Posts in category TRAVEL/HOLIDAYS
Hong Kong Disneyland: A Dream Comes T...
Langkawi International Maritime &...
Being enthusiasts of aircrafts, my husband and son wouldn’t want to miss it for the world to see the LIMA 2013 static aircrafts and air show held at the Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre (MIEC) and therefore they forced themselves (while dragging me along) through the MASSIVE traffic jam. We had to park far away outside the airpor [...]
Flying on the inaugural Boeing’...
I was super excited when Malindo Air dropped me an e-mail inviting me for their inaugural media flight from KL to Kuching. Double excited when my blog buddy and BFF, LadjJava was invited as well. This inaugural flight was unique as we were on board Boeing’s 7500th 737! The first 737 was was delivered to Lufthansa in 1967. This new 737 i [...]
7 things to do in Langkawi
I got the chance to revisit Langkawi last holiday after more than 20 years. It was spontaneous. Although I have a lot of work to be done t home, the idea of travelling never fails to get me excited. My husband told me in the morning (few weeks back) about wanting to go to Langkawi and next thing I knew I was packing and we left for Langkawi i [...]
Discover the spirit of Japan
My mother-in-law, her sister and husband (Bak Cu and Pak Cu) and my sister-in-law is now holidaying in Japan to visit Udin (Bak Cu and Pak Cu’s son) who is studying Mechanical Engineering in Shibaura Institute of Technology, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Udin is having his convocation there, that’s the main reason they are there. They went a [...]
PL365: #In_The_House #ProjectLife365
The prompt today is In The House. Thought I post photo of my son Yassin and Chef Goofy. Chef goofy was in the house during our breakfast at Enchanted Garden, Disneyland Hotel, Hong Kong.
PL365: #LIGHT #ProjectLife365
The prompt yesterday: Light. I captured this chandelier photo at the lobby of Disneyland Hotel, Hong Kong.
PL365: Cheers #ProjectLife365 #Cheers
I’m gonna skip the prompts for last few days and post photo of yesterday’s prompt. I however, posted it on my Instagram. Please look under hashtag #365emila.
Yesterday’s prompt: Cheers.
Location: Sleeping Beauty Castle, Hong Kong Disneyland.
Hello from Hong Kong Disneyland!
A quick update from my son and me from Hong Kong. We are having a great time here. More complete blog posts when I am back in KL.
Art & Places: The Wave, KL
I was looking for some information about Whale and Dolphins sculpture when Niza told me it might be Abdul Multhalib’s work. I went google-ing his name and came across Arcawam’s blog article about local sculptures in Malaysia where it features Abdul Multhalib. Thanks to the writer/sculptor, Rosli Zakaria, I managed to get informati [...]
Hong Kong Disneyland, here we come!
Yassin and me will be leaving for Hong Kong Disneyland tomorrow morning. Yay! We’ll be updating some pictures on our Instagram:
Emila: http://instagram.com/emilayusof
Yassin: http://instagram.com/yassinzaim
Don’t forget to check out my personal facebook page too.
Here’s a drawing from excited Yassin.
PL365: Roam
There’a a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam. ~Eliza Cook
Location: Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Selangor, Malaysia.
Art & Places: Whale and Dolphins...
This Whale and Dolphins have always been intriguing to me. My son loves them and I bet other kids love them too!
My son (right) and his cousin Idham admiring Whale and Dolphins.
Whale up-close.
Dolphins.
Whale and Dolphins were created by Australian sculptor, John Underwood in 1997. This multi-layered sculpture consists of a 6 meter high wh [...]
Autoshow @ Putrajaya
The only time I saw fancy colorful cars was when I watched The Cars movie. Remember when the truck was sleepy and McQueen was sleeping safe and sound inside, there was a group of cars with loud music and fire coming out from the exhaust?
Well, I saw real ones today. My family and I was attending a wedding at Perbadanan Putrajaya hall when we [...]
7 parks and gardens to visit with kid...
Parks and gardens can be magical places for kids. They offer kids the chance to be close to nature, to smell the fresh air, to enjoy the beautiful colors and best of all to just be themselves; run, jump and run some more! I have some favourite parks and gardens in Kuala Lumpur (KL) that I have visited and below is a list of 7 parks and gard [...]
Art & Places: Madonna at Kornmar...
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” ~Michelangelo.
In the case of the beautiful baroque statue above, it was sculpted by Peter von den Branden in 1718.
Known as Madonna of the Corn Market (Kornmart in German language), this statue still stands proudly in the Kornmarkt, [...]
