Genting Trip 15 - 17 May

This is the first time I brought the family for holiday without my Hubby around. Kind of felt that I am a super woman. Hee... This was so last minute plan that I actually booked the trip 3 days before.

On the Thursday morning, the boys woke up as early as 5.30am. They knew they were going to take the "Five Star" bus to a hotel. So they were very excited, and got themselves out of the bed without much help. They insisted on taking their own luggage bags, so I prepared 2 small trolley bags for them. As Aron saw the taxi waiting near our void deck, he walked straight to the taxi, forgetting about his bag. Really cannot count on the boys to carry anything, huh.

We were told the "double deck" coaches were fully booked, so we had to take the normal "single deck" coach. However, on that morning, when we registered at the counter, we had a pleasant surprise - we were being upgraded to "double deck" coach, though we would still be sitting on the lower deck. There were just enough seats for our family on the lower deck - for the 2 boys, the parents-in-law and myself. So we had much privacy for ourselves to enjoy the luxurious ride - movies, games, automated reclining and massage chair.

It was a pleasant journey all the way, except for the last 1 hour twirling up the mountain. The boys even had a short nap. During the last 1 hour, we kept feeding the boys with gummies and "Shan Cha" and diverted their attention out of the window, to make sure they don't get nausea. Well they shouldn't be given too much fluid at this time as it would make them felt more uncomfortable.

By the time we reached Genting, it was about 12.30pm. It was considered a fast and smooth journey. However, we could only check-in the hotel at 2pm, so we left our luggage at the bell counter and went for lunch. The boys were so excited about the rides in the theme park, they could hardly eat.

Well, I was smart enough to buy the unlimited tickets for the boys (which cost RM24 each) and myself (which cost RM26, only for the indoor rides), as they took numerous rides, but chose only the slow and friendly ones.

By the time we got into the room, it was already 3+pm. I managed to get the Superior Deluxe Room which was big enough for 5 of us to sleep quite comfortably. The boys were still full of energy, jumping from 1 bed to another, and looking out at the scenery of the mountain covered with cloud.

For the rest of the 2 days, it was just taking those same rides repeatedly. Shopping up there wasn't exciting, but to reward myself for this arrangement, I bought a couple pieces of clothes. Poor mum and dad-in-law, they had nothing much to do, except to watch the boys. By the time we put the boys to bed, MIL was too tired to go to the casino. It was worse for FIL, cos he was coughing quite badly in the nite, till he had to sit up and meditate to sleep. This was the first time I got to know that FIL actually know how to meditate - impressive!

Coming back wasn't as lucky, we were put into the "single deck" coach, with the seats on the last 2 rows. Asher, MIL & FIL were seated on the last row, which you can imagine the bumpiness they had to bare. Their seats couldn't be reclined as much as it could due to the junks being put behind their seats. With the slow moving traffic near KL area, the journey was dragged even longer. By the time we got home, it was closed to 11pm.

Well, the boys were so happy about the trip, I felt proud of myself for making this arrangement. Sorry, MIL and FIL, that you didn't get to enjoy much. Its more like you were going there for work. I hope I could plan something better for the next trip, where both of you could enjoy more. Thank you so much for your hard work...

Mother's Day

Few days before the mother's day, I started to get panicked. I had not been thinking about what to do with the mothers. Not that I must do something, but somehow I thought they would expect something from me, even though they might say they don't want anything. But the mothers are really lack of NOTHING. They have everything they wanted.

I finally decided to send MIL for a spa treat. She had not tried it before, so I guessed it would be a new experience for her. I checked on the internet and found that the Aramsa Spa at Bishan Park II quite interesting. So I went down to recee the place. Hmmm, nice setup and atmosphere, I must try that one of these days. When MIL knew that I was trying to make some arrangement for her, she would say she doesn't want anything and told me not to waste $$$. After the spa, asked her if it was good, she would just say, for so much $$ spent, sure it got to be good. Why can't these people expressed out in a more passionate, appreciative and direct way.... Well, that's the traditional Chinese way of behaviour - everything is unspoken. Never mind, inside me, I know they enjoyed it.

My mum was the more headache one. She is too boney to enjoy the massage, she is only 37kg now. You can see the structure of her bones tracing out from every inch of her skin.

While I was still scratching my head about what to do for her, Alice, her god-daughter, my savior, came in at the right time. A lunch was arranged at a very last minute with some other mothers. At least, I got my mum out of the house, had lunch and went for shopping. I hardly go shopping with her nowadays, as she could hardly walk. She needs to find seats to rest her legs every couple of steps she made. So with this shopping trip, whatever she wanted to buy, I gladly paid for it, and conveniently said its the Mother's Day Treat.

As for myself, expectedly, I got my son's handicraft work which the teacher made them do in school. Though, nothing surprised me, but I still felt good receiving the little gift of arts from them.

What I got from my hubby was him flying off to Taipei on the Mother's Day itself. He would be away for 2 weeks. The whole family sent him off at the airport. Even though he traveled very often, but when the moment he walked into the departure hall, I still missed him. I could also sense his loneliness as he walked away.

In order to keep myself busy these 2 weeks, I booked a Genting trip for my boys and parents-in-law for the coming weekend. Hopefully, time will pass faster this way and I could see my hubby back home soon.

What Luck Have We Got

I was down with fever and sore throat 2 nights ago, when my husband just flew off for work.

Since beginning of this year, my entire family had been taking turns to fall sick. The virus had enjoyed so much being with my family that it hopped from 1 person to another. Aron started with fever on the Chinese New Year's Eve, followed by flu and cough. He passed the virus to Asher and myself soon after. Aron recovered after 5 weeks. By the time Asher was about to recover, Aron started an other round of runny nose. I lost count of the rounds the virus had made by now.

Today, me and Kenny are both down with cough.

Both my boys used to be very reluctant of going to clinic. Nowadays, they all enjoying going to clinic, can't wait to enter the doctor's room and have their favourite medicine identified. Think the doctor must be very happy to see our family always visiting him.

Wonder what kind of luck is my family having this year...