Entopia Penang

Entopia Penang yang dahulu merupakan Taman Rama2 di Penang telah di ubah suaikan atau kata lain "upgraded". Baru di buka pada hujung tahun lepas kalau tak salah aku. Ia merupakan salah satu tarikan di Pulau Pinang. Pada 3 minggu yang lepas aku membawa family abang aku melawat tempat ini. Sebenarnya time tu Luffy tak berapa sihat tapi sebabkan kesian kat anak2 saudara ku yang dtg dari Ipoh dan nampak bersemangat nak tengok rama2, kami pun pergi juga. Luffy pun nampak bersemangat sungguh, tak nampak mcm orang sakit langsung. Cuma bila rasa badan dia agak panas sedikit. Ini merupakan kali ke2 aku melawat Entopia, kali ni pulak rajin nak tulis dalam blog.
Harga tiket masuk biasanya rm49 untuk dewasa dan rm29 untuk kanak-kanak. Tapi masa kami pergi itu taman kepompong tutup jadi dia kasi diskaun kurang rm9 untuk dewasa dan kanak-kanak. Tapi rugi juga sebenarnya sebab taman kepompong tu cantik dengan efek pencahayaan sekali. Tak apalah di sebabkan aku masih ada simpan gambar dari lawatan aku yang pertama aku akan sertakan sekali di dalam entri blog ni.
Tentang parking, nak kata senang dapat, tak juga. Bergantung pada keadaan, kalau waktu sibuk macam weekend agak ramai pengunjung, kenalah parking di luar. Dalam 2X lawatan aku memang aku kena parking kat luar. Tak ada bayaran untuk parking.

Trademark entopia terpampang besar di luar bangunan. 

Di pintu masuk, sedikit penerangan tentang apa yang ada di dalamnya . (Map)

Sekitar kawasan kodok. Banyak jenis kodok di pampang di sini. 

 

Luang legar di mana mereka akan melepaskan rama-rama yang baru menetas. Tak salah aku ada 2 sessi setiap hari, pagi dan petang. Menurut jurucakap, rama2 boleh hidup selama 7 hari aje. 

 

Periuk kera, jarang boleh jumpa.

 

Sumpah-sumpah

Taman belalang/ grasshopper park. Kawasan tertutup supaya belalang-belalang tu tak boleh keluar. Kadang2 tak boleh nampak belalang2 ni, sebab diaorang kecil. Ada yang warna kuning dan hijau.

 

 

Cantiknya rama2 nie. :)

Banyak rama2 berterbangan di sini. Selain itu ada beberapa serangga (bug) yang 

jarang boleh di temui ada di sini. 

 

Dapat spot tak serangga2 di atas. Kalau kat luar, mungkin kita tak akan 

perasan pun kewujudan mereka. 

Ada cafe di dalam untuk sejukkan tekak. 

Tengoklah reaksi Eirian tu, happy nyer.

 

Di taman kepompong, taman inilah yang di tutup masa lawatan aku bersama abang. 

Rugi mereka, tempat ini memang cantik dan unik. Lain dari yang lain.

 

 

Banyak interactive tool untuk kita lebih memahami species rama2.

 

Eeee.... banyak sangat makhluk Allah nie. 

Rama2 yang baru keluar dari kepompong. Amazing kan?

 

Macam faham jer adik oii.. :)

Kat bahagian nie agak menggelikan, cerita pasal ulat, lipas, lalat dan makanan2 mereka.  Satu subject yang paling aku tak minat. Tapi bagus untuk pengetahuan. Jadi sesiapa yang berminat pasal serangga2 ni, elok lah datang tempat nie. Memang unik sebab aku tak pernah jumpa lagi tempat macam ni di Malaysia, not even in Taman Rama-Rama di Kuala Lumpur.

Najis manusia lepas makan jagung pun ada di paparkan di sini.

Secara keseluruhan aku rasa sangat puas hati melawat Taman Rama-Rama di Penang. Sangat menarik dan lain dari yang lain. Memang banyak perubahan dan peningkatan di Taman ini kalau nak dibandingkan dengan yang sebelumnya. Harga memang agak mahal sedikit tapi memang berpatutan dengan kualiti yang dipamerkan.

Jenjalan di Dimsum Greentown dan Tambun Lost World

Dah 2-3 minggu Luffy ajak pergi KL naik ETS dari Georgetown. Perjalanan mengambil masa 4 jam. Di sebabkan cuti yang pendek iaitu hari sabtu dan ahad saja, aku dan hubby keberatan nak pergi. Bukan apa, nanti tak puas bercuti dan yang paling tentu dapat cuma kepenatan. Jadi malam tadi hubby sibuk mencari maklumat browsing internet pasal tempat2 yang kami boleh pergi minggu nie. Yang paling penting tempat tu tak payah tinggal smlm supaya kami ada sehari untuk berehat. Aku dah bagi warning awal2.. no cameron highland please. Bukan apa, rasa mcm baru beberapa bulan hari tu dah pergi..biarlah pergi tempat baru. Jadi hubby kasi cadangan padang besar atau Tambun Lost World. Setelah tolak tambah timbang semua kami buat keputusan pergi Lost World Tambun. Pagi-pagi bangun punya nasib tak baik, takde air kat rumah. Ehm, kami pergi ke rumah bandar kassia untuk tumpang mandi. MasyaAllah rumah dah jadi mcm hutan rimba.. maklumlah dah 8 bulan tak jenguk.. mujur air dan api masih ada..setelah bersiap-sedia kami pun bertolak dalam pukul 12 tengahari.

 

Hutan dalam rumah

Perjalanan mengambil masa 1 jam dari bandar kassia ke Ipoh. Dah sampai Ipoh, hubby ajak makan dimsum kegemarannya,  greentown dimsum. Dimsum ni ada sijil halal jakim so tiada syak wasangka. Setiap kali aku pergi memang ramai muslim yang makan. Rasanya pun not bad.. kali ni aku makan chee chong fun yang sedap.. maybe sebab dah lama tak makan kot rasa special plak kali ini. Tapi
mmg sedap dan rekomen restoran ini.

Inilah restoran tu dari luar.

Terletak di persiaran Greentown

                                                      

Chee Cheong Fun. Seriously sedap :)

Dah habis makan kami gerak. Dalam pukul 3 petang kami sampai di Tambun Lost World. Kami plan tak nak mandi cuma nak melawat dan tengok apa2 yang menarik. Tiket agak mahal kalau beli di kaunter, so kalau beli online murah lagi. For example adult rm60, kalau online rm54 (lepas gst). Kanak2 pun agak mahal.. RM55. Kalau rendah dari 90cm foc. Eirian paras 90cm so foc, tapi next time kena bayar lah nampaknyer.

 

Yahoo... dah sampai

 

Seperti biasa, budak kecil ni nak lepas.

OTW nak tengok Tiger Show, dia nak pergi tmpt lain.

Ada dua ekor harimau dalam Tiger Valley nie

 Cuaca masa kami masuk agak mendung dan menurut ramalan cuaca hujan akan turun dalam pukul 4 petang macam tu. Kami selalu rujuk di AccuWeather untuk ramalan cuaca sebelum berjalan dan selalunya ramalannya agak tepat. Selepas habis menonton pertunjukan "Tiger Show" dalam pukul 4.30 petang hujan turun dengan lebatnya. Kami cepat2 berlari ke pondok menunggu keretapi. Dapat juga Luffy menaiki keretapi walaupun tak jauh. Agak dalam masa 15 minit hujan pun berhenti, dan keretapi pun memulakan perjalanan. Aku dah banyak kali juga datang ke Tambun Lost World, rasanya dah 4 kali, tapi sebelum ini sibuk main air jer. So yang ni first time naik keretapi di Tambun Lost World ni. Agak menarik juga dia bawa sampai ke hujung kawasan sekitarnya dan barulah aku tau banyak juga tarikan di sini. Antaranya kawasan mendulang tu. Aku tertarik dengan lanksap hiasan kawasan itu, sangat hijau dan menenangkan. Masa aku bersantai di situ dalam pukul 6 petang jadi di sebabkan kurang pengunjung masa tu, jadi rasa tenang dan sangat damai. Cuaca pun sejuk sebab baru lepas hujan.

Naik Patung Gajah :)

 

Suka lanskap nya :)

Selepas itu kami pergi melawat Petting Zoo. Memang menarik, cuma yang tak bestnya kawasan burung dah di tutup selepas pukul 6.00 petang. Burung tidur awal kata pekerja-pekerja di situ. Ada banyak sangat ular sawa dan semuanya besar-besar belaka. Kalah Zoo. Anaconda pun ada, tapi dari spesies yang kecil. Ada tapir, rusa dan anak buaya. Teringat cerita Lake Placid bila tengok anak-anak buaya yang kecil2 tu. Kalau diaorang-diaorang ni dah besar, mana diaoarang nak campak, adakah di tasik tempat orang naik itik kayuh tu.. Sangat menakutkan. Ada lagi satu tarikan yang sedang dalam pembinaan, Tarantula Kingdom... Nampak menarik dan menyeramkan. Kitaorang meluangkan masa dalam 1 jam di kawasan itu. Taulah budak-budak kan suka animal yang comel-comel gitu. Sebenarnya ada lagi beberapa aktiviti waktu malam di Petting Zoo tapi kami tak stay dan pergi tengok tarikan di tempat lain.

 Sempat juga posing depan tasik ni

Reban ayam, teringat masa kecil arwah opah bela ayam di kampung.

Macam2 ular ada di sini. Yang sebelah kanan tu anaconda. 

Cantik sangat pool nie. Rugi tak mandi.

Ada dance show dan Fire Show waktu malam. Dance Show tu biasa-biasa jer. Aku rasa aku pun boleh menari kalau setakat macam tu jer.... hehehe.  Tapi Fire Show tu menarik dan MC dia yang hebat. Lepas habis Fire Show dalam jam 8.30 malam kami pun bergerak keluar. Tapi macam biasalah nak keluar tu singgah kat souvenier shop dia kejap tengok-tengok apa-apa yang menarik.

Pertunjukan yang menarik dan MC yang awesome.

Suasana waktu malam di sini. Rugi tak dapat berendam dalam hot tub

Sebelum balik kami singgah di Sungai Siput nak merasa Lobster yang terkenal tu, Woop2Lobster. Hubby dah banyak kali bercerita pasal tempat ini, tapi tak pernah ada kesempatan nak sampai di sini. Sebelum pergi kami singgah di rumah abang aku di Klebang Putra, ajak dia makan malam bersama.

Agak lewat sebenarnya, tapi tak apalah sekali-sekala. Kami tiba di restoran tu jam 10.00 malam. Cari juga signboard kat kedai Woop2lobster tapi tak ada. Rupa-rupanya kedai ni dalam MH cafe yang berhadapan MH Hotel dan bertentangan dengan Pizza hut. Memula tu ingat kalau tak jumpa makan Pizza Hut jer kot malam tu tapi nasib baik jumpa. Woop2Lobster beroperasi sekali bersama dengan MH Cafe jadi kalau tak nak makan lobster boleh makan Western atau goreng2 kat situ juga. Harga agak berpatutan juga. Pasal lobster tu boleh tahan juga lah rasanya tapi nak kata sedap sangat tak lah. Kalau suruh aku pilih, ketam nipah lagi sedap kot. Tapi oklah kalau nak cuba. Mungkin sebab lobster nyer besar kot buatkan rasanya tak berapa manis kot atau lobsternya tak fresh.  Tapi rekomen untuk try, sebab kalau nak makan lobster tu memang mahal, so kat sini murah jer so memang patut try :D

Memang besar lobsternya..

Changed job again :(

My journey was not long with Setec, the Australia company. Not even a year I worked there, the owner decided to closed the Penang office. I learned a lot with this company and I was hoping to worked longer and learned from all the experienced people there, but fate was not on my side. I had mixed feelings actually, sad that I couldn't worked further with all the Aussie nice folks and happy that I dont have to deal with pshycotic in the office. Yes, there was a mad people in the office and he want to take control of everything in the company. He drove all people like crazy and he want to show people he is superman and he knows everything and other people are wrong. Imagine I have to worked with this psycho for a year. I felt totally relieved to leave this company.
The management gave us one month notice of closure and I was job hunting at this time. I attended a few interviews and initially there was not a good news at all. I almost give up, and thinking maybe its the sign for me to quit work and concentrate with my family. On my last day with Setec, I attended another interview with Altera. I dont fancy much with the job and I had little confidence that I will get it since it is related to test field which I had abondened few years ago. But Allah knows the Best. To my suprised, I got the job which I think I will have slim chance of getting it. So I am with Altera now. (its two month already)

Mak Sakit :(

This was happened last 5 months ago and my mum now is getting better. Alhamdullilah..

It was happened on my husband birthdate 28March2016. My sister called me using my husband phone at 4.30 in the morning. I was so worried when I got the call cause I know it must be an emergency. My sister said my mum couldn't moved half of her body. Argh.. what's wrong with my mum?? I was so panic, nervous, sad and imagining all the bad thing that could have gone wrong. Silly me..Then me and my husband decided to rush back to my hometown. I even cried while having shower, must be worrying too much.
My sister and my cousin took my mum to the nearby government clinic for immediate checkup. My mum had high blood pressure that time. It was 180/85 and this could lead to stroke, they rush my mum to the nearby hospital with the ambulance. Me and husband drove straight to the Hospital Manjung that morning. I reached Hospital around 8 oclock in the morning and once I see my mum condition, I feel a little bit relieved. She could not properly move her left arm and her left leg. She barely can walk properly and she needs assistant in order to move around.
When my mum reached the hospital her blood pressure drop to 160 due to the medicine that the clinic provide to her. It did helped to reduce. However, 160 is still consider in alarming zone. Once the blood pressure hit 200, my mother can have risk of permanent stroke.  So my mum will need to go through several testing to check why her blood pressure suddenly goes high. My mum went to for CT-scan to check her brain condition to ensure there is no blood clot and any other abnormalities. Besides that, they were severals other check which I cant recalled just to ensure my mum is in good condition.. Hospital Manjung doesn't have the CTScan equipment, so my mum will need to go to Ipoh to do that. Another option is to do the CTScan in the private hospital and we need to pay extra for that.
Due to distance issue and I don't want my mum to travel far, so we asked them to refer us to Hospital Pantai which is about 3-5km from there. I paid about RM300 for that. Result from the CT-Scan showed no abnormalities with my mum's brain and no blood clot. Alhamdulillah..
I stayed overnight at my mum's place with Eirian and my sister's son Affiq. My husband and Luffy have to go back to Penang for school and work tomorrow. My sister accompany my mother in the hospital.
So the next day, I received a good news. My mum can move her arms and she can even walk by herself without any help. That was tremendously fast. I guess my mum was very determined and she really want to get out from the hospital. I understand how she feel. The doctor allowed my mother to be discharge that day. However she still need to have weekly visit to the nearby clinic to monitor her condition. She needs to take care her meal intake as well which is  good at her age. I went back to Penang in the evening to resume my work the following day.
During the weekend, I went back and get my mum the home blood pressure meter so that she can check her blood pressure level at home. My mum is getting better now, but she still need to be monitored. Her blood pressure shoot high mainly due to high cholesterol level. Even though she is skinny, she still has this issue :(.  After done some reading, I found out taking olive oil, and food rich with potassium like potato and banana can help to reduce the cholesterol level.

Luffy o Luffy....

Mlm semalam semasa di dalam kereta, Luffy asyik mengulang lagu yang sama sampai aku dah naik boring. Aku tegur dia, "asyik lagu yang sama, off the radio"..
Luffy menjawab, "Dengar lagu Shareka pun tak boleh??".. "huh??? Shareka??"... hahaha aku tngk balik lagu shakira. Camane boleh pergi Shareka. Teringat masa kecil2 Luffy selalu salah susun perkataan, contohnya

1) menjerit - merenjit
2) surat khabar - surat bakar
3) cokolat -kocolat
4) ketupat - keputat
5) pokok - kopok

Luffy.. luffy.. ni pulak gambar nak pergi toilet. Kalau berjalan, lepas makan sakit perut nak pergi toilet. Papa dia dah faham sangat. Kadang2 tak boleh tahan.tak mau tunggu balik rumah..kena lah cari toilet berhampiran..

Luffy's own space

I have been planning to let Luffy has his own room since I move in the house. But that was never accomplished until recently. This room was very messy with hubby computer, books and documents belong to me, hubby and luffy, toys and craps that the boys created. I told hubby to move the desktop outside but he never agreed, which I think thf main reason I never got chance to tranform the room to Luffy's bedroom. We went to the furniture shop. Hubby intention was only to buy luffy bed and study table. He plan to put the study table in the living room.
I add wadrobe for Luffy cause the one his has right now is not really a proper one. I just imagining, it can be put in that small room. I went home and cleaned up the room. I remove all the items except the desktop. Hubby said dont touch that. After arranging all the items, that small room can accomadate single bed, study table, wadrobe and desktoo. Thats amazing.. 😆
Luffy likes it so much. He sleep in his room since then. Glad he like that and now he has his own privacy..

Short Getaway @ Cameron Highland.

"Papa, jom pergi jalan.. Lama dah rasa tak jalan.. tak payah pergi jauh2, dekat2 pun tak apa", I've been persuading my husband for a short holiday. Feels like very long that me and family didnt got for any vacation since the Aussie trip. We went to KL, Melaka during this time around, but that was for visiting family. Not really vacation.. Last Friday husband suprised me with this.

The whole Friday I was wondering where could be the "suprised place". I've been digging my husband for the clue, but it didn't work. He said he do not know whether I've been to that place, maybe I did when I was still single. This add more to my curiosity...Where could be the place??
My husband prepared all the clothing for this holiday. I let him choose what is suitable attire for me and kids. We departed around 10.am on Saturday. We bought some breakfast from McDonald drive thru and had them in the car.

My husband make an entry to the North-South Highway and we were heading towards the South. So it was not Gunung Jerai, as it is my first guess. We passed Taiping, Ipoh, and Simpang Pulai. After that he made the exit at Tapah toll, and he finally said, " we are going to Cameron Highland"... Haha..that was really a suprised. It is not the first time I went there, I think I went there more than 10x with my husband. Well, thanks mr Hubby, I love Cameron...... just that the traffic is always bad and its always a waste of time.

We reached Tapah tol about 1pm, and it was a bad timing. The road was closed due to "Le tour de Langkawi" event. We have to give way for the bicyclist to pass first. So instead of waiting there for maybe an hour, I suggested my husband for us to get our lunch first. We made a turn into the highway and went to Kampar for lunch. We had KFC for our lunch. About 2.30, we head back to Tapah, and this time, we use the trunk road. Luckily the road was clear this time.

We stopped at Lata Iskandar waterfall for a while to enjoy the scenery and the cold breeze of the waterfall. Luffy wanted to bath, but we dont let him cause the water was so cold. We let him take play for a while. Maybe next time we can go for picnic at waterfall.

After that we headed to Cameron Highland. The road was twisty and small which made the journey uncomfortable. My husband chose this road as to avoid the traffic jam. Indeed the road was clear, up until we reach the Bharat tea plantation. We stopped for a while to have a drink and enjoy the scenery. The view was fantastic and breathtaking. I
 

 

 We checked in at the hotel about 6pm. We stayed at Hotel Titiwangsa, Brinchang. The hotel was very spacious and comfortable for family stay. It was not a luxury hotel but good enough for family stay. One king bed, 1 single bed, 1 sofa and ample space. Another good thing was that the hotel provide free buffer dinner steam boat and breakfast. The location was great, not that far from the Brinchang night market and you can walk without having to worry about parking and being stuck in the traffic jam. I would want to stay at this hotel again next time with my big family. 

The next day, my husband took us to a new attraction place in Cameron which I have never been before. The "Taman Agroteknologi Mardi Cameron Highland" situated at Tanah Rata, just further up from the Tanah Rata Park. You can find all things in Cameron Highland here, Tea, strawberry, apples, grapes, rose, orchid, cactus, hydrophonic plantation. I love this place and we spent about 2 hours here.

 

 

We had Indian food for our lunch at Tanah Rata and it was great. I like the Banana leave meal with the spinach and Dal gravy. After that we head down, we stopped at Haba to buy some vege and drive home to Penang.