Super Short Break Austin Heights Day 1: Aeon Mall

It was the Good Friday long weekend. It is too wasted to not do anything. A few watsapp and we planned to head to Austin Heights with my brother's family. It was a super short break as we had to be back on Sunday for BIL and MIL's baptism.

We knew that the traffic at the immigration would be horrendous having experienced that during the National Day long weekend. Ended up, we took half day leave to beat the traffic. We got the kids from school, lunched, changed and wash their stinky feet before heading for Malaysia. Yes, the kids' feet... dont get me started. They almost knocked us out when they took off their socks and shoes in the car during the last road trip where we started directly from school. Just imagine keeping a car load of salted cuttlefish. Eeeeewwww... My bro's family had to risk it to cross the custim in the evening with the youngest still in school till late afternoon.

All fingers and toes were crossed. While the Woodlands checkpoint was closer to the airbnb, Daddy Lim was much more comfortable with the 2nd link. Phew, we could see the custom when we joined the Q.

It took us less than an hour to clear both the Singapore and Malaysia customs. The traffic was slightly heavy at certain parts of the journey to the airbnb and it was another hour before we arrived at the airbnb. Yay!

Our airbnb this time was a double story house. It was conveniently 6 mins drive to the Aeon mall. The house was huge with 4 bedrooms. However, it was aged with old furniture and weak aircon in the rooms. There was no aircon in the living room but fortunately, the heat in the living room wasnt overbearing despite the hot weather.

We couldnt get the wifi to work and didnt know how to switch the channels on the TV. At times like that, it is best to hit the malls for free aircon.

The Aeon mall was a few storeys big.

There were plenty of food and snacks to please Popo and many sports brand lined the 2nd floor to entertain Daddy Lim. The kids had their time at the arcade.

Then dragged us to the new indoor rockclimbing place; it didnt exist the last year we visited the mall.

The Rocky Basecamp was similar to what we have in Kallang but lesser walls. It was much cheaper too. A 2-hour pass was only RM25 per kid with harness and shoes provided. My pocket was very happy.

It was fairly empty on a Thursday evening.

The session started with a simple safety briefing and a demonstration of dos and donts.

The spidey-wannabes set off.

The place was really safe for our tweens who knew what they had to do or cannot do but a guardian was still needed to stay around for
kids below 15yo. The place must be designed by parents for parents to know how tiring it is to wait for kids and therefore lined the waiting area with comfy bean bags. I swear Daddy Lim could fall asleep in that position.

He self entertained with his camera.

The adults took turns to stay with the kids. I ran off for shopping bcos I actually forgotten to bring along shorts for the trip. Obviously I didnt bring my mind for the trip too.

There were 2 storeys and the 2nd floor was lined with more shorter walls.

As well as some ninja warrior training stuff that proves to be too difficult for small people.

The wall climbing was a workout. Lil Shauna crashed with the early morning and long day.

Our timing was perfect. Right when the session ended, my brother's family arrived at the mall. It took them 3 hours to arrive, which wasnt too bad but involved some punk driving at the custom of course.

We had dinner and some shopping before heading back to the airbnb at 9.30pm. The host had sent somebody to rectify the wifi. With wifi and great companion, the night was easy. In fact, we only went to bed after 11pm when our eyelids could no longer hold.

Mummy Lim