Genting Trip – 10-11 April 2010

Life is short so we take every opportunity to squeeze in a family trip.

We visited Genting Highlands (again!) but this time, we decided to bunk at Awana Genting since neither daddykhong nor myself have visited Awana Genting.

We booked one of their refurbished rooms in their tower block but no amount of refurbishing was going to save a tired-looking room with stains and cigarette burns on the carpet, main door with the main lock bolt replaced with a flimsy temporary bolt, NO towels in the room, and a host of other small issues. We might as well have booked a room at the Chin Swee Temple instead

Genting Theme Park – 10 April 2010

As always, kids love Genting for its theme park even though daddykhong could walk around the theme park blindfolded, having been there too many times. Fortunately for him, he came armed with his latest toy which kept him entertained as he provided live updates on our visit.

Braedyn and Shayanne with their big smiles and beanies

Myself with my 4 babies

It’s much easier (compared to our last trip) when kids are grown up because they can walk on their own and they choose the rides they want to go on. They are even brave enough to go on some rides on their own.

On the Astro Fighter

Lots of fun on the Rodeo Rider

Both Braedyn and Shayanne still need some work on their bumper car skills. They were both either driving around in circles or stuck in the corner of the bumper car floor area. We are happy to see that Braedyn has some basic sense of steering on the other rides as he turns his steering wheel in the same direction that the ride is headed (he thinks he’s actually doing the steering!). Shayanne is still cluelessly steering in any direction she fancies.

More photos HERE.

Chin Swee Temple – 11 April 2010

Since we were staying at a never-stayed-before hotel, we decided to visit a long-time-never-seen place – the Chin Swee Temple complex.

Naturally, since this is Genting we are talking about, the temple has grown a lot and even comes with a hotel of questionable standard – Chin Swee Temple rooms (lower standard than First World Hotel apparently but I cannot see how anything can be of lower standard than First World Hotel!)  with its own vegetarian (can’t be feeding the deities meat, can we?) restaurant.

The temple was lovely with lots of things to see.

The ever-peaceful Lord Buddha

A pagoda

There is also a gory display of 10 Courts or something (sorry, memory fails me nowadays) which is “guaranteed to ensure that your offspring will be good souls on this planet” (or something to that effect as stated on the main entrance signboard).

 They forgot to request for the Censorship Board to slap on an R-rating. Nude women, blood everywhere, judges throwing sinners on spikes, cutting off their privates, torturing everyone else, etc.

Kids loved the gory scenes though Baby Aerynn seemed a bit apprehensive

Daddykhong and his 3 “good souled” kids (I think they should be since they made it out alive!)

More photos HERE.

Strawberry-picking @ Gohtong Jaya – 11 April 2010

This strawberry farm is more fun than all the farms in Cameron Highlands combined. We picked lovely strawberries. Just inform the minders that you want to self-pick and they will pass you a basket and some pairs of scissors.

NO! – those big ones are not meant to be picked

Our final count

More photos HERE.