Holiday Retreat @ Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia

Marina in front of Awana hotel.

Beach in front of Lighthouse Restaurant.

Another Awana Marina shot.

Sea / beach at Pulau Beras Basah (Wet Rice Island) about 15 mins off Langkawi main island. The sea water here is clear and the sand is so soft.

Lighthouse at Awana hotel.

V's and my footprint on the soft sand.

My shadow during sunset at the beach.

V walking on the beach.

Visti to Hard Rock Hotel @ Batu Ferringhi, Penang

Hard Rock Hotel recently opened in Penang. We are the frontier :) my team hence organized a teambuilding event in the hotel. Here is a shot of the entrace during noon time.

Let's start the hotel pictorial tour from the interior walkway. Clean uncluttered walkway with some instruments and outfits of artists.

Here they also have the mosaic portraits of the Beetles.

Let's take a look at the outdoor. The poolside is sand covered. It has several long water slide and tall coconut tree provides some shades.

The poolside view towards the hotel building.

Turn your head towards the sea, this is what you will see. Beach covered with white sand, sea extending to the horizon and blue sky with a dash of clouds.

Walk out from the hotel pool side, here is what you will see on the left. What a nice view.

And on the right. Beach and sunshine :)

My colleague couldn't agree with me further. He is enjoying the great sea view.

The hotel's entrance during the night.

Hard Rock Hotel
Batu Ferringhi Beach,
11100 Penang, Malaysia
Tel:  +60 4 8811711
Fax: +60 4 8812155

GPS coordinate: N5 28.068 E100 14.501

Scenery photoshots @ Taiping Lake Garden

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Window view of the calm lake with reflections.

Zoomed into the morning dew.

Morning dews. Click to see a closer shot.

Reflection and sunshine in the shot.

Wider angle view of the lake.

Wesak Day Photoshoot (Misc) @ Kelawei Road

Traditional chinese violin performance. Er Hu.

Traditional orchestra on a float.

Same float.

Very rich buddish society. Next time see this society, no need to donate money. :)

Westerner name, Joey on one of the float. In order to put your name on the float's lamp, a small amount of donation is needed.

Amount of people awaiting for the float to pass by.

Monk on the float. Splashing water thru joh stick. Run run, camera aren't water friendly.

四朵金花 hey i can write chinese okay. many people doesnt believe it.
Basically it means 4 golden flowers.

Small kids, hand in hand.

Auntie busy talking on cellphone.

Below 5 pics are repeated. Somehow, I can't delete them.

Senior citizen also in the parade.

Auntie also can walk so far.

Small boy.

Monk and nun.

Many people involved in the wesak day parade.

Teambuilding @ Tropical Spice Garden, Teluk Bahang

Seaview from Spice Garden's cafe. The cafe is shaded by multiple big trees. It is the best place to be at noon time when you are here.

Just a spice cat wondering around spice garden cafe. It is doing its cat walk :)

Spice garden treasure hunt ends with cooking session using the "treasure" which is the spices.

Of course, we can't cook the spice alone. Here are the supporting ingredients.

Stone roller to smash and grind various spices. Here are some spices to make Devil Curry. Hmm.. DC, same as my initials.

Stir fry the spices. Someone gave instruction and one people fry it. To me, it looks like Kan Cheong Kitchen show.

The results is a nice bowl of Devil Curry with chicken and potatoes. Instructor says it doesnt looks like Devil Curry and potatoes is not cooked. :)

Well, just a game isnt it?