We worked on Tuesday, knocked off on time to go home to fetch the kids and then to catch the flight at 10.25pm. Scoot required us to check in 3hrs before the departure time. Bcos of some reason, mummy had the easiest time before holiday. No pressure regarding work cannot be completed before holiday. There is also no need to work for the holiday and need not pay back after that. Hehehe, muahahahahaha.
Things went well. Lil Isaac was having his nap when we reached home and he needed that nap to survive the late flight. Lil Shauna finally recovered from that horrible fever. We were ready when the booked cab came for us at 6pm. We had buffered more time in case of traffic jam.
The traffic was as bad as we had expected. The ride was made worse by the taxi uncle who jammed on his brake and accelerator equally hard. Daddy Lim and I suffered from bad motion sickness when we finally alighted and it took awhile for us to recover.
The 3 hrs passed really quickly and the kids also spent some time at the playground. Lil Shauna also took pix with m&ms while we waited for the plane.
Unfortunately, the kids didn't fall asleep as quickly as we hoped they would, especially Lil Isaac who slept only close to midnight. All of us didn't sleep well but were still happy and excited when we finally arrived. There were many other ang mos on the same flight as us and the parents were really liberal. On our right, there is this couple with a girl probably about the same age as Lil Shauna. In the middle of the night, when I happened to look right, I found her seat empty. Upon closer look, she was actually sleeping on the floor, at her parents' feet, regardless of the seat belt sign, turbulent or not.
Anyway, this is us before our flight and touching down in GC.
However, we perked very quickly. We were on holiday!
We spent our first day walking around surfers' paradise. Mummy had thought that she would see plenty of bikini babes and half naked hunks walking on the streets with their surf boards (*drool*). But this probably happens only on TV. Or maybe bcos it was approaching winter and it is too cold to surf. We did see quite a number surfing but not many would be in the right mind to walk around half naked. It was pretty cold.
The kids were excited to see the sea and the beach. We didn't stay long though, eager to explore the other stuff.
We walked and saw the Aquaduck tour and decided to ride it. It is such a tourist thing and we did it. Lol. We have the same duck tour in Singapore and I have never ever thought about taking it yet this is the first tourist thing that we did in GC. Hoho. It was a sunny day and it was actually hot with the midday sun. Mummy started wondering if she had overpacked for the trip.
In my opinion, the duck tour wasn't fantastic. It was really like a city tour. The australian commentator spoke really quickly at times and I couldn't understand him. Lol. Torres fell asleep during the tour, so you can tell how interesting the trip is to the kids. The boys had a chance to "drive" the car while it was in the waters. The girls were to shy to try. What Lil Isaac did was basically holding ion to the steering wheel. However, he was really proud of himself and kept telling us that he drove the duck duck car.
We went back to the hotel after the tour and the Ong family snoozed. Our kids weren't tired and we took a walk along the beach. The sand was really fine and it was actually felt cold. The water was even colder! We wonder how the surfers survived in the water.
We were all exhausted by Aussie time, 6.30pm, which is actually only 4.30pm Singapore time. However, the sky was already dark by then. There were tentages set up along the beach selling handicraft stuff. However, we had a long day, a bad night sleep on the plane and the kids were fussing badly. They couldn't keep their eyes opened and we ended the day early. The kids had a nice shower in the bath tub and headed to bed really early, like 8pm. Well, we have to wake up early the next day morning for Movie World anyway. Woohoo!
This is the day and night view from our hotel's balcony. Our hotel is probably one of the older ones but totally comfortable.
By the way, Lil Isaac went diaperless for a large part of the day. He only peed in his pants in the evening when he was still half awake from the nap. Hehe, big boy already. I had wanted to let him go diaperless the entire trip but we will see how things go.
Mummy Lim
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