Photo Overload #2 ...

I really need to blog more regularly don't I ... otherwise there's a total photo overload, especially since we've been doing some tiki touring this week!!
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Lots to share since I last posted. (Can't believe that I haven't blogged since last Friday!) So here goes ...
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Friday night Lyndon got back from Singapore and Mum got a BIG surprise because he had Dad in tow :-) heheheee (boys that was a hard secret to keep!). He flew direct to KL from Auckland and Lyndon arranged that his flight from Singapore would arrive before Dad did so he'd be waiting for him. Was neat to see the kids faces on Saturday morning too when they saw Grandad was here :-)
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I had arranged for a quiz night and a potluck tea at our place on Sat afternoon ... our guests didn't know Dad had arrived either! We had a great evening .... here's the typical pic of our front door with everyones shoes :-)


And Maddison sitting on the couch having a drink while listening to the laughter all round with the teams trying to guess what the answers were to the quiz questions.

Sunday ... our usual day and Irene took us out for tea to a Chinese restaurant. Had to show this pic of the fish. It looks so disgusting, nearly makes me ill looking at it, but I am getting real good at looking and not "seeing" now! It tasted delicious ... mind you I didn't eat anything near the head! Ugggh I can't stand seeing those eyes rolled back!

There were a couple of crab dishes and here's a plate of the remains ... we all really enjoyed them :-)

Dessert ... yumm

Monday ... came and went! Can't recall all what we did and I didn't actually take any photos that day. We had Ian come and stay Monday night though which was great.

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Tuesday Lyndon had the day off, so we decided to go to Batu Caves. Ian stayed home and had some quiet time without our kids (lol). We had an interesting time ... there's 272 steps up to the top ... then there's steps down into the main cave and then steps up to another part. I didn't count all those, but our calf muscles were feeling it later I tell you!

There were monkeys EVERYWHERE! Mother monkeys with their babys clinging on tight ...

Stare you in the eye Daddy monkeys ...

Bambi eyed monkeys!

And they were so jolly cheeky ... had no qualms about coming right up to you and snatching whatever you had in your hand, especially if it was food or drink bottles!! Maddison was a bit afraid if they got to close, so she spent a lot of the time like this :-) Daddy's leg makes a good hiding place :-)

Shocking pic of me ... but it's about the only one as I had the camera most of the time once we got up the stairs! So this is to show that yes I did climb up there!!

Silhouette of the arch at the top of the steps.

View from the top of the stairs.

On our way home we drove past a motor bike shop ... not the run of the mill Malaysian motorbike shop though :-) So of course we had to stop and check it out. This is just a tiny selection of what was in the shop!

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Not sure who has their eyes on one of these ... Dad or Lyndon ???!!! LOL

So that was Tuesday. Ian left later in the afternoon and we went out for tea and went to Chinatown!

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Wednesday ... just another day :-) We were busy enough though. The kids had given Grandma a massage voucher for Christmas, so after Aaron went to school we dropped Mum off to enjoy that and Dad, Maddison and I just wandered around the mall. When Mum came out we slurped down a New Zealand Natural ice cream :-) and then headed home. I dropped them off and went out to get groceries. Had tea and Mum stayed home with the kids while Dad, Lyndon and I went to mtg.

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Today ... Lyndon had the day off as well and we decided to go to Genting Highlands. Another interesting place. Unfortunately the top of the mountain was covered in cloud so the view was rubbish (well what view there was) and the cable car wasn't running. So that was a bit disappointing. Also we'd been told that it was a very cold place, so take a jacket. We just laughed actually and thought "yeah right"! But actually it was cold, at times we had goose bumps and were freezing! Crazy.
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We took a couple of wrong turns on our way there (weren't following the gps quick enough) ... so ended doing a sight seeing tour of parts of KL we'd never been before!

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Saw a bit of this ... And this ...

And motor bike mechanics at work! (this photo doesn't really show it, but the man with the black shirt on was actually sitting on the side of the road, not the footpath!).

Anyway, it was interesting to see how other people lived. Makes me very thankful about all sorts of things actually! We eventually found our way to Genting Highlands and we drove to the top of the mountain ... stopped on the way at the temple. Here's a bit of the view before the cloud came in.

This was part of the temple complex and a hall.

The marble carvings either side of the door were amazing. Such fine detail.

Mum and I climbed up 250 steps to see the rest of the temple complex. It was amazing and my photos don't really do it justice. There was just so much to see, and so much work had gone into it ... incredible.

Then we drove right to the top to the theme park bit. Had lunch and decided to do the indoor theme park, rather than the outdoor one, since we didn't have jackets and it really was cold!

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So walked for what seemed like ages and even more steps! Aaron and Maddison make sure they were "big" enough for one of the rides.

They had a ride on this, Aaron chose the front vehicle which was a train (there were all sorts, fire engines, jeeps, cars etc.) ... This pic was just as it started ... think they got a bit of a shock it was finally moving lol.

But can you see the excitement?

it's a wonder this photo isn't blurry of them because they were both (especially Maddison) jumping up and down in their seats!

LOOK at me :-)

Honestly Maddison was just about beside herself with excitement ... her mouth was permanently open I think :-)

The ride went up a couple of levels around this "Eiffel tower".

Decided to go back to Chinatown again on the way back home ... so while Lyndon, Dad & Mum went off there the kids and I stayed in the car and they did a spot of reading ...

Aaron giving me very detailed instructions on how to get to the airport and Pangkor Island :-) (he loves "reading" map books!). "You follow this line here and then this one, go over here all the way to the airport, then get on a boat and go to the island" :-)

Lyndon's sharing his love of watches :-)

The kids even got one! Doubt Dora will last long on Maddison's wrist lol.

Aaron's really into Ben 10 at the moment!

Then we had tea at Secret Recipe and since we'd had such a day we quenched our thirst well and truly with this lot :-)

Tomorrow is a day at home for us. Lyndon is back at work and we've got visitors coming for tea, so looking forward to that.

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Saturday we are catching a bus to Singapore and having a few days there before Mum and Dad fly home on Tuesday :-( and we catch the bus back home.

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And I will be attempting to do some catching up with my December Daily Album, and my January daily of when Mum and Dad are here!!! Oh well ... not going to stress it ... as long as it's finished before Christmas 2009 hahahaaa.

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So probably won't be back again to blog for another week! I'll try not to have so many photos next time! :-) (loving my new camera though!!) :-)