15 April, 2012

Penang Butterfly Farm

Do you ever be to Penang Butterfly Farm? Sorry to say that I'm never think of paying a visit even thought myself staying at Penang. The main reason I said so because I had lack confident on our local Malaysia tourism place in term of cleanness and environment. I still believed that not much they can offer to tourist. 

Things really changed when I decided to join my friends for a short visit. I must thanks to Cheah , who proposed to us this wonderful place for kids to get together. As a mother of a little girl, I always want her to grow up happily and realise the joy by being with the nature. The Butterfly farm vision " Seeing Harmony between Human & Environment through the Wisdom of Mother Nature " has touch my heart :)
Group photo at the entrance

I was so surprised when i stepped into the garden, we were surrounded by a myriad of fluttering butterflies in the enormous enclosure.  
A very knowledgeable staff with fluent English accompanied us for a short tour. He was so generous and passion in sharing his knowledge about this beautiful creature with us. 



Life cycle of the butterflies
1st time so close to butterfly, I think the parents more excited then the kids :)

Besides butterfly, you can find some selected insects and reptiles in the farm too. The tour guide let us touched some of the harmless one.


Before the tour ended, tour guide gave us a container containing "Virgin Butterfly" that has not fly before. They just came out from cocoon. Releasing them from the container was a great pleasure because we able to witness their 1st fly. 

After a short tour, we walk around the farm and took some pictures.  There are 2 beautiful ponds inside the farm with really big fishes and turtle inside the pond. 

Rested at 1 of the pond

Whats make this daddy look so happy?

There is a small indoor mini theater with air conditional inside the farm. We went into the cinema and watch a short cartoon clip ( forget the name) just to cool ourselves up after a hot walk in the farm :) Giselle was so funny, she kept laughing while watching to the clip....I wonder can she understand?

Exhibition area
We did had a great time and this farm is strongly recommended if you have kids :) Penang BOLEH!
Not forgetting to mentioned here is the fees for Mycard Penang Resident : Adult  is RM18 and kids is RM10.

11 April, 2012

Giselle 2 Years Old birthday at David Brown's Restaurant, Penang Hill

Date : 10 April 2012 

SB and myself actually thinking hard for a place to celebrate my Giselle 2 years old birthday...we need something very relaxing yet a bit of romantic place for my family members to get together. Thanks to my both sisters, Janice and Sandy gave us a great suggestion to have it top of the Penang hill. 
We decided to have it on Friday ( 10 April 2012 ) which was an a day earlier because my 2nd sister and her family are from Alor Setar. 


Let me have a brief introduction about Dave Brown's Restaurant. Actually this restaurant is located at Strawberry Hill. Many of us may not know that  the first ever place in the Malay Peninsular to grow strawberries was on Penang Hill by Captain Francis Light.He had levelled a little hillock for planting and British settler, David Brown later obtained this hillock and built this tea house called upon his name, David Brown's Cottage.Therefore, this hillock i spopularly known as "Strawberries HIll ". However,David Brown now is belong to Peter Lee who is the founder of the famous Smokehouse.
Thanks for all my beloved family members who was rushing back from work or far away from A/S just to celebrate Giselle birthday! ( Every1 love my girl every much as she is the youngest in our family )

In that late afternoon, the whole area occupied by us :) Every single corner full with our laughter and kids are freely run here and there without disturbing from outsider.
With my precious Princess Giselle
With my lovely husband Soo Beng
 With her favaroute PoPo
Haha...I love this!She just layed down relaxingly

Dinner served!
Long table setting at the garden

 Never think of buying this type of cake until I had one princess by my own...choosen by Giselle

After that night, she addicted to sing birthday song always
With my two lovely sisters
Night view of the restaurant
  Night view of Penang Island 
We took the last tram down from the hill

The celebration was great especially when family members around.The place was great too! However, charges for the foods was expensive and not really good. I will said just "OK" only. But,for sure I will visit this place again in the future because it is still a good place to get away from a city. Maybe for a afternoon tea with close friend and let the kids playing on the green grass field.

Oh yes!If you plan to make a visit, please do try to reach there in the late afternoon.You will be able to see 3 different nice scenery ( afternoon, sunset and night view )from top of the hill.