Day 2 - A trip from Kota Kinabalu to Ranau

The second day of our trip was from Kota Kinabalu to some places at area of Mount Kinabalu and ended at Ranau. I will tell you later where exactly we went as you go along reading my story. On the way to to the highland, we passed Tamparuli, Tuaran and then to Ranau. It will take you 3 hours drive from KK town to Ranau if the weather is good. It was about 131 km to go to Ranau. It was a challenge for me driving to Ranau. At first place I had no plan at all going to Ranau. It was my cousin who proposed us to go there to visit some interesting places and we would be guided by our relatives Zainal and Zainab in KK. We met my cousin with his family at Grand hotel. They were on holiday for 3 days too. Since we would be guided to that place so we decided to join him to go to Ranau. We left the hotel at 9.30 am.

Before we started our journey to Ranau, We took some photos of ours outside the Grand Hotel.

Umme was the one who shot us.

nice view
mini water fountain front of the lobby hotelinside the mall near the entrance
cheese....!!!

up the hill

Guess what ..after about an hour traveling....whoops ....:( It was not my tyre that's flatten.. I need to stop because my car temperature was higher when it went up the hill...

Luckily Zainal is good in car mechanic. My car needed to be filled with water. Alhamdulillah we found water source drifted from the mountain and we filled bottles with it.

Then we continued our journey and that time I had to monitor the temperature everytime went up the hill. I stopped for a while when my car temperature reached before the maximum highest point. I think because my car has auto gear so its capability to go up the hill was not good enough compare to car with manual gear. This is learned lesson for me....

After 3 hours traveling.....the outcome...my passengers....tertidur keletihan

View from the mountain

The weather here was fine and windy
Next destination was to a place in Ranau......
guess what were the places?

Aduhhh... esuk liz ada exam...

Liz pos in Malay version sajalah ....sekali-sekala lah.....

Peperiksaan Peraturan Kewangan akan ku hadapi esok. Aku bukan juruwang, aku bukan akauntan, aku bukan pemutik hutang, aku bukan kerja di pejabat kewangan..aku cuma guru. Tak minat pun aku peraturan kewangan ini...kalau terima wang aku sangat suka...hehehe..Apa boleh buat sudah peraturan kalau nak memohon kenaikan pangkat mesti ambil peperiksa FR (Financial Regulation) dan GO (General Order)...Benda ini hanya untuk pegawai kerajaan yang berkhidmat di kerajaan Brunei saja. I pun baru juga mentelaah buku FR sehabis2an hari ini...adalah membaca yang hari-hari dulu cuma sedikit saja. Aduh bukan main nak meletup otak liz....semua dah jadi rojak...inilah akibat last minit ..heheehe salah i jugak...baik juga ambil periksa ini FOC... harap2 lulus lah.....23hb will be GO exam...wah nak relex pun tunggu lepas 23hb ini...Doakan Liz ya kawan....

Crossing the border

On the second day of Muharam that was last Tuesday, We went to Miri town with my kids, sisters and mum. Alhamdulillah the whether was fine and hot...

Police Spot Check before passing the Malaysian Immegression

Crossing the border - A river between Brunei and Malaysia

We reached Miri at 11 a.m..It took 3 hours to drive from our home to Miri. Since it was hot that day, we chose Bintang Plaza Mega Mall as our stop journey. I heard that this complex is the biggest one in Miri town...And now it's still under the process of enlarging the building. Parkson is one of my favourite shopping place in Miri and it is at the Bintang Plaza too. Luckily, it was on sale until end of this month and I grabbed this opportunity to buy my stuffs, kids clothing and school shoes.

Front view of the Bintang Plaza Mega Mall

@ Popular Book stores

Our chosen meal of the day- SugarBun & KFC

Since Christmas will be coming soon, many brilliant Christmas decorations were built at Bintang Plaza Mega Mall

happy faces of my kids & their grandma
Izzat and Miss Bobble head

Umme, Fizah and Naqib

Those expression...I wonder what make Naqib surprised

Surely, Naqib those were not yours!!!!

mum and sis...
before and after

I bought these from Lovely Lace - 10% discount
Rose Diffuser - RM39.90

I like this
Australian Wall Clock Rose - RM 69.90

We left Miri at 8.30 p.m and reached home safely at 11.00 p.m...

Click my luck

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Another piece of art

My kids are staying at my mum's house for few days. So I have more times to do household chores. While I'm cleaning my princesses' room, I found this piece of art in her art block. Then I flip over the pages then I saw this beautiful drawing. It's Iffah masterpiece of art. I was speechless and inspired by her capabilities...She can draw a potret!! She's like Izzat too..like to draw but I seldom saw her drawing her art..I always see her all of her time reading novel and doing other stuffs. So I just snap shot this potret without her knowing.......

Nice eyes..

Some of Izzat's arts

These were drawn by my princess Izzat. She's eleven years old. She did these in freehand. Alhamdulillah....she has that talent, she did it without using any tools like tracing. I can say she has a good observation skills, good hand-coordination and her smooth motion of hands that allow her to draw neatly. But she is not an artist yet just the beginner....She needs more practice in drawing skills and confidence.

nice

lovely

enjoy

fun

cute

creative

Realistic 3D cinema really attracts my kids

Last Sunday we went to The Mall Gadong to watch the 3D Rapunzel movie. The first 3d cinema was launced at The Mall Cinema In Brunei on October 28 this year. I had to buy the tickets one day earlier since the demand of the 3d movie fans were increasing during these holidays. If I buy the very last hour, our seats will be at the first row which I don't like to watch. This time I brought my mum to watch 3d movie. At first place she had no idea how 3d movie would look like...Now she knew that wearing the 3d glasses..make the difference between the 2d and the 3d..

After viewing this movie ..my kids enjoyed and they requested to me to book for the next cartoon 3d movie - Narnia 3..ok soon kids before school will start again..

sweet memory for my kid

Sunday tickets cost $6 for a kid and $11.00 for an adult

can't wait to watch the 3d movie

Having some meals before going to the cinema

My sis took a surprising shot

My niece..Hazirah