Another photo of brother with Ben

This is a photo of Ben with bro last year. Bro really loves kids ... dont they look great together...? In fact, Ben inherited some of bro's features ......Looking forward to going to Auckland next year since bro will be purchasing a house with 4 rooms. Husband already promise! Hehe......Must get there in time for the baby's full moon! :)

Brother with Ben

This photo was taken when brother last came back. Sigh, time sure flies by...it was almost 6 months ago when it was CNY. Brother has gone for his Europe trip mid of the year (read all about it at the blog on my list - ahem, bro, I hope you have updated it). And now he is joining the club - parent! Yes, sister in law is pregnant and will be due at the end of February. Bro will surely make a great father with his love for children. :)

Other Photos of Clearwater Sanctuary

This is a photo of the balcony of our room...pretty isn't it? Facing the lake....or mining pool... The lone tree........

....a lot of beautiful lotus flowers....

Ben and his bright yellow car...pushing everywhere he goes...perfect place for him...

Haha...most photos are their behind as I cannot run fast enough to be in front.

Our room...notice the beautiful blue car.....bought this at an Ipoh toy shop. There are many there! Many varieties as well.......battery operated, push with lights, etc...all above RM200 plus! This one is basic with pedal wheels just like what my brother had when he was young. Love it...for only Rm60! Make sure his legs has more muscles! :).......Mercedes of course!

More photos of the surrounding mining pool...

....The swimming pool....

...and they even have a water slide into the pool

Nearby slide which is part of a playground next to the swimming pool. Quite a nice relaxing place for parents with an active toddler. Definately will go there again. There will be a special promotion during the Puasa Month for obvious reasons - only RM188 net!

Clearwater Sanctuary and Anna and the King

If you can remember, Clearwater Sanctuary was the location used for the movie Anna and the King starring Chow Yuen Fatt! We could see the roof of the palace from afar and was really curious. No matter how we turn around the golf course, we could not reach the palace. We enquire at the check-in counter and found that only the golf buggy can take us in. So in we go and we found that the path leading inside was pretty over-grown as it has been un-used for many years. So sad...can see that the buildings were not maintained (sigh!) and it has been about 10 years...built in 1999. Most of the material had dropped off, rotting away........

Most of the material were made from styrofoam - I guess it will have been cheaper..
...the place was overgrown with lalang...

But you can just imagine how grand it used to look. Sigh...Further this place would have been a great place for taking photos for wedding....ps, the small little golf buggy was the one which took us into the location.

Trip To ClearWater Sanctuary

We made a trip to Ipoh on our way to Sg Petani. At first we intended to go to Cameron Highland. Unfortunately Ben was getting a bit restless in the car after the 2 hour drive to Simpang Pulai. So we decided to go to Clearwater Sanctuary, Simpang Pulai which was abotu 15 minutes away from Ipoh.

On the way there, we had a bit of excitement - a fire! It was scary! We did not know what was burning as we could not make up what it was!
At last, we reach! It was a really a nice, quiet and affordable place (RM225 for one night).
The cool display outside. The old tin mining wheels/scoop which was shown counter-clockwise to symbolise the end of the tin mining era. This brought back memories of geography during primary school. This the closest we will ever get to a tin mining machine. I wonder do the students still study this subject since there is no longer any tin mining activity in our country.

Aunty's 70th Birthday

It was hub's aunty's 70th birthday in Penang. So we went back during the weekend. Food as usual, in Penang was yummy. We did not have much time to take photos of the food because of our squirming worm which we had to take turns to take care. Hub will be eating quickly and the take over to take care of Ben.

However we got pretty good photos of Ben with his cousins and the rest of the family. Enjoy! Oh yah, birthday girl is the one in red! :)

Ben's 2 1/2 Years Old Birthday

It was Ben's 2 1/2 years old birthday. Just bought a piece of chocolate banana cake from Secret Recipe and did not bother to do anything elaborate since it was a weekday.

Ben getting ready to blow the candle. He really loves to blow candle and is pretty dramatic as you can see!The front view....

The side view.

And lastly of course, eating the cake.