Happy Holidays: Genting 2022 Day 5

All good things and holidays will come to an end. Daddy Lim lamented that he doesn't handled end-holiday syndrome well. Lol. The bus home was scheduled at 12pm and there wasn't much time to do much. Popo had some good luck at the casino and had cleverly decided to pocket her winnings and bring the good luck home. We benefited from a bfast treat from Popo and the kids got pocket money to spend at the arcade. Nice. 

The kids spent all their money on the pokimon and claw machines. Lil Shauna had wanted to claw something as well. Using the  very last tokens, she indeed managed to do so unintentionally. She was aiming to claw a particular soft toy and incidentally caught the one next to it. Lol. 

Intentional or not, it was a happy ending. 

Their Pokimon haul.

We returned to the room for last bit of packing up and headed to the bus terminal on time only to find the bus late. Zzzz. 

It was a turnaround bus. We had to wait for the bus to send people from Singapore and then bring us back. 

The bus ride down the winding road was bad. Daddy Lim was so car sick that he almost puked. I thought the rest of the journey was OK. It didn't take long before the 1st stop for 土产. Popo was very generous. I am sure the winning helped and we ended with 5 big plastic bags. We went on our way again and everybody found their own way to cope with the long journey. I took a nap, trolled social media and simply enjoyed stoning and doing mindless stuff. 

Time passed so quickly when I wanted to enjoy the last bit of spacing out. Soon we were at Yong Peng for snack break at 4ish. Popo bought more stuff and we ended up with 6 bags in total. Not long after, we were crossing the familiar 2nd Link bridge.

The immigration was smooth on both sides. Other than us, there were only a couple other tourist buses. Very smooth and we were not stopped from bringing the chewing gums home. Hoho. 

It was 8ish when we arrived home via a very tiny 7 seater grab car. Luckily, we only had 1 luggage bag (and 6 big plastic bags) and squeezed into the car alright. It was a mad frenzy trying to unpack and load the washing machine before going to pick Cookie from the "babysitters". We then exchanged our kids for Cooks and left the kids there. Lol. Good deal. 

Cookie got a deal of his life too. His staycation has resulted in an upgrade of his humble abode to a landed property. My brother's family has too many of these and gifted Cookie the landed property. 

I have to say that Cookie looked really happy with the extra space. Or maybe he has always been this happy but now I can see him clearly. We let him keeps his landed property. 

He totally enjoyed sleeping in the upsize litter box. Lol. 

Other times, I can't find him at all, barrowed somewhere in the thick bedding. 

I am glad Cookie enjoyed his holidays as much as we did. 

The kids had been exclaiming that this is their best holidays ever. I think any holidays would be the "best" after a 2+ years break. The climate absolutely helped. Genting is a self-contained, fuss free holiday destination. We didn't have to think about the agenda and there are plenty of food options. It definitely isn't as cheap as I imagined a Malaysia holiday would be, given that it is a holiday resort afterall. Popo enjoyed herself too, though she spent most of the time cooping in the casino alone. Must be the winning. Hahaha.

We are thankful for the safe journeys and the financial ability. Would we go to Genting again? Hmmmm... now that travel has opened up, there are so many other options to fight for our time and money. Hohoho. Probably one day, when we want to be thrown around like rag dolls on rides and have a brainless holiday again. 

Mummy Lim

Happy Holidays: Genting 2022 Day 4

Day 4 was a F&E day. The Chan Family was departing for their next Malaysia holiday destination and we had no agenda in mind having conquered both theme parks. 

We met for bfast at 8.30am, a coffee at Starbucks before saying goodbyes. 

We thought of bowling only to find out that bowling people are late sleepers bcos the bowling place doesn't open until 3pm. However, the singers are early birds and the KTV was opened. Lil Shauna was super excited; we haven't done karaoke as a family for years. 

The price was reasonable and we paid RM50 for 1 hour. Lil Shauna is blurred in the picture bcos she was bobbing to some tunes. 

We decided to go to the Premium Outlet to see if we can snap some deals. 

Zaky obliged bcos we agreed to accompany him for bowling and arcade after that. Throughout the shopping trip, he had free access to the hp and managed to watch an entire movie. We simply moved him from shop to shop.

Did we manage to buy anything? Just 2 pair of socks bcos the kids' socks stank so much, even when we brought a pair to change. 

We did do bowling. We suck so much at it. Lol. 

Daddy Lim tried teaching Zaky but it was the blind leading the blind. Hoho. 

Zaky and I gave up after 1 game. Daddy Lim and Lil Shauna tried another game, which turned out to be a disaster bcos the hand and fingers hurt so much that they no longer obey instructions. 

We kept our promise and continued with arcade. 

Zaky was crazy over the claw machine and eventually managed to hook one. 

This handy squishy is acceptable. We have more than enough soft toys at home and the kids were warned/ prevented from winning/ buying home more soft toys. 

We happened to meet Popo who came out of the casino for a bite and decided for an early dinner. We went for some Korean food and almost walked out of the restaurant bcos the selection looks mostly carbs. We didn't bcos Daddy Lim and the kids were too embarrassed to do so. Haha. The dinner turned out OK, with a lot of chicken. Just nice, Malaysia is not exporting chickens to Singapore. 

The serving was so big that we had to stuff ourselves to finish the food. Popo headed back to the casino and we decided to get some fresh mountain air. 

It was chilly. Sadly, Genting is no longer the 10 to 12 degrees like how it used to be. Nevertheless, it is a wonderful escape from the heat wave that we have in Singapore. We never really figured out how cold Genting was but Daddy Lim and Zaky were constantly running around in their Tshirt and shorts. Google says that it is a comfortable mid 10s to low 20s degree. Nice!

With that, we ended our last day/ night in Genting. We headed back to the room to binge watch youtube/ Tik Tok/ FB/ netflix. I KO at 10ish. In my half asleep state, I heard Lil Shauna asked if we were intending to wake up.early the next morning or she would continue her netflix to late. It is a joy to nuah in the hotel room at times. 

Good night Genting and the cool, cool weather. 

Mummy Lim

Happy Holidays: Genting 2022 Day 3

I was exhausted as well and woke up only at 8am. I didn't hear my watch alarm at all. Even at 8am, I was the earliest to wake up. I was too tired/ lazy to do another hitt but got some work done instead. 

It was indoor theme park day! The father-daughter duo woke up to matching PJ. Hoho.

The indoor theme park opens from 2pm to 9pm. The Chan Family wanted to go back to the premium outlet, much to Zaky's protest. The plan was then for Daddy Lim to bring Lil Shauna for shopping while I stayed behind with the boy. We were intending to burn the time away at the arcade until the theme park opens. 

Apparently, he wasn't the only one who didn't like shopping or the lure of the theme park was too strong. We ended up with all the kids except for Tin, who happily thought that everybody was going to take the cable car with him, just like day 1. He ended bawling his eyes out when he realised that we were "left behind". Hoho. 

Uncle C guided us to the old theme park at the Grand Genting Hotel. I remember that hotel! We once stayed there when Lil Shauna was little. I also remembered the arcade. It used to be much bigger (or maybe it was relativity to the small Lil Shauna then) and a lot more glamorous. 

The big girls played this 3D shooting game and ended up scaring themselves silly. 

They were screaming a lot.

The girls spent a lot time at this game and I thought they were so good at it. In actual fact, they kept buying credits to continue with the game and like burnt RM80 on this game alone. What??!!

The rest of the time was spent at these music machines. Even Daddy Lim joined in the fun. Pop was given the task to watch over one specific button and she ended up with a shoulder pain the entire day. Lol.

We took a little break/ snacks and it was finally 2pm for the theme park!

The Chan Family was still shopping at the Premium outlet. Auntie Dawn got foresight and took their online booking voucher beforhand to exchange for the theme park wristlets so that the girls could start joining us. 

The kids 开张 with an exciting ride. 

No thanks for me. I don't like free fall. Pop just made the height requirement and gamely joined the big kids. Auntie H subsequently told me that she was actually quite scare of the ride. Poor thing.

The big kids then went for a super fast musical roundabout ride.

Pop didn't meet the required height so Auntie Dawn brought her for teacup. This teacup also very spinny, not at all kiddy. 

Then spaceship. 

Half of the indoor theme park rides are actually very thrilling. The only problem was the small number of ride available. In a short time, we had taken all the thrilling rides and then it was repeat and repeat mode.

When the Chan Family returned, Pop happily joined her parents and Tin for friendly rides, leaving the big kids to repeat the thrilling rides. 

They willingly took my suggestion for a snack break at about 5pm. We didn't have a proper lunch plus all the spinning and rag-doll thrown around rides called for a time out for the brain and stomach to settle back in place. 

We met Popo who was also out looking for a bite and took a break together. So coincidental. Then it was more rides before another small finger food dinner break bcos we were still so full. 

We had one more hour to go before the theme park closes at 9pm. Lil Shauna bailed out. She was nursing a headache that was likely from dehydration and the crazy spinning rides. Daddy Lim brought her back to the room while Zaky, Boo and I continued for the last hour and survived until the park closes. This is my favourite ride. 

It is a modified viking ride but that big wheel goes 360 sideways. I am absolutely a viking girl (ok auntie now) true and true. 

Finally, at 9pm, we parted ways with the Chan Family.

Were the father-daughter duo asleep? No lor. They each had an ice cream and Daddy Lim bought and made himself a cup noodle for supper. 

My legs were gone at the end of the 2-day theme park adventure. I think I old already. I used to have much more anticipation and excitement for theme parks. Nowadays, the theme park rides just throw people in all directions like rag dolls. Hoho. How about Daddy Lim? He only took a few rides in the outdoor theme park; I don't think he breakeven the ticket cost. I didn't even buy him the indoor theme park ticket and he went back to take a nap in between while we were being thrown around on the rides. Hoho. 

The big kids were happy to have one another. It is a pity that they are in odd number. Otherwise, I don't think they even need the parents at all. 

Sleep was definitely easy. 

Mummy Lim