Christmas 2008 in a nutshell...

Well, well, well.... This is like writing about the yesterdays of my life... ie how I celebrated Christmas last year. Seemed like time flew by just so quickly.... and yes, like every other times when I didn't had time to update my blog... it is almost always due to busy-ness at work (or too many photos to manage! :p)... and after all the busy-ness, it's time for "jill to come out to play"! kekeke... :)

So.... Christmas 2008 in a nutshell....

This time, i spent the Christmas holidays with my family-in-laws up north, visiting some relatives. Spending Christmas in a small village is not like spending the season in cities like KL, PJ or Singapore... I mean you can see lotsa decos here and there, especially in shopping complexes, but not in a small village called Malim Nawar, Perak - my MIL's hometown. It was a short visit up north, where we stretched ourselves and our time to touch and go Penang as well... hehehe. More stories here in my BIL's bloggy :)

In Perak...

As usual, hubby takes many many pix of the nature and not us, human... :p

More non-human pix... hahaha!

Had this for breakfast on the first day in Perak.

It's a hakka delicacy called "lei cha" [wikipedia definition]

Well, that's just the green soup, and it's to be mixed with rice + all kinds of vege, making it super yummylicious! MIL cooks better than any places that serves and sells lei cha. :)

Sleepy heads... These are the looks of the little sleepy heads on early mornings...

Oh... and not forgetting, the importance of coffee & papers in the morning too! :)

Sarah's first bathing experience in a pail! LOL!

She looked so cute in there... at first, it's like a culture shock for her to get all wet in the little pail, but after some distraction she was alright.

The one & only (if i'm not mistaken) bicycle shop in Malim Nawar, which is my MIL's brother's shop. Many teenagers & kids drop by everyday to pump air into their bicycle tyres.

A day trip to Penang...

Sarah's first visit to Penang beach - touching "THE sand" is something to be recorded in Sarah's journal! :)

Makan-makan at hawker stalls... (how can we miss the food in Penang, right?!)

Some more makan-makan session at the Gurney Drive hawker centre.

(No, we didnt eat those hard-shells stuff... it doesnt look that appetizing to me! :p)

I wanted to try "pasembur", which is actually another name for "rojak" in Penang... hahaha! This particular stall that we went to has a very interesting way of getting their customers attention. The seller of pasembur will actually chant "rojak-rojak" while preparing the food and towards the end of his presentation, he will sing and dance in front of you while pouring the gravy into the plate! Hubby said he's like "casting a spell" to his customers! :p

OK... so coming up next... "CNY 2009 in a nutshell..." LOL!