Trip to Penang

Fri 18 July 2014

Everyone was up and about by 6.30 and we started our journey at 8.10 AM.

We had brunch at Ipoh, and arrived at Penang at 1.40 PM, and waited for the owner to arrive to pass us the keys for the rented bungalow. It is very spacious, 3 storeys with 5 rooms. With 7 adults and a toddler taking up 4 rooms, it was good getaway for our 3 days 2 nights stay.

After a short rest for everyone, we were off to the photo studio for our 5 PM photo shoot. While the ladies had their make-up done, the guys started with their photo shoot. At one point, River decided to go into her hugging mood. As I was next to her, yours truly was hugged tightly by her niece.

After the photo shoot, we had a nice Chinese dinner at Penang Street, recommended by Dad.

We took more photos at the bungalow before we headed out to explore the food area near Shamrock Beach.

Sat 19 July 2014

After breakfast, we headed to the beach where Abi, Anica and River played in the sea while the rest of us stayed in the shade and chit-chat. With Anica and River back at the bungalow and River having her afternoon nap, we headed out for lunch and had Indian food.

At 4.30 PM, we again headed out, this time to Gurney Plaza for some shopping before having dinner at the famous Gurney Drive.

Back at the bungalow, with River in her hugging mood, almost everyone had a hug from her including me, Grandma and Uncle Danny.

At 10 PM, we had our supper at the bungalow. This can’t be good for everyone’s waistline. Note to self: to have additional jogging sessions to get rid of the excess calories !!

Sun 20 July 2014

After checking out, we headed over to QueensBay to have lunch before dropping Beh Ling off at the airport.

Arrived back in KL at 5.30 PM, which is not too bad.

Mon 21 July 2014

With packing all done before 5 PM, Mum and Dad as well as Abi, Anica and River were ready to take the train to KLIA at 6 PM.

Before that, River demonstrated her signature pose (lying on the floor, with her arms spread out) when she was not allowed to go out the front door. Anica explained that River decided on this pose as the initial tactic of falling backwards and knocking her head was too painful. The second tactic of slowly sitting down before bursting into tears routine was perhaps too tame, so it has been refined to the “lying down on the floor spread eagle” and bursting into tears.

While being put into the stroller for the walk to the train station, River again burst into tears as she wanted to be carried by Mama. With Mama admonishing her “River no!” she went into sulky silence mode for the rest of the walk. 

At KL Sentral, it was a quick good-bye kiss for River and then everyone went in the entrance to catch the 6.15 PM train to KLIA. 

Sat 26 July 2014

Back to KK for the Raya holidays. We arrange for Hangout session with Austin, for Mummy to learn how to use the tablet (gift from Bikia after he bought a new tablet for himself) for the video call. There was a small hitch at the beginning. No audio from the tablet. In the end the mute icon appeared and it was pressed to unmute it.

Sun 27 July 2014

We had a second Hangout session as Grandpa couldn’t make it for last night’s session.

Tues 29 July 2014

Major milestone: Mummy manages to send out email on her own after reminding her that she needs to switch on the wifi before using the tablet.

Thur 31 July 2014

Back to KL and back to work.