{"id":1435,"date":"2009-06-09T23:35:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T15:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2010-09-30T15:16:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T07:16:06","slug":"daddys-type-of-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1435","title":{"rendered":"Daddy&#8217;s Type of Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the girls&#8217; school holidays; I have been hard at work, so Daddy thought this would be a good time to go for a trip. And this is his type of holiday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We drove off not knowing where we&#8217;re going, and ended up in Kuala Selangor for lunch, at a breezy sea side restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>The girls loved the prawn cracker there.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hS5GjC8I\/AAAAAAAAB-E\/JhRNeYVqcrU\/s288\/IMG_9328.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria munching on prawn cracker\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si500IFZz5I\/AAAAAAAAB_w\/1iDpMz710I8\/s288\/IMG_9323.jpg\" alt=\"Zara munching on prawn cracker\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After lunch (and a nap for me), we reached Tanjung Karang, the &#8216;rice bowl&#8217; of Selangor. It is harvest season now, and everywhere, we can see fields being harvested. By human<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hkU0rgFI\/AAAAAAAAB-s\/VTI7EHUInbU\/s288\/IMG_9379.JPG\" alt=\"Rice harvesting by human\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or by machine<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hazMwNwI\/AAAAAAAAB-U\/tlsp2Q7QUwc\/s400\/IMG_9363.JPG\" alt=\"Rice harvesting by machine\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Girls got to walk among rice fields and got to see rice on stalks up close.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5-FDZwZZI\/AAAAAAAAB_0\/PNx3fEbkX1I\/s288\/IMG_9362.JPG\" alt=\"Rice on stalks\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hVOOdalI\/AAAAAAAAB-I\/VtpFVel1PGA\/s288\/IMG_9353.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria on rice fields\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hd0nKd2I\/AAAAAAAAB-c\/NDb_2iLCDs4\/s288\/IMG_9356.JPG\" alt=\"Girls on rice fields\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and did some &#8216;harvesting&#8217; themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hW1UE5NI\/AAAAAAAAB-M\/WQI_D-l14i0\/s400\/IMG_9354.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria plucking rice grain\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also went to see the rice grains getting loaded onto lorries to be transported to the factory for polishing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hYmOhedI\/AAAAAAAAB-Q\/Q1dLs2k_Q94\/s288\/IMG_9366.JPG\" alt=\"Scooper truck at work\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hcdWhDcI\/AAAAAAAAB-Y\/_6al93eH2Z0\/s400\/IMG_9369.JPG\" alt=\"Girls watching scooper truck at work\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this ice cream man got all excited when Daddy said he wanted to take a photo of him. He removed his helmet, arranged his hair and viola&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hfBKVGRI\/AAAAAAAAB-g\/IV88puF5D54\/s288\/IMG_9373.JPG\" alt=\"Handsome Ice Cream Man\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is where the rice will be transported to to be polished.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hiHWrFmI\/AAAAAAAAB-o\/s1-rONmiTCs\/s400\/IMG_9378.JPG\" alt=\"Rice Factory\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Around the rice fields, we saw cement buildings like this, and Daddy said they are &#8216;birdnest houses&#8217; (buildings to house swiftlets which produce birdnest).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hgsC7NaI\/AAAAAAAAB-k\/gGp8DOj4aZc\/s400\/IMG_9375.JPG\" alt=\"Birdnest house?\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sekinchan, the fishing village, is just 15mins away from Tanjung Karang, so it became our next stop. Do you always hear people claiming the fishes from Sekinchan, Kuala Selangor (the Konghao fish) are nicer compared to the ones caught from the East Coast.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if it&#8217;s becaused the fishes feed on this&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hmegS3bI\/AAAAAAAAB-w\/VO08LQCgwIs\/s288\/IMG_9383.JPG\" alt=\"Poluted sea around the fishing village\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were lucky that the fishermen just came back from the sea, and the girls get to see the fishermen getting busy sorting out their catch (not that they liked, they both complained it was STINKY).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hobhhU0I\/AAAAAAAAB-0\/TsbzJprR2k4\/s400\/IMG_9385.JPG\" alt=\"Zara walking to the fishing boats\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hqoGN7QI\/AAAAAAAAB-4\/Lfr2r4-NSwQ\/s288\/IMG_9389.JPG\" alt=\"Fishermen sorting out their catch\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5htPv3_jI\/AAAAAAAAB-8\/5h17fqeCOFU\/s400\/IMG_9392.JPG\" alt=\"Squid Sorting\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5-Gm_z8RI\/AAAAAAAAB_4\/zKG972GaAP0\/s400\/IMG_9391.JPG\" alt=\"Huge live squids\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These fishes were available for sale and drew a big crowd, but we didn&#8217;t bring our ice box (since we were not prepared) and didn&#8217;t get these super fresh catch.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hvZemdZI\/AAAAAAAAB_A\/Ng4QIXMsGb8\/s400\/IMG_9400.JPG\" alt=\"Busy market place\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 350px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then drove on to Ijok for dinner since it was only 5pm when we left Sekinchan and too early for dinner. The whole day, we spent less than RM90 on seafood meals! What a deal.<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, when I had to work 15hours, Daddy brought the girls out kite flying in some fields. Based on the girls&#8217; feedback, it seemed, Daddy was having more fun than them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hxlPBPII\/AAAAAAAAB_E\/79I9YQsaxiA\/s288\/IMG_9414.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria posing at the field\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5hzaZxT2I\/AAAAAAAAB_I\/pwblhEfXdL0\/s288\/IMG_9420.JPG\" alt=\"Zara having a go at the kite\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5h0fkA7cI\/AAAAAAAAB_M\/YBYMITJNml4\/s288\/IMG_9429.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria having a go kite\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Si5h1h6JAqI\/AAAAAAAAB_U\/mk277izoiOE\/s288\/IMG_9430.JPG\" alt=\"Now both girls want to take control\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>If Daddy has his way, this is how he likes to spend his weekend. I&#8217;m not really against it, but I like cool aircondition and retail therapy, and can&#8217;t live on just this. Daddy asked the girls at the end if they enjoyed their weekend, both shouted,  <span style=\"color:#cc33cc;\">&#8220;NO!!&#8221;<\/span>. o.O&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1435\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 223776;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the girls&#8217; school holidays; I have been hard at work, so Daddy thought this would be a good time to go for a trip. 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