The first good news this morning happened with expected surprise. My WordPress bugs problem had been fixed! All older blog posts are back to normal. All blog posts are captured under selected categories unless those blog posts created yesterday and the day before.

Good to see the superb efficient WordPress team doing their great job! My appreciation goes to those who are working especially in the festival holiday season. Many thanks!

I do have chances to refill petrol only when he is out station or overseas. For washing and cleaning, he will do it when he is free. Else, he will ask me sent the vehicles to car wash station instead of cleaning by myself. He did teach me theoretically on how to check the battery water, engine oil; how to change tire but I didn’t have chance to do it on my own as he will take care of it periodically.

Since I have limited knowledge on vehicle, I do worry if one day my car breakdown in the middle of the road, what can I do. Hubby loud at my and he ask me why I need to do anything as I can get help from car breakdown service company. Ok. I must not complain and continue enjoy hubby’s pampering. :p

There are still some debts to be clear before I can start. At least things will goes smooth and back on track if I can save on the cost of curing my back pain.

To maintenance and keep up exercise to prevent back pain comes back again always my first concern. With healthy life then only can plan and moving forward to brighter future. Raining days had passed.  I am back and on the way under sunny days. Looking to see the rainbow in very near future.

It’s an unofficial new house warming and we have a great reason to gather together.  I enjoy the time spent with my best friends. It is a simple dish lunch, a small swimming pool for children to play on, and a relaxing place for us to have a long chat.

Friendship nearly twenty years with them and our children now are friends to each other. Life is wonderful!

We first visited our sis-in-laws staying in Kuantan town on the day we arrived. On that night we went for a famous chicken and duck restaurant for our dinner. We reached there about 7.30pm and spend about an hour for waiting; end up finished our dinner at almost 9pm. The serving was nice of course, since our stomach are empty and we were so hurry…

We stayed over-night in one of the sis-in-law’s house. The 2nd day morning in Kuantan is a raining day. The rain is actually started right after we reach home 1st day night. We postponed our departure time to Bukit Gambang Resort City since the weather is a bit cool in the morning. We don’t want our princesses complain cool after short period of playing in the water park and go home. We have to make sure we can fully enjoy the fun in the Water Park then only worth for the time we spent long distance drive from KL and the money we paid for the entrance fees.

I had studied some info about the water park online and this is the website given me some basic info and the photos taken are so nice and looks attractive.

Entrance fees are at promotion rates as stated, RM21.90 instead of RM28.00 for adult and RM14.90 instead of RM18.00 for child (90cm to 12 years old). My colleague shown me his receipt printed in year 2007 and we noticed that the price had been revised. Once again shown we are the victims of inflation.

I like the concept where we paid in advance for the E-Value package in ticket counter and we can keep our pocket safely in the locker of the park. Any extra spending like rental charges of locker and tubes can be deducted from the advance payment. Balance will be refunded at refund counter when you are out from the water park. (This is the powerful and the advantage of computerize system).

There are many younger working at the entrance of the park. With wearing different design of uniforms I presume that they are part time staffs. It’s good to know that this place is creating working opportunities for younger.  They will help the guests wear on the wristbands and we can start our fun in the park.

For your info, T-Shirt, shorts, swimming trunk, swimsuit, sun suit, aerobic suit / bikini and swim shoes are all allowed. But please keep away your jewelry, eyeglasses, goggle, zip, buttons, buckles and studs when you playing the slides.

Locker rental is RM6.00 plus refundable deposit of RM9.oo. A convenience wristband locker key will given. The deposit is refunded upon the returned of the key in good condition.

Our first fun was the Aquaplay at Penguin Island. Princesses are having fun in the big theme water playground.

Next is the Adult leisure pool. But we didn’t spend there for long period as we know there are more fun to go.

Then we headed to the kids slide. It’s hassle to play and bring the big tubes along so we only rented the tube when we played here. Single tube cost RM6.00 and refundable deposit of RM4.00 whereas double tube cost RM10.00 and refundable deposit of RM5.00. It is worth to pay for the double tube because the fun of playing at the slide on the double tube is more than double.

Princesses played again and again on the slide. They didn’t even have once complained for carrying the big size tube from the pool to the top of the slide. Of course, we did help them to else some burden on the journey.

Glacier River / Journey of Ice is a bit bored for us. Depends on the wave to move us on the tube, the journey have not much fun.

Lastly we headed to wave pool & lagoon. The man has to be strong to hold us on and enjoy the waves in the pool. Else we can be easily back to be ‘beach’ because of the strong waves hitting the slide. We are happy but I know hubby spent lots of energy keeping us in the middle of the pool.

We didn’t go to the 6 lane racer, crystal slide, galaxy slide and canopy slide because that is for older kids. We don’t think our 6 years old and 8 years old princesses enjoy the excitements. But we definitely missed the family raft ride. Must try this when our second visit.

Coco station is the food court in the park. If you rent a cabana, you can get a pizza free of charge. Ice cream and hot dog are selling as well.

Some will compare Bukit Gambang Water Park with Sunway lagoon Water Park. To me, if you would like to enjoy lots more of fun in water or variety theme parks, it is no doubt that Sunway lagoon Water Park is your choice. But the entrance cost is high of course. For family who have children below twelve, I am more prefer Bukit Gambang Water Park as it is truly enjoy the water rides and water games which we spend less for less fun but still their energy spent in the park can be fully exhausted.

We didn’t snap any single photo. This is the only regret for this trip….

]]> http://joyorhappiness.com/2011/09/trip-to-kuantan-and-bukit-gambang-water-park/feed/ 0 http://joyorhappiness.com/2011/07/august-fasting-month/ http://joyorhappiness.com/2011/07/august-fasting-month/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:38:56 +0000 admin http://joyorhappiness.com/?p=1962 Muslim colleagues will need to work 8 hours non stop and they allowed leaving office one hour earlier started on 1st of August. Since this is the fasting month and they can not drink and eat during fasting hours, company having such special arrangement so that they can back home earlier.

This is applying to my princess’s primary school where the last class of the day had been cut and students can back home early. During this fasting month, my schedule needs to be adjusted so that I can fetch my princess from school early.

I will not skip my lunch hour but I will work early and leave office on time in the month of August and will leave office early on every Friday because her school off at 5.15pm. Hopefully I will not be the last parent to fetch the kid. :p

I am waiting for the end of August which there will be 3 days public holidays. I am still in consideration to apply two days leave to enjoy nine days rest in total. Have you applied leave on 29th August and 2nd of Sept?

]]> http://joyorhappiness.com/2011/07/august-fasting-month/feed/ 0 http://joyorhappiness.com/2011/07/scientist-doctor/ http://joyorhappiness.com/2011/07/scientist-doctor/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:43:09 +0000 admin http://joyorhappiness.com/?p=1910 Can a person handle these two positions at the same time?

Those doctors that I know are all very busy. There will be so many patients waiting every day and their schedules are always full.

I do not know a friend work as scientist. To me, this is the kind of job I have no interest at all. One will need to test, test and test, go through so many times of recurring job, failed so many times then end up you may not even know whether you can get the result you need.

Younger daughter told me she wishes to become scientist and doctor when she is grown. She had planned that day time she will be a doctor and she will spend her time after office hours on doing creations.

She is totally aware that both jobs are hard and time consuming. She claimed that her life will be very busy.

Being a doctor, she can helps and serves her patients. Being a scientist, she needs to spend time on creating robots. She promised to create a robot for her mom as a helper.

The ambitions are not too big perhaps but it is truly sweet!

To be a mom who trusts the word of her daughter, I decided to investigate the real situation. I call up the birthday girl’s mother to confirm the invitation. To my surprise her mother told me that she was shock when my princess called her to confirm the date and time of the party. I thought my princess was asked her friend instead. But the truly shock to us is the party was organized by the birthday girl and her mom only know such event when she received my daughter’s call.

Birthday girl was inviting her friends to come her home for birthday party without permission from her parent in advance. Now when the attendances are confirmed, birthday mom has no choice but to prepare for the party.

Since my princesses are so excited to attend the party, I let them to join. And for sure, that day is a happy day of the birthday girl.

I do have chance to see how she work on it. She needs to stand for long hours to dig the meat of the fishes, clean it and mix with other necessary ingredients to make it tasty. With the fresh fish meat, her Yong Tau fu is the best in the world.

She spent almost half of her time in the kitchen every day. I really appreciate the time that she spent to prepare the ingredients, and to cook for all of us. Every time I saw she cook in the kitchen, I feel her passion of cook as well as the love she contributed to all of us.

This make me remembered my pregnant days. Our both princesses given us so much of happy and unforgettable memories from started to know they are in my tummy, to give birth and to see them grow every day.

Life is miracle. Life is god’s gift. I truly feel how happy my parent is when they have me with them.