Cape town

Last day jor. Let's do a review from the back.

Today 1/7
Kanonkop vineyard. Did wine tasting. The local Cape Town wine is pinotage. I find it more on the blend side, not as flavorful as I like. One of the tour group fella bought the black label (costing about rm500+) to try. Tbh I find that OK nia. I like the Paul Sauer. It is quite fragrant and tasty too. I ended up buying a rose and pinotage, just to let the guys try.try. My personal favorite is the Paul Sauer and cabernet sauvignon.

After the wine tasting, we head to brandy tasting. The tasting comes with chocolate pairing. Brandy is not my poison so I didn't really enjoy it. We end up buying two moscato here for rand48 each.

Head for dinner after. Expensive dinner with beautiful scenery of the mountains and vineyard.   The appetiser is fish with chilli wanton followed by slow cooked pork belly.  Dessert is chocolate mousse. We ordered oyster too which is damn fresh! About rm16 each

Then we head to cheetah sanctuary. I didn't go in so I took photos from outside nia. Saw a three legged jackal. Like it a lot. Saw two big shepherd dogs.

Now we are heading for dinner.

Zimbabwe

The next morning we went for Morning game drive. Prior to that we took a croissant and coffee/tea. Croissant was awesome!

During the drive, we manage to see 🦁s, impalas, elephants, giraffes, vulture, bald Eagle, a jackal hunting birds eggs while being harassed by the birds. We also saw from far hyenas and vultures feeding on a dead animal.

Also we saw how the impalas were staring at the lions' direction (even though the lions were far away). According to the guide, the bats sound to alert others about the lions' presence.

After game drive, we head back for breakfast, breakfast pancake = good. Bacon and pork sausage = good. English muffin = good.

Checked out and head to Crossing border to zimbabwe.

We rest for a bit before heading to the wet, wet Victoria falls. Wet cos the splash from waterfall flies up and turns into rain. We were all soaked.

Boma dinner. Local dinner.. Tried their mopani worm.  Crunchy like Ikan bilis.

Stars. Can see beautiful stars. Many bright stars. No cloud.

Day2

Game drive again. This time colder. Maybe cos of the wind and lack of hot drinks in the morning.

Saw giraffe, rhino and elephants up close. Saw zebra and baboons too.

Breakfast in the safari. Food was simple. But excellent.. (big breakfast)

Now waiting for heli ride. Will take us around Victoria falls and safari

Updated. The helicopter ride was awesome.! Get to see the gorge of the river and the waterfall again!

After helicopter ride we were taken to the market (didn't buy anything cos no small change)  before we head for lunch, which is fish n' chips in a hotel across kfc.. We stopped by at the town for a bit but nothing too special. Most of the gift shops were selling what they already have at the market earlier.

We went back and rest at the hotel, before heading for a river cruise. The boat was three tier and they serve unlimited alcohol. I had two beers (prefer zimbezi over castle light) and two red wines (cabsav better than merlot). Didn't see anything too wow at the river. Saw elephants and hippos.

Dinner at the hotel. Received surprise birthday cake. Too big too finish so shared with every one,  including the staff.

Crashed on bed until 12am. Lol.

Second day

So yesterday night, before heading to sleep, I visited the gym for a bit. Did some weights, rowing, followed by Pacific rim exercise. Was going for 24 mins run but stopped after 5 mins. Rest and balik

Morning started with awesome breakfast. Fruits, cereal, then big breakfast! Bacon and pork sausage were soooo good! The French toast was disappointing.

Head back to room to pack up and empty my body lol. Bus for 40mins or so. Now at airport waiting to fly to Kasane. Was considering to buy the Sapiens book but decided against it after checking with qmdj.

We reached the airport. Small immigration area. Then we took Jeep to the resort before we hop on river cruise.

Managed to sight see elephants, giraffe, water Buffalo, crocodiles, hippo, lizards, fowls, impalas, antelopes. 

Room to mosquito netting, but the toilet lock doesn't work and the balcony lamp is broken too. Good thing about botswana and zimbabwe is that they use the same power plug as Malaysia.

Weekly updates

Sunday 18/6
Lunch @kuriya with family

Tuesday 20/6
Badminton. Felt good with own performance. More in the 'zone'. Was late cos obsessed playing rotk11

Wed 21/6
Gathering with cousins for dinner. Ah boi koko, Sam, Joanne, ah leng and ah Mei jie2,  ah theng jie2,  Hs Jo and me.

Sam bought me a perfume.

We ate at red kettle. Quite good actually the food there. I ordered sausage pasta. Love the pork sausage and pasta, even though it was slightly too spicy.  After red kettle we went to Koi Kafe. Ordered bingsu. The ice shavings are very fine but milk based. Mochi nice also!

Thursday 22/6
Shopping. Ate at vege chap fan then visited atria and ecurve. At atria, bought running pants (to be used for swimming too), a skuff and hiking socks. I also bought travelling liquid containers and a box for storage (dead of winter,  pr or agricola). At ecurve, bought two Columbia shirt. Quite cheap I think if the quality is what it says. (breathable, wicking, waterproof wo.)

Friday.
Garden Meeting at Cher seng house
Lunch with tseyee and ks at Kenny Hill bistro. Not bad also the food there. Coffee was good and the strudel too!

I am in afrika

Flew from. KL to Sg on Friday night.  Prior to that chilled at the lounge. Had some tid bits but the food is just so so. Drank malbec (red wine). In the plane they served sandwich.

Landed at sg and waited for an hour before headed into lounge because was waiting for free  coupon.

At lounge, had red wine shiraz, champagne and soup. Tried their cheese platter too! 😍 hot chocolate was yummy. Must be cos they put a lot of sugar.

Flew from. Sg to Johannesburg at 2am. On board services damn nice (business class, what else to expect). Had sandwich and dim sum. Didn't order other food in between.  Tried both their red wines. Cannot decide which one I like more. I think Italian was lighter and u can taste the sweetness of cacao.

I watched 2night (Italian),  alibi (French)  and tiramisu (italian). Enjoyable movies with I doubt I can find  the online at piratebay. 2night I'd about this girl picked up a guy at a bar and their journey throughout the night of finding a car park so they can go up to her house to make out. Alibi is about how this guy helps others create valid alibi to allow others provide them a. Getaway or meet their mistress. Last one is about a salesman so consumed in work and using his wife's tiramisu to influence his sales.

In Africa, visited three places already.

Football stadium. I

Sowento, Nelson Mandela's home and Héctor pieces on museum. Peterson is about a guy who got shot at the age of 12 by the police during the apartheid era.

After that, we went for lunch @ butcher Shop. The size of the meal is x2 for Asians. They served beef sausage and bread as Appetiser, followed with Greek salad platter.  The beef was okay (not bad) but too much.  The pap is like ketupat, tasteless, white colored starch.

After lunch we were delayed by 30mins due do some missing party members. Anyway after that we head to the cradle of human kind. We were rushing from here onwards so we didn't really enjoy as much as we could. Interesting moments: water in the cave covered with dusk on the water surface, teeth of the real fossil on display at maropeng, see the size of the foot of the ancient people.

We head to montecasino (our hotel /casino). Hotel is comfy, ate at lai-lai Garden (Chinese food). Food was okay but big portion. Couldn't finish. The other family that sat on our table, the daughter is only 20(looks older), studying finance. Lol

Head home after, did some steam updating.  Collected some stickers and badges.

Friday night

Makan with yp, mj and xin Rey? With hl.at ahhwa hokkien mee.

Inside scoop with tsuro with cm. Ccw hl nick dee and Tricia.

Afternoon met up with Jolene to discuss accounting stuff. Convinced her to outsource instead.

First run in weeks

Felt good!.  Ran to park then to Haji openg and back to park for one lap,  before heading home

Gonna do some. Packing later

Finish season 2fm. Bought donnaruma, chiellini, lemina. Sold studge, Lallana, mignolet, karius, matip, wijnaldum.

Yday spend the night with Cady dinner and dessert, pinjam her 3 books war of art, seasons in life and power of less.

Morning yesterday ma gotong royong lo. Then lunch with ks n sy. Owe him rm14

Friday night Mahjongg session with hl n nick. Loss rm11

Did two Forecasting!

Gave two forecasting, primarily job related. Still not sure when to use envoy instead of open. Guess this takes practice.

Had dinner with the garden ppl yesterday, was good. Ran a bit long cos Margaret was sharing her experiences dealing with the dbkl and police.

Collected 1.7k from GEC for the garden. Yay!

Arranged today dinner with MJ and YP.

Will be meeting Jolene later for discussion about the accounting. Makes sense what Cindy said that they should spend their time on business instead of admin stuff.

Booked rooms for Xiamen trip. All done!

Tmr gotong royong and Sunday hiking.

Updates!

Thursday
Ordered dominos finally! Saved the balance for tmr lunch

Friday.
Suppose to go out with mj but she ffk. So end up at chews earlier to play DC. Played agricola. Lost both games. Not that easy game to play. Need to think and plan a lot on advance.

Saturday
Gotong royong and kitmuns wedding. Yes. Even kitty is off the market. Her wedding area quite nice,  at the glasshouse. However, the audio system was bad. Couldn't hear much from our side of the table. They served rose for cocktail. Must be $.  Funny also how the girls were commenting in whatsapp abt the girl sitting next to me.

Sunday
Hiking with efe, Esther, Hy and Wei.
zombie 15' in the evening and then some card games at chews. Played DC and saboteur 2

Monday
Went for qmdj talk with Jesslyn. Managed to learn new things. Easier way to forecast problems.

In the afternoon had farewell lunch with Carolyn,  her bf,  Nick Catherine and Terry at Tavern 13. She's going to be away for 9 months.  Didn't buy gopro but got Mavic instead.

Tuesday
Play badminton. Garden in the morning. Dug a hole.

Wednesday been playing with fm whole morning. Lost first games of the 2nd season. Not good. Sold can, got keita. Need a better gk.

Thought about it again

Thought of ordering dominos again. Rm30 for two pizzas. I could have some for lunch and keep some tomorrow. Thank God I managed to resist it.

Updates!

Monday delivered letters to the restaurants in TTDI
Tuesday meeting with dbkl la 21
Wednesday going to watch the mummy with hl

Bowling and reading challenge down!

Played bowling last Thursday with CPA peeps.  Even chew and diyana joined!

Was fun but not good at it. Haha.. Consolation thoughts are that I am not the worst and I did manage to strike twice.

Would love to play it more frequent.

Tried agricola

Tiring but I think should be interesting as we get familiar with it.

Options are vast on how you want to accomplish your goals.

Keeping / maintaining a relationship

Whether it is friends, families or work mates, it takes effort and time from both sides to maintain an ongoing relationship. 

I am at the stage where as I grow older, my willingness or keen to put in an effort and spare a time to do this gets lesser and lesser....

R&k playing at Tesco!

=) 

Slacking! 18/5-26/5

19-23/5 attended my course. Met back with Ted and Jacqueline. Made two new friends. Freshen up on the knowledge. This time the course is at puchong four points. Farr. Tried this Vietnamese restaurant which is quite OK. Felt it was authentic Viet. Not sure.. Tried it with Ted and we talked about investment and stuff. Was good catch up with him. He will.be in Kl today till Monday for another course.

We were also told to be non negotiable with the 'client'  and don't do it for free in order for us to get started. I find this very true.

23/5 played badminton and broke my racquet. It's been more than 7 yrs I believe. 25/5 bought a new racquet at Kd shop. It is a nanoray 70dx for rm280.  Had chilli pan mee with chew after that. (he was going to watch diyana play futsal at sports Planet).

21/5 ran half marathon. My best timing thus far, 2:22 for 21 but because scklm distance is longer,  my actual timing is 2:34. I felt good. Can't say the same for hl. Lol

19/5 had dinner with MJ at Sri. Petaling organic shop

21/5 dinner at ruyi and Lynn with family for kammo and Kaufu's 40th anniversary. Nice funky food, worth trying at least once but didn't really like some of the dishes ie the lychee ball. Chicken was good.

21/5 after class before dinner, dropped by at Tesco to buy fabric freshener for the car seat (sweat etc) and milk! Got offer! 3 for rm15!

24/5 Bg with the guys. Tried Concordia. Love it!

24/5 met with Margaret to discuss on the plans for the garden, in approaching the partners. Collected pots from Suzie. 25/5 went to garden in the morning to discuss with mr Heng. Did some weeding and tile placing.

While waiting

I am now waiting for Bun wai to arrive at one Utama. Got time to write and crap. Finished sipping my milk tea

First, attended a coaching workshop yesterday with Cindy. Take away is to learn to apply that in any other relationship; be open, make the other party feel safe, make yourself trustworthy, active listening, success= awareness and action (make the party aware and take action)

After that went shopping at Tesco.  Finally restocked my cereal and milk. Bought ice cream too :D.

This morning I went to garden, met with Sathis. After discussion, he is willing to fund some of the materials for the rainwater harvesting. #awesome.  Now I need to find the pricing  for two more items before I submit it to him.

Looking to secure some new bgs this weekend.

Got scklm this weekend.

Got Bazi workshop.

On Monday attended CPA meeting, had mamam (mom mom like eating).  Not bad (had their mango chicken rice).  Siu Ching asked me to sign off her CPA (which I did) and introed me boxgreen. Decided to try one month and see how.

Nick's treat!

Group pic from Lucky Bo. Nick bought us an expensive dinner (20 pax?) last Saturday. We had wagyu steak, one medium and another medium rare.

I fine the medium rare relative raw, like sashimi, which made it much more delicious to eat, texture wise. The medium one is more chewy, so not that great. But did I enjoy it? I think it was an experience for me, as it was my first time tasting a steak close to the texture of a sashimi. However, later I realise what was missing for me was that it could have been juicier. The texture was good but no juice (maybe cos it is that raw that it does not work that way).

Anyway it was fun! Shame no after-dinner gaming session though. :( was looking for some party games/ spyfall.

Weekend

Jogging with hl and diyana. Did abt 40mins

Friday night yumcha at qbistro. No keys and nobody home so had to use side door to leave the house.

Spend the day chatting with mj

Sunday got two session of badminton. One with friends another with  family. Got popiah to eat in between. Lol

9/5

Helped out at the garden. Set up another raised bed, started the next one.

Did some composting, pour coffee grounds onto the beds, collected the limau purut and go at dung from eunice for kammo.

Rested for like 2hrs.

Then chat on phone, played computer,

At night played badminton for three hours before went for mamak alone. Rm3.50 for roti canai and milo ais. Tai!

Wow

Havent been blogging for more than  a week!

Quick updates :

Caught up with Joanne and kitmun (both were giving away their wedding cards)

Played badminton last Monday with ah Mei jie2 N ah leng jie2.

Watched guardians of the galaxy 2 sneak preview (wed mid night). Movie was funny!l for a superhero movi

Met with Jesslyn and Mindy also for a yumcha session. Jesslyn drives a BMW. O.o

Started reading jo nesbo's redeemer

Started germinating some seeds. So far the spinach is doing well!

Now am waiting to run with hl and diyana