Another JB Trip: Day 3, Baking

The kids and I were again in the same room for the night. Nana complained that I was too noisy on Saturday morning and woke her up when I exited the room. On Sunday morning, I must either be quieter or they were more tired. Whenever I am traveling with the family, I always enjoy the early morning quiet time before the rest of the family is up. 

I headed to the gym at 7.45am. The gym and the swimming pool are supposed to be opened from 8am but I already heard screaming and laughter from the pool as early as 7.30am. I was surprised to see others at the gym and they looked like they had been exercising for awhile. Aiya, should have come early. 

The treadmill felt like it was on a slight incline or I was too bored; the treadmill faced the roads that barely had any cars distractions. 

Done!

The room was still quiet when I was back. I had to wake Daddy Lim at 9am for bfast. 

Why only the 3 of us? We didn't manage to drag Nana off the bed and had to tabao for her instead. 

My brother's family went for an earlier mall crawl while we decided to hit the pool. Nana didn't join us again and decided to just do her best "lying around in the house".

It was a good choice actually bcos the pool was so impossibly cold. I couldn't even step into the pool. Even Daddy Lim didn't last long and soon declared that it was the end to the swimming session. 

Soon, it was pack up and checked out. The many bottles of water (excluding those drank and thrown) over the 3 days. 

I finally threw away the old track shoes inherited from Nana and then took over Zaky's shoes. I think this pair wouldn't last very long too. On the 2nd day, Zaky ripped off part of the sole. I also realised how thin the insoles are or has Zaky squashed them flat? Lol.

We joined the mall crawling before the only activity for the day. Zaky looked like one of the uncles, parking himself on some random seats while the wife/ gf shops. He starts young. Lol. 

The only activity for the day was baking. This is like our must do activity whenever we visit JB. 

 

I baked butter cookies bcos everybody likes to eat butter cookies. Obviously, not many of them made it home. 

Felicia and Nana made mango puff and they were so generous with the cream. 

Zaky baked chocolate cookies and they were the messier cousins of my butter cookies. 

Ferlin baked a chiffon cake, that didn't even make it out of the shop. Lol. 

We parted ways at 4ish, right after the baking. My brother's family wanted to do dinner but we decided to skip dinner and hit the 2nd link for home immediately, hoping for a not too bad jam at the custom. The app said that the jam was decent. It was nowhere near decent. 

The jam on the Malaysia side started right after the last toll. For like 10 mins, we barely moved and it was plain frustrating. Fortunately, we started inching forward thereafter. Nothing to shout about but at least we were moving. 

We were stuck on the Malaysia side for almost 2 hours. My brother's family decided last minute to skip dinner too and GPS directed them to the Woodlands checkpoint. They did better than us and were already clearing the Singapore custom when we were still crawling towards the Malaysia checkpoint. 

The wait was so long that the kids finished watching their downloaded netflix movie. With no data on their phone, they were bored and we started random chatting in the car. At one point, they decided to put their head outside the sky roof bcos somebody else was doing that. Monkey see, monkey do.

It was pure joy when we crossed the Malaysia immigration and could drive across the bridge at good speed. Midway, Nana exclaimed that she has data! The kids were happy with social media and I was happy that we were reaching home. 

Yes, I needed that "Welcome". 

The Singapore immigration was a breeze and we cleared that in like under 15 mins. I was so glad to be on Singapore roads, no potholes, proper road markings, clear signage, no roads that suddenly appeared or end. Yay!

Home Sweet Home.

Mummy Lim

Another JB Trip: Day 2, Par2, Laser Battle and Danga Bay

We had lunch and headed to City Square for laser tag. It was a booking at 4.30pm, which meant a lot of mall crawling. This got us all very tired. 

The last 30 mins were spent in the arcade. Daddy Lim and I nuahed in a cafe and I even stole a cat nap. Hoho. Old people lah. 

After like forever... 

We paid RM58 per pax for 3 games. 

The 1st game, the kids dictated that it would be kids against the adults, thinking that their parents are old people and cannot move. Sure lose. Did they win? Of course not lah. They have not eaten enough salt yet and yours truly is very good with laser tag, which they found out too late. Hoho. 

It was a great workout for most of us, except for Daddy Lim, whose strategy was to park and snipe most of the game. Lol. After the 3 games, he was very surprised that I was perspiring. Ya lah. His strategy was actually not bad, he had good scores and very chill session.

The session brought us right up to dinner. After dinner, we went to Danga Bay Fun Park, where some fun fair/ amusement park is. There was a lot of lights. 

This was the 1st thing that caught our attention. 

I used to play this when I was a kid during CNY! I don't think these are sold in Singapore anymore. 

We didn't see many thrilling rides. There are many kiddy merry go round and stuff though. This caught our eye. 

The control is via the joystick panel. The wheel rolled forward/ backward with each stop/ start motion. There is no safety belt and it looked like somebody could be thrown out anytime but I didn't see that fortunately. I am not sure if it is intentional but the thrill level goes up one notch (for the spectator particularly) when that small space is shared by the kiddy motorcycle riders who were blasting their horn non-stop. Throughout the ride, I only heard Nana screamed continuously, regardless of whether it was her partner or her operating the machine. Lol. 

Then we went in search for more thrilling ride. I was joking that the most thrilling ride would be the one that looked the oldest/ most worn and the fear of the machine falling apart would keep the rider on the toes. Lol. The kids eventually went for the super fast merry-go-round for MYR 10 each. 

What I was keen to do was the bumper car at MYR10 each too. Again, the cars looked worn and there was no safety belt. Ferlin almost didn't make the cut for height restriction and had to share a car with the adult. After the ride, I fully understood the restriction. She is way too tiny and was thrown around like rag doll on the ride. Some of the bumps were really hard and I was bouncing around in the car too, let alone the tiny her. Luckily Daddy Lim opted out. I think the bumping would break his AS bones. 

With that, we headed back to the room for bed. Yawns. End of day 2.

Mummy Lim

Another JB Trip: Day 2 Part 1, Forever Twenty One Cafe

I think the people who lived in Mosiac don't exercise much bcos the gym and swimming pool are opened only from 8am to 8pm. The host told us that we could access the facilities and just need to register with the guard. 

On Saturday morning, I was up at 6ish and started on my HIIT in the room before the family was up. Right before I ended, Daddy Lim came out of the room, followed soon by Zaky, which meant that bfast would need to take place soon. 

I did pop by the gym and swimming pool before that. Looking good. 

Our last big holiday was way back in end 2019, when Nana hasn't found the joy of sleeping in. It is a different story now and we had to threaten her of leaving her in the room before she rolled off the bed.

There is 1 kopitiam right below our Airbnb. Fortunately, the food is good. We met my brother's family for bfast. 

The 1st stop of the day is this Forever Twenty One Cafe. 

Right where we parked, we saw another 主恩 church!

Ah Kim booked this toast painting activity for the kids. I thought it was a real cafe and the adults would have some coffee while waiting for the kids. It turned out that there was no coffee but many other pretty hands-on activities. Everything about the cafe is so pink.

Other than this toast painting, there is this decorative activity. Look at all the colorful accessories. 

Not long after, the kids started with the painting. Zaky's masterpiece.

Nana's. 

The "paint" is actually coloured yogurt. Right after I had snapped Zaky's art pieces, he added more yogurt, mixed everything up and chomped it. Lol. I found the taste weird but the kids enjoyed the toast. 

Part 2 for Nana was this keychain making. It wasn't cheap, at RM28 per piece but it was so nice. 

Learning how to pipe.

The actual work.

So nice right?!

Zaky wasn't interested in these. I made him work on a mini lego piece or risk him making a lot of noise when he got bored. 

Nana went on her 3rd activity, Brickbear keychain painting. 

She was very pleased with the morning's activity.

Mummy Lim