In My Head: 2009

Lunar eclipse on New year

0 comments Posted by otak spin at 8:33 PM

On the 1st January 2010(which is tomorrow).. A lunar eclipse or eclipse of the moon is expected to occur from 1.15AM circa till 5.28AM.. The lunar eclipse can be seen from all state in Peninsular Malaysia.... Do you wonder how can a Lunar eclipse can occur at the end of the month.. even i don't know.

On this occurrence, my whole family will stay awake to watch it(hopefully)...but i think my little wont stay awake till 1am..
By the Way, I'm also want to wish Happy new year to everbody and Happy Chinese new year to all The Chinese(Gong Xi Fang Chai)...

Bunga Mas 2

0 comments Posted by otak spin at 2:48 PM

Introduction: Bunga Mas 2 is a ship own by " Malaysia International Shipping Company"....U guys might be wondering.. Why i do even care about this ship?...

The reason i care about the ship is because one of my uncle is a captain of the ship...

The reason i am blogging this: I want to share my experience visiting the Bunga Mas 2 while it was docking in the middle of the melaka straits..

The story: one weekend, My brother and i followed our father to send our uncle back to his ship.. Actually, we planed to send our uncle just to the dock where a service boat would pick up him and his crew back to their ship..

But, My brother beg my father for a visit to my uncle's ship....
SO, we all went for a visit to the ship...

At the ship: actually, we don't even to get on the ship..
we just get to see the ship up close...

As we leave the ship: my father and i got a very rare photo opportunity

On the way back: My brother got a chance to drive the boat....

HOT, COOL, COOLER...A YEAR-END DISCOVERY

0 comments Posted by otak spin at 5:55 PM

On the last day of year 2008, my family went for a drive around Bentong, Pahang. We took a slow drive on the Karak Highway and exited at the Bentong interchange.

From there, Papa took the old and winding trunk road leading to Janda Baik near Gentintg Highlands. After some 10km from the interchange we came upon an interesting spot, a hot spring by the roadside in Perting Valley near Bukit Tinggi.

If we had not taken the drive, we wouldn't have discovered this place. Imagine this... you are tired from a long drive. You take a break at this spot and take a dip in the warm water. Ahhhhh...what a joy!

There are three pools there. One is the main pool where the hot water flows out from the ground. The water is warm and we could see steam rising from the surface. The water then flows into a second pool where visitors would swim. The water from that pool then spill over into a kiddy pool.

The place has a few "pondok" providing shades to visitors. There are also decent toilets, one each for male and female. The view of the highlands there is breathtaking. The air is cool and fresh. Sadly, some people need a whack on their heads! Rubbish bins are provided there but some still find it difficult to locate them. It seems that it would be easier to just chuck the rubbish anywhere, everywhere but not at where it should be discarded.

Mama did not pack extra clothes for the outing that day. So, my younger brother and I were happy to dangle our feet in the pool.....

I didn't know about this hot spring other than the one at Ulu Rening in Batang Kali. I had cycled there with my cousin and younger brother Alif one day not too long ago and lost our way.

One wrong turn led to more wrong turns and in the end, found ourselves in the middle of nowhere. We could not find our way home to my cousin's house in Batang Kali some 10km away and had to call Papa to "rescue" us at a mosque in Ulu Rening in the middle of a stormy night. That adventure had Papa blowing steam!