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before this gets backdated, I thought I better post it up.

Over the weekend, I came to know about the KL 1st Hot Air Balloon Fiesta which was held in Putrajaya. Yah…you read me, Putrajaya again..Don’t we have enough of this place :P.

Anyway, i thought to bring the kids and have a look what hot air balloon is all about. And to avoid the traffic, I decided to go during the morning session which starts at 745am!! We were supposed to meet Sue and family there, but she decided not to go, so only myself, the kids & Cheryl came along too.

I went to loan a 70-300mm Nikkor lense from my sifu, but since I was so near to the Hot Air Balloon Launching Pad, it was rather useless. Only those shots taken with the balloon on air was with the zoom lense. Those on the ground were better off with the Tamron.

Faythe was excited as usual and she even took some photos with our point n shoot camera. But she was a bit upset we couldn’t sit the hot air balloon :P.

Vyktore as usual, was afraid cause the balloon was so huge. He didn’t even want to stand, just cling on to the maid.

The event was short, by 830am, everything was done. We bought 2 halogen balloons (similar to those we got in Vietnam during Tet) each for Faythe & Vyktore.

I’d say there’s nothing special bout this event, apart from the odd shapes of a few balloons :P. Good thing we didn’t need to pay for it.

no. 3 super backdated post.

On the 4th day of CNY, we decided to visit War Remnants Musuem while Daddy went to work. This Musuem houses alot of gory photos during Vietnam War, including the Agent Orange Victims. It also houses the replica of Tiger Cage, a prison meant for the Vietnamese during War.

We were there about 11am, and little did we know it closes at 12pm for lunch..DUH!! Hence we were there for an hour, and then went to KFC for lunch. We adjourned back to the Musuem after that and went home by 3pm.

On the 5th day, Benh Tanh Market finally opened, hence we went there to get some goodies as souvenirs to bring home.

We made a trip up to Mekong River Delta on the 6th Day. Early morning, we dragged the kids up from their bed and we were already at Sinh Cafe by 8am!! The bus ride was pretty long, can’t remember how long though. Both Faythe & Vyktore doze off in the bus, but I didn’t (as usual).

We arrived there like 11ish, and boarded the boat which took us on the Mekong River Cruise.

We had lunch at one of the village, which was part of the package. Then went on the boat again..then went to some Coconut Candy Factory and before I knew it, we were all riding a PONY!! Yeah, all 5 of us on a PONY!! Poor fella.

After the ride, we were entertained with some traditional Vietnamese music which is not to my liking. Then we proceeded to take a smaller boat for the last part of the tour.

Overall the trip was tiring but I bet the kids had fun, especially when they saw the snake LOL.

We got home almost 8pm due to the massive jam on our way back to HCMC.

That wraps up our 4th, 5th & 6th Day of CNY. And 2 more days, we will be heading back to KL. One more deck of photos for your enjoyment :).

no. 2 super back dated post.

Continuation of our Tet Celebration in Vietnam. We slept rather late on the eve of CNY cause we were told there will be fireworks. Vyktore was too tired, so he slept with Daddy after our scrumptious reunion dinner.

Faythe was happily toddling around the roof top while waiting for the fireworks. The landlord also prepared some goodies to be offered during prayers, but theirs are not as extravagant like those I usually see in KL. But when the firework finally started, Faythe got bored. She said, “Mama, lets go and sleep, this fireworks not nice“. haha..result of watching too many Malaysia Fireworks Competition in close range, so the ones in Vietnam was really nothing to her. I enjoyed it though. There were fireworks at 4 locations, but a tad far from us.

Our 1st, 2nd & 3rd day was rather boring. Since Daddy were working most of the time, we ended up staying at home. On 1st Day, we signed up for Cu Chi Tunnel Tour for my dad and he went off with the Tour, while myself and the kids sat at home. Most of the restaurants were closed too. Hence we eat in on some of the meals.

On 2nd Day, I brought my Dad to Reunification Palace since this the 1st time he’s there. Vyktore & Faythe were bored to death as usual :P. Especially Faythe. I kept telling her she can’t touch the things and some places we can’t walk, in the end she said this: “Mama, why this place everything cannot touch, cannot walk one?”

On 3rd Day, we wanted to go bank, but it was closed!! So then we thought we should go to Binh Tanh, but it was closed too…DUH!! So we just wandered around the town (like a ghost town, so quiet..no BEP BEP everywhere LOL) and finally we head home for lunch.

At night, we went out dinner with Daddy’s friends, and finally we found 1 restaurant which was open (we knew it was open cause Daddy has a friend that works there..duhh duhh..LOL).

So that wraps up the boring 3 days…

I manage to take more photos of the quiet city. Photos HERE.

super duper backdated post!!

As you can see, this is super backdated, but I have to post this for now cause Daddy been screaming at me when he can see those photos during CNY.

So we were at Vietnam during Chinese New Year 2009, for like 10 days!!

I shall spare you all the details(I actualy finished the post in draft, but cause it took so long to process those photos, lets forget bout those nitty gritty details)…basically, here’s the summary for the dates above & some photos. Must go see the photos, very nice trust me :). Not cause of the photographer or the editing, but it’s very nice in Vietnam cause it’s such a big celebration. (I’m like from the Vietnam Tourism Board LOL)

• i got the kids a trunkki (share) and it was really helpful!! I’m gonna get 1 more soon :).
• first time myself handling 2 kids!! I was so worried that I might loose one of them or run like a mad woman chasing my kids, I got each of them a leesh LOL (thx to ZMM’s idea). And of course they both behaved extremely well in the airport & during flight.
• We brought yee sang all the way from KL to Vietnam and all the waitresses were shocked when they saw us Lou Sang in the restaurant.
• My dad came along this trip but different flight.
• We so so love those flowers paraded on the street, I won’t mind going back there again, just for the flowers though :P.

And photos of course :). HERE…

Many of you thought that I went for a holiday. I wish I did too..since I only came back from Vietnam in Chinese New Year. But no, it wasn’t a holiday, but yes..it’s Vietnam again!!

I was at Hanoi (not HCM) for 2 weeks for some freaking work trip that I swear after the trip that I’ve had enough of Vietnam for the coming 1 year :P…Yes..all those Vietnam food, Traffic, Taxis were really getting into my nerve and boy am I glad that I’m finally back home. You know on my flight back, we were served with Satay & Fried Rice. Gosh…that 2 sticks of Satay was like my saviour LOL. Shows how much I missed KL and it’s really not easy to survive in a foreign land in for a long time.

And I have to give my my dearest hubby a big salute for doing that for the pass 1 yr, 3 months. Now I know how it feels dear…alone in a foreign land, coming back home is really a something you look forward to.

Anyway, back to the trip. Well, like I say it was freaking. I was contemplating whether to come back during the weekends or to stay over the weekends of that 2 weeks. So I did a crazy thing. I came back on Friday, then went to fetch the kids, then I left again on Sunday. But I was glad I made that choice cause I missed the kids so much (and of course they missed me too :P).

The weather was cold on the 2nd week that I had to run to this shop opposite my hotel to get a jacket :P. During the 1st week, it was like KL. Crazy weather eh…

I went there with a list of mission to accomplish and at the very last minute before leaving, I was still talking to the vendor which tried to bargain pricing for new contract. It wasn’t easy, me being the 1st timer. Good thing that the deal was closed before I pack my bag.

Apart from those negotiation, we went live with Vietnam Call Center after 1 week of training. I seriously hope that I don’t have to travel again at least till year end when another contract ends, but it’s not Vietnam for sure :P.

Photos above were taken during my trip. I decided to go 90% black & white this trip with my camera settings LOL.

1. If you spotted the 1st pic (of course, it’s darn big OK :P), yep, that’s me, with a NEW HAIRCUT. I got it done sometime ago…in conjuction with..ermm..nothing, just for a change.
2. Next to it, I got very bored travelling alone, I started to take candid shots of other passengers including their shoes :P.
3. Not forgetting my yucky meal in the flight courtesy of MAS. Only the meals coming back were good, going there was bad.
4. My seat on the plane (yes I’m so bored!!)..and I look at my passport..jeezz..I’m a Vietnam frequent traveller O.o
5. The hotel photo, that’s Sheraton Hanoi. I didn’t stay there, but Daddy arranged to be base there for a week so that we could meet up. So I stayed at his hotel for 2 nights. The hotel is really beautiful, facing the lake!!.
6. Caught the trainer inspecting the laptop during training. I was the Day 1 trainer, and he and another guy was the trainer for rest of the week.
7. Clouds…the 1 thing that I never miss shooting in every of my trip. I just love those fluffy feeling.
8. View from my hotel. My hotel was downtown near Old Quarters, a bit old and Daddy kept complaining it’s darn old..just cause he’s staying in Sheraton and it’s spanking new

After my 2 weeks away-and-home-in-between trip, this is what my children told me:

Faythe: Mommy, I think it’s enough already. You shouldn’t go anymore. It’s OK now, you can stay here. (Cause before I left I told her I’m going off and work like Daddy and only comes back once a while :P)

Vyktore: Mahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………(screaming endlessly at me with that mah LOL)…and he’s very very attach to me lately :|…

More backdated post coming on the way….