Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Spending time @ Avillion Beach Resort, Port Dickson

We decided to cuti-cuti Malaysia and where did we end up? Avillion Beach Resort, PD!

So what is it? Well, it's chalet style residences as opposed to hotel (i.e. room) stays.
And this is what it looks like. Staying above the Straits of Malacca waters. 
Yours truly bought a selfie stick so that he can finally be in the picture! :P
 Little One couldn't wait to explore the area and the beach... which took us a while to find. And was very eager to don his Shark Hat! Which is a first coz he absolutely deplores it; even though it is his favourite animal.
 But before that, here's our bathroom.
 And... yes, that's what's beyond the wooden rail in the above picture. So, you'll get the sound of the waves as you shower.
 Or use the bath tub. Now, if you DO want some privacy, as the tub and shower is 'open' between each other, there are blinds that you can roll down. Having said that though, missus commented that it doesn't provide 100% privacy... :P

And the wash basin... it's opposite the shower area,
 Our king bed and beyond that, the Pangkin Day Bed.

 And off to the beach we go!

 And so, we're here. Waiting for the sun to set...


 In the meantime, it's time to play @ the beach.
 Missus gave Little One a stick to draw....
 Like So...

 But he ended up having more fun with it than we thought!
 So where's this beach then? Well, one had to walk beyond chalets number 900 series to get to it. It actually shares a part of it with the public beach...

One interesting thing to note: this beach resort is under the flight path of Air Asia flights as they come in to land @ KLIA2...
 Waiting for the sun to set.

 But in the meantime, Little One running loose and wild...
 Leaving his tracks behind for our memories...

 We were worried about the beach. Especially, having heard of the horrors of its unclean beach; especially for PD. But surprise, surprise. It's actually quite clean. Aside from the idiotic resident mentality of trowing the miniature bath / shampoo bottle, which we found, there wasn't anything else to be found in terms of rubbish.

Overall, very happy.

 Avillion have a petting zoo and along as well, some resident birds that roam freely. This one, decided to visit the beach. Unfortunately, it wasn't feeling very proud. So no displays here.

 Still waiting for the sun to set.


 Did he like it? Obviously, from his jumping, the answers, yes.


 Almost there.


 Here we go... setting sun.




 Obviously, my front facing camera brighten things up way too much.

 Can you spot something interesting up there?
 What the chalet looks like at night.
 Oh, by the way, if one choose to shower, you're under the flight path of Air Asia flights...

Now, at the start, it's kinds cool. But as you want to sleep... those frequent flights might annoy you...
 Shot of the Day.
 The next day, we had low tide. And that's what you get if you stayed at those chalets that front the Straits... Next time!
 Little One completely knackered after enjoying himself in the kiddy pool.
The End.

Note: All photos were taken by Huawei Honor 8's dual cameras...

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Play Dough and Kitchen Set from Borders

If you've been following closely, you would know that my Little One has a love for fishes; doesn't matter that it's real or otherwise or in this case - Play Dough
Trow in a 'Sarong' and he's got a pretend play going on...
Care to guess what they are?
We came across this playset @ Borders, Tropicana. Costs around RM40. And for Little One, it's a joy as his Mummy and Daddy cook. So he can pretend too... And since we make loads of soups...
That's what we get to. From him.

It's quite compact, in a case. And everything can be kept back in. Not to mention highly portable too and closes with a nice clasp to ensure nothing falls out...

The End.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Sugar Melon and Sewing Gallery @ One City Mall

It's rare to find good food. Rarer still when you get lovely representation like below:
And it's not even THAT costly. Circa RM13-17...
How's the food then? Actually? Quite good! Surprisingly.

It's called Sugar Melon and it's @ OneCity Mall Subang Jaya.
Located in the same mall, but on the upper floors is this something that really interested my other half tremendously.
Oh my... Malaysia's longest 'Jeans' Sofa ... You got all that old jeans, that is too torn or unused? Well, some people came up with a novel way of putting it to some good. Sew it as a cover for the sofa.

And it's all located here: SewingWorld Gallery.



The End.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Toobs Comparisons (Wild Republic vs Safari Ltd)

All this while, we have only Toobs from Safari Ltd. Following our visit to KLCC and Little One spotting his favourite animals, needless to say, we now have some similar toobs from Wild Republic's version.

So let's see what's the difference between the two, shall we?
The Packaging...
One extra incentive from Wild Republic is this play board. One can put his/her toobs and perform an imaginary play. Might come in usesful later on or not. In our case, Little One just ignored it...
1st up: Leopard Sharks.
Top is is Wild Republic. Bottom is Safari Ltd's design.

2nd: Whale Sharks.
Top is is Wild Republic. Bottom is Safari Ltd's design.

3rd: Blue Sharks
Top is is Wild Republic. Bottom is Safari Ltd's design.

 4th: Hammerheads
 Top is is Wild Republic. Bottom is Safari Ltd's design.

Finally: Great Whites
Top is is Wild Republic. Bottom is Safari Ltd's design.

I leave it to you to decide on which colour or rendition one would prefer. They both have their pros and cons in terms of replication.

However, I can comment on something that you can't see from the above pictures - the 'feel' of it. Safari's version is more soft rubber type vs Wild Republic's hard plastic. So the texture feels nicer to hold, in my opinion. In some renditions, Wild Republic's version is larger. Other times, Safari is larger...

Having said that though, ever since Little One came across Horn and Saw Tooth Sharks from Wild Republic, he hasn't let them go and it's usually, his bedside sleeping companions!

You'll have to pry them from his fingers... :P

The End.

Gyeongbokgung Palace, National Palace Museum of Korea & Going Home

Just before heading home, we visited this site: Gyeongbokgung Palace. Unfortunately, while it looks nice and sunny, it isn't! It...