We gave the kids a choice to do a jewellery making workshop that would take 3 hours or simply stay in the hotel and make use of its facilities and the beach of course. They opted for the latter.
I was very happy when they agreed to go to the gym again. I love exercise companions. This time, Auntie S came along and did a long walk on the treadmill. I couldn’t move Nana though, who got upset with me when I tried to wake her up.
At least she woke up on time for bfast and we sat in the vibes corner this time.
It was again high tide. None of the kids were keen to learn/ try surfing and were happy to just jump the waves. I rented a body board for IDR50k that was underutilised bcos the waves were too massive for me to even go into the water properly and Zaky said that he must be much heavier now and cannot float properly on the board. Lol.
I did try to go into the sea and ride the waves like the kids. The kids said that they would take care of me but I think they only tried to kill me. The waves look even more threatening when I am in the water and the kids insisted that I needed at least to be chest high waters. When the waves come, we float on the waves and my toes cannot touch the seabed. Noooooooo… I only rode 1 wave and decided that I had enough of the chest high waters, went to the shallower part and got hit by 2 consecutive waves. Zaky never save me. Enough le, I still wanted to live the remaining years of my life.
After a while, we left the sea for swimming pool and came up with our own game of water polo mixed with captain ball. It was a super violent game that involves a lot of people grabbing and ball snatching. I duno how long the game lasted but we were all exhausted at the end.
We wanted to play vball but couldn’t find the vball. We did a little frisbee but there was little open space. Nana actioning a dive for the frisbee.
The physical activities called for lunch.
Zaky fell in love with the local chocolate bars and made me buy 8 but only half made it back to Singapore.
Daddy Lim needed to be back in the room by 1pm. HardRock hotel has this service where guests can loan one of their guitars for free for 24 hours to try them out. Daddy Lim has been eyeing this service even before the trip.
Unfortunately, we didn’t stay very long in the room for him to fully enjoy the perk.
Daddy Lim booked a 1.5 hr jamming and recording session at 2pm. The only person in the family who cannot play a musical instrument (unless you count the recorder) was their only audience.
They recorded 2 songs, which would be nicely clean up by the technician. We haven’t heard the result but I concluded that the only person in the family who could sing properly is Nana. So she ended up busily singing and drumming.
While we jammed, Auntie S and the kids went shopping. She said that there was sale everywhere in the mall. C got lucky and came back bagful. After the session, Nana and I went back to the beach to pick seashell. It was low tide and the perfect timing for seashell picking. Auntie S and the kids wanted to just nuah in the room but it was the last day! We dragged Auntie S and C along.
Zaky had no interest in seashell picking and while we were at the beach, Daddy Lim and him dragged T to the teenager game room. The activities were also for free!
We happened to be at the beach for the baby turtle released program.
The baby turtles were 1 day old. The staff said that their natural instinct is to follow the light, either the sun or the moon. It took a good 10 mins for the turtles to finally get to the waves, some of them got washed back and had to do it all over again. The staff kept reminding the people to not help the baby turtles and let nature does its work.
We left for dinner and ended up at the mall.
Daddy Lim then went back to the room for his guitar while the rest of us went for massage. It was the last opportunity and we must go massage.
We had a short rest before going for the live band. Again, we didn’t manage to move Nana. Interestingly, Zaky tagged along and got himself another mocktail. While C and T stuffed themselves full of milk shakes this trip, Zaky went crazy over mocktails.
Cheers!
The kids stayed for 1 set and left. The adults watched 2 sets and in between sets, there was performance. Not bad. By the time we were back in the room, the kids were already in lala land. We had made perfect use of the facilities and it was such a tiring day. Haha.
Mummy Lim
No comments:
Post a Comment