"ATR Teambuilding 2011: Cycling @ Georgetown!"

This year's dept teambuilding is a rather unique one: cycling tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Penang! We started at 8AM and it didn't take long to reach the first stop, Chew Jetty:

A long walk to the end, where we can see the jetty. I don't know if it was me or what, but I was sweating buckets that early in the morning!

Next up, Cheah Kongsi:

We had a tour leader who was giving a lot explanation about the history of each places and the significance, but I wasn't really paying attention becoz of the sweltering heat and at the same time, trying to snap some pics :P

Like this one... hehe.. framing up the picture using the barriers, to give it a sense of depth...


Our bicycles parked..


Everyone was crowding at this tree... must be very valuable becoz it was chained!


ah.. some figures close-up


After that was a well-needed stop for breakfast! The heat was really getting to me... and had to wear these safety jackets some more...


Next:


These places are great for snapping photos. Here I have my favourite model #1 to pose for me... hahaa...


Another pic to showcase the 'framing' effect... did it work? u be the judge!

Favourite model #2.. Ok, u can see clearly I wasn't paying attention to whatever the tour guide was saying becoz I can't describe what are the places we stopped. The routine is like, u cycle a few hundred metres through the heritage part of the city and stop. What's nice is that u get to zigzag around the maze of inner roads that are very difficult to access by cars. There are shortcuts everywhere!

Ok, this I remember.. it's one of the last places where handmade joss-sticks are produced by an old man...



Our last stop is the Nyonya house. If it looks familiar, it's becoz we took our wedding photos here! :D


Ok, back to the starting point and return the bicycle. It's a rather different type of teambuilding, I must say...

But the highlight (and reward for all the hard work) is of course, lunch at E&O Hotel!



Favourite model #3.... haha..

Bike rental costs RM60++, corporate rate. Check out their website, probably they can do a better job explaining the World Heritage Sites!

"Baking mania!"

Sis went on a baking mania during Raya! Yumm~~~~



Pizza!



Mushroom+crab filling!


Cakes!


And the best of all... a carrot cake for mom's birthday!


Darn... those candles burn really fast! -_-''

"Dinner at Bei Zhan, Melaka"

Ah, one of my favourite place to have dinner in Melaka...


Tofu


Vege


Chicken


Steamed buns with braised meat.... err... i guess in our hurry to eat, we forgot to take pic of the braised meat!

And this wonderful curry vege... actually there was only fish curry in the menu, but the waitress was nice enough to recommend the vege version, since all we wanted was to taste some curry! :D

Fast, comfortable and satisfying... not particularly cheap though. Definitely worth more visits in the future!

"Sharon's Farewell"

Aii... another fren's farewell... again at Nando's.


LS, Doris, Leo, SA and Sharon



As Doris said, Sharon gave us a lot of memorable laughter! Take care over in US, ya!

"Happy Mooncake Festival!"

Yesterday morning, some of my frens wished me Happy Mooncake Festival. Then kinda wished that I had a nice piece of mooncake to sink my teeth into. Ok, lets go and buy it after dinner! But sadly, the shop where I wanted to buy mooncake was no longer opened... apa la... spoil the mood only. Wife said, why not try at Sunshine Square? Ok, went there, also cannot find it :( But since we were there, might as well go toy hunting ;)

... and guess what I found :D

Captain America figures!! Untouched!!! Holy crap! In one go, I found ALL the figures I'm looking for~~~ Hit the jackpot! Strike gold! Hahaa...:D

Then Wife asked the cashier if they sell mooncakes (oh ya, in my excitement, I totally forgotten why we were here) and she said the counter is near the shampoo area. And there it was, the last stall, closing dy. we quickly grabbed one piece. Mission accomplished :)

Our haul...


All 3 Hydra soldiers... perfect for army building!


by KLT :P


Pearly Jade Mooncake flavour.... yummm~~~~ ^_^

"Transformers DOTM: Jetwing Optimus Prime!"

If there's one thing that I liked about Transformers Dark of the Moon (DOTM) is the scene where Optimus flies in with his jet-wing pack blasting Decepticons away. Of course, he ended up getting caught by hanging wires, which was pretty silly!

Takara Tomy has a toy based on that scene (flying in, not getting caught in the wires) and it's one wicked badass figure! Check out these pics taken from their website:

This would make one mean display!! I'd really like to get one of these, except the price is over RM5xx :-S Hmm.. maybe they'll release a smaller and cheaper version soon?