House In Dream (II)

Along the beach of Batu Ferringi, this high rise condominium had captured our attention very easily because of its extra ordinary huge balcony facing the sea. So, we called an agent to make an appointment for the next day.

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Both we and the agent arrived the venue on time, sharp at 1pm. A good start.

The agent took us to the block that is nearest to the sea side. Needless to say, the price is the highest compared to the other 2 blocks in the area.

The first place we approached soon when we entered the house is of course the huge balcony. Finally, we got to see what one can see when standing at this point.



Look how breathe taking the view it is...totally unblocked.

We stood at this huge balcony and talked to the agent for a long time. To summarize the conversation, each floor consist of 1 unit (above 6000 sq ft), with 2 equally huge balcony facing the sea. Although the price is considered very reasonable (RM300-400 / sq ft), the occupancy rate is low, around 22% only since it's opened 3 years ago. We think the reason is because the house is really too big either for own living or rental purpose.

To us, the major attraction is its huge balcony, not just 1 such big balcony for each unit, but 2. It would be really nice to make it as an open air living place indeed.

The view on the right hand side.

The view on the left hand side.

This house at the cape looks great too.

As the house is zero furnished, it's nothing too fascinating inside there, except the space is so large that we felt like walking in a maze. And I have no kidding to say that it will be hard to look for the people who is somewhere else in the house.

No any better words to describe this condo except : huge and fantastic !

One last look at the pretty sea view before we finally left the condo.

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House in Dream (I)

Although our humble apartment is a small one, I have not much complaints about it. After all, it can still meet the general necessities for the 4 of us.

Just that when the boys get bigger later, we foresee the irritating cramp in the house. Just imagine, the couch that was put 6 ft in front of the TV set won't be able to fit 3 hunks and 1 skinny lady, how frustrated it can be?

For this reason, I can hardly call this little apartment our dream house, for the basic requirement of our dream house got to be at least 4X-5X bigger than the one we are living in right now, with at least 2 bathrooms (very important), ok.

Thus, it becomes one of our biggest interests to visit many different kind of houses in the recent years, particularly the show house, which can literary resemble the house in our dream in many ways. For example, the newly visited bungalow as shown as below ....

Heard there are many new projects built along the beach side of Batu Ferringi recently. It arouse our curiosity on how good they are going to look like? So, when we have the chance to visit Penang in one fine day, we made this as one of the activities for the trip.

Strange thing is, no one was there in the show unit nor the sales office. We could just simply walk in like nobody business. Need not to say, this is the best we had had amongst all those show-house visitation, compared to the usual one that we are always accompanied by an extremely talkative agent or marketing people.

Just when we entered the house, the boys ran no where to be seen immediately.

Ok, lets tour the house quietly...













Oh yes, our great dream house got to have great views too...

The open air dining hall.

I like the design, very Thailand-feel...

The upper floor...

Master bedroom.

The view outside the master bedroom's window.

The mock up plan of the villas.

The Hilltop Villas got their individual titles, for example Townesville; Brookesville; Charleston etc. Cool, I like it.

As a conclusion, this house is near to perfection. It's at least 10X bigger than the little apartment that we are living in, but the price is only 2.5X more. Thinking of it will bring us to vain again. Sigh...

Like a Drama

These 2 weeks, I feel myself like hanging and floating in the thin air.

Wanted to touch down the ground, but just couldn't reach it within my power. The sensation is pretty much like riding a roller coaster, where I had to go through several ups and downs, also, a 36o degree circular spin. I so hate this feeling.

I do hope all this will end very soon. But this is truly not my game that I can call it a quit at anytime I like, for the sake of money, of course.

So, I think all I can do at this moment is to sit back, and observe how those big guns would manipulate things and exercise their power in this battle. I sure hope my boss will win out, not just that I can stay back by then, but for justice as well.

Here, a tribute to my boss, a warrior.

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Lata Kinjang Waterfall

After the Kuala Woh excursion...

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To my mom, her next stop was to-go-home, cause the sky has turned dark and thunderstorm seem to come soon.

To KS and I, our next stop was definitely not to-go-home. We have other plan. Besides, how could we just by pass the so-called one of the highest waterfalls in Malaysia, right?

Mother-in-law and her son-in-law. They are quite clinched. Both of them are realistic and rationale sort of person.

Lata Kinjang majestic waterfall is visible along the trunk road that passes by the rubber tree plantations, some Malays villages and the areas inhabited by the Orang Asli aborigines. We parked our car in the Orang Asli territories. Instantly, a boy came forward and handed us a parking ticket that cost RM3. Guess their main income is come from the collection of parking fee, not from the sales of those stuffs as displayed in their stalls.

As we approaching the waterfall, we are able to see clearly the water flowing downstream, and feel the cool breeze touching our skin and smell the freshness of air. How's that?

The main attraction at this Late Kinjang Waterfall is its impressive series of cascades winding down a 850 meters, from the side of a mountain. Standing in front of it, the sight is indeed spectacular enough.

The waterfall consists of 3 parts :-
(i) the bottom pool and cascade
(ii) the steep fall visible from North-South Express way.
(iii) the top. A walkway takes you up to the second part.

There are forest trails and guided overnight excursions to visit the villages near the top of the forest waterfall.

Look how much fun these boys were having in the pool. Many times, we heard them screaming : Oh, sejuk, sejuk...

KS took the boys to the end of this point and told them "sejuk" means the water is freaking cold, not good for them to play water here.

Since we didn't plan to play water in that exciting big pool nor take a hike to somewhere, there is nothing much to do around here. After some 20 minutes time, we walked the same path to return to our car.

The middle of this suspension bridge is a good location for taking pictures though. See below...

The scenery around the area is absolutely very natural.

Don't know if those berries are edible or not?

Small pleasant looking little flowers...

The house of Orang Asli. Life can be that simple and original for them.

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My mom sure knows the weather better than I do. Soon when we reached home at around 6pm, it rain like cats and dogs.

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