Bonjour~ I'm back! 我回来了！

I'm back! After job resignation - pregnancy preparation - welcoming my princess - becoming full time mom - Covid-19, and it's 2022 now, less than 6 months to year 2023. Aargh, time flies! 

After so many years, a lot has changed. Lifestyle, thinking...etc. Time has become the most precious resource. Let's move on! 

The latest topics that people around me talking about are inflation, apa pun naik harga, kids...and we are aging. 😆

I went to car wash to the regular place, normally cost RM 12 for SUV, and their new charge is RM 13 now without vacuum service. Well, I don't know how long it will last but I will still bring "her" for regular wash, and I vacuum the interior myself. Malaysia endemic phase? Ah, I still refuse to let them vacuum my car and I have to sit outside and wait. 

Au revoir, à la prochaine 💓

Good luck to you if you still ......

Received yesterday the information sent over by a friend.
Saying that a public from Ipoh received a police summon due to not fastening the back seat safty belt.

 
Do you have the habit of fastening your seat belt?
For safety, everyone should have such a habit.
Now in order not get a police summon, you should immediately develop that habit.

In fact, a few years ago our country already had the seat belt measures. Due to ineffective enforcement of the relevant units, leading to only some people to comply. Now, someone had received the traffic police summon, I would like to take this opportunity to remind all that the traffic police have begun to the law enforcement.

Good luck to you if you still don't want to fasten the safty belt when you sit at the rear seats.

Foods with LOVE

Chinese New Year is going to over. During these days,most people like to take their lunch or dinner in the restaurant.I dislike waiting (because the restaurants are so full) so I cook for my family.Here are some dishes I cooked. 

Of course, these dishes can not compare to restaurants. But with the love and effort I gave,all members in the family enjoyed happily.

I wonder if you all go to restaurants or enjoy cooking as I enjoy the process.

New Year's Taboos

Morning walk to the market to buy vegetables.
On the way get the fragrance smell of kuih kapit.
Oh, Chinese New Year is approaching.

I'm not good in baking New Year's cookies.
So nothing about baking to share with you.
Thinking about it, suddenly I have something to share.
That is about New Year's taboos.
These are prohibited or forbidden by the old people.

* New Year can not quarrel or beat children, otherwise will have a lot of restless throughout the 
   year
* Avoid sweeping or garbage, so as not to sweep away the wealth at home
* Never eat porridge on the first day, so as to avoid to be poor for the year
* New Year avoid killing poultry, afraid that will lead to fatal disaster
* New Year never debt or debt collection, or the whole year will be very bad luck
* Avoid having a nap, or else the whole year will be very lazy
* Avoid breaking things
* Do not let people to take things from your pocket, or else you will lost some money through out 
   the whole year
* Do not urge people to get up on the first day of New Year, this will let the other party was urged 
   to do things throughout the year

Do you believe all these taboos? Hahaha.......

Lunch And Dinner

5D4N Trip to Hanoi/Halong Bay/Tam Coc.
We had hotel buffet for our breakfast everyday. We had lunch and dinner at different restaurants.
We took Vietnamese food and had a grand buffet.

1st day when we reached Noi Bai International Airport, we had our first lunch in Ngoc Suong Restaurat at the airport.

We visited Tran Quoc Pagoda and Hoan Kiem Lake. After shopping at the 36 ancient street, we had our dinner before check in to the hotel. We took our dinner at Bang Lang Restaurant.

lunch

Day 2 after breakfast, we visited Ba Dinh Square & residence, One Pillar Pagada and Temple of Literature. We had a sumptuous lunch at Sen International Buffet.

 It's really a great meal. There were too many types of food to taste that we even couldn't try half of them. A sumptuous buffet that I never seen before.

After lunch we proceed to Halong. That was a 4 hour drive.
When we reached Halong, it was about 6.30 p.m.  So we took our dinner before check in to the hotel. We had our dinner at Nha Hang Vietnam.

Day 3 after breakfast, we had 4 hours boat trip to view multi-shaped rocks and visited the dramatic caves. We had our lunch on the boat served with fresh seafood.

In the evening, we enjoyed the water puppet show. Then we went to Hoang Gia Casino which is the biggest casino in Halong. 
Day 3 we had dinner at A Tran Restaurant.

Day 4 after breakfast,4 hours drive proceed to Blue Grotto. We had lunch at a local restaurant.

After lunch, we walked to Tam Coc to explore by sampan boat rowing up the river. Rowing up the river, going through a series of interlink caves, to and fro took us nearly 2 hours.
In the evening returned to Hanoi to have our dinner.

Day 5 after breakfast, transfered to airport for departure with a sweet memories. We had flight meal for lunch and had our dinner when we reached home. 



 

5D4N Hanoi/Halong Bay/Tam Coc - Day 4

Day 4
Today's most important event in the itinerary is visiting Tam Coc. We move to Tam Coc grottoes after having our breakfast. We first pay a visit to Bich Dong pagoda nearby and climb up the mountain to have a wonderful perspective view of the Bich Dong and Tam Coc.  

After that we have lunch at a nice vietnamese restaurant with many local delicacies. 

After lunch, we then boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which means literally “three caves”. Taking an exciting sampan boat ride in Tam Coc grottoes(Halong bay inland) that we will enjoy the spectacular scenery while gliding along the river among rice paddies and ranges of limestone mountains peaking up towers over you. It is an area where karst limestone mountains ranges and wonderful terraced paddy fields make up the geography.  But unfortunately our visit time do not coordinate with the harvest or transplant seedling time.

The river trip in Tam Coc ( about 2 hours ) is wonderful for photo hunters. Tam Coc also known as Halong bay on land. With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, Tam Coc really let us feel the fresh air and peaceful moments.