Kuala Lumpur

  • family,  Family travel,  Kuala Lumpur,  local events,  Malaysia,  yassin

    Land Before Time

    dinotrek2 - inside near entrance

    Took a day off today and visited Petrosains, The Discovery Centre at KLCC with my son and husband. My son, at the time being, is amazed with dinosaurs and last week while browsing MPH’s bookshelves he picked up a book about dinosaur and of course I had to buy it. He is in a learning process and is really excited to learn more about dinosaurs. Looking at his enthusiasm about dinosaurs, my husband and I took him to the Dinotrek 2 exhibition at Petrosains. (<–click thumbnail to see larger version).

    It was fun learning about dinosaurs. I mean, I never had much effort to learn more about dinosaurs but I learned quite a lot of facts and theory there and one of it was the extinction of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs disappeared from the face of the earth some 65 million years ago and it was all due to a giant asteroid that struck the earth. To me it makes sense as the extinction went mass; all of a sudden, the dinosaurs were wiped out and there must be something big that had happened. Well, of course after learning about it, I went googling to find more about the extinction. Found out that there’s a new theory that it was not due to asteroid but due to volcano that erupted in India.

    Anyway, back to Petrosains. We spent 3 hours at Dinotrek 2. Yassin had fun being a paleontologist; he dug and found a fossil!!

    my little palentologist!
    my little paleontologist!

    He was quite engrossed (so was my husband and me!) to discover more about dinosaurs through the detailed explanations, animatronic models,  interactive games and quizzes. Dinotrek 2 showcases 5 types of dinosaurs (out of 527 recognized today!!) and they are Protoceratops, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptors.

    Spinosaurus
    Spinosaurus

    Lol, I think I’ve talked long enough; if you want to experience the fun; visit Dinotrek 2 at Petrosains, The Discovery Centre, KLCC. Tickets for adult is Rm6.00, children RM3.00. You can find millions of information available about dinosaurs on the net; from Wiki, Mail Online, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and many more.

    Here are more pictures from our visit to Dinotrek 2:

    dinotrek04 dinotrek05 dinotrek06

    And oh, if you visit Dinotrek2, don’t forget to do that Dino Dance; your action will be snapped. There will be 5 shots altogether (You”ll be chromakeyed with the dancing dinosaurs!) and you can directly e-mail the pictures to yourself using the computer stationed there! Here are our snapped photos, it’s not quite clear though as it captured video frames (720 x 576 at 72dpi).

    dino dance!
    dino dance!
  • Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia,  yassin

    Up on the hill

    We went up the Langat Hill earlier tonight just to catch a glimpse of KL cityline while having a breath of fresh air.

    kl view

    My son wanted to know how does other cities in the world looks like. I told him the big cities in the world look similar; only with different buildings and landscapes. He asked me to bring him to one of those big cities one day. I just told him, “one day dear, one day.” We’ve been to almost all parts of Malaysia and I think one fine day (when I save enough money), I’ll consider one of those Orlando vacations and head to the Magical Kingdom of Walt Disney with him. Well maybe with husband too if he wants to go. He’s not into traveling overseas because he has been places he said.

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    Marzuki

  • family,  FT of Malaysia,  Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia,  TRAVEL/HOLIDAYS

    Journey of Water *

    Guess where we went today?


    silhouette of Yassin and me (photo by my husband, Zaim)

    We visited Aquaria @ KLCC today! It has been quite sometimes that I wanted to go but since I need to snap photos for my Nature Study personal project, we finally went there today. I need subjects other than flowers.

    As we went in, we got to meet Bamboo Sharks, Horseshoe Crabs and starfish at the DNA Touch Pool.


    my husband holding a horseshoe crab

    Our ‘Journey of Water’ starts right after the DNA Pool. The exhibits in Aquaria are divided into 6 zones, The Highland, Jewels of The Jungle, Flooded Forest, The Coast, The Living Reef and The Living Ocean.


    Credit: Aquaria KLCC website

    These are random pictures I captured (click to see larger version).


    Red-bellied Piranha, frog and dunno what!


    Axolotl, alligator and gecko


    School of fish, arowana and lionfish


    Yassin and his dad, shark and feeding session…


    ..and finally the Seahorse. It was very hard to snap its picture as it was moving all the time
    but I managed to snap few good shots.

    We definitely will visit the Aquaria KL again and also plan to visit Underwater World Langkawi soon.

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    Balqis

  • digital photos,  family,  Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia,  yassin

    Birds Park revisited *

    The last time we went to Birds Park it was December 2006. Since it was school Holiday for a week, I took my family to Birds Park last Saturday. There was 10 of us; my mother, my sister and bro-in-law with their 4 children, my cousin, my son and me.


    Yassin and his cousin Daniel at the Birds Park’s entrance


    We were greeted by this peacock upon our entrance


    My mother and my nephew Adam feeding lorikeets


    A lorikeet perching on Yassin’s head

    Here are more pictures; click on thumbnails to see larger version:

    We had fun but it turned sour when Yassin lost his pink Gameboy. We went back to the Birds Park to look for it but it was no more there.

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    Balqis

  • family,  Family travel,  Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia

    Jalan-jalan Lake Garden

    Went to the Lake Garden last weekend. Boy! I had to catch up with my husband and son, as well as my breath! I think I have put on a lot of weight! I dare not step on the scale. The last time (not so long ago) my husband forced me to step on a scale, ’twas scary!!

    I felt heavy and need to lose back few kgs, therefore need to cut back on the fatty food and exercise more. I think walking is good coz I’m not up to jogging. I’m trying not to resolve on diet pills.

    Here are some photos from Lake Garden. We were happily posing around leftover landscapes from the Malaysia’s Landscape & Garden Festival 2008.


    My husband and son


    I like this garden decor made up of stones & soils squares.


    I think Johor had the most beautiful landscape presentation.
    My husband is so agree with that, he’s from Johor
    ;P


    Posing inside Johor’s landscape area.

    We thought we dropped by Tanglin’s food stall for ‘teh tarik’ but it was closed. Anyway, do you know that Tanglin Hospital is occupied by monkeys on weekend? There were hundreds of them, on the rooftop, the gates, all over!

  • digital photos,  Kuala Lumpur,  local events,  Malaysia,  yassin

    Landscape & Garden Festival 2008

    I went to Lake Garden last Friday with my son and mom to see the Malaysia’s Landscape & Garden Festival 2008. I didn’t have a chance to take a lot of pictures coz I have to tail Yassin everywhere. It’s difficult to take pictures if my husband’s not around. Managed to only snap photos around the playground.


    Yassin is into climbing these days



  • digital photos,  Kuala Lumpur,  local events,  Malaysia

    Craft’s Day

    After sending off a printing job, my husband, Yassin and I headed to the National Craft’s Day.

    Below are some pictures from our visit (please wait while it loads):

    Be sure to come, the Craft’s Day will be till April 7. I’ll definitely be there again with my mother before it ends! There’s a lot to buy!

    Here are the details of the event:

    Location: Kompleks Kraf Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Conlay, KL
    Duration: 27 March – 7 April 2008
    Time: 10.00am – 1000pm