Mencakar ketam @ Thompson Beach

All these while, MrHubby pegi clubbing  crabbing aku tak pernah ikut. Sebab biasanya dia pegi lewat petang/malam, sampai la ke esok pagi subuh sepiee baru balik. Biar la time tu he spend his Guys Nite Out, cerita pasal orang lelaki je kan. Lagipun, kalau aku ikut, kang setiap 5minit, aku ajak balik sebab tak cukup lemak nak tahan sejuk.
Belum lagi masuk pasal kesian anak-anak nanti catch colds pulak.

So, this time, bila ada aktiviti crab raking, aku ikut le.
(read: 'crabbing' guna nets, crab raking guna rake)
Maklum la.. asyik jadi tukang makan je selama ni. Ye, tukang makan JE. Bab tangkap ketam, menyiang dan masak, aku serahkan kepada yang pakar je la (Hahaha. Abis berkarat la my cooking skills!)

On our way to Thompson Beach...

 Lawanyaaaa.... aku dengan Saz ladang oat tu, kan?
Macam cantekkkkk je. Macam lawaaaaa je. Macam cantekkkk je.
Kan? Hahaha (#ayatmengundangpelempang)

Sempat singgah Dublin kejap.
Eh, camna dari Australia  boleh lajak ke Ireland ni? Harharhar.

banyak la aku punya Ireland, kalo rupa macam Savannah cenggini.

Sampai ke pantai, giler b*bi punya banyak lalat. Haishhh...lalat punya salah, b*bi dapat nama. I should have worn perfume serai wangi sebelum keluar dari kereta.

Then, punyalah saujana mata memandang. Aku ingat air surut pun takde la sejauh tu kena berjalan T-T

Kalau berjalan atas pasir pantai, okay lagi. Ni atas squishy-squashy-seaweed-mud-bed. Adoiyaiii... 

Bila pijak je, tenggelam kaki. 

Kiranya kadar ketenggelaman berkadar terus dengan body mass la. Bahahaha

The boys kept asking "Are we there yet???"
...dan aku pun tak ketinggalan, sebab dah rasa like forever tak sampai-sampai.

Oh ya.. for this, besides the crab rake (macam pencakar rumput jer, tapi made of sturdy metal la), kena bawak a floating container (Toyogo-like would do) to tow behind, and a crab measure.

Dept of Fisheries kat sini sangat strict, kalao kantoi tangkap gak ketam yang kecik-kecik, confirm tiada maaf bagimu. Sedia duit je la nak bayar saman. Tapi sebab somehow aku orang environment yang dah belajar pasal biodiversity, kira redho (dalam sentapan) je la.

Don't forget dollops of sunscreen to ensure long lasting beauty. Bahahaha.

Woh..sejak-sejak buat study pasal skin/sunscreen ni... jadi terlebih concern la sangat (#tangandibahumatakeatas)

Anyway, sampai port yang sesuai... the trick is to go through the seaweeds with the rake. Rodok-rodok sikit, provoke the crabs to come out.

Crabs ni naturally defensive, so kalau tetiba menjerit tu, tanda crabs tu datang kat kaki kita lettew.

Untuk kali ni, geng bapak-bapak je pegi mencari rezeki. 

Mak-mak (read: bukan makcik-makcik type, okay) sanggup berdiri setompok sambil bersembang. Maunye tidak, nak duduk dalam air tu, kang sejuk pulak. So, bukak warung je la. Wahahaha

Anak-anak?

Lupa diri...
Daripada main air...
melarat ke main pasir buat lulur untuk lawan brand Mustika Ratu.

Aku sempat ler try sekali je me-raking tu.
Nak jugaaak! Kan?

 Dasar blogger kan? Adalah menjadi satu kemaluan yang besar kalau takde benda nak di'pose'kan
 

Yours truly with Darwin

Lepas agak-agak kaki dah kembang dek foot spa, kitorang pun naik ke darat.
Punya la lama menunggu bapak-bapak naik dari pantai mencari rezeki. Alamatnya kelam la semua, sampai dah tak reti nak bezakan laki masing-masing dengan Uncle Samy.

Sambil tu, Shifa jadi penjual aiskrim. Fofular you, surrounded by kids.

 Time ni Shifa memang dah nampak biji mata je. Maklumlah...Rimas lalat banyak kat muka. Cenggini la bila nak dekat summer.

Hasil kais pagi, makan pagi untuk hari tu...
Blue swimmer crabs yawwww!!!

 ...ni dah minus selambak crabs yang belum mencapai akil baligh.
Tapi cukup la tu. Tamak-tamak sangat pun kang tak abis makan.

On our way back home... 

 ... sempat lagi singgah bergambar (aku je la, orang lain tak buat)

...sebab cantikkkk sangat aku view nye.
(Awat ayat aku dok bunyi macam awek Legoland tak tau. Huahuahua)

Welcome to Adelaide!

...and eventually the blue crabs turned into Ketam Masak Lemak yang... burppp!!!....Alhamdulillah.

Lepas ni, nak pegi lagi?
Errr...takpelah. Tima kasih je la.
Tak tahan daulat dah... :-P

Skemanya pegi museum (Biodiversity month)

Actually, visiting museum is not my cuppa tea. Rasa skema gaban. But since our first visit for the dino exhibition aritu was awesome, I was thinking maybe we should give it a go.

Lagipun knowing that I'd be busy masa 2-week school term break aritu,kira boleh la.

It was an exhibition for Biodiversity month. Afterall, my kids are fond of animals... dan mak bapaknye pun memang belajar pasal biodiversity once ago.

As usual, sampai depan museum, the kids were excited to chase the pigeons.

 ...sambil pegang Ultraman di tangan.

Then when it's opened, baru boleh masuk.
Skema kuasa dua. Dah la lawat museum, siap tunggu museum buka tuuu.

There's a section for the kids to build the habitat for the insects.
Entah bentuk apa la diorang buat, dengan pine nuts, straws, pop sticks, etc.

There's a Reading Section with books about insects

 ...and cute plush toys too!

...ladybugs, ants, beetles, bees, butterflies, dragonflies...

Lil Adib suka fish sangat, bukan suka makan. He just likes to pronounce "F for Fish." Hahaha. 

Lil Adam pulak suka makan fish. So, they were exciting seeing the various types of underwater creatures on display.

 

 

Bab-bab touch screen, memang laju.

Lil Adib stared at the boy's painted face. Hahahaha

Well, all I can say, this time around, exhibitionnya tak best sangat macam yang dinosaur aritu.
Tapi, keluar dari museum, kitorang lepak kat lawn tu...

 ...and had some drinks with Faisal at the cafe.
Bukan tak nak ajak orang lain, tapi  Faisal dah join 'Kelab Bujang Sementara' sebab anak bini dah balik, so kena la entertain dia bagi happy-happy.

Tengah syok lepak-lepak tu, tetiba nampak my SV lalu. Hehehe.
Nasib baik dia tak nampak aku. Kalau tidak, kantoi la aku yang konon-tak-berapa-sihat aritu, sampai tak pegi ofis.

Hehehe. Ada nampak rupa orang tak sihat ke dalam gambar-gambar kat atas tu? :P

Melbourne Winter 2013 - Part III

Alamak...alamak!

I have been drafting other entries, then I realized rupanya aku tak habis lagi buat entry pegi Melbourne :P Dah sebulan gap dengan the last Melbourne entries.

Ni semua salah Anwar Ibrahim. Eh. Ni semua sebab aku rajin study. Hehehe. Sila la kagum dari jarak jauh.

Okay, sambung balik.

Day 4

Hari ke-4, we decided to tour around the city, covering as many tourist spots as possible, at our own pace. Nak cover semua memang tak sempat.

So, pagi-pagi lagi we parked our car somewhere near Harbourtown, and hop on the free Tourist Shuttle.

Membelek flyers masa dalam shuttle, sambil buat decision nak singgah spot mana satu.

Rasa-rasa boleh cover 2,3 spots je. Maklumlah, kalo rushing sangat kang, penat... semua tarik muka... terus spoil vacation.

So, mula-mula sekali kitorang turun kat Stop 12: Southbank and Yarra River.

Lil Adam and Lil Adib were busy chasing the pigeons and seagulls.

Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex, Southgate, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre and Melbourne Maritime Museum are amongst the nearest attractions, tapi takde la kitorang pegi semua tu.

We walked to the Eureka SkyDeck building.

Setakat nak berdiri kejap atas glass floor nak test tahap gayat, dan amik gambar atas tangan KingKong...

macam ni...

Rasa macam tak berbaloi sangat pun...and not much fun (not to us la).
So, after some snaps...kitorang gerak ke tempat lain.

Lil Adib nak berdiri kat situ, tak nak balik. Ah sudahhh...

Strolled along the river...

The weather was fine. But that didn't stop us to make silly faces. Hehehe.
Engkak-engkak sangat.

Lil Adib 'isi tangki' kejap... while waiting for the next shuttle.

Next, we rode the shuttle and stopped at Stop 2: Federation Square. Sebab aku ada date!
First date okkayyy. Nervous gittew.

Ta-daaa!!!
I met my blogger/Natural Parenting friend... Ija!

Sangatlah syoknye pun. Maklumlah selama ni pom-pang-pom-pamg bersembang di alam maya. Tetiba time ni la dapat jumpa.

Lil Adam dan Lil Adib mula-mula malu-malu dengan Miya and Miyul.

But it didn't take so long before they sat together, sambil tengok show by the performer.

p/s:
Ija, MrHubby used this photo for a contest tau, dan menang! Huehuehue (u jangan gatal nak mintak royalti!)


Ni random snaps of the significant building around.

Next, off we went to find a good lunch.
Memandangkan orang Melbourne suggest Laksa Bar, gigih la kitorang berjalan. Gila weh, jauhhh.

Lapar, lapar jugak... tapi sengih tetap sengih.

Setelah bertabah berjalan, akhirnya sampai jugak. Phew!!!

Soft shell crabs as appetizers. Hehehe. Ni special untuk aku le nih, supaya aku tak marah-marah.
Ye, aku memang cepat marah kalau aku lapar. Hehehe

...sebab tu la takde gambar aku.
Otherwise it's gonna be gambar aku tengah marah, or tengah buruk melantak. Hewhewhew

Dah penat jenjalan, perut pun dah isi... terus rasa nak duduk dalam keta, dah malas nak hop on-hop off dengan shuttle lagi.

So, last ride... pegi ke Harbourtown.
Kita minum duluuuuu!!!

Eh...eh...

Over nampakkkk!

Takpe..takpe.
Aku pun ada pose gedix aku (as expected)...

The plate number says "I SHY", hence the gedik-ness :P

Lepas tu, we just drove to the Shrine of Remembrance.
Actually, I wanted to go to the Royal Botanic Gardens, but it was already late (getting dark). Takpelah... afterall, I have been there dulu-dulu (just with the wrong company).

Lil Adib terlentok tidur kat abang. A scene I don't always get to see -_-

Too bad, my plan to meet Bray and Fe when we were in Melbourne tak jadi. Bray had a meeting, dan aku merajuk sebab aku dah beria-ia nak jumpa dia. Fe pulak, balik beraya kat Malaysia.
 

Anyway, it's good that we could catch up with Erin, my colleague back in FSG, almost done with her PhD, tak lama lagi nak balik dah lettew.

That nite, we had a special dinner at hers.

Her mom prepared the special Ginger Chicken, and not to mention lah the other yummy dishes. 

Hoiii...memang gemuk la aku, makan tanpa segan-silu.

 

 

Yours truly with Erin and her friends before we left with full tummies. Hihihi.

Day 5

Beautiful morning!
Hari last nak balik... dengan windynya humang aiii...

We stopped at the Harbourtown, Essendon sebelum balik. Saja gatal nak berzakat sebab duit berkepuk sangat. Hahaha.

But we ended up tak shopping apa sangat pun, since we have done some shopping at the other Harbourtown.

Erkk! Who on earth would beli and pakai these shoes la??

Had kebab as snacks.

Then, gerak balik ke Adelaide.

Asalnya plan nak balik tu lalu Great Ocean Road, but since we stopped for shopping tu, dah melarat pukul berapa ntah dah. So balik je terus ikut jalan biasa.

Time ni dah super-penat la jugak. Tapi walaupun aku jadi ma'am besar, aku tetap tak kuasa nak ber-selfie bagai. Baik aku tido jer. Hehehe.

Sekian sahaja entry pegi Melbourne.
Not much fun, but not too bad (Alaa...tanya aku, jawapan memang bias la, lagi best kalo balik 'kampung' ke Brissy. Ngehehehe)