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Dear went back to Gold Coast two days earlier than me…So I was left alone to do shopping by myself >.<

A picture of me before departing to the city for shopping ^^

This is Palace Hotel of Auckland which is more than 100 years of history.

I was walking beside the hotel and one of the brick drop down in front of me..

*MY BIG SHOCK OF MY LIFE*

And I saw cracks all around the building.

After a few minutes, I heard sirens all over the street and the fire fighters were evacuating us to the opposite streets..

They stop every possible way heading to the direction.

All the people were standing there and looking on what is going on in front of the sky tower.

Even TV telecast it LIVE

I heard that the building was later demolished during midnight.

It was so hard for me to say goodbye to this beautiful city.

Yet is time to go home.

I took the bus with only NZD 21 to have a look at the nice scenery of the city again while I on my way to airport.

Goodbye Auckland~

and Hope that I will see you real soon in the future <3 ^^

HOW TO GET THERE

You can reach Auckland International Airport with any airline but I am not sure about Air Asia. I was there with Singapore Airline which cost only RM4,400.00 with returns air tickets.

PLACES TO VISIT

1. Auckland Museum
2. Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World
3. Auckland Bridge Clim
4. All Saints Church
5. Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki
6. Auckland Domain
7. Auckland Garden
8. One Tree Hill
9. Mount Eden
10. Sky Tower
11. Karaka Horse Farm
12. Parnell Street Market
13. Sky City Casino
14. Ferry TownHall
15. Queen Street
16. Parnell Rose Garden
17. Auckland Zoo
18. MOTAT
19. Cornwall Park
20. Devonport
21. Eden Garden
22. Mangere Mountain
23. Pine Harbour Marina
24. Stony Batter Historic

P/S: If happens that you love to have tibits, please buy it from some Korea shops as they are 50% cheaper compare to other convenient shops.

TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS

1. PASSPORT – If you are holding Malaysia Passport, visa are not required for the entry to Auckland. However, you may only stay for the maximum of 30 days.
2. Sun Glass – The sun is extremely hot when you are those places that without shelter. Protect your pretty eyes PLEASE!!
3. New Zealand Dollar (CASH) – This is a MUST!!! As they charge credit card transaction fees on every outlets even the cabs .
4. Camera – You will not want to miss out every single nice view in such a pretty place
5. Map – You can always grabs those map at the airport and it is really helpful.

ACCOMMODATION AND TOURS

If you are not getting any package with the airline, I suggest you get a tour guide to book your accommodation and tours. Most of them deal with New Zealand Dollar. The range of pricing is from NZD 80 – 200

However, you can also arrange a local tour trip with them on their buses which charge only NZD 35 per person for ONE DAY trip excluding entrance fees.

COST FOR TRIP

We are actually flying from different location. So I decided to do a breakdown in here so you can have a clear picture on the costs.

• Air – Ticket for Joyline
  Penang – Singapore – Penang = RM 730 via JetStar
  Singapore – Auckland – Singapore = RM 4,400 via SIA
  Total = RM5,130
• Air – Ticket for Hippo
  Gold Coast – Auckland – Gold Coast = AUD 700 @ RM 2,100
• Accommodation Cost for 1st TWO nights at Kingston Hotel
  NZD 99 x 2 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM 495.00
• Accommodation Cost for the remaining nights at The Quatram
  NZD 145 x 4 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM 1,450
• Cab expenses to Karaka
  NZD 65 x 2 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM325
• Cash expenses – NZD 900 x 2.5 (currency different) = RM 2,250

Grant Total = RM 11,750.00

Sorry for the delayed as I was at Taiwan with Dear and didnt get a time to update my blog.

Well, continue from the previous post.

This is the last night we were in the hotel opposite Parnell Rose Garden and we are going to change hotel to the city center – The Quatram which cost NZD 145 but with wifi services ^^

Even popo gor gor and popo di di is happy that we can change hotel..^^

Before departing to the new hotel, here we are – A family picture..

Popo Mummy, Jumbo Mama, Popo Gor Gor and Popo Di Di ^^

We loved the new place a lot~~

The only sad case is our PANDA EYES T.T

Our next stop of the day…

New Zealand Bloodstock in Karaka~

The pretty scenery around Karaka is making us excited…!!

I love the green grass and also the white cloud above the blue sky…isn’t sky colour should be like this when we studying in our text books?

Too bad Malaysia sky mostly are GREY..LOL

The Auction Hall is nice but it is also smelly with the horsy putt putt~~LOL

Nice Horse? Guess who is the owner ^^

The management is so sweet, beside giving us BREAKFAST, LUNCH and TEA BREAK as we are spending almost half a day in the Farm, they even provide us FREE FLOW of ALL TYPES of ALCOHOL~~wohooo~~!!

We went shopping for FOOD again after from KARAKA..and here I bought my favourite ASSAMU~~!!!

^^

*To Be Continue*

Our next stop is Mount Eden~

I personally love this place the most!

Because you can see every angle of Auckland City on top of the mountain~ And the scenery is so NICE~~~ ^^

We really enjoy the scenery and also the windy weather on the top of the mountain~

As you can see we really took a lot of picture..*I cant upload all..if not it would take the whole post about Mount Eden*

From Mount Eden, we can see ONE TREE HILL too~~ I love ONE TREE HILL so much as there are MANY SHEEPY over there ^^

I try so hard to find Malaysia but I only can find Singapore T.T

We went to Parnell for a quick bite and head to Sky Tower

* New Zealand Biggest and Youngest Volcano*

On the observation deck of Sky Tower

In the wash room of Sky Tower Restaurant * very classy* hehe~~

The Bistro and Pub of Sky Tower

I love the Christmas Decoration so much ^^

Our Snake~~

Love the Hot Chocolate so much~~^^

Some entertainment while having our snake~

Guess who draw this *winks*

Under the huge Christmas Tree at the entrance of Sky Tower Casino

And thanks to Dear~ I found out that ASSAMU is so nice~~!

***To Be Continue***

This is the Ferry Town of Auckland City~

YES! I am in Auckland, New Zealand this time <3

This was a dream come true to me

WHY?

Dear and I has been talking about going to New Zealand since she study in Gold Coast.

There were once we were so excited about going to New Zealand but found out that the airline cost almost RM6K for me to fly there via Kuala Lumpur.

So the plan was set aside and never mention anymore….

And some co-incidence, Something nice happen and enable me to make this trip in a very last minute decision without any planning.

This is my FIRST time going for a trip without a proper planning about the budget. This is very RISKY!

Further more, I might end up paying higher fare price >.<

Well, I still able to reach Auckland safely via Singapore Airline and Harret is so nice to pick me up from the Airport.

While Dear fly in later with Jetstar from Gold Coast.

Finally we are here in New Zealand!!!

After we settle down, Dear was so excited and hold my hands run around the city. She keeps cam-whoring and I love taking pictures for her ^^

The first stop of the next day were Parnell Rose Garden which is just opposite our hotel~ The roses are so nice and Dear loves them so much!

I can see she is very happy when she took the pictures. She loves being surrounded by FLOWERS..

Well which girls don’t like to be surrounded by flowers especially ROSES ^^

Our next stop is the Auckland War Museum and also our first time on RED CARPET with the VIP service ^^

Auckland Museum – World War I and World War II section

*The Volcanoes*

*Dear acting with Dying Gaul*

*The Christmas Dinner* lala~~

^^

*Dear said that was her bed…*

*Dear favourite wedding gown*

The structure of the Museum

The Outlook of the Museum! So nice~~! Credit to Dear as she took this photo ^^

***To Be Continue***

Dear JetStar.com

I am Joyline Chai, in case you are a email back log officer, you would not know who I am. I am one of your passenger on the flight from Penang to Singapore on 13th November 2010 on SK 0676 Seat 12A.

I am writing in this letter of compliment to show my appreciation and thankful thoughts to JetStar (Penang check in counter -41) customer service executive whom I forgot to take down their names.

I arrived at the Penang International Airport at 3.05pm and realised that I’ve forgotten my passport. I was force to drive back from the airport which located almost 50km distance from my house.

It is very impossible for me to reach the airport back at 4.15pm (45minutes before the departure time 5.05pm) with my passport.

The Customer Service Executive were giving me a helping hand at this critical time by checking in my luggage and my seat for me with my online printing tickets and further more they allowed me to collect my tickets at 4.30pm so that I could make my flight to Singapore.

This was something that touched my heart and makes me feel committed with this airline!

I’ve came across a lot of budget airline in the country and overseas, but I never been so touched with the helping hand with had shown like JETSTAR DOES!

Because I was able to catch the flight on time to Singapore, therefore I was able to get my connecting flight to Auckland via Singapore International Airline without re-arranging my schedule and paying any extra cost!

Words would only explain the condition I was facing at that very moment and the excellent assistant from your stuff.

But the warm feeling of being assist by the excellent services will always remembered in my heart.

AGAIN

THANK YOU JETSTARS!

Thanks to Jetstar for the excellent customer service assistant so that I could manage to catch my flight to Auckland.

Excellent Services from this airline enable me to be on top of the MOUNT EDEN in Auckland.

Thank You JETSTAR!

Are you a seafood lover?

If so

Where do you most go most of the time for your seafood meal?

Tambun?

Klang?

Come on

Let me intro you a better place for Prawn Mantis and Crabs!

You must not miss the FRESH Prawn Mantis and the Crabs

They were delivered by the fisherman on the day

and

You can choose your favourite on the spot!

Once you make your choice

Bring it to the kitchen

and

Let the cook to steam it for you~

Look yummy right?

YES!! IT IS!!!

LOVE IT SO MUCH~~

Let’s come to Pulau Aman for this cheap and tasty seafood!!

HOW TO GET THERE

From Penang Island, you need to drive to mainland and go on with PLUS highway. For those from other state, you just need to drive on PLUS highway and exit on Tambun Toll and proceed to Pulau Aman Jetty at Batu Kawan. Once you reach the jetty, purchase the speed boat ticket which will lead you in to Pulau Aman.

TRAVEL SUGGESTION

1. CASH – No credit card is accepted in Pulau Aman
2. Sun Glasses – You will need that to protect your eyes as less tree in Pulau Aman. LOL
3. Camera – So you can take pic of those nice food and nice scenery!

COST OF TRIP

1. Petrol – Depends on where are you departing to Pulau Aman. I depart from Penang Island and only cost me RM 20 for two ways
2. Toll Fees – RM 2.20 from Penang to Tambun and Tambun to Penang, plus RM 7 for Penang Bridge toll
3. Food – Depends on how much you can eat. But basically 5 people who ate 13 prawn mantis and 10 crabs only cost around 40 bucks.

She always wanted to board on this cruise

and now

Finally her dream came true~

Thanks to my dollar notes..Hoho~!

She seems super excited for the ride..

She even prepared tibits and drinks for our ride..

Muacks muacks with my dear hippo before our boarding..hehe~

When we on the corridor to our room…

I feel like I was trap into TITANIC~~!

Imaging I was caught by the bad guys into ONE of these rooms…

And my Fluffy Rossy is nervously looking at the map to rescue me!!

Popo zai : “Mama~! Where are you? Mummy’s big fat arm is causing me suffocate~!”

I even brought Popo zai for a swim at the outdoor jacuzzi

But he don’t seems like enjoy it much…

Popo zai: “Mama~~! I….I….SCARE LA!!!!”

Popo zai: “Can…Can…I…just…get…back…to…the…the….DECK..PLS!!”

I enjoy sleeping on the bed even the room is so damn small~~!

Dear said this pic look so warm as a mother is hugging her son to sleep together..

But…

Popo zai: “HELP~~!! I’m suffocate!!!”

LOL~~

And we don’t wanna miss the beautiful sun rise too~~

How romantic was that~~

*cuddle with my dear hippo*

Thanks for the ONE NIGHT cruise~

Although it cost me lots of $$$

Yet happy to see my dear hippo and popo zai enjoying the ride~~

Love~

HOW TO GET THERE

You can ride this cruise by placing your booking with Penang Travel Agency and board at Penang Weld Quay

TRAVEL SUGGESTION

1. A LOT of chips! – Its very expensive for you to dine in there and the buffet SUCKS~ lol
2. Camera – You wouldn’t wanna miss the pretty sun rise!!
3. A lot of CASH or CREDIT CARDs – For your expensive if you plan to buy something and also for the CASINO gambling~ lol

COST OF TRIP

With room – RM 150 and above
Without room – RM 90 – RM 120

We went back to the place that we first travel when we attached.

After TWO years since our last visit

We finally back to here again

This time

there is a nice person following us

Ms Nic Yap with POPO ZAI!!!

She sleep with Popo zai, eat with popo zai and play with popo zai while we two enjoying our trip sweetly.. =)

We get to taste the BEST fruit candystick along Jongker Street.

and

Nic ATE ALOT!!

Yes she is~! Haha~

I bought the mini portuguese tart and it tastes so nice…Yummy~~

We finished it in 5 minutes

=.=

Of course we dont wanna miss the Chicken rice from the most famous shop along Jongker Street.

We are the lucky THREE as we are the last three customer who get to taste the delicious chicken rice in the shop while those who queue behind us have to go to other “NOT SO NICE” shop..LOL

The most impressing part is when we saw a bunch of AUNTIES dancing “Super Juniors – Sorry Sorry” !!!

They twist and turn and shake~~! Gosh~

Wonder whether my old lady can do that?

LOL

And for those who are Heineken Lover~

NAH~~ COME TO MALACCA FOR A DRINK

RM 43 per bucket!!!

U must be kidding me~~!!!

Too bad I don’t do drinking when I am with her…

T.T

I love this pic so much as it shows how sweet we are looking at the sky full of stars while riding in the river cruise…

Popo zai always capture everyone hearts~

How can we can go without him….??

cak~!

To someone that love to act cute..

Sometimes I really wonder…How can I tahan her…

I think only Popo zai can…LOL

Last visit, Hippo did not catch a chance to have nice satay celup due to I still not so familiar with Malacca Street

Now…..with the help of GPS..

BOTH WANTED TO GO SATAY CELUP

==

Sometimes I wonder how come my mum is so wonderful…

She can give birth to a child that everyone pray for…

Nic,

I know I am

smart

intelligent

flirty

social able

BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO BE SO INTO ME lah…

LOL

Sometimes I realised

I dont have to go far to look for a wombat as I have one who is much more big size than the original one…

Now…

tell me…

How many people realise how nice is the scene in Malacca?

It is always nice to hang out with friends that understand you and you just have to be who you are and ignore all the negative comments..

I wanna say thank you to

Nic Yap

who willing to be the BIGGEST BULB in the trip yet having fun with her..

Hippo dear….

keep sharing her food around with us…muacks

POPO ZAI~~!!!

who always be so cute to entertain all of us~~

mama sayang ya…

MUACKS~~!!

HOW TO GET THERE

You can reach there by travel with car or coach/bus.

PLACES TO VISIT

1. Melaka River
2. Eye on Malacca
3. Christ Church
4. St John’s Fort
5. Maritime Museum
6. Stadhuys
7. Jonker Street
8. Malacca City Attractions
9. Menara Taming Sari
10. Perigi Hang Tuah

TRAVEL SUGGESTION

1. A good driver – cause you need the person keep driving you around in Malacca
2. Camera – You won’t wanna miss the best shoot =)
3. GPS – In case you couldn’t find the BEST STAY CELUP’s shop.

ACCOMMODATION

You can make pre-booking at any hotel in Malacca. If you are going on during public holiday, please ensure PRE-BOOKING is done. If not, prepare some camping tools for yourself. =p

COST OF TRIP

You only need RM500.00 for the whole trip included transport, accommodation and expenses~!

Hope to see you in this WORLD HERITAGE CITY~

We always wanted to visit Cameron Highland

She say its cool to get up there and put something warm into the stomach

==

Yeah I know~She is always so funny

Just have to bear with it

LOL

So since I was in Ipoh for the new year countdown

We went to Cameron Highland on

1st of January 2010

After 45 minutes drive

Finally we reached the destination!

As a driver

I am kinda of tired….

huhuhu~

But how come the passenger eat more than I do?

=.=”

After having our stomach full of food

We continue our journey for shopping…..(for foods la…)

Sometimes I really wonder

Why they put ROSE CENTRE in the middle of the town?

Isn’t ROSE CENTRE means…….cemetery?

=.=”’

Strawberry Farm is always her favourite….

BUT…

IT’S RAINING ON THAT DAY!!!

T.T

So happening that we went up there on weekends

So there is Pasar Tani around the area of brinchang

See many Humans are walking around…

making me a bit headache

@.@

The flowers are so nice and fresh…

especially the corns!!!!

yummy yummy~!

The strawberry stall!!

Cute and pretty..

but

I am not the one who get attracted

Tu Hippo la…

keep telling me how cute and how nice

try to brain wash me a?

LOL

While walking along the pasar tani

She cant resists the beauty of FOOD

Sighz

Keep fit wor….

On the way to search for ice cream

I met this handsome little old man

Even Christmas is over

but he is still there entertaining a lots of tourists

Haiz…

Someone act cute again…..

But

I love this pic so much

Muacks~! <3

Before departing back to Ipoh

I wish everyone

A very happy new year in 2010

hopefully

Malaysia will be a better country

HOW TO GET THERE

You can travel by car or coach/bus to Cameron Highland from Tapah town or Simpang Pulai.

PLACES TO VISIT

1. Smoke House
2. BOH Tea Centre
3. Vegetables Farm
4. Golf Course
5. Strawberry Farm
6. Cactus Valley
7. Sam Poh Temple
8. Bharat Tea Estate
9. Gunung Brinchang
10. Robinson Waterfall

TRAVEL SUGGESTION

1. A good driver – a reckless driver will cause you to vomit. LOL
2. CASH – I still couldnt find any ATM machine over there =.=
3. Jacket – Sometimes when it rains, YOU WILL BE FREEZING
4. Umbrella/Rain Coat – In case heavy rain attack you

ACCOMMODATION

You can make booking at any hotel that I will listed below. But remember to make pre-booking!

1. Cameron Highland Resort
2. Equatorial Hotel
3. Strawberry Park Resort
4. Ye Olde Smoke House
5. The Lakehouse
6. Heritage Hotel

COST OF TRIP

You only need RM500.00 for the whole trip included transport, accommodation and expenses~!

Hope you enjoy the trip =p

This is the most exciting trip that I’ve been to and I wish to visit again with HIPPO

You know WHY??

Cause in Macau

You’ll see a lot of nice FOOD!!!

The dessert that serve the purpose of keeping nice skin =p

The Pork Steam Rice

The Pork Burger which famous name called by ZHU PA BAO~

The Pork Chop Rice

My personal FAVOURITE!!

The Fried Pigeon

YUMMY~~~

The Mix Fried Vegetables with Oyster Sauce

I LOVE IT SO MUCH~~!

AND THE BEST OF THE BEST

The Grilled Meat!!

It tastes totally different from the grilled meat in Malaysia

and try it with SUGAR!!

IT tastes soooooooooo DELICIOUS!!!

Of course you don’t forget to taste the

PORTUGAL TART!!

They melt in your mouth~~

=p

Get your tasty Portugal Tart at Cafe Nata

After having such nice food in my stomach

Its time to move around and check on the historical building and the beauty of Macau

The Ruin of St Paul

The Tomb for those fighting during the war back on 16 centuries

The Museum of Macau and Fort Walls

You don’t have to worry that you’ll miss MCD

Cause it’s everywhere~~

The Venetian City

I found something very interesting in the mall.

POLO!!!!

I thought it was a statue

until I drop the coin down beside the statue

and

it started to MOVE and DANCE~~!!

GOSH!!

ITS A HUMAN STATUE!!!!

Great Art Work!

The New Casino located beside Venetian City

BY MR HO Junior

I went to the church by hoping to get some blessing by washing my sin from the HOLY WATER

BUT…………..

SPEECHLESSSsssss………..

SO…

Even the HOLY WATER cant help to stop H1N1 huh?

LOL

After all

It is still a nice trip for me and I eager to visit Macau again….

with HIPPO~~!!!

=p

HOW TO GET THERE

You take a direct flight to Macau or you can travel via Hong Kong with the ferry.

PLACES TO VISIT

1. Ah- Ma temple
2. Leal Senado
3. Guia Fort
4. Kuan Iam Temple
5. Ruin of St Paul
6. Sun Yat San Memorial Home
7. Taipa House Museum
8. Venetian City
9. Macau Casino
10. Protestants Cemetery
11. Old City Walls

Due to for me its only a 2 days 1 night trips, that’s why I couldnt get around to too many places

TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS

1. Passport – You do not require to get any visa if you are holding Malaysia Passport
2. Camera – There is a lot of nice scenes that you don’t want to miss out
3. CASH – LOTS OF  Macau DOLLAR!!
4. Credit Card – In case for emergency

ACCOMMODATION AND TOURS

I will advise that get a room booked before you depart to Macau as sometimes the hotels are fully booked and you are force to get into a very old motel.

Tours can be arrange at the hotel lobby. The receptionist will be able to help you on this.

COST FOR TRIP

Not more than RM 1,500 per person included accommodation, tours, meals and entrance fees

Macau…

The place that I really wanted to visit again with my dear hippo~

Muacks~