Vacation @ KB What's the damage

No words, just to show some of the things I bought during the vacation at Kota Bahru. Why I say some...cause most of the other things malas nak upload and tunjuk. Actually malu to admit, I overspent.

So, no shopping for the next 6 months...yelah tu...You wish!

Vacation @ KB - Pasar Siti Khadijah

What could be more interesting than shopping?

Especially when you are not the one paying for it.


I wanted to get some kain for myself, my 2 lovely daughters, my mom and mom-in law and Pasar Siti Khadijah would be the best place to do this.



Our hotel is very near to the venue so we just parked at our hotel and walked to Pasar Siti Khadijah.


Pasar Siti Khadijah is a place where you can get almost everything you can get from Kelantan. There's a floor for all type of kain ela, clothing and other types of accessories. There's another floor selling food like serunding, keropok and many many kuih kelantan. I love this place cause we can buy stuff and we can bargain. Honestly, my better half is very good at this. If it's me doing the buying, I would just pay whatever the price is if I really like the thing.


Again, will show what was bought in the other entry. For now, let's just say, my better half passed another remarks after looking at the kain ela bought..."nie berapa tahun punyer raya nie?"


I just love shopping!!

Vacation @ KB - Cik Minah Songket & Batik

After lunch, we went back to the hotel for Zuhur prayers and thought to only go out again after Asar prayer. And we made plans to bring the cuties to this songket and batik place so that they can experience watching people making this 2 traditional costume. I felt it's important for them to be educated with our heritage so they can learn to appreciate it.

We did not stay there for long. There were songket making machines but not songket making people. So, just get to show the cuties the machines without people operating them.

The people there were not that friendly either. We were left walking around without anyone asking us how they can help us and offer some services to us.

My better half told me, let's go to Pasar Siti Khadijah and see what they have there...

Like I will say no to shopping! Duh!!!

I just have to continue this story - Pengkalan Kubor is a shopping heaven

This entry is still related to this previous entry.

It's been a very busy week. I don't get the chance to update any entries in my blog and I do apologise for not being able to visit any of your blogs. So sorry, will try to manage my time better next time. With this new job scope, I am really occupied and this may surprise you, I am having fun at the same time. Finally, being able to do something that I am so passionate on.

So, Thursday morning @ KB started very early. After breakfast at the hotel, we went straight to the border of Kelantan and Thai, this place called Pengkalan Kubur. I have declared this place as one of my favourite shopping spots. Before we start our journey, it won't hurt to ask for directions rather than keep on driving on and on and on without having to reach our destination. Itupun after so much argument. What is it men with asking directions?

You can get many stuff here at a very cheap price. Pinggan mangkuk segala bagai, clothes, cuttleries...you name it, you got it.

I did buy some stuff. Oklah, not some lah, a lot. Will update what was bought during this whole trip to Kota Bharu in another entry. Safe to say, I was literally dragged out of Pengkalan Kubor by my better half.....

Few last words, I am so coming back here.

Dinner @ KB

Continuation from this previous entry.

We did not go out to any where during this first nite @ KB. We were still exhausted after the long hours in the car. Dinner was only within walking distance from the hotel.

We came across this Medan Selera Buluh Kubu, about 10 minutes walk from the hotel. There were 2 types of stalls there ; one type was for dine in and the other type was like the pasar malam style where you can tapau the food.

A lot of Kelantan traditional food sold here. From nasi kerabu, to nasi dagang, ayam ikan and segala percik, nasi kukus, nasi air and many many kuih were sold as well.

We chose to eat in instead of tapau. Malas lak nak pikir how to eat in the hotel room without the cuttleries.

My better half with nasi goreng biasa and telur mata while the cuties shared one nasi goreng pattaya, they said they were still full after the snack in the room.

And I had only sup tulang, holiday2 gak, but diet jangan dilupa.

And my better half also tapaued some Kelantan dessert.

That nite I was busy planning for the next day activities....and shopping will be the utmost priority!

Vacation @ KB - The journey

We are on vacation. The destination - KOTA BAHRU, KELANTAN

Why Kota Baru? Well, why not Kota Bahru...

Actually the main reason is for me to fulfill my better half and the cuties travelling around Malaysia plan complete. So far, we are missing Sabah, Kelantan and Perlis. So, since there will be another event at Kuantan later this week, we thought Kelantan would be a better choice for this round of vacation.

We started our journey quite early, right after Subuh prayer. Actually, when I woke up at 6am, the moment I opened my bedroom doors, the cuties were all ready bathed and dressed for the trip. Gosh, they must be very excited to go on a holiday. Oklah, I wanted to do shopping as well lah!

This was the cuties 25 minutes after we started our journey.

And this was the cuties an hour after the journey started.

We stopped for breakfast at Bentong. We were lucky, it was a good choice. Roti canai sedap, nasi lemak terangkat.

I was nervous actually. Dah ler such long drive, there were lori balak everywhere. Balak2 besaq gedabak ler tu. Which make me gain so much respect to those whose hometown is so far away and have to endure this travelling. My sincere admiration to all of you!

Then another stop, lunch at Kuala Krai. This time, we're left with dissapointment plus a not so full stomach.

At last we reached our destination at 4.30pm.

We decided to lepak first in the hotel room and ordered some snack from room service.

Next plan, jalan2 around the hotel area after maghrib.

We are on vacation!!!

Yup, by the time you are reading this we are already at the state of Cik Siti Wan Kembang. We will drop by Kuala Terengganu on the way to Kuantan for the company family retreat.

We will be back on Sunday and we know Monday will be a normal schooling days for the cuties and working day for me and my better half.

So, I must make sure the necessary chores have been completed.

So, I have ironed the cuties school uniforms for the whole week.

I have cleaned the house, did all the laundry and folded all the clothes. The last thing you want to see after a great holiday is a messy house.



The cuties did their part as well. They have cleaned their rooms and toilets, did their homework and have arranged their books for Monday's time table.



All packed and ready to go!! See ya!

All work and no play, make me a dull girl

We did not get the chance to rest and settle down. After we drop our bags, solat and then off to work. There's too many things to be done and so limited resources. We were running a

round frantic. Why? With such a short notice i.e. less than a week, we have to organised this big launching event which will be officiated by a minister at Kelantan when our office is in KL. We did not get the chance to view the place before we decide on the venue and we just gamble hoping that the venue is ok. Alhamdulilah, semua bereh!!!

Everyone played the multitasking role. As for me, I was the leader of F&B, the usherer and the person that will be handing the gift to our MD to be given to the minister. So, if the minister notice, the person that ushered him was the same person on the stage giving him the gift, similatly the person that recited the doa was the person that ushered the guest and help put during the signing ceremony. And no! We did not change our clothes so that no one noticed that.

And now the play part...

This China Man, was so scared when I took this photo, dia takut design batik dia kena curik...exclusive ler katakan...

Takde play mana pun, everyone was very tired and were like the walking zombie. I just bought kain ela(batik silk) for my 2 moms and batik clothing for the cuties.

What's good from this trip was I did follow my better half advice..

Jangan pergi satu beg balik 4 beg...Pergi balik memang satu beg bang!!!

Kelantan - Land of Good Food

Though we are very much aware our main objective to be in Kelantan is to work, work and nothing but work, one cannot be in Kelantan without trying the good food that they serve here. That's like the biggest sin under the tourism law.

Once we arrived and after exploring the ballroom and other relevant places for the big event, we had our dinner at this place call Yati Ayam Percik. This place was recommended by the driver that will be the one taking us around during this whole trip.

The "owner" of the brand name could not miss for her photo to be taken in front of the shop.

The food consist of nasi kerabu, baging bakar, ayam percik(duh!!!), gulai kawah(Green Jr told me this doesn't compliment the nasi kerabu but akak degil, nak gak), budu with durian(no kidding), sambal belacan and the desert. Ada kuiz, tangans sapekan itew!!!???

The next day, after not getting the required sleep, we were rewarded with a big heavy lunch at this place, Nasi Ulam Cikgu. The food was excellant and never I enjoyed ulam this much. Look how pack the place is. That can safely indicate that the food is really and not because we were hungry ya amat!

I am so coming back to Kelantan!!!

I miss my family

I have been away not even for one nite and I miss my family already. I have been calling them like every other hour and keep on wishing that time could fly faster. If it's one thing that I want right now, is to fly back to my family.

We arrived around 5pm.Quickly check in considering there's a lot to be done. Solat jap than headed to the ballroom of the hotel to check on the settings and so on. We can't see the real layout since the ballroom will be used for another event tonite. We can only enter the ballroom and have our dry run an hour after this event is over, so it could be at 12am and more...biler nak tidur nie...

We were also driven all around KB for the place for the VIP visits tomorrow. Had dinner at this famous place serving Kelantan authentic food like nasi kebaur, ayam percik and may other food. So many place to go and how I wish this is a leisure trip with my family. Enjoy the photos below. Caution : the smile on my face is totally fake!!! It's all tears in my heart...