10.11.11 - Art & craft activities

We did the following art and craft activities over 3 days in Trolak.

Painting seeds and pine cones and leaf printing. 

Hand printing

Observation drawing by S: Drawing and colouring a small coconut

Observation drawing by E: Drawing seeds and leaves that they had collected

Making collage

Drawing sea creatures from stencils

Pasting a leaf and bougainvillea flower

Drawing a pufferfish

Outlining sea creatures that mummy has drawn.

Outlining and colouring and pasting by E. Drawn by mummy.

Outlining and colouring and pasting by S. Drawn by mummy.

I drew the large blue whale and S outlined it. The rest of the fish, he drew on his own by looking at a book  on sea creatures cartoon drawings. 

10.11.11 - Activities we did in Trolak

We were back at Felda Residence Trolak again for 2 nights. I like this place because it has a lot of greenery and we could collect pine cones and do various nature activities here.

Collecting pine cones

Pine cones and leaves close up

Playing 'fishing' with magnets

The boys cycled at the car park, which was quite conducive as it is a large flat area. 

Playing at night. 

The eve of the full moon night. The next day, 11.11.11 was a full moon night 

10.11.11 - Activities we did in Trolak

We were back at Felda Residence Trolak again for 2 nights. I like this place because it has a lot of greenery and we could collect pine cones and do various nature activities here.

Nature walk collecting pine cones

Pine cones and leaves close up

Playing 'fishing' with homemade fishing game using magnets

The boys cycled at the car park, which was quite conducive as it is a large flat area. 

Playing at night. 

The eve of the full moon night. The next day, 11.11.11 was a full moon night 

19.8.11 - Felda Residence Hot Springs

In the morning, we drove to the Felda Residence Hot Springs. This was our third time there, in 5 weeks.

We had to past through oil palm plantations on our left and right, on the way to the hot springs. Fortunately, the road is quite good. 

Beware of cows! They can even climb slopes. 

Playing in the warm pool. 

Although the temperature says 30 - 40 degree celcius, this pool is much colder than it was the last time we went. 

Underwater car showroom

 

18.8.11: Felda Residence Trolak

We went to Felda Residence Trolak again. This time, we got Room 117, a family room. I was relieved that this room is much better than our earlier experience in Room 102. Read our earlier experience here. I caught a whiff of that sweet smelling scent again, which seemed to come in intermittently. Having a sensitive nose, I couldn't tolerate certain chemical smells, and it sometimes gave me headaches. I looked up and saw that there was an electronic air-freshener spray that was emitting the smell. I went to the reception and asked them to unplug the device. After that, I could breathe easily again.

There was a lot of green grass in Felda Residence. This was nearby our room. The boys went and collected pinecones. 

In the evening, we drove out to the Felda Residence Hot Springs. It was cloudy when we headed there, and after 20 minutes of driving, we arrived there. To our disappointment, it started raining the moment we arrived there. Hence, we decided to come again the next morning. On our way back, the sun came up and it was sunny again. 

I decided to go to Felda Trolak Selatan to see their shoe processing factory, that I had read about on the Felda Residence's website. 

It was 4.30 pm when we arrived and the workshop was closed. Also, they could have closed early as it was Ramadhan month. There was a Ramadhan bazaar outside, and everyone stared at us as we walked into the compound of the shoe workshop. Have they never seen people like us? There were some shoes displayed outside for sale, but there weren't many choices. It seemed to be a small cottage industry. I bought a pair of sandals for RM10. The person in charge of the shoes was away, so we paid to a lady who would kindly pass it to the person.  

After that, we drove back to Felda Residence. This time, we had brought a bicycle along, and the boys rode the bicycle. 

Giving a push

It was difficult for the boys to cycle on the grass, so we moved onto the badminton court beside it. However, there was a lot of large red ants there. 

Subsequently, we went back, and had our dinner that we bought at the Ramadhan bazaar. 

E honing his skill of jumping that he learnt from his elder brother. I also think that watching the African children's kung fu performance a few days ago also influenced him to jump like this.