On this day a week before, I was having the most heavenly cannoli – light crispy shell and a delicate chocolate filling. Sigh… no more here. But before I write more about that, here’s a recap of our trip to Sydney last week. After a restless 7 hours and 25 minute flight from KL, we [...]
Archive for the ‘Travel Tales’ Category
1 Nov
Back Safe and Sound
We survived our first plane ride since May this year. Needless to say, I was a tad nervous and not to mention quite uncomfortable all the way to Sydney. But being back where I used to be and being with the rest of the extended family soon banished all traces of fatigue (mostly) and we [...]
6 Jul
Our Spiritual Office
Apparently our KL location office was haunted. ‘Was’ because the site manager invited a ‘bomoh’ (malay medium) to exorcised the so-called spirits away. According to Packcik Bomoh, they (a man and a woman) are now wandering the streets of Jalan Tun Razak. O-kay… so, nervousness aside, I hardly think throwing people (sort-of) out of their [...]
7 Jun
On the Road
We started the road trip on a wonderful morning, bright sunshine, blue skies… but then it started to get real hot and no fun anymore after that I drove the first part of the journey up till Sipitang – a small seaside town in Sabah, and hubby took over from there. It was 2pm. I [...]
26 May
Road Trip: Two Days to go…
The past few weeks had been good. Work was good, I had a couple of good things done and the holiday week of Gawai is coming up very soon! Gawai is the harvest festival, celebrated in Sarawak in early June every year. It really is a huge thing here, much like how Hari Raya or [...]
16 May
Road Trip!
Hubby and I decided to relive our days of road tripping to Kota Kinabalu from Miri this coming Gawai. We’ll have a week off from work then, before Hubby flies off for a 5-week course in the Netherlands (boo-hoo!!). In about 2 weeks, we will be off, this time in a more comfortable ride. The [...]
1 Nov
Back Home!
I spoke too soon in the last entry. Now, as I lie in bed typing this, I AM feeling tired. I have spent almost the whole of today travelling back from KL. Even though it is just a 2 hours and 15 minutes’ flight from KL to Miri, my trip started at 11.30am today to [...]
26 Oct
Travels in Europe
I am reading this book again because it made me laugh out loud when I read it 2 years ago. It might even help me with the current planning of our Europe trip next year.
25 Oct
PRAGUE/VIENNA versus PARIS
Hmm the more I read about my options on the web, the farther I am getting away from Paris. Do I REEEEALLYY have to see the Louvre ?
24 Oct
Paris or Prague ?
Hubby and I are planning for a holiday next year – Paris or Prague. He will be in the Netherlands for a course for work, afterwhich I plan to join him there and begin our mini Europe holiday. I am so excited! But hmmm… Paris or Prague … ? Anyone ?
