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