the drive into sunset...

back from the supposed drive into the sunset....the three days meant for a course turned out to be more of a jalan-jalan makan angin trip. of course i paid my utmost attention while attending the course but the interesting stuff only happened outside the ballroom. not so interesting also actually... what can one do at lumut, sitiawan and seri manjung??? so it was more of a relaxation trip for me to get away from work...aaahh....so glad that the course came at these dates.

the landscape reminded me of the journey from phnom penh to siam reap. but this stretch was just a small one to lumut. i wished i got to see more of this serene greens all along the way. a sight for sore eyes. and i din expect to reach lumut so soon from bidor...only 90 mins. too bad the beach there is not attractive to lure me back.
and i drive into teluk batik resort. the pool is the nicest. the rooms are apartment style so it was quite barren and spacious. a very isolated place where mobile phone coverage is to the minimum, go there if you dun want to accept any calls or sms. food sucks at this place. i love the pool....had a dip on the first day. the only one in it...how lucky.
this is teluk batik beach. have to cross a road from the resort to get to this beach. you can't even hear the waves from the resort. not many ppl were there. it was a monday anyway. monkeys were abundant searching for food.
on the left was my dinner on the first night...call me choosy but they only had 4 lauks to choose from. and i got myself few helpings of fried chicken. lucky i had my mcdonalds earlier at seri manjung. that was tea time. had early lunch before i left to lumut, hence the growling stomach at four. lucky i had that fast food meal. i would be starving that night. the others course participants also complained about the food. so i was not the only one for the record.
aaahhh....and what is a trip to the beach without some nice poses. hahahhaha...me and my escapade. but it felt really good to be stretching there on the beach. my pink attire stood out huh???

day 2, got a local to bring us to makan at dinner time. first, it was to buying some local biscuit first. this is the famous one. very nice when eaten fresh. crispy and so fragrant. this one sells fillings of onions. there is another one that sells fillings with meat.
yummy seafood at kg cina (opp kg koh). there are many similar restaurants but we had ours at villa. my mouth is watery now looking at this pic. we had marmite crab, prawns, steamed fish, shell, and fish soup. add the coconut water...full.

the third day, the course ended...so early...before 12. so decided to make a detour...and what a long one it was...all the way to ipoh from lumut. again first time driving on this stretch of road. pass small towns like seri iskandar, ayer tawar, bota., menglembu,...cannot remember the rest. what did i do in ipoh? watch ironman! yeah one of the first to watch in malaysia...and in the world also. robert downey jr is da man! he fits the role to a t. brilliant. prefer the first half of the movie to the second half. plan to watch all the summer blockbusters now...here i go. first one done.

and then i did some shopping. haha...felt so light on the feet. lalalalalllaa....necklaces that i have been looking for a while. the styles i mean. yippeeeee..two somemore...a happy gal

ok...have to go now....chao