Grand Finale.....

Saya telah sampai ke last blog, atau last posting! Betul! Betul betul last posting!

I have enjoyed taking you readers on a journey of My trek in Trengganu from the 80's to the millenium!

Sungguh seronok jugak membawa para pembaca bersama saya "A Trengganu Trek"......dan rasa nostalgic serta sedih sedikit kerana terpaksa tinggal blog ini sehingga "judging" habis.

I have come to the grand finale of my blog for now. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ride, and it has brought back many memories and happy moments for me.

In researching materials for my blog and googling some of the places and activities mentioned in my blog, I have had some revelations and learnt some things that hitherto I have not known before, for example, I did not know that Aryani Resort was the very one built by Raja Bahrin, a Terenggau prince. I also discovered the popularity of Pasar Payang, for, apart from the words "Pasar Payang" in my old photograph, I really did not know the significance of it!!

These and many other instances are some of my discoveries, and it had been as much a learning for me as I hoped it had been for you!!!

Terima kasih saya ucapkan kepada UKOM Staff Committee,
Tournament Blog 2010 Best Tourist City, http://www.trgtourism.blogspot.com/ ,
penganjur Pertandingan Blog Pelancongan Terengganu "Terengganu Di Hatiku", secretariat Negeri Terengganu, Tourism Trengganu dan pihak sponsor
kerana mengadakan pertandingan blog ini.

A Big Thank You to you!!!

From us, with love, Terengganu di Hatiku!

Stop Press: News on Kenyir in NST dated September 30, 2010

When I opened the New Straits Times today, this article caught my eye:
"It's Duty-Free at Kenyir":

http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/22kenyir/Article

I have found some more pictures of our family trip at Kenyir for your viewing pleasure:

Our beautiful chalet had a fantastic balcony that afforded great views of the lake,
the very reason visitors come to Lake Kenyir Resort for... the mesmerising lake!

Awesome beauty of the sky at Lake Kenyir, Art Imitates Nature.

My son and my nephew did a spot of fishing, I took this picture
from my balcony, and they are dwarfed into mere specks,but look at the splendid, poetic beauty of the place! 

Even the man-made swimming adds to the beauty of the sea
in the background....words just fail me.

Please pan to the furthest point of the background to see
the breathtakingly beautiful mountains and sky...

Beyond the majestically tall palm trees.

You have to see this to believe this....this is my whole extended family!
One whole Happy family. We filled up the whole tram car
Please see my previous posts on Lake Kenyir

Trengganu: We Will Be Back!!...Terengganu in My Heart!

Setelah saya imbas kembali blog ini, saya sedar bahawa ada banyak lagi tempat di Terengganu yang belum kita lawati dan liput. Jadi, suami saya janji kepada saya bahawa kami akan "pulang" ke Terengganu, terutamanya Dungun.


Here we are now......

Here we are now, at the present time....
more than 20 years later, 3 grown children and near retirement...

How we were then.....

Then !!!! Ha ha ha! How young we were!
Picture shows us at a Dungun beach in the early 80's.
He was a young medical officer and I was Ms Loo, the cikgu from Parit Sulong!

Read the story of how we started our "love affair" with Terengganu
and made it "Terengganu di Hatiku" here:

http://trengganuholiday.blogspot.com/2010/07/trengganu-in-early-80s-dungun-and.html

When we have both retired, we are both going back on a slow road trip to Dungun,
where we first sojourned in 1982, and explore the whole of Trengganu again,
re-visiting the old places and checking out spanking new resorts!!!

A Recap of my Wonderful Memories of A Trengganu Trek!

BISIKAN BAYU : Terengganu di hujung hatiku

Saya telah hampir sampai ke pangkal hujung blog Terengganu ini....
tetapi saya AKAN BALIK!!! Bila saya bersara nanti, saya akan mengunjungi
Trengganu negeri tersayang ini bersama suami dan balik semula ke Dungun,
ke kelinik Bidan seketika dahulu. Adakah ia seperti yang dulu?
Ikutilah blog saya, bab yang kedua, kerana "A Trengganu Trek, my Eastern Dreams"
akan membuka tirai baru, kerana, ada banyak lagi tempat menarik di Terengganu
yang bakal menemui kami berdua!!!!

TERENGGANU DI HATIKU

I have nearly come to the end of my Trek (nearly, because I will start on a NEW TREK when I have retired) and it is now time for me to do a recap of the BEST PICTURES, BEST RESORT, and BEST THING TO DO!! But, they are all BEST!!!!! So, I will pick at random, the best of the best!!!

TRENGGANU IN MY HEART

Whenever I wash my feet, wherever I am,
I will think of Trengganu, for "Terengganu di hatiku"

BEST RESORT I HAVE STAYED: TANJUNG JARA

BEST SWIMMING POOL

STRANGE FOOD I HAVE TASTED

OTOK OTOK

LEMANG

DRINK:AIR NIRA

BEST POSTCARD PICTURE : SUTRA RESORT

BEST SEA FRONT VIEW AT A RESORT (SUTRA)

MOST ROMANTIC VIEW:SUTRA RESORT

MOST PICTURESQUE SCENE

BEST BEACH : TANJUNG JARA

BEST MODEL : MY SISTER!!!

BEST NATURAL SCENERY: KIJAL

BEST FOOD: KUEH TEPUNG BERAS

TRENGGANU MEE GORENG

TONG JUAN TIGER PRAWNS

BEST RECREATION: HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS!

BEST ACTIVITY:SNORKELLING!

MOST COMMON ROADSIDE STALL: SELLING SEA SHELLS

BEST FAMILY RESORT: AWANA KIJAL

BEST HERITAGE DESIGN RESORT : ARYANI BY RAJA BAHRIN

BEST SPA:TANJUNG JARA

Recipe for Improving Your Sex Life

This article is taken

from the SUN newspaper August 2010:

Turtle Egg Buying Frenzy

Talk that turtle eggs can boost the sex lives of the elderly has created a frenzy in Trengganu, China Press reported yesterday.

A recipe for sustaining an active sex life, has sent many local folk making a beeline for the illegal stalls selling turtle eggs at Pasar Besar Kedai Payang in Kuala Trengganu.

The report said that although the commercial sales of turtle eggs are strictly prohibited in the state, these stalls are doing a roaring business, including getting bulk orders from as far away as Kuala Lumpur.

Salleh Sollah, 52, a hawker who has been in the trade for 20 years and was selling the eggs of green sea turtles, or Chelonia Mydas, at RM3 each, said the eggs could fetch as much as RM6 each during the off-peak season. When told it is against the law for him to sell turtle eggs, Salleh said he did not think he was doing anything wrong as he has not selling turtle meat.

"My man doesn't need turtle eggs."

"Because he knows they don't make him more potent."

The environmentalists behind the campaign say they are trying to reach men who buy turtle eggs from street vendors for a dollar and eat them raw with lime and a pinch of salt in the belief they are a natural form of Viagra.

"We said, 'Let's have a sexy girl saying that the man I choose doesn't need sea turtle eggs!



Free Redang Holiday Prize

I found this....

Here is a picture of the free Redang holiday that I won

just by sending in a empty toothbrush pack!!

and I generously gave the prize to my sisters; my nephew and my niece went too!

http://trengganuholiday.blogspot.com/2010/09/redang-island-resort.html

Everytime Miley Cyrus sings, a turtle dies

Everytime Miley Cyrus sings, a turtle dies !!!!

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Things I bought in Pasar Payang, Trengganu

Here are some of the things I bought from Pasar Payang...after all these years, they are still with me!!

Blue floating candle bowl with stand

Pink version (just buy, wrap and put in the bus at the bottom of my seat!)

blue flower arrangement

my daughter said the style is so Malay!!

lots of hanging pomanders(they call it potpurri) to take back to distribute to the clerks

in blue, pink, peach, yellow

fake bags for my daughter

this body glove is for my daughter, Nike is for my son (cannot find it to take photo), plus other bags like Hello Kitty and sunflower bags.