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Today is a historical day for myself and Juleen.

We eventually got our house key for the Lagoon Homes @ Kota Kemuning.

But too bad, we have to let it go for a house nearer to the city center. Read up on our older posts on the Lagoon Homes @ Kota Kemuning…

Last Sunday, our cell group (remember it’s from City Harvest Church, KL.. haha) organized a sky trekking trip at Bukit Cahaya. We arrived the park as early as 8.15am. All of us were so excited that once the gate is opened, all of us rush in like nobody’s business…

Allow me to explain what is “sky trekking” for the benefit of those who do not know what is it about. Sky trekking in layman term simply means jungle trekking in the sky. Not helpful isn’t it? Hehe… Well, recall how George the Jungle and Tarzan swing from tree to another tree, that is basically what it means to sky trekking. Of course, you are neither George nor Tarzan though I have some close friends think they are (look below)…

From left: Bryan, Kevin, and Jessica’s brother

Before you are allowed to sky trek, you need to sign an indemnity form and put on harness no matter you think you are Tarzan or George.The indemnity form basically means “I (the provider) want to protect your life as much as possible but I don’t want to be responsible for your life” … hehe… which is fair I think. The instructors stationed at the Skytrex (the provider) are all very friendly and helpful…

After we put on all the harnesses, it’s time for us to pose (smile). Thousand of questions crossing my mind that time. I was wondering whether this would be the last pose with my cell group or not? Would I come back alive with all my body part intact. Yes, I am “super” afraid of height…

Next, we had the “monkey show”… (everybody look amazed)

Hahaha…no no no. This is not a monkey show. The guy in the picture is Gan, a very funny person. He was our instructor for the day. Before we were allow to sky trek, we need to know some basic skills of sky trekking. Basically your “good friends” when you are on top of the tree are the two carabiners (one long, one short) and the pulley. The rule is always have the carabiners fastened on the metal ropes with red tape and always use pulley when you are trekking horizontally. And don’t ask me anything more because I have already returned all that I learnt to Gan after the trip…

Every theory must come with practical. All of us were given a chance to practice what we have absorbed…

From left: Jarance and Alicia

and Jen Li, not sure she was excited, frighten or crazy but I am sure she was having a lot of fun …

and Andrew was getting ready to do his first “flying fox” with Jessica and Bryan pose as though they are cool with the whole challenge..hehe!

Daniel, the Batam boy moves really fast during the practice..

Here are some of the challenges you will get at Skytrex. Trust me they are scary. Your life literally depends on the net bridge (first two pictures) and the two carabiners. Look at the bottom right photo, that is out first platform. I think that is easily 20 feet high…

Juleen embarking her journey to the top. She looked really calm …

My feet on the net bridge…Could you see how high is it from the ground? The scary part of walking on the net bridge is that you leg sank onto the net first before the net grip your feet. Therefore, you seriously need to have great faith to cross over to another side…

And myself posing as if everything is okay. There is hidden fear behind that smile…

Juleen looks like a professional…

Throughout the journey, Juleen moved faster than me. I am not sure why but she is definitely good in sky trekking. Probably her light weight helps..hahaha!

Bottom: Juleen already at the next platform while I was still trailing at the back..

The highlight of sky trekking is actually the flying fox a.k.a wild rocket as some name it…

Again, Juleen has no problem completing the flying fox. She seemed as though she was enjoying it a lot…

while Jen Li making Tarzan’s roar or scream for help? Hahaha…

Juleen at the next challenge…

From front: Jolene and Jarance. Not easy, not easy…

The whole sky trekking experience took us 1 1/2 – 2 hours depending how fast you walk and swing..hehe! Too bad, I was not able to take pictures of all the challenges at the Skytrex as it was too taxing to balance your body, overcoming the fear and take nice pictures.

From left: Jolene and Jarance towards the end…

and me feeling tired..

but still can pose with my sweetheart…

Time to sit down and quench my thirst…

You cannot miss out the ice cream also after a day of hard work under the hot day…

The group getting ready to leave from Bukit Cahaya…

From left: Jen Li, Juleen and Kevin

What are you doing Andrew (2nd from left)?

My thought after this trip: This is definitely a “must have” once in a life time experience. The trip taught me to keep the tenacity and courage to go through all the challenges. There is no turning back for sky trekking once you’ve started. You either do it when you are up there or wait for rescue. Life sometimes are like that, not everything has a U – turn, i.e. you just have to look forward and move forward. It is healthy sometimes to burn the bridge behind us. I noticed it is true while we were sky trekking last weekend. Because all of us were at such a great height and not easy to turn back, we have no choice but to find courage to finish the challenge. And we did. So always tell yourself, you can do it.

Tips to sky trek at Skytrex at Bukit Cahaya: Book early, go early and dress properly. Fee is RM35 for adult. For more details of Skytrex at Bukit Cahaya, click here.

People who had the same fun:

Jamie Soon

Narrowband

Saigoheiki

My mother was “furious” on Saturday morning because she cannot access the Internet. And yes, despite her age… she is an Internet user. Not once in a while type of user but very frequent type… haha !

I was out early in the morning for church prayer meeting. While I was on the road, my mum called me and “sounded” me. And yes, she is an early morning internet user TOO. This is the conversation…

Mum: Where are you?

RY: On the way to church, mum?

Mum: Wah, why you go out so often. You hardly at home… blah blah

RY: What happened mum?

Mum: The internet connection cannot be used. Wanna ask you to check also you not free… blah blah

RY: Huh? How I know what happened? Did you check the phone connection and everything?

Mum: Hello, son !! I don’t study engineering OKAY! (mum always think engineering pau kah liao**)

**pau kah liao – english: cover everything, all rounders, know everything

RY: Okay okay, I will come back before 10am and check for you !

BAMMM … (Mum slammed my handphone)

I couldn’t even focus the whole prayer meeting session. I kept thinking what will happened if I can’t solve the problem for my mum. Knowing engineering graduates don’t pau kah liao (know everything), I give a call to Telekom Malaysia (TM) to inquire…

Lo and behold, the whole Kota Kemuning was facing with the same problem. Apparently there are some problem with the line cable. The customer service who assisted me was informative, efficient and helpful. I got my answer in less than 30 seconds. He promised me, everything will be okay on Sunday morning at 7.00am

Now, I have answer for my mum! And most importantly, I don’t have to sweat myself to figure out what happen when I know nothing about telecommunication. I can drive home peacefully…

On my way back, I saw…

Before the first roundabout at Kota Kemuning…

Next to the first roundabout … Can you see TM’s signboard?

Before the second roundabout …

There were a lot of cars and 4WD along the road. If you guessed they were from Telekom Malaysia (TM), then you are right. Seem like, they are taking things seriously that day . Apparently they worked overnight and my mum had her internet connection in the morning as promised.

After the whole experience I learnt:-

1. Parents love to spent time with their children even after they have grown up and they rely on their children even on trivia matter.

and

2. Telekom Malaysia (TM)’s service has improved. Their customer service is excellent and most importantly, they accomplish what they promised. If you are one of those that have no faith in TM, give them a chance

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P/S: Of course, I’ve exaggerated a bit on the conversation part and with some sense of humor. I hardly remember the detail of the conversation and my mum will always stay as a kind and gentle lady.

— Backdated Post 6 July 2008 —

How much would you pay for a bowl of regular pork ball noodle, today? How about for the big bowl? Let me guess … consensus would suggest RM3.80 – RM4.00 for a small bowl whereas RM4.30 – RM4.50 for a big bowl!

Then, allow us to suggest you a place where you still can have a bowl of regular and big noodle for RM3.30 and RM3.80 respectively…and we are darn serious! However, be reminded it’s only economical for those living around Shah Alam area. Of course, unless you are adventurous enough to explore Sri Muda’s wet market in Shah Alam.

I had Loh Shu Fan Pork Noodle…

and RuehYinn had Hor Fun Pork Noodle…

His Hor Fun before he finished them in minutes…

You have the choice of Loh Shu Fan, Hor Fan, Mee Fan or Yellow Noodles…

We believe this stall is a ‘hidden gem’, an isolated and unknown stall which offer affordable and delicious pork noodles. The stall also sells other kind of noodles like fish ball noodle and prawn noodle. We have yet to try them though…

We both like the ‘simplicity’ of the noodle. If you try, you will soon realized, the soup is very “cheng” (it is called clear in English) and not too oily. Despite that, the taste of the noodle is not being compromised.

And our drinks …

It was also a good opportunity for me to show RuehYinn, I am a good future wife who not only good in shopping but also wet – marketing (wonder this word ever exist?)

Some of the photo in Sri Muda’s wet market…

Hustle bustle in Sri Muda wet market…

You can find the stall, in the food court area of Sri Muda’s wet market:-

The stall do not have any name. Therefore, I can only leave you guys with these:-

Look up and look for Stall No. 248. The stall looks like this…

Taman Sri Muda is located at Seksyen 25, Shah Alam. The wet market is located behind the Sri Muda’s shop lots. You will find the food court, right opposite of Sri Kota Convenient Store…

Hope you guys enjoy the search and also the food

—Backdated Post (22 June 2008)—

Last weekend, we went to check out the newly launched Lagoon Villas. This is a two storey town house development equipped with lift for each unit in case you are taking the unit upstairs. How cool is it? This development houses only 125 units and they are gated and guarded. We visited the showroom but we were not impressed. We like the idea of low density development with good ambiance, however, we still prefer landed property for that price. The price for the town house is around RM300k plus. Probably our opinions are biased since we have bought our house in that area too, instead of Lagoon Villas it is Lagoon Homes . Here are some of the pictures we took when we checked on the construction progress of the Lagoon Homes:-

1. The type A

2. Type B (the one we bought)

3. Type C

By the way, if you consider to purchase either a Lagoon Home or a Lagoon Villa, you will get one of this behind your house. A beautiful human made wetland.

I think this development is called “lagoon” because Gamuda thinks the wetland is a lagoon. They have few developments which they named them Canal Gardens, Lake Edge, and Kota Kemuning Hills. As far as I know, Kota Kemuning has hill and beautiful lake but we don’t find canal and lagoon. No wonder you can see some cynical people gathered at the launching of Lagoon Villas with special message on their T – shirt. Apparently, they are from Kota Kemuning Canal Garden Community Club:-

Whatever it is, we still like Kota Kemuning. Apparently Kota Kemuning’s tag is “The Epitome of Klang Valley’s Finest”. If you would like to find out more about Kota Kemuning you can click the link below:-

Kota Kemuning Website

or check out:-

Lagoon Home Community Club Blog. You will find fun people inside there, including us…he he

—Backdated Post (22 June 2008)— JuleenW

Good day people… It was a beautiful Sunday morning. RuehYinn and I started our day with a good breakfast. As much as we can, we try to have breakfast together every Sunday morning before Sunday Church Service. How sweet is that? Usually, we will go to our favorite breakfast spot somewhere near his house.

RuehYinn ordered Wan Tan Mee and I ordered the Tai Poh Mee. I am sure that you are familiar with Wan Tan Mee, but not with Tai Poh Mee. Basically, Tai Poh Mee’s noodles are slightly thicker and curly. In a plate of Tai Poh Mee, you will find generous amount of Char Siew meat, fried Wan Tan and of course few slices of Chai Po (pickle vegs). Don’t be deceive with the appearance of Tai Poh Mee. Although it looks like Wan Tan Mee, the taste is totally different. It’s delicious especially for those who are sick of eating Wan Tan Mee. Here are the pictures of Tai Poh Mee:-

And here, RuehYinn’s Wan Tan Mee. Looks delicious and yummy too:-

I personally love noodles more than rice. I like this Tai Poh Mee because it tastes great, and you hardly find this noodle around. In fact, this is the first time I heard of such noodle. What more at Kota Kemuning, where people claimed you hardly find good Chinese food.

The next time, you have a chance to try Tai Poh Mee in Kota Kemuning, try to dip the fried Wan Tan into the soup. Allow the soup to sip into the fried Wan Tan and soften it before eating it. That’s my favorite way of eating fried Wan Tan. Let me caution you though, if you aren’t a big eater just settle with a small bowl of Tai Poh Mee because it is very filling. I guess it is also due to the size and texture of the noodle. To tempt you guys further, here are the macro pictures of Tai Poh Mee and Wan Tan Mee… look at the Char Siew meat!! Yum Yum…

And as usual, a picture of our drinks…

The price for regular Tai Poh Mee is RM4.00. For the big bowl, it is RM4.50. However, if you wanna stick with Wan Tan Mee, the regular (small) bowl is only RM3.50 and the big bowl is RM4.50. I think it is pretty reasonable especially during this time when everything is expensive due to inflation.

I recommend all of you guys that stay around Kota Kemuning to try this fantastic noodle. Even for those that are not staying in Kota Kemuning, let’s get adventurous and go try out the noodle too…Cheers!

You can find the store at:-

Restoran NTS (Kota Kemuning branch)
Tai Poh Mee/Wan Tan Mee
Jalan Anggerik Vanilla S 31/S,
Kota Kemuning, 40460,
Shah Alam, Selangor.