My Little Terrors

A very backdated post. Mummykhong has been busy editing the photos for a month!!! All thanks to the two little terrors and the school holidays. Thank god school reopens next week :).

Many months back, daddykhong was reading an Air Asia inflight magazine and he spotted an article on the Top 10 Places to Visit in South East Asia. There were 3 on the list that were located in Malaysia, Japamala Resort being one of them. Since we can’t afford glitzy Paris and similar far-away places, we decided to visit as many as we can on this list.

To cut some cost, we decided to visit during the monsoon season so we could enjoy the lower room rates. We opted for the Seacliff Chalet so that we could have a good view of the beach and the sunset.

What can I say? 1 resort with its private jetty and beach, 12 chalets (with 1 closed for renovations), 26 staff members which outnumber the number of guests, a resort so remote there’s no mobile network coverage. I’ll let the pictures do the talking…….

General overview of Japamala resort. From left to right: Mandi-Mandi Restaurant and the drop-off jetty, shot taken from the reception, the reception area taken from the jetty and jetty shot taken from a beach nearby.

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Braedyn’s 3rd birthday celebration was celebrated with the family at Little Korea in Solaris Mont’ Kiara three weeks ago. Mummykhong made chocolate cupcakes with peppermint frosting for the boy. Recipe can be found at http://khongfamily.com/kitchen.

The birthday cupcakes

The ever-so-willing models

This year’s celebration was more involving for Braedyn as he actually knew what it represented and that he was turning 3 years old. He could also sing Happy Birthday together with Shayanne and they blew out his candles and cut the cake, all together.

He is also old enough now to tell you what toys he wanted. He is currently into Thomas so we requested that all gifts to be related to Thomas. So now, from no Thomas at home, our house is overflowing with Thomas train sets.

The gifts

Braedyn’s face lit up with glee while he was unwrapping his presents. An unforgettable moment for all to remember.

Note: No photos in the restaurant because Mummykhong didn’t bring her camera *slaps head*.

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There are 4 things to do in Singapore at night; continue shopping at a 2nd Daiso branch, visit Geylang, hang out at Clarke Quay or visit the Night Safari . We decided to let Braedyn and Shayanne choose and they, of all things, decided to visit the Night Safari!

So daddykhong drove us all to Mandai Road (without any input from mummykhong) for a spot of animal fun.

Halloween month so the pumpkins are compulsory. Braedyn was not too amused

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It’s holiday time again. This time, daddykhong decided to visit his old university mate in Johor Bahru (a trip he’s been postponing for a long time). We drove down to JB during the long Deepavali weekend and put up at Hyatt Regency, Johor Bahru for 2 nights.

The original intention was to not visit Singapore but since there was a slight chance that daddykhong’s friend might not be in town (she’s a very busy person - hard to nail down!), we decided to bring along our passports (thank heavens).

We arrived in the afternoon on Saturday, 25th October after a very quick drive, checked into the hotel and had dinner with daddykhong’s old friend. There’s nothing to do in JB so we decided to visit Singapore the very next day.

We drove in via the Causeway and headed for Harbourfront. With my very “good” directions (daddykhong ended up ignoring me!), we reached Harbourfront in no time and made our way through the myriad of shops there and at the neighbouring VivoCity.

It’s our first time to VivoCity and the outdoor park on the roof was just amazing. Braedyn and Shayanne LOVED it to bits. Here are some shots:

Wave to the camera otherwise, kor-kor will push you into the water!

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Time flies past very quickly - children grow up even faster. Here are some of the things we do with the kids nowadays:

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I have been baking non-stop for the past two weeks. Started off by buying two packs of West Wings cake premix (butter & chocolate flavoured) but I didn’t really like the taste and the texture of the cakes. I would have expected something more buttery and moist instead of the fluffy type with bland taste. Perhaps no more premix cake for me then. I will try to search for more cakes recipes to work with until I get the taste and texture that I like.

Anyway, here is my cupcakes creation for my nephew, Jaylen, (BIL’s newborn) who just turned 1-month old on 25 September 2008.

Chocolate cake for my niece (my sis’s daughter), Zi Qing who turned 2 on 25 September 2008.

Last but not least, a chocolate cuppy for myself

(Note from daddykhong: Looks fantastic - taste not guaranteed!)

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We woke up early to have the lovely hotel buffet breakfast and after that we decided to drive up the highest mountain in Langkawi, Gunung Raya. We were so disappointed that there wasn’t a casino at the top and we ended up with boring shots of the scenery.

A building at the top of Gunung Raya, some monkeys, a cicak sunning himself and boats at the base of the mountain

After that, we went back to the hotel to use 1 of their 3 swimming pools. Braedyn and Shayanne ended up playing with a beach ball. In the photos you can see Shayanne with her 1st bikini.

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After the cable car, we decided to check out the nearby Telaga Tujuh waterfall. We will not be posting any photos of the waterfall here because all of them either had rubbish in the foreground or dirty washrooms in the background!! The waterfall itself is no big deal and the 7 pools look better in the brochure. To get to the 7 wells, you need to climb 300+ steps (which daddykhong did). He came back down and said “God-damn waste of my time!”

We decided to go somewhere with less rubbish and offers toilets with locks on the doors - a tour to the top hotels in Langkawi. The following hotels are not in order of stops made.

 Hotel 1 : Tanjung Rhu Resort

Located at the Tanjung Rhu beach on the north-eastern part of the island, this hotel was our last stop after The Andaman and The Datai. It is also the most impressive hotel of the 3 partly because of the spaced-out buildings and the very, very long beach fronting the resort. Staff were friendly and had no issues with us moving around the resort.

During low-tide you can walk over to the nearby islands.

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We went to Langkawi over the long Merdeka weekend. First time for all of us!

It was a spur of the moment thing and I was expecting the worst from what friends had to say about Langkawi coupled with a 3-day weather forecast of late afternoon thunderstorms. Boy, was I wrong. It was crystal clear skies throughout the trip with a lovely hotel experience.

We flew Fireflyz there from Subang. Crap airport with even crappier staff working there.

Our Fokker 50 plane on the tarmac. 1st time on a turbo-prop for myself and the children

The lovely view out of the plane window

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 A preview of our next post.

No prizes for guessing where we went!

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