tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108078602026-10-14T09:02:31.738+08:00Random discoveries, spheres of memories. Postings about life in Johor Bahru and beyond...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger690125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10807860.post-29006427811321958272021-06-17T21:48:00.003+08:002021-06-17T21:48:19.414+08:00

 Hello 2021.Apologies that I am 6 months I behind though.The entire 2020 came and went, leaving behind nothing but a bad aftertaste of what is known as the Covid-19 pandemic.I can't remember what I had accomplished in 2020, except that I finally sewed some skirts that I promised my girls I would make for them, though the skirts were sewn 2 years late. I also managed to finish reading some

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Ever since our family relocated to Johor Bahru in 2015, we didn't have any idea whom to go to in regards of recyclables and donating used 2nd hand items. Over the years, we discovered Yellow Bin, Tzu Chi recycling campaigns, where to drop off used batteries, and even Facebook groups that promote gifting and receiving without strings attached (Look up keywords Beli Nothing or Purchase

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Recently I brought my eldest to A Drawing Cafe in Eco Botanic for her birthday treat. This cafe is different from the rest as it is primarily a cafe which allows you to paint as well as enjoy a cup of drink. This concept may be new here (at least in Johor Bahru), but the owner Mr Sunny explained the concept of drawing or painting cafes was well established in his home country Korea. I found out

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This post features mostly eateries located in Eco Botanic, a 10 minute drive from Legoland Malaysia. Initially I intended to publish this post some time in early 2020, as there are many more eateries opened in Eco Botanic. However, came Covid-19 pandemic, followed by Movement Control Order (MCO). I held back this posting until now as Legoland has already re-opened during this RMCO, and certainly

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Coming from a household comprising 4 adults and 4 young children, it is easy to imagine the high consumption of household products and toiletries, among other things. For example, we have 7 basins in the house, each basin must have a hand soap dispenser.  It is no big surprise we buy hand soap in bulk. What I don't fancy is the fact that we use a lot of Dettol hand wash (husband's choice

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Sometime during end February 2020, while I was at our housing area playground with my children, my eldest alerted me that there was a bee nest on one of the trees near the playground. There were some older children throwing stones at the nest, even when I told them not to do so. I am not sure why they did not think of the consequence of messing with angry bees. Due to the close proximity to the

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While I was sorting out my Angpow collection after Chinese New Year, I came across some old Angpow packets I received from my cousin who was decluttering her own collection. I took some of these old designs and compared them with the current year design of the same company. You can see for yourself how much the Angpow designs had evolved across the years. Hennessy This is probably the

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When I scrolled back to look for my last Angpow collection post, it was back in 2016! Clearly shows that despite haven taken photos I didn't have the time to upload photos of my favourite Angpows from previous years  This year I could do it simply because I had a very limited collection this year, due to lack of nice designs (at least to me), and no good Angpow sets to qualify for trade

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When my eldest was born in 2011, as new parents we were always very anxious about her well-being. For the first two months, we dutifully brought her for her check ups and vaccinations at the hospital, waiting for hours just to get to her turn. It was during when she was almost three months old something happened at home of which subsequently we were introduced to Dr Kwan. My husband came

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This year end we managed to travel back to KL to visit my parents and also some friends. We didn't spend Christmas in KL but managed to visit a few malls for last minute shopping and checking out their Christmas decoration. As usual, 1 Utama was one of our to-go malls, as it was very near my parents' house, also a convenient place to meet up. This year's theme was titled Whimsical Woodlands.

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After a very disappointing Halloween event outing at Legoland, I wasn't very optimistic with the Christmas event. However, as our annual pass will expire end of this year, might as well go in for one last visit. This time I only brought my eldest as my younger children are in school for holiday program. As per Halloween event (and I foresee all events in future), the entire decoration,

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Dear Legoland Malaysia, I had attended your annual Halloween event in 2015, 2016 and 2018 respectively. My children - especially my eldest - enjoyed it very much and always looked forward to the next Halloween event. We loved the spooky decorations, the treats, the performances and of course the Duplo commemorative brick.  We recently attended the Brick Or Treat event in

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On the 29 June 2019, we visited Jumbo Mushroom Farm along with 21 families. This trip was organised by mummy Jac, thank you! Jumbo Mushroom Farm is located in Kulai, right next to Putuo Village 普陀村. We had to wake up very early in the morning to get ready in order to reach there by 9am.  We started off the tour with an introduction by Ah Ming, whose family runs this

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During our stay in Hard Rock Hotel Desaru Coast, we planned for a one day family outing to the nearby Desaru Fruit Farm. Desaru Fruit Farm is a 15-minute drive from Hard Rock Hotel Desaru Coast. Its location can be easily found on Waze and Google Maps. It comprises 180 acres of tropical fruit farm, as well as a mini petting zoo, fish pond, herb garden, souvenir shop and restaurant. Desaru

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This is part 3 of Where to Eat near Legoland Malaysia, as more and more eateries are being opened around Iskandar Puteri vicinity.  Visit here for Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 4 respectively. Tian Lai Seafood Garden (Non-Halal) Food : 8/10. This is the Bukit Indah branch of the famous Tian Lai restaurant in Gelang Patah. Ideal for crab lovers! Need to go early to get a table,

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During the recent mid-term school holidays, we went for a staycation at Hard Rock Hotel Desaru Coast. Desaru Coast is a premium integrated destination resort which include a huge water park, golf course, internationally known hotels and resorts, a conference centre and a dedicated F&B area. Hard Rock Hotel is one of the world renown hotels build in Desaru Coast (the others being the newly

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SEA LIFE Malaysia is the latest attraction at Legoland Malaysia, having just opened in May 2019. We visited SEA LIFE Malaysia last week, right at the start of the mid-term school holidays, which was also the SEA LIFE Junior Ranger and Media Event Day.  FACTS (Source : SEA LIFE Malaysia) This double-storey aquarium will be located next to existing ventures of Merlin

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Travelling with young children can be a very stressful experience. Thank goodness now there are many websites which share some travel hacks. After travelling a couple of times with 4 children (age 8/5/3/20 months), I now can add in two particular travel hacks which is very helpful (at least for me), and most importantly, very affordable! 1. GET A FOLDABLE STOOL I usually have a stool in

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I was fortunate to be able to travel back to KL to attend a friend's wedding dinner. We made a short shopping trip (haha) to my favourite mall 1 Utama, also just in time to check out its Chinese New Year decoration. This year's theme is titled "Splendidferous New Year" and their decoration centred around spring flowers, paper fans and cute piggy displays. From 1st floor, the display on

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My last posting for this Legoland event was during 2016. We gave this a miss in 2017 as we did not renew the annual pass, plus baby J was not even 6 months old yet, making it a challenge to visit Legoland with 4 young children in tow.  Now that baby J is 1 year old plus, we renewed our annual pass and once again, able to visit Legoland during its Brick-tacular Holidays event. This time

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My first encounter with JARO (Johore Area Rehabilitation Organization) was 3 years ago, when they set up a small booth next to Starbucks at AEON Bukit Indah. Not many people paid attention to this stall, but what caught my eye was the beautiful baskets for sale. We didn't need any baskets then, but I purchased two sets of Batu Seremban from them. I told myself to visit this place one day, and

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On the 11th of September 2018, I brought along the children and Okasan to Medini Edible Park to participate in their park tour, radish harvesting and leaf art activity. This was also organised by mummy Jac (Thank you again Jac!)  (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = '

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I purchased some MT Kids washi tape at Isetan quite some time ago, but I never had the chance to use it. Since my old necklace display is no longer in use ever since I have children, I decided to take it out from my cupboard and reuse it as a notice board to display my children’s artwork from school. You need : 1 Cork board (I got mine from IKEA) Washi tape of your choice (Mine are

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On the 9th of September 2018, my family and I took part in an excursion to Kampung Sungai Melayu. There were around 16 families, total of 70 people in this excursion, and was organised by mummy Jac (Thank you Jac!) Some background about Kampung Sungai Melayu : - It existed as early as 1864 or about 150 years before formation of Kota Iskandar as Administrative Center of Johor -

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So now it has become an annual ritual to visit Legoland during the month of October for their Brick or Treat Halloween event. We were there in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, we took a break from Legoland as I just delivered my youngest in July. Now that he is already 1 year old and an active running toddler, we decided to renew our annual premium pass membership and hence able to attend this event

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