My colleagues have been telling me " hey, I am going Japan, Taiwan, Bangkok, etc for holidays". Such statements make me itch for a getaway too. The last holiday I had, was a drive up to Cameron Highlands with Lezane in my tummy during last May 08. Kyla was 15 mths then - well-behaved and easy to manage.
Hence last week, on a whim, I booked a 3-bedroom suite at Pulai Springs Resort, JB for ourselves, Ivy's family, mother and Aunty Alice/Ah yin Gor Gor for the Dewali holiday. I wondered why i booked that for.. it was a golf resort and what can we do there? this is the result of whim booking just for a quick break which turned out fun but super tiring. Nothing of relaxation at all.
We started our journey at 9.30am, thinking that it was a short drive from the checkpt, which turned out to be a 3.5hrs jam at the Tuas/M'sia check pt. My bladder was full and Lezane made it worse by stepping on it now and then (yes, he is not in his car seat... he got restless in his seat during the jam). After we crossed the check pt, I thought it was going to be a short drive (assuming our paper maps and GPS will serve us well), we got lost for awhile - driving in circles near UTM. hahaha... finally at around 1pm, we reached Pulai Spring - we were all so hungry by then.
Immediately, after check-in, we went to Qing Palace for lunch. Kyla was a good gal, she sat in her chair and ate her lunch, which includes VEGETABLEs (she asked for veges). We had beef with spring onions, fu yong eggs, vegetables, braised tou fu, chicken in sesame oil and was good. Lezane became cranky due to missing his nap and refused lunch. He had a bottle of milk and off he went exploring the restaurant.
After lunch, was work-out time. We had a swim at the pool. It was refreshing as the weather was sweltering hot. Thankfully, no rain during our trip. The kids, Mildred, Randall, Kyla and Lezane had so fun. The older ones had floats, while my gung ho Lezane, refused to have any on him. I had to carry him all the while. He was mischievous. He loved going up and down the pool. Mummy and Ivy were the guards on land and I was the water guard. He was protected by three adults. Immediately, after the swim, Lezane knocked out for this afternoon nap. The other three kids were still very much 'awake' - playing around the suite.
In the evening, we went to Sutera Mall for dinner. It was a HUGE mall, surrounded by many nice looking eateries. had a quick dinner at a Japanese restaurant and off we went KTV at Kbox with the kids. It was fun.. Kyla took the stage, danced and sang. My gal, is a born performer. She treated the adults to her funny versions of dance and song. Randall was stoned by then. Mildred also sang and danced. Lezane was cranky and trying to bring the room down by throwing things around.
The next day, we did not do anything much as Kyla as down with fever, cough and flu. Did not allow her to swim, much to her displeasure. We went exploring around the resort and had a short game of table tennis. Around 1pm, we checked out and went to Bt Indah for shopping again and that marks the end of our short holiday.
Overall, it was an enjoyable short getaway. It was a 'good' experience with Lezane overseas. He was such a SUPER GLUE. After the trip, he was nicknamed Denise SuperGlue. Others tried to relieve me from him but to no avail. My every waking and sleeping moments were with him, most of the time carrying him. My arms are well-toned and trained.
I am going to plan for another drive-up to Msia again once Weikai's Nov/Dec work calendar is out.
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