Giff's World

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Sibu - At gramps place

The boys played on the antique swing (it must be 50 years old now, dad actually painted it for the boys to play:P ) Noel also checked out mom and dad's chooks

A fruit stall at the Market in Tmn Universiti - There were so many tropical fruits available.

Err ..caged chickens. Not the most interesting thing to see.

Abel is a little nervous near the 'market' cat

The Senai Airport - before our flight back to Sibu.

Ice cream from Famous Amos

Meet BB Ivan

The Boys and Ivan :) They were all over him. Fortunately Ivan did not get scared :)

Jalan-jalan cari makan - JB

This is the kueh we had at the Market @ Tmn Universiti . When we wanted to go and buy somemore, they were sold out already.

Black Chicken Noodle - the Chicken were kinda spicy, almost like curry but with soy sauce instead of curry powder, hence the name.

This Apam was quite a rip off and had corns in it, I think it was 3 for RM3 and you could eat a very decent bowl of kari mee for Rm3.50 around the area. The uncle was selling it from his makeshift motorbike thingie.

Char kway teow

Double flavour rice with braised egg. YUM!!

Mee Kari - It's like Young Tau fu with noodles. I picked and chose my own 'young tau fu' veggies etc in the bowl and then gave it to the operator to cook for me.
Some of the foods were eaten from the coffee shops near Giant and the Mee Kari and the Black Chicken Noodle is eaten near the Market area.

I am pretty sure I took a lot more photos of all the foods but some either have disappeared or I cannot locate them anymore..

Saturday, August 04, 2012

Balik Kampung 2012

Finally I could blog about our trip back home in late March / April. Before take off, we were exploring the auckland airport and noel wanted a picture with the all blacks uniforms.

We used Jetstar and survived. :P Just to give you an idea, this is what it looks like inside. No-frills and pay as you go. It was an afternoon flight, so need to entertain the boys more. Somehow, Noel turned into a bottomless pit during the flight and kept asking for food! We arrived at night and 5 very kindly waited for us in JB and that's our first stop, visiting the Yeongs :) hehehe E was at home with Baby Ivan and we had real late supper.

Next morning, while I chit chat with E, the boys ventured out to the nearby park (a stroll away from the Yeong's residence)

The boys were drenched in their sweat when they got home.

Meet Sailant

by Pulp Noir

I have always been on the lookout for knee length boots that would fit my 'generous' calf.
I remembered years ago in Adelaide, I would be so embarrassed at the shoe shop not able to zip up the boots pass my calf, and I didn't want the stretchable type either so it had been a mission for me finding one that fits.

Only this few years, I noticed there are more boots that emphasised on generous calf sizing. The shoemakers must have noticed there are quite a population out there who has generous calf.

Anyhow, this winter I bagged this at Hannahs. I kinda had been eyeing for this pair. When I tried it, I knew I had to get it as it zipped comfortably pass my calf. I had walked in it all day for close to 12 hours and I didn't get any soreness. None of my other boots could match this pair.

I love this to bits! It's been my wardrobe staples so far :)