicer ;]

P/p/p/p/p/s: One day I shall go to Pulau Perhentian.

Saja camwhore!

In a way, I ♥ Kelantan. But to think of staying there permanently, I don't think so. Food is soooooooo good there I tell you.

Day 1 in Kelantan.

Greeting from Kelantan :)

Picture of the day: KELANTAN'S BIGGEST MALL- KB MALL
Description: Maybe as big as Island Plaza? Smaller than Midlands though.

Hellooooo, I'm blogging in Kelantan LOL. I reached ulu land at around 5.30pm yesterday and went straight to Kota Bharu for dinner. By the time I reached my grandpa's place in Pasir Puteh, it was already 11pm. Quite a bore here. Didnt really do much stuff except play cards with my cousins and help out with the chores and preparations. Reunion dinner later but not many of us are back. In fact, quite a number aren't coming back :( Some overseas including my sister, some can't make it because cannot take leave and some have to go to their in-laws' place. I only have 2 cousins I can play with here compared to many for the past few years.

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pictures of cny 08'

here are some pictures of the cny celebration in kelantan ^^ and how kelantan looks like too x)

vanity strikes in the beach LOL..

my bro..

haha..

my bro,my sis and my cousin..they left me out from the picture =(

i love this picture..the view....ahhh beautiful LOL

they're 'falling!!oh nooo!! >.<

me,rene,jon and grace..

this is 'sata'..its made of fish and lots of 'cili padi' in it..but its nice..

star! LOL jen,rene,me,my sis and my bro's fingers..

me and my baby nephew,aidan..isn't he cute??

aidan..sooo cute ^^

serenity..Lol

so peaceful..lol beautiful scenery..

x)

rocks + waves + sea + boat = serenity

haha im talking crap..

sis,cousin,bro and me..

modelling in the beach weii.. crazy

beautiful scenery

me and jen..haha

jen and me

2nd day of cny..my uncle and cousin came back with aidan ^^

vanity.vanity...Lol

my bro and i..

we're in my aunt's in-law's place..

drift people,drift!!haha geek driver in the middle..

please do not do this while driving..

from left: putting lipstick,combing hair and talking on the phone

my sis says: joce,stop putting yr lipstick while driving..you're gonna bang someone soon..

LOL..

eric,my nephew..so cute..

this boat was spotted in the middle of the highway..haha..

paddy field??Lol..

me,rene,sis..

we're actually acting like we're lost in the jungle..haha but that car behind...........

we look like thieves laa..LOL

jen and rene playing with sand..hahah

turtle made by my cousin..

haha it looks like a voodoo doll laa..jen did it..

haha a dish of food by my sis..

vain laa me..LOL

i have no idea what building this is but it gives a good example of what kind of buildings you'll find there..
ahh..i can feel the heat..LOL

footprints

this is my bro..

me and my bro getting vain in the beach..

this is the pasar minggu there..

a shot of the buildings there..it's to show you how it looks like there in kelantan haha..

i'm such a vain person LOL.

the bridge in front is the Bailey bridge..its a temperoray bridge where you can only go one way..

Dalam Rhu beach in Pasir Puteh..

haha i'm getting all vain in the car..

the kampungs there in kelantan

another kampung view Lol..
my brother being hanrdworking on the eve of cny..haha..
the eve of cny..everybody gathered around the table to have our reunion dinner.