April 2015

I guess updating blog is now a monthly affair? Haha. Well, at least it is still updated. I always write imaginary posts in my head but very seldom they actually came to life here. Now now. Where should I start.

Let's start with something small. Haziqa's 2 front upper teeth have started showing. Haziqa's constipation problem is still lingering since 2 weeks ago. A couple of times, she needed to be assisted just to pass motion as the poop was just to big to come out naturally. I nearly cried the first time I assisted her. The second time it happened, it was during the day and the maid, Bik Su, helped her. Currently her poop is still hard but somehow managed to come out without any assistance.

We are now annual pass holders at Legoland, Malaysia! On 3rd of April, it was hubby's weekend off from his duties at the petrol station. We went for an impromptu getaway to Johor. So impromptu that when we exited Nilai, we had no idea where we were going. Since Johor had more activities for the kids, so we decided to go there. Stayed at Le Grandeur Palm Resort near Senai airport. It was a nice quiet place for our supposedly relaxing weekend. Went to Sanrio Hello Kitty Town for the first time and since we were quite late, we went to The Little Big Club only (on the 2nd and 3rd floor. Hello Kitty Land was on the 1st floor.) It was okay but we couldn't believe people would rate this place higher than Legoland. The next day, instead of going back straight, hubby surprised Tricia by bringing her to her favourite place in the whole wide world, LEGOLAND! It was raining when we arrived and that didn't stop us from having fun. Luckily, the rain didn't last long and we went back at almost 7pm that day.

Being too stressed from working, hubby had been asking to take a break, away from the kids, for a weekend. I, on the other hand couldn't stand being separated from the kids at night so I wouldn't want to go away overnight without them (which lead us to Johor that weekend). But coming back from the trip, he still felt tired and not rejuvenated that he asked for my blessing to go on a solo trip for ONE WHOLE WEEK. Initially, I freaked out. I did't think I could be separated from him that long, especially without a valid reason (i.e. not work). But after having a heart-to-heart talk with him, he said I can come along if I want to but he just wants a week of solitude... not caring about anything in the world. So in the end I gave up and let him go. While I obviously will make through just fine from this one week getaway of his, I am not sure how her daughter Tricia would survive. T_T First night, my MIL called me when I was on the way home because Tricia was already crying that her father was not home. This morning she refused to go to school because her papa was not around to send her. 6 more days to go. And worse still, I'm joining my husband for the weekend for 2 nights. 1 night she and her sister will be away at Tokma and Cacik's place in KL but 2nd night... they will be back home to normalcy, which I think would make her feel our absence even more. Hope we will make it through the week in one piece. x_x

On a more awkward note, Tricia has started asking me when will she start growing boobies. =_= Too early to worry about that, sweetheart.

Hyatt Regency Kuantan (9-11 May 2014)

After confinement was over, first thing that crossed our minds was HOLIDAY! Understandably, I was bored being "confined" at home and hubby was concerned with my state of mind. Haha. Actually, he was also out of his mind accompanying me at home with the baby. So we all needed the holiday. Only at 53 days, Haziqa made her first "long-distance" journey to Kuantan. (The pink patch near my body in the picture below was not my boob. That was Haziqa's mittens.)

Hubby was supposed to have a site-visit that Friday but luckily it got cancelled. After Friday prayers, we had late lunch at Jalan Bellamy and went straight to Kuantan. Arrived around 6.30ish. The place was quite packed as there was, I suspect, a VVIP wedding that night. (We "convoyed" with a car labelled 'Ketua Hakim Negara' with a patrol car to the hotel and we could see there was a wedding going on in the hall.) However, when I arrived at the reception, there was only 1 person in front of me and even then it took the receptionist forever to attend to me. (I was anxious especially since there was a little baby in the car, who might scream for me.)

When we finally arrived at the room, I was happy again. It was nice to be in a nice hotel room. Haha. My vocabulary is getting worse.

We freshen up for a bit and hubby was already excited to go to the beach.

By then, I was already hungry. The buffet dinner, though reasonable priced around RM88++, sounded quite expensive to us. Didn't think we were going to eat RM200 worth of food for two that night. I saw a lot of lights on the other side and asked hubby to walk over to see whether they sell cheap food over there. Turned out, the place was quite lively. There were more than just food; Starbucks, McD, KFC, food stalls, people selling stuff by the roadside, a blowout castle and bumper cars. So while I bought my nasi goreng USA, Tricia was having a blast driving her own car.

Breakfast was not included but we didn't wake up early enough to find breakfast on our own anyway. Luckily hubby bought a lot of stuff before we arrived so we had bread for breakfast and went out to have ikan patin masak tempoyak for lunch somewhere in town.

Then it was time to relax by the beach. Hubby played his Empire Defense 2 game on his phone. Tricia played with the sand. I read a story book while the baby was sleeping and fed her when she was up. It was a good, relaxing break. Around 3pm or so, I went up with the baby first as she couldn't stand the heat. Not long later, hubby and Tricia followed suit.

When I reached the room, I realised I dropped my nipple shield. I am still very dependent on it until today. Try to let her suck naturally but the old problem was still there. My left nipple felt sore and she couldn't latch on the right one. So we rushed out to the mall to buy a new pair. Bought a new pair from anakku but found out later that it was different than the one I was used to. Hmm. Not happy. It didn't stick on very well, probably because of the shape, which was very round, unlike a natural breast. 

Had early dinner before went back to the hotel. At the hotel, I went back to place we hung out in the afternoon and lucky me, I found my nipple shield on the sand. Should have gone there first before heading out to the mall. LOL. Hubby hang around by the beach with Tricia for awhile and then we settled down early that night around 10pm. That was very early for our family's standard. Haha. 

Checked out the next day and ikan patin lunch again, this time in Temerloh. Detoured to Bukit Tinggi for tea before heading back home.

Tanjung Jara Resort - Part 2

Am so very lazy to finish this post but I. just. have. to. The longer I postpone the post, the more irrelevant it would be. So here goes: Part 2...

The next morning, we had our breakfast at Di Atas Sungei restaurant. Thankfully breakfast was included in our bookings. Breakfast spread was good. There was a variety of selections and the quality was excellent. Halfway through our breakfast, came a group of people with kompang and "hantaran" sort of to signal the arrival/celebrate a newly-wed couple. Was told that's for the honeymoon package. Quite interesting.

We were joined by Mimi and Azmir not long after and after breakfast, we went to the beach for a walk. The beach was clean and breezy and the sand was quite soft. It was a fun morning out but since it was getting hotter and hotter, we didn't stay that long outside. Plus, the wave and the current was very strong so we couldn't swim in the water anyway. Coming back from the beach, everyone had to clean their own feet from something black and oily that looks like petrol except my husband. Don't know why petrol didn't stick to him. Maybe because he used to work at a petrol station before? Wahahaha.

We had showers and hubby and I took the opportunity to take a dip in the bathtub while Tricia was being taken care by Tokma and cacik. After that, all of us took a nap. Around 3 or so, mummy and abang went out to have lunch at Teratai Restaurant, which was by an adult pool (no kids allowed). Food price was around RM40 per plate. Hubby didn't want to wake up so he was left alone sleeping in the room.

After lunch, I woke hubby up and we went to the pool.

However, it was only for a short while because the staff kept reminding us to join the Kampung Life activity, which is on every Saturday between 5-6pm. There were quite a number of activities and the food and drinks served were delicious and most importantly FREE. There's a beruk getting coconut for you, batik paintings, apam balik, kerepok lekor, cucur udang, kopi kampung... and various games like sepak takraw, congkak, kompang and the sarawak buloh thingy. It was such a cool concept. Mimi and Azmir came back from town and was just in time to join us for the Kampung Life event. They commented, after eating the keropok lekor provided, the ones bought outside didn't taste so good anymore.

That night, we went out to have dinner at a tomyam restaurant outside. The food was substandard so so but because the shop was located by the beach side and the wind was blowing strongly, the ambiance was very refreshing and nice.

Tricia didn't have problem sleeping that night after a day full of fun activities. We took it slow on our last day there. Pic: Tricia feeding the fishes in the pond after breakfast. No hiccup during check out... only I was nearly charged for our daily breakfast, which was supposed to be included in the room package. Luckily, I checked. No issue with that. The staff waived it without hassle.

We made a quick stop at Pantai Kemasik on the way back before parting ways and leaving Terengganu with a heavy heart. One thing for sure, we are definitely coming back. One of the best resorts we have been to so far. Love it!