Sunday, April 12, 2009

PASTI Subang District's Sport Day 2009

This morning, Fira represented her kindy, PASTI At-Tauhid, Taman Ehsan in the PASTI Subang District's Mini Football and Mini Netball Sport Day. The event was participated by 9 PASTIs (Pusat Asuhan Tunas Islam) within the Subang parlimentary district and was held at the Paya Jaras MBSA Hall. Fira played GK (Goal Keeper), in the Netball matches, of course.





















Fira went there first, in the wee hour, by school bus. We drove later, after breakfast. When we arrived, they were already playing in the second match. According to Fira, their opponent in the first match that we missed wore blue uniform, so it could be PASTI Humairah, Merbau Sempak. Fira's team won.




















The best GK in Subang? She only let in one goal. (except for the first match... we did not know the score)




















In the second match, they beat PASTI Little Mukmin, Kota Damansara by 11 to 1.




















The boys' mini football final match. PASTI At-Tauhid won again for the third consecutive year. Hopefully, Jimi will be selected to play next year.




















Fira's team with PASTI Al-Firdaus, Subang. They beat them in the third round by 8 to nil.




















Fira's team with PASTI An-Nur, Damansara Damai. They beat them in the final by 9 to nil.




















The champion.




















Both boys and girls teams of PASTI At-Tauhid won the tournament for the third consecutive year. Congratulation to their dedicative and passionate teachers especially to Cikgu Ana.

What's next. State level? Hopefully Fira will be selected to represent the Subang District in the upcoming PASTI Selangor's Sport Day...


Saturday, April 4, 2009

Australian Vacation 2009 : Day 2

We started our day 2 excursion straight away after breakfast to Sea World theme park which located about 5 mins drive from our apartment. We reached the main entrance around 10.30am.





















At the Sea World main entrance.





















Our first ride, the Sky High Skyway.





















View from the Skyway gondola looking down at the dolphin nursery.





















Captain Cook's Endeavour.





















The new main ride, Jet Rescue coaster flying and twisting past pristine rock pools and dark cave at an exhilarating 70km/h. Atiz & Fadhli took the first ride as in this pics, 2nd row. I took the next ride alone coz Helmi said that his stomach was not ready for this.





















Next, we went to the Sesame Street Beach where a lot of kids' rides can be found.





















Fira & Jimi flew with Atiz on a helicopter.





















Then, on an aeroplane...





















...and a truck. This time Fadhli became the next victim.





















Eh?! Not so small kids?





















On a carousel. This reminds me our first carousel ride during the Nottingham's Bonfire Nights, 16 years ago.





















Atiz wanted to catch the rays for pari asam pedas...





















...and starfish asam pedas???





















At the Shark Bay. Oh man, the sharks were so huge. Please don't make us your asam pedas okay...





















The stingrays Babylon 5's flight.





















Sharks, sharks everywhere...





















Funny looking shark. We called it Spiderman Shark.





















Inside the Sea World's monorail.

It passed 2pm and everybody was hungry. We took a monorail back to the main building for big lunch. Unfortunately, both halal restaurants there, Paradise Room and Broadwater Cafe, were closed for unknown reason. Instead of big lunch, Atiz & the kids just had donuts at the Donut Factory next door. Me? Since I don't like donut, I ordered a cappucino but their coffee machine broke down. So, I just had a plain hot water... huhuhu.





















Fira & Jimi with Mr. Sea Lion.





















The Buddy & Clawde Fish Detectives Sea Lion Show.





















A Pandanus tree at the entrance of the sea lion show.

Believe it or not, this Pandanus tree or 'Pokok Pandan' is a common feature in Gold Coast. Since nobody took its leaves for 'Nasi Lemak', the tree can grow into 20m canopy with a solid trunk. They have no chance in Malaysia.

After the sea lion show, I was starving but no time for lunch. We had to rush for the 3.30pm dolphin show. Luckily, on the way to the Dolphin Cove, there was a halal Plaza Food Court. The menu looked so yummy but due to the time constraint, I only had a few bites of chips to neutralize my gastric acid.





















At the entrance of the Imagine Dolphin Cove.





















The flying dolphins.





















Surfing on the dolphins.





















Four dolphins propelled 2 guys into the air.





















The dolphins somersaults.





















The grand finale where all six dolphins flew.





















What a show!! It's worth coming over 6,500km to see this!





















A Sacred Ibis bird (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is everywhere in Gold Coast and can be a nuisance sometimes.





















The final show of the day, Waterski WipeOut.





















Ehmmm...





















In this shot, the guy on the right had a bad landing and fell.





















Closing act at 5pm.





















At night, we went to Surfers Paradise's Night Market located along the Esplanade between Hanlan St to Elkhorn Ave.





















There were over 120 market stalls offering locally made gift ideas ranging from accessories, crafts, artworks, beauty products, homewares, jewellery and music.





















We ended the day by Persian dinner at the Shiraz Nights.


To be continue in the upcoming post... Day 3