repekan fae..: budget vacation I: Bukit Tinggi, Genting and Zoo Negara

Actually, the main objective is to seat Radio Amateur Examination (RAE) on 24th June 2009 at MATRADE. Upon arriving MATRADE, we pity our humble CAD for not having any as tall as a mobile antenna can be, as ALL the cars do. Ben planning to install the dummy antenna if we pass the exam. RAE has 100 questions *damn susah ok*, 50 question of radio law and the rest is testing your technical knowledge. Even the EE engineer to be confess the technical part is hard. *cross finger, tightly to pass the exam*

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25th June 2009

Bukit Tinggi

The entrance fee is RM10 per head. Our plan is to cover top to bottom. Top is where the Japanese Garden and Botanical situated. For someone who loves tranquility, nature and green, these are the perfect place for you *unlike Ben who seem so bored.LOL*. If you wish to shoot in kimono *Japanese custom*, it will cost you RM20 per head for 30minutes. As this is BUDGET VACATION, we turn down the offer.

Japanese Village

the tranquil path

the meditation manmade stream

see. best tau. tenang je

dalam rumah kat belakang tu la amoi offer photo shoot pakai kimono

ni dekat tatami spa. teringin

picture newly wed guna self-timer. lain kali kena beli tripod

botanical garden yang membosankan ben tapi menenangkan fae

Colmar Tropicale

is actually a French-theme resort. You guess it right. It is basically a hotel with unique architecture. Within 30minutes we already cover the whole Colmar Tropicale. Realized that we have not have our lunch yet, we munch on beef salami croissant sandwich *which Ben like very much!!*, chocolate moist cake and pink guava lemonade *a French carbonated drink* for RM33. And, our drink glass bottle is our Colmar Tropicale souvenir *it is a budget vacation, remember*. Before heading to the next spot, we amazed by two pairs of black and white swans. The swan is bigger than a duck, and Ben said much whiter and cleaner than the duck. It makes Ben dreamt to have a pair in our own pool later on. After secretly feeding the swan with roller coaster, we off to the Rabbit Farm.

the famous colmar tropicale

lunch: pink lemonade and moist chocolate cake

beef salami croissant sandwich yang ben suka amat

illegally feeding the swan. ben nak pelihara ni kat rumah nanti

Rabbit Farm

The entrance is RM3 per person, and a small packet of rabbit food will cost RM1.50 *psst, you can also feed the rabbit leaves of tree around the farm. That way you can save RM1.50.LOL*. If you visiting within 10am-12pm and *err, i do not recall the evening session period*, you can have donkey ride.

the tua rabbit je makan daun. the youngster sombong nak jugak makan food pallet

the right way to pegang the bunny. rasa macam kejam je

Horse Trail *if Im not mistaken*

You will be charged RM2 per adult to see the horse. There are other packages offered by the trail, as listed below,

-RM20: 10minutes ride
-RM60: 30minutes ride, 15minutes in the ring and 15minutes along the road

First time standing side by side a horse, I never thought horse will be that big *amazed.amazed*. The stable boy introduced us to the friendly horses, Felicia, a 13-years old female and Patch, same age as Felicia. Felicia, the black with braid hair is unfortunately scared of us and keep hiding behind the stable boy *o0o, so sweet*. Patch in the other hand, very welcoming and keep asking for my pat, but she scared of Ben orange shirt. How I wish to own one.

this is felicia. manja sangat dengan stableboy

patch. takut dengan orange shirt ben tapi friendly

Genting

is our immediate plan. At five, we are already in the cable car, heading to the peak. It cost us RM5 one-way. The cable car is operating 8am-11pm weekdays *sorry, I forget the other detail*. Instead of the fact it is weekdays, the crowd in Genting never gets smaller. There is a lot of tourists, mostly from China *Ben and I get worried wether to have our own mask when one of them sneeze. H1N1 affection is well-spread that time*. As our original plan is to kill our time with movie marathon in KL, we watch movie at the peak of Titiwangsa *is it?LOL*. We opt for premium package which offer us special seat with food and beverage for RM17 per person while watching Terminator:Salvation. We played the archade game to pass the time till 8pm. We spent RM20 on games and have blast of fun *now I know why people addicted to gambling*. We played water gun game and hit2 game and scream loud till people turn their head on us. while the others' redeem point reach thousand, we manage to get 207points and get a small glass *souvenir of Genting*.

At 8pm, we head to cinema. Terminator:Salvation is an adrenaline rush movie. You still can understand the story even you have not watch the first two sequel. But, we keep worry about last scheduled cable car till spoil our adrenaline flow. Lucky us, it is two-hour movie. We rush to cable car after that. All in all, we spend RM70 three hours we are up there.

on the way to genting

the weather is nice

on the way balik. around 11.15pm

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26th June 2009

Zoo Negara

This is another out of plan destination. To our shock, the entrance costs us RM15 per adult. Additional expenditure on Zoo Negara Map (RM2) and parking fee (RM4). If you wish to ride the tram instead of walking, you will have to pay out extra RM3 per head. Zoo Negara is huge and you will gratefull if you purchase the map. to my disappointment, all the big cats *my reason pujuk Ben to go here* are unavailable due to the collapse. By the way, every 11am the animal is scheduled to be fed and animal shows at the amphitheater every 3.30pm.

the squirel and zoo map, the souvenir

seladang india is HUGE

flamingo *hanyir.tak tahu macam mana others leh selamber makan here*

my friends called me 'zirafah' back in my elementary school. the giraffe is very tall indeed. this is the safari zone, and the zoo management just have cut the shade. uh uh, the zebra pon cari tempat berteduh tau. is that prove malaysia lagi panas dari africa?