Thursday, November 15, 2007

Hip Hip Holiday

Hi! I just got back from a holiday trip yesterday.
Pama took me (and themselves) for a ‘relaxed vacation’ to KL – relaxed because it had almost no pre-arranged programs (except for Aquaria KLCC). We just wanted to continue breathing…and to listen to our breathing.

After the usual-weekly Wednesday breakfast with grandma popo and her siblings (my grand aunties+uncles), me and pama pushed off from Ipoh at about 9 AM. The usual 2 hours drive to KL now took half an hour longer because of construction work in widening the North-South Highway from 2 to 3 lanes.
I was excited and just slept for an hour during the journey. We made a snack-stop at Sungai Buloh rest area. Pama had A&W’s sesame chicken nuggets and curly fries while I had my porridge in the thermo flask plus bites of the yummy nuggets (now at just short of 2 years old , I am experiencing and loving so many new tastes from the adult gourmet world, especially food with MSG).
The subsequent journey was smooth and we managed to check in at Holiday Villa Subang by noon (papa made the reservation through http://www.marimari.com/ – good rate and service).

Pama wanted to take me for the Putra-LRT train ride. So we drove to the nearest station at Asia Jaya and hopped on the train all the way to Aquaria in KLCC (adult fare RM2.30 one way, me free). I got so excited with opposite direction on-coming trains yelling “Train stop train stop”, and with passengers disembarking and embarking at all the eleven stations during the trip.
Between pama, they have to tackle :
1. My 4 months old little sister (or brother?) in mama’s womb.
2. My 5 kg backpack of milk, bottles and nappies.
3. My 6 kg stroller.
4. Myself – 12 kg hyperactive kiddo.

We missed Aquaria fish feeding time at 3 PM but still caught many interesting denizens of the underwater world such as sharks, stingrays, eels, giant groupers and arapaimas, turtles and even the scary geckos, slimy snakes, smiley ‘baby-monkey’ and all the other squeaking insects. Other interesting features include the majestic flooded forest tube tank, the 90 meter underwater tunnel with moving walkway (for me to lie on it and observe the fish swimming above it), the aqua theatre (for me to run about and for my pama to rest their tired legs), and of course the gift shop (Aquaria entrance fee RM28 adult with MyKad, FOC children below 3). http://www.klaquaria.com/

We spent almost 2 hours in Aquaria and I was so exhausted, that I fell asleep in KLCC (so no shopping) and continued to sleep on the LRT train all the way back.
AhGu and AhYi then joined us for dinner at pama’s favourite spot – Restaurant LaLaChong near Subang Terminal 3 (must try dish : steamed lala / salt-baked tilapia).
Holiday Villa Subang is well laid out. The rooms are also spacious (although a bit seasoned). That night I slept soundly till dawn.

We had buffet breakfast at the hotel (variety and taste so-so only). Then we just roamed aimlessly into the surrounding garden and kiddy playroom. Soon the sun was up. Mama dressed me up in my swimsuit and we headed straight to the pools (1 Olympic pool, 1 Jacuzzi pool, 1 kiddy pool, 2 wading pools)! Supposed to dip for 20-30 minutes, ended with 45 minutes and a struggling and wailing me bundled up to the room. Definitely love at first sight – my first experience at the pool (sigh).
Warm milk and a short nap calmed me down from the pool-kidnap.

After check out, we headed for Jinjang to visit my great grandma (grandpa kongkong’s mummy) who is already 80+ years old. It began to rain, and I waved goodbye one last time to the KL skyline filled with skyscrapers...



At Aquaria KLCC Underwater Tunnel – with lovely mama and looming shark behind.





A whopper grouper at Aquaria KLCC Aqua Theatre. No joke, the fish is even bigger than me!



(18SX) Qi getting ready for the pool.


Note : Sorry for the poor phone-quality pictures (a real 'relaxed vacation' that even the camera was not brought along! Holiday unplugged!)

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