Cuti-cuti Malaysia 2008

It's almost end of 2008, alhamdulillah despite with all the workloads and the tight timetable, I am still able to go for my cuti cuti M'sia... Hmm early this year I spent 5 days with my family at Langkawi. Beautiful island seriously and thanks to Tun Mahathir he had made this island as an asset to our country with the preserve nature and also the preserve historical places. I spent 2 nights at Berjaya Hotel and Resort! Fuh... 5 star bebeh, really world class, the concept is brilliant, it is like a service chalet, the chalet is either in the wood for anyone that enjoy living with the nature and for those beach lovers there are also chalets near the beach and not just that the chalet is on the water. So you can sleep with the sound of the breeze.. Really relaxing but absolutely it will cost you more for that kind of chalet. As for me the stay is sponsored..My kids really enjoying the trip.. Thank you to my boss.. Thank you Prof .. we really appreciate the free stay you provided to us. Really first class. We spent more time enjoying the nature and visiting the historical places rather than going for shopping so for the trip to Langkawi I can rate this holiday as my 4 star holiday!

The coster that will bring us to our chalet and around the resort because they want to preserve the nature so no other cars are allow to enter the resort area. All cars will be parked at the parking lot provided.

Merdeka Palace hotel (this is where the conference is held)

One of the good thing being a lecturer is that we have the opportunity to go for seminars or conferences or workshops to sharpen our skill and knowledge beside also being able to build up linkages with other academicians. The trip is fully sponsored and yet beside of the professional agenda we can also take it as an opportunity for a holiday! This year I went for a seminar at Kuching, because I'm going alone so my mother accompanied me there. The seminar is awesome many academicians were there and also people from the industries. Love it! Love the people and also the info! Since it had been 2 years I didn't go to Sarawak so I took the opportunity to fulfill this trip with going to interesting places at Sarawak. I went to the cultural village Sarawak and also Sarikei. The best part at the cultural village is the daily cultural show held there. We went to see the one hour show and I love it very much. We were served with the various dances from different tribes at Sarawak. We were showed the way of using the 'sumpit' and we also can try it on our own. At Sarikei I did shop till I drop.. not because I bought too much but because there was so many people and I felt slightly dizzy and as if I'm going to faint. Thank goodness my mother is around. However I rank this trip as 2 stars because I missed my hubby and my kids very much, holiday without them is no fun! And yet it is also a wrong timing for holiday because it was raining season we have difficulties to travel from place to place.

Rumah panjang (just imagine the stairs memang balak yang virgin laa kirenyer)

Then just last week I went to Port Dickson for a holiday with my family. Arif loves going picnic very much so this is for my kids to enjoy. The weekend is so much fun. Eventhough it is just so near from home but the feeling of having everyone making that weekend so cheerful!

Next week another seminar at Penang and my whole family will be going with me.. Just can't wait for it. I think that maybe our last cuti cuti Malaysia for this year agaknya... As for next year I hope my application to present my paper at Dublin will be accepted. If so then Dublin here I come with my hubby of course.. hehehehe Ammin