Happy Holidays: Genting 2022 Day 2

The night was tough. It was a combination of cannot sleep well on 1st night, flashing lights outside the windows and noisy motor vehicles. Daddy Lim had warned to turn off ALL hp alarms. I had my watch set to ring at 7am, and started the day with a kickboxing hitt in the small hotel room. It still worked, though a little crowded. Hoho. I invited the family to join but they only looked at me blankly and tried to stay out of my way while they wriggled to the toilet and back. 

We had some time to burn before we met the Chan Family (and for me to finish my hitt) for bfast. Wherever the power socket is, it is where the crowd gathered.

Bfast was at this Malaysian foodcourt place and it seemed like half the Genting decided to eat there as well. The food wasn't too bad, just that the Q for food from the different stalls took some time. The parents felt like parent birds feeding the little birdies. At least our kids are old enough; Auntie H still had to feed Tin and Pop before herself. I feel tired just by looking at her. Hoho.

We had some time to burn before the theme park opens at 11am. I headed back to the hotel to replenish water and snacks. The rest headed to the little garden that our hotel room should have faced. Like always, the kids had fun regardless of the venue, so long as the companion is right. 

Finally, time for the theme park! Happily, happily.

We did our homework, googled and found that there is this VR (Virtual Reservation) that works like a fast/ VIP pass. The theme park is not fully opened but 75% of the rides are. The youtube video that we watched introduced the different rides and which ones are worth the VRs as there are only 4 VRs available/ ticket. It was then trying to sync with the Chan Family's app during bfast, only to be told that we did it wrongly as we didn't "create group". Once educated by the theme park staff, we got it right and done quickly. Yay! Then we realised that we could do more than 4 VRs, whatever lah. Time to go! Our 1st VR ride was scheduled at 12pm.

There is this super cool looking motorbike ride, which unfortunately is still WIP. We at least took a picture with the very cool bike. I felt like a biker chick again. 

The park wasn't as crowded as I expected it to be. We managed to take 2 rides, that we had booked VR for, without the need to even use the VR. 

This actually felt like that old chair-chain-swing ride but with a harder structure. Then we went for a 3D ride that was actually quite cool but left me dizzy.

Then the kids utilised the VR and took the new "chair-chain-swing" ride again. I no need; tried once and it is good enough.

We tried this silly, kiddish Night in the Museum shooting game.

 

Dum Dum, give me my Gum Gum.

I got high score ok.

Random pictures time.

Who doesn't like bubbles?

This rotate upside down ride was what we used our next VR for. 

Pop met the height requirement and was "bluffed" to take her 1st ever upside down ride. Auntie Dawn had the honor to take the ride with her. Haha. 

The bigger kids love this ride and kept going and going. I one time enough already. Hoho. 

We actually didn't quite figure out how the VR work. Along the way, we could book more VRs and we booked whatever we could. We also took some easy rides. 

The big kids were willing to entertain us but not always. Along the way, they ran off on their own for some rides.

We did survive until the park closes at 6pm. Yes, we played 7 hours in the park but with a lunch and a long coffee break for whoever needed it. The Starbucks was mostly empty.

The tunnel marking our exit.

We had dinner at a very cool outdoor, rooftop place. We got roasted meat and seafood basket. 

And very tired kids. Hoho. Though tired, they still wanted to go to the arcade after dinner. We unfortunately lost our way and decided, after a long walk, that we should go back to rest instead. 

It was an absolute right choice bcos we were exhausted. Lil Shauna fell asleep shortly. Daddy Lim still had energy to go for a drink with Uncle C. Zaky didn't last long as well. Good night to our 2nd night in Genting. 

Mummy Lim

Happy Holidays: Genting 2022 Day 1 Part 2

Genting today is very different from the Genting that we used to remember. We were a little lost and had to ask for directions to our hotel - Skyworld Themepark hotel. 

As the name of the hotel suggested, it is right beside the skyworld theme park. 

I was telling Daddy Lim that it is a "new" hotel. It ended up quite old looking. Haha. It is "new" as in it didn't exist the last time I stayed in Genting and that must be at least 10 years ago. Hoho. 

The room wasn't ready; we dropped bags and went for lunch. We were told that they would sms us when the room is. They asked if we had a preference of the room facing and we said that we didn't. 

This was the 1st lunch place. 

Some Korean fast food. There were like food everywhere and I was quite surprised that Daddy Lim chose this. The food turned out decent or maybe bcos we were hungry. We did look very hungry. Hoho. 

We met up with the Chan Family shortly. While it wasn't a "planned to go Genting together" trip, they were doing a Malaysia road trip and decided to meet us at Genting before continuing their way. 

The afternoon agenda was shopping at the premium outlets and this included a cable car ride both ways. 

It was a lot of shopping/ walking and more shopping/ walking. When the kids finally got the chance to play at the playground, it had to rain. Lol.

It rained very, very heavily, such that the sky was all fogged up on the way back to Genting. 

The Chan Family went ahead to checkin and rest. We arranged to meet for dinner at 7pm, including Popo. Bcos our hotel room was a long walk away, we ended up roaming the hour away. 

More eating/ drinking.

By dinner time, I almost couldn't find my legs. The early morning and long bus ride basically tired us out. We couldn't do more after dinner. Even Popo willingly followed us back to the hotel room. But we found space for churros bcos desserts go to the heart. Hoho. 

One last picture on the way back. 

This is how the room looks like. It comes with 3 double beds, one of them is a loft bed. 

In normal circumstances, Lil Shauna would ask to sleep on the loft bed. However, this loft bed has a 80kg weight limit. 80kg?!!? How to have 2 persons within the 80kg limit? 

I ended up sleeping on the loft bed with Zaky. We are for sure over limit. Hahahaha. Daddy Lim and Lil Shauna took the bed next to the window. We also found out that we should have asked for the garden facing room bcos the neon lights from the theme park was flashing (until late) and then there were loud vehicles driving past until duno what time. Why ah? 

Good night. 

Mummy Lim

Happy Holidays: Genting 2022 Day 1 Part 1

It had been 2 long years! The last overseas holiday was to Seoul in December 2019 and we are finally traveling again. Woohoo! Oh yes, the cruises don't really count; there are no passport stamps. Hoho. Our passports are so clean, the lockdown took place soon after we renewed our passports. 

We had decided on a short trip to mark our break, largely bcos we didn't want to fret over the navigations of the different covid travel requirements. Malaysia seems to be the easiest choice and probably thousands had already crossed the Singapore-Malaysia immigration before us, ironing out the possible immigration challenges. 

After much exploration on whether to fly/ drive in, we decided to take a bus to Genting! I think I can live with stoning on the bus for hours, especially now that the kids can self-entertain. 

The wait was a combination of excitement and anxiety. Everybody was looking forward to our 1st holiday in a long time. Then the possibility of cancellation became real when Lil Shauna came down with I-duno-what. I got reminded of the kids' must-fall-sick-before-holidays syndrome when they were much younger. Then anxiety built up, there seems to be so much work that I needed to complete before the holidays and I imagined the piled up to clear after that. I kept imagining all sorts of possible messed up, no taxi to pickup point, bus never come, forgotten stuff, cannot clear immigration. Zzzzzz... I must have lost touch with traveling.

Finally, it was D day - 1. The last few days were tough as my mood was hovering between clear-sh*tload work before vacation vs holidays mood. Hoho. I was happy to leave the office on Friday evening. My holidays have officially started. Woohoo! 

Cookie earned for himself a staycation at the Fs' place too. They have nicely agreed to babysit Cooks. 

I heard that Cooks is doing well. What's up with the puffed up cheeks?! Hoho. 

We were up this morning at 4.30am. The maxi-cab that we tried advance booking didn't work out. I didn't think that getting cabs/ grabs in the morning would be difficult but became gan cheong spider when Daddy Lim kept telling me "what ifs". In the end, we got to the pickup point early. The bus took off on time at 5.45pm sharp. 

I started wondering, can we really enjoy the long bus ride? What should I do to self entertain? Hmmmm...

It took us 1 hour to arrive and clear the immigration on both sides. Smooth, very smooth. Our bus, which wasn't full, was the only bus at the immigration. Then it was attempts to nap before bfast at one the rest places for bfast. Just buy, just buy. Zaky finally got to eat a Ramly burger after pasar malam disappeared for the last 2 years due to covid. What did the kids buy? 

They had been dreaming of this moments for weeks. 

From darkness to morning sun. 

To finding creative ways to steal naps.

The journey was fairly smooth until slow traffic in KL I finally woke up to windy roads leading up Genting. 

Finally, after 6 hours, we arrived at Genting! 

Hello holidays!

Mummy Lim