Author: dixonthum

Travel

Travel Jogja!

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For almost a week (6 days to be exact) from 31 March – 5 April 2011, we traveled Jogja. It was a great experience in the land of Java. We met great people, saw beautiful places, smelled the fresh air, what else could we ask for?

Gunung Merapi being covered by thick clouds…

Feast of a King for us EVERYDAY!

The stay in  Malioboro Ibis Hotel was wonderful. It’s decent, comfortable and conveniently just besides the busiest street of Malioboro and a shopping mall. The spa experience there was eventually relishing but it could be better if we were placed in the actual spa room instead of one of the hotel rooms. A dip in the swimming pool at night was great too. 100% relax and work-free!

The lobby of Ibis Hotel

Been to one of the wondrous temple, Borobudur. The architecture was really amazing! You need to see it for yourself. Anyway, my favourite place was actually the whole stretch of Malioboro street. You’ll never feel bored strolling along it every night! (That’s what I did there).

The busy street of Malioboro

A day before our trip to the Borobudur, its main connecting bridge fell and collapsed by the volcanic rocks that flow down from the river. We had to walk across another bridge to get on a van to get to Borobudur. I am definitely praising their government for their prompt action in making sure tourists can reach their destination in such a situation.

Borobudur behind us…

Other places like The Water Palace, Mendut Temple, Parang Tritis beach, The Solo Palace, Pasar Beringharjo & the Gembira Loka Zoo were one of its kind too! Pasar Beringharjo is a market where you can find any types of souvenirs you want to bring back home. The animals in Gembira Loka Zoo are suffering and they seriously need help. Can someone please help them?

Mendut Temple… wait til you go inside…

Parang Tritis beach… BEAUTIFUL~!

A stall selling “Bak Piah” in front of Pasar Beringharjo…

Gembira Loka Zoo – animals there need help!

Special mention : our guide, Mr Roy from Pusaka Tours, has done a wonderful job and we are really grateful for him to be such a responsible person and made our trip a memorable one. To us, he is a 5-star guide! Thank you, Mr Roy. We will definitely come back to Jogja.

Thank you for your great job! Applause!

Our Wedding

Date Selection

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15 January 2011 – Went to Kok Chong Ming in Sentul to select our Chinese customary wedding date at a fee of RM100 only. Other places were rather more expensive than this one. It’s quite easy to find this place, but still we had to made a few rounds because we missed its shop signage. Anyway, the sifu gave us a few dates to choose. We are now in the mist of choosing our preferred dates and also availability of restaurants in Penang for the dinner with our family.

It will be a closed ceremony. Only close relatives and friends will be invited to our reception. So, do not worry. We will not “rob” you like others do! Hehehe! (Jangan marah…)

We shall anounce the date after confirmation.

It’s main entrance…

Other services available…

BTW, I have got a new Chinese name now… 譚煒礦

Misc

CariBilik is now in Indonesia

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It is surprising to know that CariBilik has developed into such a handy website. It not only helps people find rooms for rental, it also help house owners to advertise and publicise their house. In such a short period, CariBilik has grow to our neighboring country, INDONESIA!

I believe CariBilik just stepped in into the Indonesian market. Therefore they only have a few rooms in the list. However, I don’t see any trouble for them to expand quickly, like how they did well in Malaysia.

The best thing about CariBilik is that you can actually search for a room in your desired location or area. For instance, if you are looking for a room in Jakarta, just click on the link and the screen will show you the whole list of rooms available in Jakarta. You can even narrow down your search by filtering according to gender, Muslim or non-Muslim and other criteria in the drop down menu.

You can also become one of their fans in Facebook by clicking the “Like” button on their website. This is the power of social network. And don’t missed out becoming their Twitter follower. Get updates and stuff from CariBilik almost instantly with these technologies!

So, whenever you have a friend asking you “Ada kamar untuk sewa?” (Any rooms for rent?), the answer would be CariBilik.

My Personal

Our 3-in-1 Party

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It was a memorable day for everyone present (I hope). It was such wonderful party we had where Mein and I played hosts for this so-called “3-in-1 Party” – Housewarming-cum-Christmas-cum-Proposal Party.

Choco-macadamia Logcake

As we have planned, this was the 4th round of housewarming. It’s a warm and closed gathering where everyone has their own chance to speak and chit chat… I love this kind of feeling.

Dinner for everyone!

Well, we prepared chicken chop, spaghetti, salad and orange juice for everyone. Dessert was ‘tong-yuen’. Also, bought a choco-macadamia logcake from TK. Feel so lucky to have Mein to prepare her secret recipe – marinated chicken chop.  Delicious~!

Merry Christmas everybody~!

Gift exchange was something special too! Everyone chose their favourite numbers and stick it on their gifts. I have prepared some number cards on our small little Christmas tree. Coincidentally, each pair got the other pair’s gifts! And I got a little “choy san yeh”. So cute…! Mein got a small white clock.

Look what we've got for Christmas (gift exchange)

As for the proposal part, it was FW’s idea to do it in our home. So honoured. Me being me, prepared a slideshow for them, which even FW had no idea what’s in it. Haha! Hid the bunch of roses which he bought before they came. After the gift exchange, I distributed my presents to each of them. Riko got a CD (of the slideshow), which I played in front of them. After the show finished, FW got on one knee and proposed. This was when the flowers were brought out and he got out a ‘fake’ ruby ring from his pocket… It was so funny and you can see him being so nervous. He couldn’t say a word but just uttered “Can ah? Can ah?” Hahahaha… I laughed throughout (the whole process). After she agreed, everyone clapped and congratulated them. Well done, FW! Wish you and Riko have a great and wonderful life ahead.

"Will you marry me?"