Long Weekend Getaway Austin Heights Day 3 and 4

Despite the late night, I was up at 7ish and got to enjoy a quiet cup of coffee and some reads before the house was alive. It was the same time that I realised that my arms and shoulder blades were aching - I had a good workout at the Adventure Park. Haha.

We lazed in the house after a quick bfast of the usual ham, eggs and instant noodles. We probably could laze around forever with WiFi until somebody yelled that we should move. It was a repeat if what we had done the days before - Rocky Basecamp. The kids could do that over and over again.

This time, they managed to get Daddy Lim to join them. My muscles were still screaming and so were the kids but they just don't care. They are strong lah.

Not bad wor. Daddy Lim managed to scale the tall wall.

The Spidey kids were way ahead of him.

He came down and exclaimed how tiring it was. Hohoho. I doubt he would survive long.

The kids just kept going and going. From wall to boulders and then more walls.

By the end of the 2 hours, they were finally exhausted. I had wanted to catch a movie - the tickets were at RM10.50! How cheap is that?! Unfortunately, there wasnt any good shows screening.

We headed back to the Airbnb after lunch. Lunch was at Kenny Rogers and I was craving for it as the chain had moved out of Singapore some time back. If there is anything  that  can be trained in Malaysia, it must be patience. We waited more than half an hour for the food and the restaurant wasn't even crowded. All cravings were long gone by the time food was served. Zzzz.

The rest of the late afternoon was spent chilling in the airbnb. It was too hot to go anywhere. We got out at almost 7pm for VR only to realise that it was fully booked for the rest of the day. By the, the drift cart and jump street were long closed too.

Plan B was karaoke and we managed to find one with an immediate room for RM100ish for a 2-hour slot.

Dinner was finger food at the karaoke joint. Singing for 2 hours seems like a long time but in reality, 2 hours gone by in a wink and we could still go on. 

We ended the night with street side lok lok. We must be so brave. Fortunately, nobody came down with anything.

Last but not least, durians again wrapped up the night. This time, we got 2 durians instead. Hohoho. They were so good!

It was again another late night. The next morning, we only had time for a quick bfast before we made our way home, hoping to avoid the custom jam. The kids also helpfully finished the cakes that we baked on the 1st day.

With that, it marked the end of our quick getaway.

GPS directed us to the 1st link. While there was no jam at the Malaysia side; it was super slow moving at the Singapore side.

Probably to cope with the influx of cars, we were directed to the lanes usually meant for delivery lorries. The cars barely moved. It took us 1 hour just to clear just the immigration building. Nevertheless, we survive and home sweet home.

Mummy Lim

Long Weekend Getaway Austin Heights Day 2

What I like about Airbnb is the availability of the kitchen (usually) and therefore the making of simple bfast.

It had been a long while since I had the opportunity to sleep in and that was exactly what I wanted to do. I refused to wake up until I was giddy with sleep. Hohoho.

By then, I was the only one in bed and Daddy Lim had orchestrated the making of bfast with the kids.

Then it was homework time while I caught up with work.

Zaky completed his one and only homework. Lil Shauna had lugged like her whole school bag to the holiday but was constantly lamenting about the need to go homework whilst on holiday. Of course the homework was not completed. That was also the only time during the holiday that she attempted her homework. Then the books were strewed everywhere around the Airbnb and not touched until the day we packed to go home. For show only.

The 1st stop of the day was the Love Fun Baking - our usual hunt whenever we come to Austin Heights. It is much fun and cheap and we get to mess up somebody else's kitchen. Hoho.

We were the 1st customers. In fact, we were so early that we had to wait for the boss to get ready. While waiting, we witnessed the opening of the new Thai restaurant and there was firecrackers! Like the kids, it was my 1st time seeing firecrackers in life.

Again, we are pros already. Lil Shauna opted for the popsicle cake, Zaky did the lava cake and I wanted to bake and eat butter cookies. Daddy Lim was the free man to help whenever needed.

Daddy Lim took this picture of me. Total perfect housewife look. I think maybe it is a calling.

My butter cookies were the easiest and my dough was soon done requiring 30 mins of refrigeration.

Leaving me time to help the kids and washing up. Yes, we needed to wash up the stuff that we used but it was alright. I also  went around taking pictures.

There wasn't much waiting actually bcos we went around helping one another. While the kids were waiting for their product to be baked/ refrigerated, my dough was ready to be cut and everybody wanted to do that.

Soon, Lil Shauna's cake was ready, cooling down and waiting to do decorated.

The finished products. Yum, yum.

A family pic before we made our way to the next stop.

The kids, particularly Zaky had been bugging to do the drift cart.

So they got to go round and round and round the circuit for 20 mins at RM40 each. Daddy Lim and I happily relax one corner. We also took the opportunity to check that Zaky is tall enough for the Adventure Park, requiring a minimum height of 140cm. He barely make the mark. I had wanted to do the Adventure Park for a long time to skip the small water park; I was waiting for Zaky to be tall enough and he finally is!

It was too hot to be running around in the outdoor and we headed back for a rest before the last Adventure Park session at 5pm. We also found this new VR place right next to the Airbnb and the kids bugged no end to try. We had to or risked my head exploding from all the whining.

The VR game was expensive. We paid RM29 each for a game of about 10mins. I opted out fearing that I will puke my way through the game; I get motion sickness easily from these VR stuff. Daddy Lim and the kids ended up shooting dinosaurs. It was good fun watching them. This was Lil Shauna's screen and I saw her killed by dinosaur so many times. Lol.

The kids were all praises for the VR and asked to come back before we even stepped out of the shop.

It was 5pm when we were back at the Adventure Park. Daddy Lim opted to chill while I attempted the adventure with the kids.

We were told that there were all together 7 circuits - 4 indoors and 3 outdoors.

The indoor one made us go round and round, each round higher than the previous. There were together 3 levels; not sure how that added up to 4 circuits. Anyway, the obstacles were about the same that 2/3 through, I was actually quite bored. Zaky waited for me most of the time, Lil Shauna was way ahead throughout. Zzzzz.

The outdoor circuits were a long more interesting. The 1st one was a Tazan swing, begining with somewhat like a free fall - I hate free fall. The kids handled the Tazan swing like a champ and said that fear was written all over my face. Lol. I survived and conquered that anyway. The kids loved it but I hated the free fall and midway jerk when the rope tightened.

The outdoor circuits were a lot more physically challenging. By the end of the adventure, I was exhausted. That largely marked the end of our 2nd day in Austin Height, completed with dinner and DURIANS!

Lil Shauna loves durians too. Zaky isn't adverse to the smell but doesnt fancy them. The durians were so good. We got 1 durian at about 1.9kg for RM50ish. It was 1kg at RM28 and so much better than the ones we had in Singapore. So, so good.

With durian breath, we headed for bed. Hoho.

Mummy Lim

Long Weekend Getaway Austin Height Day 1

The ultra long weekend is too wasteful to stay in Singapore but too expensive to fly somewhere. At times like that, the Causeway neighbour is our best friend. We did that the last National Day long weekend too with my brother's family.

This time, we are on our own bcos the 2nd F's PSLE Oral exam is around the corner. It was just as fun.

We took half day leave in attempt to beat the custom jam. Apparently, we weren't the only ones with the same idea. While the q was long at the Singapore end, the traffic was moving and we cleared the custom in 30 mins. Phew. We weren't so lucky at the Malaysia end - the jam was massive and we slowly inch forward. It took us a freaking 2 hours to clear the Malaysia end. Luckily Austin Heights is 30 mins drive after the custom.

Before long (after the custom), we arrived at the Airbnb. Daddy Lim did the booking and found us a nice little studio apartment.

There is a mini kitchen and 3 single beds in the living hall and a double bed in the single bedroom.

It was clean and neat. There was ample space for us. The towels, mattress covers and blankets were all very comfortable. You know how sometimes Airbnb comes with poor quality stuff. If I have any complaints, it would be the pillow. It would be fantastic if the pillows had been much fluffier.

The Airbnb was conveniently located where the action is. The Aeon shopping mall was a 8 mins' drive away. The kids were bugging to go to the Rocky Basecamp for some actions.

They are just so full of energy.

Being their 3rd visit, they are old timers already and went on scaling wall and climbing boulders.

The Basecamp was totally worth it. It only cost Rm25 per kid for 2 hours of fun.

We returned to the Airbnb vicinity for dinner before wasting our life in front of the gadget.

Mummy Lim