Genting with a Gang: Day 2, Indoor Theme Park

Despite the late night, I was disciplined and woke up to do my HIIT. I didn’t want to wake the rest and decided that I would exercise at the corridor. We were obviously not the only tired ones bcos I didn’t see any of our “neighbours”. At some point, I did scare myself silly a little bcos I saw the corridor lights flickered. You know, like those horror movies. Hoho. 

All done. 

I was very happy to fill up my calories tank for the good food to come. 

The rest were still in lala land.

We met at 9am at the Malaysia Street Food place for bfast. I just remembered - I still have credits in the food card and I forgot to ask for refund. Looks like the perfect reason to go back to Genting. Hoho.

The food was good and we were happy. 

We were happily chit chatting and the big kids got too bored. They started roaming in their common t-shirt. They looked like part-timers for some events. Hoho.

The indoor theme park doesn’t opened until 2pm. We headed to Riley’s Believe It or Not. Our Pattaya experience was interesting enough to want to try the Genting one. Only the big kids went in. 

There were 5 parts to the attractions and one of it is the Zombie Outbreak. It took them a while to decide which package to buy bcos there are many scardy cats. We ended up buying tickets for all 5 attractions bcos it was cost economical. 

Nana said that Pattaya one was better.

While the big kids were in the attraction, the parents had fun at pool and darts. So fun! 

Parents Chan brought the little ones to the park and they were happy just running around. 

Many times during the trip, I forgot that we brought kids. Hohoho. 

We had lunch, which we originally intended as a snack, at the youtiao place.

The kids came to join soon after. They did all the attractions except for the Zombie one, even after many discussions. Only Boo was gamed, Zaky and ER chickened out and the rest were sitting on the fence, leaning more towards “maybe not”. There was talk that maybe the adults should take over the tickets for the Zombie walk. Hmmm… no thanks.

A light meal so that nobody vomits after being thrown around by the rides. 

Soon, it was 2pm and the theme park now comes with self service machines. All collected. 

Parent Liow and Daddy Lim opted out of the rag throwing fun. The unlimited rides tickets cost RM65 per pax while the single ride tickets are at RM15 a piece. Parents Fung and I were very focused on completing at least 5 rides to break even. 

My 1st one, asking the kids along, has to be the Crazy Spins, which is essentially a variation of the Viking and I love Viking. 

Did I breakeven? Of course! I took this Crazy Spinner like 4x. Hoho. The kids were even better at making our money worth. 

At some points, they also had to take a break bcos their organs had changed positions from all the crazy rides. 

We had more rides. Then, the non-theme park people came and waited while we had a few more rides. Dinner was at a nearby 茶餐厅 that had space and no Q. The food was very decent. 

We took a few more rides after dinner and left at almost 10pm, fully making our tickets worth. We had wanted to bring the kids to the live band place but they were too tired and opted to go back to the rooms.

I almost didn’t make it out of the room after sending the kids back too. It took the last ounce of will power. Hoho.

We changed a live band place bcos the previous one sang too many HBD songs. Then, we still kena 3 HBD songs. Apparently, 10 March is another good date to give birth. At least the band sang only in Chinese (plus dialect) and English. The last session ended at 12.45am and we headed back for the much needed bed. 

Again, I found the kids in bed. It was a very tiring holiday. Hohoho. 

Mummy Lim

Genting with a Gang: Day 1, Bus Ride and Premium Outlet

The bus was scheduled at 6am. We were to be at the pickup point, the taxi stand at BPP, by 5.30am. We woke up at 4.30am as planned. I had bread bcos I was already hungry during Mambo and still hungry in the morning. Dancing is hard work. We walked to the pickup point and arrived on time. It was easy to find the pickup point bcos there were already others waiting. 

We got to sit together this time bcos we were allocated the last row. 

Daddy Lim and Zaky were very pleased with the extra leg space. As for me… hmmm.. a bit too much, right?

I think I am the only one who was wearing a seat belt throughout the bus journey. I needed to sleep and I didn’t want to slide to my “leg space” in any occasions. 

I lived the long bus journey philosophy very well - 上车睡觉, 下车尿尿. I really slept and my ability to sleep anywhere and quickly is really a blessing in this case. 

The 1st stop was bfast at Yong Peng and we met the other 2 families, who took the bus from Punggol and set off 30 mins earlier. Before we barely said “hi”, they rushed off for the remaining journey. The bfast break was only 25 mins. We were rushing to buy ramly burgers and snacks.

Back on the bus, I stayed awake long enough to see Zaky’s performance. 

The custom took longer than expected and there was a jam in KL. By the time we reached the Genting bus terminal, it was almost 2pm. I remembered it was about 12pm the last trip. The other 2 Punggol families only arrived slightly earlier. We were all staying in the same Skyworld hotel and requested for rooms near to one another.

The rooms weren’t ready for check-in. We did the pre-registration and headed off for lunch. We went to the same korea street food restaurant that we did the last trip for our 1st lunch. Apparently, Singaporeans have the same taste. We got no pictures bcos we got hungry people and we were all trying to under order bcos there are so much other good food in Genting. 

This is proof. Right after lunch, we aimed for desserts.

lol.

The Chan family had arrived earlier and were waiting to check-in. We decided to roll away some money. It was a battle between the adults and the kids. 

Of course the adults won. I also had the honor to obtain the lowest score. Bowling is not my sports.

We then took the cable car down to the premium outlet. The big kids intentionally took one car on their own.

We did shopping. Daddy Lim was eager to buy new t-shirts. It was like his holiday ritual bcos my holiday ritual is to make him throw his old t-shirts and he will need something to wear home. Hoho. 

The big kids got bored and decided that they would do their own shopping, with their parents’ $$ of course. Their plan was to buy a same design T-shirt for the entire group. They were a lot more efficient than us and were done much earlier, opting to go for Ben & Jerry and then just chilled.

We had dinner at Ali, Muthu & Ah Hock.

Bcos we were hungry people, everything tasted yummy. 

Despite my late mambo night, and everybody’s early morning, the night was still young. It is so rare for us to be on such a big group holiday and we just had to make full use of time.

We packed the kids back to the room. The kids organised themselves and self entertained. The parents went to look for a place for a late night drink and found a dinner/ drinking place with a live band. 

We could only get a table outside bcos it was crowded. The band played and sang well. The only problem was that they were  multi-lingual and sang way too many songs in languages that we don’t understand. In English, the most frequent sang song was “Happy Bdaay”. How come so many people have their bday on 9 March de? 

We left soon after 12mn bcos we got bored. My Sunset Boulevard. Not too bad.

I tried to order something sweet bcos… 

On the way back to the hotel, we headed up to the roof top to watch some clouds and do some dragon’s breath. Cold siol!

I seriously thought that the kids are strong and would still be awake but so was so wrong. They were both in lala land and I guessed the rest of the kids too. 

I was super tired and with the alcohol, I was knocked out. Sleeping time.

Mummy Lim

Genting with a Gang: Day 0, Mambo and Moomoo

Why start the post with a Day 0? Bcos it was also very happening. Hoho.

It was back at work day and fortunately I can wfh after the late night unpacking, housekeeping and laundry. My luggage was still left opened in the room, so that I can pack again for Genting. 

Looks like somebody didn’t want to be left behind.

Of course he didn’t know that he would be going to the sitter’s place. See, still so chill pill.

It was a hard day at work. Packing was done in between pockets of no meetings. By the time Daddy Lim was home, I was 40% packed. We grabbed more things to dump into the luggage and got ready to pack the cat into his carrier to SS’ place. 

Mochi has phobia of his carrier and was hiding like crazy. In the end, we put him in his harness instead and carried him to the car. For once, he was a lap cat bcos he was so scared.

Then he decided that he should hide his head between the bags. I can still see you lot. You are very fat.

It was 9ish when we were back home. We completed the last bit of the packing and then clean Mochi’s cage and his litter box. 

The night was still young and I had planed to meet Auntie S and SL for Mambo. Hohoho. Ya, Auntie J said that I had max out my time. It was out of bo-bianness. It had been a while and one of us would be busy. Mambo only takes place once a month now bcos old people cannot mambo so much now. Haha.

So, tadah! Daddy Lim was very nice to send me to Clarke Quay. 

Mambo was interestingly crowded. At the entrance, we were told that it was ladies’ night. It was free entry for ladies after 12 mn or we pay $45 each for free flow house pour until 12 mn. Of course we opted for the latter. I am sure Auntie S was after the drinks; I simply didn’t want to roam outside. Hoho. Maybe bcos of that. Mambo was crowded and more than the usual crowd. We saw a somewhat younger crowd and also many ang mos. 

Bcos it was already 11pm, Auntie S was quick to organise us into the drink collecting mission. It was a long Q… if we had Q orderly, we probably wouldn’t get more than 3 drinks each. So we became bad aunties and mingled into the crowd a couple of times. lol. This itself was a good laugh. 

岁月不留人 and 岁月 also brought along its friends, aka knee and back pain. We left at about 2.30am and was trying to walk normally out of the club, not letting the pain show. Lol. 

It was already about 3.30am when I hit the pillow. I still had the sense to load the washing machine, so that we would have less to wash when we are home from Genting. 

Mummy Lim

1st JKT Work Trip Done

A major work project has just been completed, which also meant that it is time to travel again. This is my 3rd work trip for the year and interestingly the 3rd country; no repeat yet. 

Bcos the morning SQ flight was full and I didn’t want to take Scoot bcos it lands and takes off at the ulu terminal 2 in JKT, I took Garuda for the 1st time in my life. For a while, I was worried about its safety records but reckoned that it should be better than Scoot anyhow.

I woke up and got ready earlier as traveling to the airport from BP is new. I arrived early at the airport as well. The checkin was in T3 but the gate was at T1. Zzzz. At least the checkin staff informed and allowed me ample time for the sky train. I also got to buy Garrett popcorn bcos of that. The popcorn chain has outlets in all terminals except for T3. So strange.

The Indonesians seriously love the popcorn. They don’t have Garett in Indonesia. There was a long Q for the popcorns and they were all Indonesians. I bet these were the Swifties, flying home after the concert. All of them were buying multiple packs of popcorn and Taylor Swift songs were playing everywhere in the airport.

It was a small plane and pretty old but comfortable.

It has an inflight entertainment but I barely see anybody using it. I didn’t too bcos I couldn’t find the outlet for the headphone and was anyway well entertained by my Stephen King.

Meals were served and cleared quickly bcos the flight was  less than 2 hours. 

The food looks better than it tasted. I only like the same brand strawberry or blueberry yogurt.

As per all my work trips, I tried to maximise time for work. I had 4 busy work days but didn’t forget the gym.

Opting for simple dinners bcos I want to lose weight. Simple but nice. Comfort food.

Last night’s.The squid and prawn was good. I didn’t expect double bread though but I was very happy. Hoho. I like bread.

I had an earlier flight home this round and am very happy with my choice. My 1st lunch while waiting for time to pass.

Feels like home, though the teh back home is so much better.

The flight meal was much better. My 2nd lunch and I opted for chicken rice.

This time round, I caught 3/4 of a movie using my own earphones. It was a bigger plane and better system.

For most part of the trip, I was wondering if moomoo was fed. 

I think he is still very much alive.

Then I wonder how much laundry and housework I have to do when I reached home. Hoho. Fighting!

Mummy Lim

Taylor Swift Eras Tour 2024

Many months ago, Nana said that she wanted to go to the TS concert with her friends. I said ok and agreed to bear 50% of the ticket cost, provided that she is able to get the tickets. I heard how difficult it was but she got her ticket! It was a physical purchase at duno where and I heard that the physical purchase was actually easier (and higher success rate) than online purchase. I supposed so too in this tech era, where everybody is comfortable with online purchases and the overseas Swifties were fighting for the online tickets too.

Since then, we occasionally talked about the concert. It seems like an event that is so far away. Then in a wink, it happened! Just last week, Nana was bugging me to buy her swifties bracelets online but it was too little time for delivery. I have no idea what those are or purpose. 

On Friday, she rushed off to her friend’s house to make more bracelets. Her excitement rubbed off me as she talked about the bracelets, outfit and pre-concert prep. I was educated that the Swifties exchange these bracelets, signifying friendships. I thought that is such a nice hype to the concert.

Nana was busying preparing on Saturday morning and planned to meet her friend at 12pm. Her pink and white outfit was aligned to the “Lover” theme. 

She was busy looking for pink accessories at home. We have so little bcos she was just in that phase recently about hating anything pink. I suggested sticking pink post-it. So idea. Lol. She almost wanted to wear her glasses that ta-match with her outfit. I had to stop her. She said that she is worried that she can’t see TS properly with her contacts. Ehhh.. with the ticket that she bought, I am quite sure she would be very far away from the stage and wouldn’t be able to see even with her glasses. Plus, there must be big screens, right?

This was what eventually she had.

We sent her to the mrt station at 12pm and I didn’t see her until more than 12 hours later.

There must be a lot of fun bcos she almost didnt at all reply to my texts. She only sent me a picture.

And a video of her and her friend in Kallang Wave Mall NTUC, make-up all done and hiding from the heat. 

Nana said that the door opened at 4pm and the concert only started at 6pm. There was a burger joint in the stadium but she didn’t buy anything, opting to steal some of her friend’s fries. I know that food and drink cannot be brought into the stadium and cleverly packed her snacks and mineral water in a plastic bag, asking her to eat those while queuing and conveniently throw 

them away before entering the stadium.

In the past, Popo would have waited up for her if she comes back late. I have now resumed the role, which was mine to begin with. She texted at 10.30pm that the concert has ended. I had imagined that it would take her a long time to come home, having to fight MRT with thousands of other Swifties. Instead of heading home, they had decided to go to Serangoon Mac for supper. Don’t ask me why Serangoon. 

They hopped onto the train again at 12mm and ended up stranded at Caldecott bcos the trains had ceased operations. So they ended up taking a grab and her friend came for a sleepover, which I thought was a safer option than the originally plan of her walking home alone from BP MRT station, assuming that the LRT would have ended.

I had dozed off while waiting. Not fun. She made it home at probably close to 1am. I duno actually. I saw them home and staggered off to bed. 

Of course the 2 girls slept in. I only saw them when I brought lunch back. They raved about how great the night was and were trying to recover from the post concert blues by watching and listening to more TS songs and videos. So funny, 

Their Swifties bracelets didn’t go to waste. They had so much fun exchanging with other Swifties. 

I have only these few pictures to post bcos Nana only took videos. I can see them having so much fun, singing, shouting and dancing with thousands others. I am glad that she had enjoyed her 1st ever concert… unless we count the Barney show that we brought her when she was 2? Hoho.

Mummy Lim