Vacation @ Kuantan - The vacation is over

I hate it when my vacation is over. After weeks of planning and now it's finally over...Over and done...Brapa banyak punyer over dah!!!

We left right after breakfast. We wanted to beat the traffic, it's the end of school holidays and if we left later, we may be stuck in horrible traffic.

I told the cuties to really eat, we plan not to make any stops on the way back. The next meal will be at BSP.

Good bye Swiss Garden, we shall meet again.....

And another vacation........finally ended!

Vacation @ Kuantan - The Carribean Night

The theme - Carribean Night.

And we have nothing to wear, at least nothing related to the theme...

It was my better half's idea to dress up that night. He felt it will be a good gesture to the organising team. To show we support their work and hence will go the extra mile to make the night success.

Many did not know this, we bought the clothes right after the telematch after having a short meeting with vagg at Pantai Balok and making our way back to the resort, we stopped by this batik boutique place and went around looking for the right clothing. And we decided to go all white and with green dash here and there. And the main objective, to have a good photo session after the event.

The food was nice, I love BBQ food.....So, I was eating like crazy, especially the lamb.

The entertainer that night, Aliff, was awesome. The cuties love them. I felt that was a great choice. And the MC was doing better than the first night. Kudos to them both!

As usual, we did not win anything during the lucky draw. Like we ever win anything...kan?

But, somehow, we won Famili Bersemangat, whatever that means. And winning that, we join the group of Pemenang Hadiah2 Hina, and had a warm welcome by the existing member of the group, Azrul and Fidah. Layak lah kan.

The night was fun...And marking the final night of our vacation. And Monday, back to reality...Hectic working and juggling family life all over again...And wondering, when will the next vacation be........

Vacation @ Kuantan - Fun Day Under The Sun, literally

After breakfast, we made our way to the beach to participate in the telematch games. The cuties love this part of all the retreats they have been to, collecting as much presents as they can by again, demonstrating the high level of kiasuness, participating in all the games offered. What can I do, they just love to be part of activities...

Started with warming up session, POCO2 time!!! Led by the Guru of Poco2, Azrul aka Sobri, this was really. Our whole family were doing this and loving it. Despite the hot weather, we still had fun. Bak kata Andy, "biasa2 kan lah yer, neraka lagik panas yer...ZASS!!!!!!!!

Let the games begin. My better half took part in the games so did the cuties. I only joined one game. Saja nak bagi can kat orang lain...sebenarnyer nak cover perangai malas! When we saw there will be the game of tug of war, we decided to leave the area, based on our experience, after the game of tug of war, body aching all over shall follow. Tak sanggup!!!

I was waiting for the call from vagg, our pengantin baru, who plan to come to Kuantan with the delicious nasi dagang. I did not take any pictures, so, refer to this and this for the details. Vagg was quiet, not kecoh like me and K Red, maybe the aura malu2 pengantin is still in tact kot. But, the seri pengantin was really obvious. Thanks vagg for willing to drop by and visit us. And the nasi dagang was to die for!

And more activities to come! Look out yer!

Vacation @ Kuantan - The first day

First and foremost, thank you so much for all the kind wishes and salam takziah. Alhamdulilah, everything has been settled and all the necessary were completed.

I bumped into K Red a couple of days ago and she said to me "Woi, orang lain dah sampai merata, ko nie still kat Kelantan". Sorry to all, really wanted to do some updates, but work has been very taxing to me, and my princess was not well this couple of days. I will utilise this weekend to do as much as updates as I can. Though the stories may be dah basi, but this is my personal blog and the main reason is to jot down memories with my family so I will do just that.

Now, back to the Kuantan story. We were at Kuantan for one reason and one reason only....To participate in my company's Family Retreat. We really look forward to this event especially this event was organised by many of my good friends and I know, literally know, how much effort they have actually put in to organise this event. Try and be part of the committee and you know the sweat and tears that went into making an event a success. Jangan asik dok nak komplen sana sini, cakap pandai ler yer, buat tak reti. Dah ler free... Remember, this people is organising a company event, not your personal vacantion. Emo ler pulak kan! But, seriously, show some appreciation to thise great people.

I have promised the cuties a swim at the pool once we arrived. They have condoned my shopping trips, the least I can do is to bring them to the pool kan?

Anyway, first night of the event was not that hype. I guess, people were still tired due to the travelling and just want to have their dinner and crash on their bed. Nevertheless, it was a nice and peaceful dinner with family and friends.

There were games for the kids and of course the cuties, inheriting the kiasu behaviour from yours truly, they participated in all the games offered. Nak buek camno yer...

The dinner ended early, thank God. The cuties dozed off immediately and me and my better half took the opportunities to have some quiet time alone. We spent time talking, catching up ver coffee...

And tomorrow, more activities......equal MORE FUN!!!

Vacation @ KB - Making our way to Kuantan

It's the end of our wonderful vacation in KB but not the end of the vacation all together. We continued the second episode of our vacation in Kuantan.

We checked out right after breakfast as we know the journey would be a long journey to Kuantan. We also thought to make some stops namely the Kemaman Kopitiam and of course to enjoy the delicious keropok lekor. Furthermore, it's a Friday and the 2 men in my life would have to make the compulsory stop for the prayers. The musafir clause did not apply here, macam ler takde masjid on the way to our destination.

Usually, my better half does not permit eating in the car but he gave this trip an exception simply because to get the cuties to sit down quietly without them trying to be too creative.

We did not stop at KT for the keropok lekor. We arrived there when the Friday prayers about to start and once the prayers were completed, many of the shops were still not open yet. We can't afford to wait further since we don't want to reach Kuantan too late.

Takde rezeki, Kemaman Kopitiam was close. We forgot, most of the shops in Terengganu closed on Fridays and Kemaman Kopitiam was not an exception.

We made the first stop and was starving. We dropped by Kemaman for the delicious keropok lekor accompanied by the air kelapa. It was really a good meal, hot and crispy keropok lekor after hours in the car.

We reached Kuantan, particularly Swiss Garden Resort around 4pm. I was exhausted, my better half took his nap while I was obligated to take the cuties to the pool. Where did they get all this energy!!

Why were we in Kuantan? You will know in the next entry.

Checking out @ Kuantan & Chilling Out @ Raub

After all the fun(for th cuties), it's time for us to leave the resort. That was as equally hard like how to get the cuties out of the pool. But, they felt better when I told them we are coming back again this March.

Before we made our way to Raub to visit my better half's aunty, sempat ler we all drove by UMP, tempat si AK and Chotz mentelaah. I did wave to AK, but he did not wave back ;). Sampai hati kan?

The way to Raub was not that smooth. We exit using the Lanchang exit and had to drive for another nearly an hour before we reached the destination Kg Kuala Dong.

The cuties love this place. It's located in front of a river and within the house compound, there is a fish pond. Mak Long is breeding ikan keli, talapia and patin. Too bad I don't eat ikan sungai.

On our way to KL we came across this sign board, Lurah Bilut. This was the first Felda settlement in Malaysia and they also made a film for this location.

Sorry, the entries are not as many as you or even I want it to be. Work commitment is pressing so is life. Will do the best I can...

Have a good weekend all (though I will be working this weekend-again.....)

Time with the cuties @ Kuantan

As promised, I spent the whole day with the cuties. We started with breakfast and I told the cuties to really eat, we have many things planned. Kalau lambat, we may have to slash one or two activities.

We started with the game room, they have this room where the cuties can enjoy PS2 at the rate of RM5 per hour. The cuties were quite excited about this, fyi, we have decided not to buy the cuties with all this games gadget. We know this will be a major distraction for them and studies will no longer be a priority.

Next, of course was the pool time. We did not join the cuties fun time, we decided to just chill next to the pool while reading the newspaper.

I have to put a limit to the time spent in the pool. I have to pack for out trip home. We have some other places that we want to go on our way back.

Sabar yer!!

Work Time @ Kuantan

Sorry for the delay for the subsequent stories of the Kuantan trip. Been really busy and will try to do some auto published entries as much as I can.

Now, back to the entry.

We stayed at Swiss Garden Kuantan, located about 13km from Kuantan towards Cherating. While my better half and the cuties having a blast exploring the resort (like we never stayed here before, this is like our 5th or 6th times), I was stuck at work, meetings after meetings and followed by a tour. This is for the event that will happen in this resort in about a month's time. This will also be my last assignment in my current role. I will be embarking to a new section of HR. Will blog about that later.

I only get to meet my better half and the cuties after maghrib. We had dinner, at least they had dinner while it was more than dinner to me, it's the food tasting. It was the BBQ night which is of course to my liking. I had lamb and lamb and lamb....Of course, makan gak other stuff.

I also had a quiet dinner wiht my better half, we were seated at one table while the cuties at the next table. Macam ala2 candle light dinner lak.

The finale, I had this Penang Fried Kuey Teow. Memang best! Love the spicyness and the condiments were alot!

I plan to spend the next day with the cuties and relief my better half from his babysitting role. I have loads of thing planned, so look out for the next entry.

Fun Time @ Kuantan

Last weekend, we made a trip to Kuantan, mostly about work rather than pleasure, at least to me. I was not really looking forward to this trip. I prefer to spend time at home actually, especially when I conciously knew this trip is mostly a working visit.

We left BSP at 9.30am, decided to have breakfast at BSP as we don't really like to stop during our journey.

The traffic was smooth, alhamdulilah.

We arrived at Kuantan around 12.30pm, thought to ronda2 the city first. Remembered I read in chotz's blog about this rojak in Kuantan. So, apa lagik, I kacau ler K Red to get ak's phone number since ak still studies there. Too bad, the rojak stall only opens later in the evening. Takde rezeki nampaknyer, anyway, thanks ak for the info and so sorry to disturb your fun time in the lab...fun ke? hehehe........

We ended up just hanging out at the field next to the Masjid Negeri which by the way is so beautiful and gorgeous!!!! My better half quick took out his camcorder and start recording the cuties.

Before we check into the hotel, we stop by this stall for lunch. The ambiance was very peaceful and great. Imagine having your meal at the beach side. Simply amazing.

The food was not too bad. I had nasi minyak with kari daging and sambal belacan.

And this fresh air kelapa muda was like the icing on top of the cake. So sedap and pure, no ice no sugar!! And the flesh was simply delicious...

We finally checked into the hotel at 3.30pm...And work continues!!!