Usually, we will go for short getaways during December holidays. This year is no exception. What's more, Dear just started his new job, so unable to take long days of leave too. So, we decided to head for KL since our last trip in Aug 2008!
Dear and I were contemplating to travel by coach or plane. Price actually didn't differ by much, so we decided to try taking plane this time round just to have the feel. Ever since we made the booking in Oct, I have been looking very much forward to this short break. Actually, if time permits, I would have wished for a further and longer vacation but dear couldn't afford to take time off from his schedule. I wouldn't deny disappointment, but nonetheless, it's still a short trip with my loved ones.
Apart from our first time experience taking flight to KL, the trip was made even more enjoyable with the arranged meet-up with our best couple pals in KL. We stayed in the same hotel and arranged for the same day to visit the indoor theme park together!
So, back to the trip. We arrived 2 hours earlier, after settling checking-in procedures, there wasn't actually much time left. We merely had time to catch our favourite Macdonalds breakfast and after taking some X'mas shots at the airport, time to board the plane! This was our first time taking budget plane. Jovin excitedly browsed through the food menu and thought the food served on plane was for free as she did in other flights, haha! She asked me why didn't the stewardess serve her. Jovan was excitedly asking for Pocky from the stewardess. Dear and I had a good laugh over this. In a flash, before we realised, the plane was going to land. It was really fast. We hardly touched the I-Pad for 10 minutes and we had to switch it off. That's how's fast it was....
As we only had 1 luggage, dear and I decided to forgo the cab and opted for public transport instead via Fast Train Express. We first took a short coach ride to the train station, followed by a 30min train ride. The train ride was comfortable and equipped with wifi! Finally, we took their MRT and reached at our hotel's doorstep! It was rather smooth but the distance between Fast Train and MRT station was rather long, so we had some difficulty while lugging the suitcase and keeping tabs on our little 'J's.
As we arrived before the intended check-in time, we decided to settle our growling tummies and chose a HK tea restaurant. Everything tasted great when we were really starving haha... After a great meal, we returned to the hotel and the kids really loved the room which was spacious and they could run freely in the room. So as usual, daddy looked at the map, kids ran around and mummy unpacked and unpacked......
As weather was favourable, I suggested we head for Chinatown, fearing wet weather in the next few days which would upset our trip to Chinatown then. So we took the train and it was simply like our pasar malam selling all sorts of 'branded' goods -perfume, T-shirts, sport shoes etc. You name it, they have it haha... As we walked, Jovan repeatedly charmed the people there with his innocent smiles and dimples so he couldn't escape the fate of being 'molested' on his cheeks haha...We had a great meal ordering the kids' favourite Chinese food like hor fun, satay, fried rice etc.
The best part of the vacation was that Starbucks was right below the hotel, so I could catch my favourite green tea latte every night. Superb! Their cakes selection were so much more varied than ours, so our kids simply loved having cakes for supper at least for 2 consecutive nights.
The next day, we met up with our best pals at the hotel's buffet breakfast. We then arranged to go to the theme park. Our kids had a fun time with Kaden. Little Reyes also took some simple family rides and had a go at the playground too!
Of course, our trio ran wild at the playground, but they were so cooperative this time and posed beautifully for the mummies to take pictures! So for day 2, we spent almost the whole day at the theme park. Daddies sneaked out for kopi, mummies busy took photos and chit chatted and the kids played in the playground.
Our little 'J's had endless fun at the Bumper car ride. They really took the ride countless times. 15? 20? I really lost count. They also had fun at the animal rides which costed so much cheaper in S'pore. So we let the kids had a go at it.
As we parted with our pals, we stayed on a bit longer as dear tried on the exciting ride - 360 degree spinning ride. As I took the video, I really feared dear would puke but he was really good! Bravo dear! As for me, I took a spinning ride too but turning round and round repeatedly really made me go dizzy and I had to close my eyes in the later part of ride fearing my motion sickness would act up.
That was not all. After a great shower back in hotel room, we initially wanted to get our pals to join us for the late night supper at Jalan Alor Street, but they were too shagged from the day's running about, so we went ahead without them. Wow, there was even a pasar malam there which operated from 9p.m-4a.m! The streets were packed and food was definitely appetizing. We simply chose a stall and ordered the dishes. Late at 12a.m, we happily enjoyed the sinful food haha. Well, eating is an enjoyment, so the thoughts about dieting at that moment just disappeared haha.... The 4 of us happily enjoyed the food and guess what, we walked back to our hotel. Not very near though. It took us around 20 mins but dear and I truly enjoyed the leisure walk hand in hand ( not with each other, but with our little 'J's haha!)
On Day 3, it was time for our dear pals to return home. So we bade them a simple farewell. Visited their gigantic hotel room as they booked a huge Brooklyn suite for their family of 8. After which, our plan was to visit the Kenanga Warehouse City as recommended by Tingting. It was merely 2 stops away from our hotel.
The outlet was indeed huge and there was a wide array of products ranging from accessories, bags, toys. Really SHOP TILL U DROP! We first headed for the food court at the top level and surprisingly the food was delicious! We spent almost 6 hours in the outlet and 'combed' a lot of stuff - toys, kids clothings, bags. It was a good place to shop and prices were indeed reasonable. However, dear and Jovan kept complaining of sore legs haha. Only my dear Jovin was the best who's so willing to shop with me. So I bought her a huge yogurt as a reward! See how happy my princess was!
After which, we went on to Sungei Wong Plaza but didn't buy much there as we secured a lot of bargain buys at the outlet mall earlier. So, we merely walked around and didn't realise the restaurants were closed. So in the end, had to settle for Macdonalds as our legs were really so aching. So stayed at Mac to recuperate...
Talking about the return trip, we actually bought a taxi coupon and wanted to take a cab to the train station for convenience. Little did we expect the queue for cabs were horrendously long and it was raining cats and dogs then. Dear and I started panicking as we feared the flight timing might be compromised. No choice, we settled for the hassle-free expensive way i.e take pre-arranged cab by hotel all the way to hotel at RM 110. But guess what? We initially thought we were going to take the Fast Train so the remaining ringgit was only adequate to cover the expenses. I remembered still asking dear if we should use credit card for the last meal before leaving, in case some emergency crops up and we would still have some spare ringgit. Dear blatanly replied "No need lah, just finish the money!" Hmm, so wives are usually quite accurate in sixth sense. Luckily, after combing through here and there, we 'dug' out RM 110! So off we went in the cab to airport!
Notwithstanding, we had a good and comfortable journey as we slept in the cab throughout without the need to brave through the heavy rain and thunderstorm then. So I told dear it was still worthwhile in this light. At least, the kids could lie down comfortably in the cab.
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