We went to this year's Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival. There are many many people there during the weekend as usual. We also have to brave the Pasir Gudang highway traffic jam to get there and back.
XN bought a Pooh Bear kite but the rain just passed and the wind is not so strong. As a result, the kite cannot fly.
DH also likes to look at the kites. He will point out the animals as they fly up in the air one by one.
There are many many new medium size kites this year compare to 2 years ago when we were here.

On the 2nd day of new year, we had the usual dinner with all the 阿姨, 姨婆 and 姨公. DH and XN is practically running around the restaurant, looking at the fish tank and playing with their cousins.
On the 3rd day of new year, we went to an uncle's house for lunch. DH is rather friendly. any one can carry him.

CNY reunion dinner. We had Yu Sheng and other good stuff. After dinner, we prepare the kid's goodie bags for new year's day.

XN and DH using chalk to draw on the tarmac. It is like a big black board and get wiped away by mother nature when it rain.

Xin Ning and Winnie ahyi handmade pizza for lunch for all of us. Even the dough was made from scratch. It takes a lot of patience and exact measurement of ingredients to make a good pizza. XN was very interested especially when she was asked to lay the different ingredients on the pizza dough before it went into the oven. Need to press and stretch and press and stretch the skin... The pizza is finally ready!

Went to a Japanese restaurant for lunch with the aunties and uncles, there were many of us and we were given a room luckily, because it means XN and DH can walk around freely. DH was enjoying the kappa maki very much. In a short while, the whole maki is gone! After that he went around tasting other people's food, he just want to eat everything on the table. Look at the amount of food we ordered! Luckily we didn't waste, we managed to finish every item - YAY!

The pretty ah jia ahyi and grandaunty (still so young right!) They enjoy piggyback on jiujiu...it is such a fun.

The next day, early morning. DH woke up early as usual at about 7:30am. Brought him out to a near by shop to get a prepaid phone card. When in the shop, he was really curious about the traffic and animals outside. After breakfast, XN was writing on her exercise book as homework. DH gladly took a book and follow XN. At the breakfast area, there are water hens coming really close. These water hens are not scared of human beings at all! The garden view at the breakfast area was very nice as usual. Those big fishes we saw in the pond during our last trip are still there.

After the flight, the fist thing to do is to have dinner at the near by restaurant. DH likes the satay very much. During dinner, it rained heavily. We had to wait for about 30 mins before the rain stops and we took a short walk back to the hotel back gate. We had to walk through wet sandy mud paths and avoid puddles of water on the way back through the hotel's huge garden.

We are off to Bali again. We took the afternoon flight at about 4pm. T1 is still under renovation but at least most of the shops are already open. On the flight, the iPad works well to keep the 2 babies occupied. DH can look at the Elmo videos for a long long time! Finally, we touched down on the island after about 2 hours of flying.

In the evening, we went to have the famous 芽菜雞. It was very very crowded, but we managed to find a place.
The 芽菜 is very crunchy. There is no where else in the country that can produce 芽菜 with this taste. May be it is the water from the Ipoh mountains that makes all the difference.
XN finished all her portion of 河粉. She wants to take a picture to show 大舅舅.
This is the most famous shop in the area!

After lunch, XN went to aunty's house to play while we went to Jusco to take a look. Aunty took XN to her friend's shop which later we went to pick XN. The shop happens to be just next to Jusco! DH now likes to play with everyone, including taking down all the decorations in the shops. Later in the evening, we went back to the Hotel to prepare for dinner. Ipoh is surrounded by tall mountains. The scenery around the area is very beautiful and very different from what we see at home which is near the sea.

We went out for lunch almost immediately after breakfast. We went to the usual Ipoh shops at 舊街場 for the 河粉. Infact, everything we orderd have 河粉 inside. DH also like the 河粉 and insist on holding on to his own spoon and feeding himself. This 炒粿條 has a coating of egg ouside.