I wrote this entry last nite via gmail but could not open my eyes past midnight so I stopped. Unfortunately, the office network still having some problem and I could not access the internet again. Funny though, this morning when HM came to see the data, the network was fine. Anyway, I wanted to write about our Bukit Merah trip on the way from Penang. We checked out from the hotel around noon, because the pool was under maintenance and the kids cannot have their pool time anymore at the hotel. After another long bathtub time, we finally got out from the hotel. Najihah got her chances to ride on trishaw two times – going to Chow Rastra Market for 'jeruk salak and buah pala' and coming back to hotel. It was early morning, the sun was not that hot, at least that was exactly I told myself while riding the trishaw. I pitied the very old trishaw man, he started his journey to work as early as 4 am until evening, braving the hot sun and plump customers for a mere RM7 (in our case to the market). I am really grateful that I have a decent job and pray that I do not have to do such work in my old age. We took a ferry across the Straits of Malacca instead of normal Penang bridge. The kids were happy on their rides and slept all the way through Bukit Merah.
The Bukit Merah trip was unplanned. I wanted to go back home but DH said we should stop at the water park while we are passing there. Got a superior room suitably furnished for a small family like us, and checked in for one night for RM200. Cheap enough for weekend corporate rate. One queen sized bed and 2 single beds. The girls had lots of fun at the pool that evening. The next morning, we started as early as 10 am into the Ecopark via sky lift cable cars. I rode with Nabilah, while DH with adik. Najihah was ever ready scared of the sky lift cable but eventually she waved to us at the end of the journey. The view was amazing, you can see the sea and greeneries hills from the cable cars. The Ecopark was, sadly, not well maintained, few cages have bad smell but the 'rangers' were friendly. I was surprised to see a dinasour-era fish that eats human and the biggest 'ikan air tawar' in the pool with carps swimming around it.
We squeezed in to see Animal Show where parrots, monkey and otter did the animal tricks. Nabilah was brave enough to come up front and volunteer to assist on magic trick for the Red Parrot. At first, I thought she was just playing around but when no one else volunteer, she quickly step out and down the stairs to the stage. She answered each questions confidently, her name, her age and where does she comes from (she said Kuala Lumpur), I am very proud of her. Too proud that I forgot to take a video of her on stage and took photos instead (well, the battery is too low for another video). She took photos with her parrots but adik refused to have any. We went ahead with the rest of Ecopark, that I wish someone will took care of its animal living place better in the future. Came out from Ecopark via the same skylift cable car, and straight to the Water Park (had to buy another swimsuit for adik as she insisted to have the same color with her kakak – blue). The kids were over enjoyed the water slides (including me!) and since we kept all our belongings in the locker, we lost the time. It was at half past two for lunch at Bubble Restaurant (although adik did not want to eat, she wanted to play more) where we had fried rice, nuggets, hot tea and ice cream for desert. Another hour of fun, and we went out at almost 4 pm. The kids slept almost immediately when we started the journey home.
It was a fun trip as I never like water in the first place, always fear of drowning but when the kids enjoyed the place more when both of us were around, I set my mind to enjoy the time being with them in the water. Hope to get swimming lessons for all of us later on. Arrived home at 9 pm, the washing machine was my first stop. Last nite I completed 5 times washing loads, cook the meal and seeing my kids to sleep.
A weekend to be remembered, hopefully more to come.
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Best Regards,
Noradlina
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