Firefly Review–Episode 23: Exploring Alor Setar‘s Backyard

After getting positive feedback on my Johor Bahru (JHB) episode of “Azuan Explores the Backyard of Malaysia” series, I decided to do another review, exploring yet another city in Malaysia. Welcome to Alor Setar, the state capital of Kedah Darul Aman! Located in the northern part of Malaysia, Alor Setar is accessible from...

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A Morning @ Taman Tasik Shah Alam

In lime with one of my 2010 resolution (to lose weight until 70kg), I have started to put in some exercise to my weekend schedule. This does not include any form of walking exercise in shopping malls or mouth/jaw exercise in hotel restaurant serving buffet. What I’m trying to do is to have real exercise for 30 minutes every...

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ATC: The Unsung Heroes of Aviation

I don’t usually blog about my work but in some instances work does brings me to cool places. One of it is a control tower in an airport. I was at the tower of Malaysia’s busiest airport with my division colleagues to learn about some matters on air traffic. As it was a working visit, it was pretty much discussion and...

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Firefly Review-Episode 22: Score as a Winner at MATTA Fair!

It has been a few weeks since I last wrote about my favorite airlines, Firefly~! This episode is just a quick update to share the exciting event coming to town this week. None other than the highly anticipated MATTA Fair! You must been living under a rock if you have not heard about MATTA Fair. In a nutshell, it is the most...

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A Visit to The Paddy Museum

On my last trip to Alor Star visiting my grandparents, I made a quick detour to visit one of the spots in Kedah’s Tourism Map which is the unique Muzium Padi or Paddy Museum. Being the ‘negeri jelapang padi’ or Rice Bowl State of Malaysia, it makes sense for Kedah to have a tourist site related to Paddy. It’s located...

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