The not so creepy Kellie's Castle

... have been drive up to Ipoh often on business.... and on one of those drives... my boss asked me if i had been to Kellie's Castle... i have not... so we both decide to drive down to Kellie's Castle in Batu Gajah....

Apparently it has been cleaned and some parts painted.... even the grounds have been cleaned up and groomed.... causing it to lose much of its ghostly eerie sense which i have long heard about...

forgot how much it cost to enter the area...


The mansion as it stands on its hill at across the river....

The corridors which are said to be haunted....

The older original wing of the mansion which Kellie lived in.... taken from the roof top of Kellie's Castle...

a closer inspection of the roof.... which have these ingenious air vent windows.... which would have been perfect for those hot days ...before air conditioning

My boss remembered that there was an entrance to a hidden underground chamber which he visited on a school trip when he was a kid.... but apparently the caretaker informed us was sealed in the 90's........

it was a fascinating stop and i would definitely visit Kellie's Castle when i have a chance and more time to explore it.... and of cos photograph it better... ... not forgetting my EMF Meter, Infrared Thermometer and Rosary....
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Satria 0 - X trail 1

This happened way back in January 2009.... got into a little fender bender on the KESAS.... so kids... remember .... do not drive too close to the car in front of you........

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Dungun Panorama

Played around with an autostitching/panorama software with some of my photos taken during my Kenyir-Cherating trip. here is two of my favourite which is a combination 7 or 8 photos taken at a reststop in Dungun beach.......

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

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Kenyir and Cherating without colour

Last January..., Rose and I took a road trip to the east coast.... first it was two nights at Kenyir Resort, Lake Kenyir. Then we drove to Marang and continued down the coastal road to Cherating, Kuantan..... anyway i havent been in the mood to blog lately so i thought i'd put up some photos i took on our trip.....

click on the photos or the links next to it to go to my picasa page for more photos of this trip...

KENYIR

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

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CHERATING

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

From Kenyir 2009

My Beetle is finally painted!!!

Im terribly sorry i have not updated anything on my blog but i have been really busy with work and blah blah blah...... but i was also preoccupied with updates on My 65 VW Beetle ..... for the past 3 months it was slowly being prep'ed for paint.... and today it as finally finished.......

From Mo's Beetle

From Mo's Beetle

next is the engine.....the transmission.... the breks.... the wiring.... the upholstering ....arrggghhh when will it end.......

Pricilla's Wild Wild West B'day Party

Last December 2008 Pricilla had a Wild Wild West themed Birthday party..... the following are some random shots of that nite...... (sorry ....just havent been in a blogging mood .....but i have been blogging more on the beetle blog )

From Pricilla's Wild Wild West Party

From Pricilla's Wild Wild West Party

From Pricilla's Wild Wild West Party

From Pricilla's Wild Wild West Party

From Pricilla's Wild Wild West Party

From Pricilla's Wild Wild West Party

ok.... if you want to view all the photos... just click on the pics above or on the link title below the pics above.....

i didnt go as a cowboy.... (if you were wondering)... i went as a mexian photographer Paparazzi Perez...

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The Historic City of Melaka

First things first.... Breakfast!!.... before our drive to Melaka.... APM had their 2008 retreat at the Seminary in Melaka last Nov 08. We convoyed in 5 cars. G only had 2 walkies ...so it wasnt as fun as Ipoh.

We managed to get there in one piece. It wasnt too bad. the rooms where cosy and neat and had attached baths with hot water.

After unpacking and getting everything sorted, we had lunch which the caretaker had prepared.

Meet Hadi, one of our latest APM members who also loves photography. He takes some awesome photos. Its funny seeing him in action... like the pic above... it was like seeing how others see me going around taking shots of them.

We had a number of games after lunch which got everyone to work together and had fun. One of Dono's games had a pile of old and new photos of APM dating back to errr 1995.... God it was funny going thru those photos.

We had dinner at the Portuguese settlement.... had some sea food and some portuguese food (dont ask me what cos i cant remember but i do remember that the sea food was not as nice as what we get in Klang)

Below is a photo taken by Hadi at the edge of the waterfront at the portuguese settlement.


Ofcos we cant leave without taking a walk along the houses there as they are famous for going all out with their christmas deco....

There was some awesome lights and deco but i dont think i did justice with my photos... this place is a must to visit... but it can get a little crowded with visitors and it doesnt help as the lanes are small

This huge xmas tree made of lights......

Ok the next morning was all serious and all.... with some talks from so and so.... and some SWAT report and discussions and all....

Then after lunch and after a few more sessions... we went for the Melaka River Ride which i thought was very lame......


As you can see we are all not wearing any safety jackets... It was in fact all safely tucked under and at the front of the boat......... but there was a handy mop within easy reach..... sigh!!! as if the tioman incident was long forgotten....

(Little Bird,"yum yum... lizard for dinner?")

The little eye on Melaka?

Bye bye melaka river .... smell you later....... I sincerely believe you will see Melaka better if you walked or cycled.......

Anyway, after getting back to our cars... we visited the 307 year old St Peter's Church.... man it was an amazing feeling being in that chruch.... it still had all its original stained glass, doors and even its tiles....... !!! 300 year old tiles!!!.... there are also a number of tombs all over the church which was a little creepy....

We visited another church but it was closed.... cant seem to remember the name... then we took a walk to Main Melak Square.... called Dataran Pahlawan (Warrior Square).... and ofcos paid a vsit to A'Famosa....

I wasnt too interested cos i have been here a number of times.... so while the rest were sight seeing i went and bought a cake for Veron's birthday which we surprised her with later that night.....

Lucky, one of the caretaker's many pet dogs was eyeing the cake but.... nothing doing.... chocolate is bad of animal... so to those who feed their pets cake be warned that it is not good for their health.....

We had some games which i had to move and dance.... good grief.... well it was fun......

....... and we go to see everyone spell MISSISSIPPI............ with our butts.... kekekeke

Then it was a few rounds of TABOO ofcos........

Some follow up sessions and a game or two the next morning....

....then it was off to Melaka ZOO........
but not before stopping at the end of Jonker Street near the red square........ for LUNCH!!

Check out the line where we eat........

SOme of the many nicknaks you can buy along Jonker......
but i was more interested in finding this shop.... Lai Kam Wah Sdn Bhd......

They sell everything about classic VWs..... i thought i die and went to heaven when i walked in and saw this.......... rows and rows of vw parts........

Ok enuff drooling and onwards to the zoo........

It was not too bad lah... Melaka Zoo ..... the snake pit was scary.... we even found that one of the pythons was crushed to death by another python...... squeeze you later.....

The journey back was pleasant and we all (most of us) made our way back to Wai Chan Kok for in PJ Old Town for dinner......

Cheers......!!!

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