Botanic Garden

At last we went to Botanical Garden. Have been thinking on going there for months, but never made it until today. It is kinda fun. Big trees, colorful flowers, swans swimming in murky pond, fresh air, mosquito bites. Great place for picnic, and lots of peeps are doing so. And (probably) the only public place in this island that kids can legally climb trees. Plus you can encounter with weird looking plants. The 3 most memorable, that we have met today, are: (what we called) pohon astor, kembang babat, and pohon daun kutil. Pohon astor, with its long-white & brown strips-shoot, basically reminds us on the Astor Stick snack. While the other 2, I don't think they need more explaination ya?

Fresh Air

This morning we took a stroll along Petai & Prunus Trail. Kinda nice to get out from steel & concrete jungle to living trees jungle, enjoying fresh air, watching butterflies and macaques... or probably being watched by those macaques. :) Oh ya, as it is named, we did encounter with numerous of petai trees.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Reunion dinner (or lunch), dressed up in red, exchange oranges, bakwah, sweets and cookies, yu sheng, and the most important thing: the small red-colored envelope, the hong bao. Yes, tomorrow is a new year! The year of Pig, or Boar... as some peeps prefer Boar than Pig, probably Boar sounds more macho? :)
Anyway, it is time to say: XinNian KuaiLe! Gong Xi Fa Cai! HongBao NaLai!

Final of Amazing Race Asia

Important learning: never ever ever rely 100% on lonely planet (or any travel guide books) for direction. Native peeps knows better. :)