Short, Intense Hike to Bukit Lagi, Perlis

October 26, 2017

I feel blessed that Puteri, Kak Zira and I have the same interest. Hiking.

Even though I am used to hike in Czech, as expected hiking in Malaysia is roughly different. I am totally a newbie here, I don't mind that as at least people don't put high expectation. :)

In love with this hiking pose :p

Early morning of Sunday, we went to Titi Chai to grab breakfast and Puteri recommended us to try Pulut Ayam. I have never heard of this food before, something different that I know is Pulut Mangga nyum nyum nyum :D

Pulut Ayam was for post-hike though hahaha.

It is basically pulut with fried chicken.

We had nasi lemak and few kuih-muih for breakfast. A bit heavy for us but never mindddd, we are Malaysians!

Beautiful paddy field :D

Since I did not drive, I have no idea about the direction. Haha.

But, from Google Maps, in order to get to Bukit Lagi, please don't put 'Bukit Lagi' in the search box. It will lead you to a city area with buildings around.

Landmarks:

Taman Awam Bukit Lagi
Taman Bunga Kertas Tuanku Lailatul Shahreen

There are lots of flowers around. I think it will be beautiful to spend time with family here in the evening. Since it is located close to Taman Awam, people can spend the evening with riadah and exercises :)

Greeennnnn.

Not really sure how many entrance to the hiking route. But you can hike and go down with different routes.

As how I described the title of this post, YESSSS IT IS A SHORT ROUTE BUT INTENSE!

Haha, curam sangat mak ai.

Stamina demanding.
Ya Allah, the stairs are very steep and quite small hahahaha nangis weh kaki.

But, as usual, with a rough journey there will be some rewards at the end. Same like our life in this world, sweet moments with painful challenges but if we really live life accordingly, Allah will reward us with Jannah, right?

Same concept.

Hutan belantara.

Calming shade.

Kak Zira and Puteri. They are so fit!

Lovely!

At the peak.

Small, steep stairs.

Sap sap soi for them haha.

Us.

Us at the peak :D

Yeay! If I am not mistaken, less than one hour needed for the whole hike :D

More details, maybe you can use this LINK as reference. :)

SS, Perak, Malaysia

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A Weekend Getaway | Perlis, Malaysia

October 25, 2017

Honestly, I've been to Kuala Perlis before (actually yearsssss ago) and the main reason was my family and I were on our short holiday trip to Langkawi. As you guys know, there are three ways to gain access to Langkawi - either by ferry from Kuala Perlis, or from Kuala Kedah, or by flight directly into the island.

That was it.

I didn't explore Perlis much that time. Had no experience to its attractions, no idea about any famous local food etc.

Beautiful Perlis

Something Just Like This

October 24, 2017

Every time I have bad days, I will search for the sky.

I know Allah communicates with me through this.

The sky.

No borders in the sky, everything seems so free.

I will recall every moments in the planes and people down there are very tiny just like small dots.

Similar to my problems, they can be solved.

They are too small for Allah.

So, why should I walk away from His help?

I should not.

Thank you Allah :)

For all blessings, for all rezeki, for all helps, for all challenges.
May You always guide me to be someone You are pleased with.
Ameen.

SS, Perak, Malaysia

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Deepavali or Diwali?

October 20, 2017

Even though I have friends from different races and religions, so far that I can recall... I have no experience visiting my Indian friends' houses on Deepavali. T_T

So, this year let's do something new.

Acknowledging differences and togetherness. :D

Fooddddd

I followed Puteri and went visiting her Indian colleagues on Deepavali :)

Although I have slight confusion on whether I can wish them Happy Deepavali or not, but I hope this effort will expose myself on this thing. And the more important thing, to value and to appreciate our multicultural life in Malaysia. :)

Deepavali vs Diwali

The best part was we were served with many food! Yummy! Thank you Kak Kasturi & Kak Mala :)

Chicken curry, idli, putu mayam, udang masak daun limau purut (?)

Tosai :D Wooow

Nasi briyani :D

Puteri, Khai, Kak Kasturi, me, Kak Zira

I wish I had the self awareness of learning 3rd and 4th languages (Tamil / Mandarin) when I was younger. It is still possible now, but my brain is a bit slow for them.

SS, Perak, Malaysia

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October Book Giveaway by Blog Siqahiqa

October 19, 2017

Yeay, a lovely blogger, Siqah is currently organising a book giveaway. 2 books are offered to 2 winners (one each) and since I am into books right now, I think I should grab this chance. :D

Well, my saving right now needs to be prioritized for few other stuffs so I try to tune down my on travelling and not to buy any flight tickets even though I am so eager to do so. T__T

Other than learning few new skills (or maybe more to sharpening my hidden skills), reading books is one of the alternatives for my daily activities. It allows me to travel in my own imagination and to make it even real, I open Google Maps if the story line involve lots of travelling (like one of books I've read - Until I Say Good-Bye) :D

I am a bit lacking in imagination and creativity, to be honest.

More to a fact person and I think I've improved a bit during my years in Czech. I hope during my jobless period, I'll improve more.

By reading, insyAllah.

Let's join this giveaway, guys! Who knows maybe the book is fated for us? Hehe

It is very simple to join, just follow the steps:

Follow .

Follow BLOG SIQAHIQA's Facebook page. (LINK)
Follow Instagram @haqisfila. (LINK)
Comment on any post in her blog.
Copy the banner and write a blog post entitled “October Book Giveaway by Blog Siqahiqa” with backlink.
Publish your blog post and leave your post's link HERE.

The giveaway will end on 12th November 2017.

All the best, Hanis Amanina! Hahaha ^__^

SS, Perak, Malaysia

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How to Buy and Design Photo Books? [Full Tutorial]

October 17, 2017

I will share the steps in numbers. Honestly, there are MANY STEPS to finally get our photo book, a bit hard and time consuming for first timer but trust me, you will learn and improve as you play :D

**** Don't skip the captions, okay?

How to Buy and Design Photo Books? [Full Tutorial]

Wohooo.

1. First, buy the photobook voucher / code.

There are many ways to buy one:

Directly from photobook.com.my (LINK)

The price depends on any promotion going on or not.

with promotion, can be as low as RM 1!
without promotion, the normal price is RM 79 per photo book.

Fave (previously group-on) (LINK)

The cheapest so far is RM 2 per photo book.
Advantage - the code is available right after the payment.
Disadvantage - you can only buy 1 photo book per purchase. So if you need more, it is a bit struggle to do the same process over and over again.

Lazada (just knew about this - I haven't try buying anything from Lazada yet hee) (LINK)

The cheapest one! RM 1 per photo book.
Advantage - you can buy many photo books with one payment.
Disadvantage - the code will be available within 3 working days.

3 websites that I know.

2. Activate your code. (or just skip to step #3)

You will receive the code after the payment (via the website itself or via email)

Honestly, I didn't activate my codes for my photo books except the first one. I realized it makes no difference if I activate the codes or not. Why? I still need to key in the code when I submit the photo book for printing.

Just key in the data and click submit.

The purpose of activating the code is to keep a record for our purchase and the let photobook.com.my to send us reminders when the expiration date gets closer. If you buy from Fave, they will remind you as well.

3. Download Photobook Designer software.

You can get the software for free from photobook.com.my website.

3.1 - Scroll to the bottom part of the page.
3.2 - Then, click the one with arrow.

3.3 - Click "DOWNLOAD". You can download on your phone as well (but not sure how it works as I usually design my photobooks with my laptop)

4. Open the Photobook Designer program.

It will appear like this:

4.1 - Click "Create a New Project".

4.2 - Next, double click on "Photobooks" or click Photobooks >> Next

4.3 - Choose "Hardcover and Softcover". Ignore the price as this is only a software to design the photo book. You will redeem the code later.

4.4 - Choose "6x6 Mini Square Softcover" for this tutorial. If you buy any other designs in the future, click the equivalent one .

4.5 - Enter your project name.

5. Now, you can start designing your photo book ;D

I personally take minimum 2 hours to design one - from sorting the photos to adding caption, editing the size, preview etc.

After you enter your project name, your screen will turn into this. I will explain the basic functions of every parts that I've put arrows.

Orange - Click "+" to add photos that you want to use for this photo book. (See next picture)
Red - This area will show every page of the photo book.
Purple - Buttons to edit the photo book (undo, redo, save, add picture, add text etc). The play button is to review the photo book. The trolley is to submit the photo book (will be used later after you finish the design)
Green - Working area
Yellow - Choices of design.
Blue - Area to edit text and box etc

The software will actually help with guidance throughout the process. You don't have to be connected to the Internet in this designing phase. You can also save the project to edit any time later.

This is how my photo book cover looks like. To edit a text, you need to make sure you SELECT EVERY SINGLE ALPHABETS. You can play around with this actually.

For yellow arrow area:

You can add any of these to any pages that you want.
How? Just CLICK AND DRAG into the working area (green arrow)

6. Preview and save your photo book.

Important to see the final result before you submit and order the photo book. If there is anything you need to change, do it as changes cannot be done once you submit the order.

Play button - to preview.
Trolley button - to order.

7. Order the photo book.

Click the trolley button. Then, this notice will appear on the screen. Now, you need to make sure you are connected to Internet :)

7.1 Simply tick the box >> Start.

7.2 - Then, another box will appear. DON'T CLICK ANYTHING as you will be redirected to photobook.com.my website.

8. Sign in to Photobook.

Or if you don't have account yet, you can create one. No matter what, you still need an account to order the photo book.

It is not that hard to create an account :)

9. Now, you can see your cart. Change the type of paper.

I know that you are surprised with the price. Don't worry, you will redeem the voucher / code soon!

9.1 - Change the type of paper you want to use.

9.2 - Just select the first one - Photo Lustre Paper. You will save RM 4.90. This type of paper is still of good quality for the photo book :)

9.3 - See, the price reduced a bit! Now, click "Continue".

10. Choose shipping method.

The first one is already good :)

10.1 - Click Express Shipping >> Continue

11. Redeem your voucher.

Scroll down a bit until you reach 'payment details'.
Here you can finally redeem the code! Yeay!

11.1 - Key in the code >> click "Redeem".

It will become like this.

12. Pay the shipping cost.

11.2 - Now, you only need to pay the shipping cost (+ GST lol).
Choose any online banking etc >> then click "Confirm Order"

Just proceed with the normal processes of online payment. :) I believe most of us know how to deal with this, hehe.

Click "Proceed"

It will redirect you to the chosen online banking.

13. Now, you are done with voucher redeem and payment.

You will return to Photobook website with your order number. Just exit the page. No need to worry as you will also receive the order number via email for future reference.

14. Now, it is time to upload your photo book :D

This process takes quite some time, depending on your Internet speed.

Click "Upload Order" >> then "Continue"

Simply wait for the upload. Just do other stuffs while waiting.

15. Upload completed!

Just click "OK"

16. Check your photo book status.

You can either check the status via email or Photobook Designer software.

You will get lots of emails regarding your payment / order / status.

On Photobook Designer, click "Open an Existing Project"

Now you can check your photo book status - In Production. Once they deliver the photo book to you, it will change to Order Completed.

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Looks complicated, isn't it? Haha yes, I need to admit that. However, it will be much easier through out time and when you want to design your next photo book, you will spend shorter time on it. :)

Have fun with this tutorial and hope it helps!

Can't wait to see your photo books as well! :D

SS, Perak, Malaysia

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Short, Intense Hike to Bukit Lagi, Perlis

October 26, 2017

A Weekend Getaway | Perlis, Malaysia

October 25, 2017

Something Just Like This

October 24, 2017

Deepavali or Diwali?

October 20, 2017

October Book Giveaway by Blog Siqahiqa

October 19, 2017

How to Buy and Design Photo Books? [Full Tutorial]

October 17, 2017

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