Our short National day holiday to Port Dickson

We managed to get a last minute short trip to Port Dickson this National day break... seriously last minute... but it was fun... especially seeing my kids enjoying the short trip so much!!  but super expensive trip... hahaha... like I told my kids, sorry, this will be the only time we are enjoying such a luxury stay for a short trip!  next time you guys will have to give mummy a good overseas trip...

As usual, hb was asking if we wanna go for a short trip during the short national break, and guess where he suggested? Malacca!  Yes, a place which I always love to go to, for food and visiting, shopping, whatever... so long am there, am happy!  So, throw me there anytime, huh!??!  the thing is, we went there like 4 or 5 years back during this national break, and guess what?!! All the places we wanna go, were jammed along the way!!  Horrible time to visit Malacca, as lots of Singaporeans were there for a break too!  And everywhere we go, it's always jammed and wait & wait... so nope, am not going there during this time of the year!! So, i did a random search for staycation anywhere near Malacca & landed on Port Dickson on my search engine!!

Again, this was a place with lots of childhood memories for me... we would head back to Malacca and then, gather all our cousins, aunties & uncles just to go to Port Dickson beach for some picnics & beach swimming... And since, it's been like ages since I last came... so thought a new place for us to explore... And some how, I landed on this Hibiscus Lexis hotel!!  And since now we have 3 kids, there's no hotel room which could accommodate all us in, especially when we each need a bed now!  And I don't think my 3 children can sleep alone in a room without us... so I went & look for a suite!! Ah hahahaha... Crazy Rich Asians?!!??... well, nope... am not there yet... far far from there... but, it's good to get pampered once awhile, since I been working soooo hard all these years!!!

Ok, back to my staycation... yes, I managed to get a Imperial Suite for my family and helper during this short trip!!  Wow... Impressed!!!  So, hb did a 4+ hours drive there... and the last leg of the road trip, about 45mins before we reached our Suite, my kids were wondering if I had book them a kampong room for this staycation!! Hahahaha.... Cos the road after the highway to the hotel, was super dark, there's no street lights, and houses were really sparse, about 1 or 2 houses in every 200meters or more!  And the houses were very badly lit or there were no one inside or they had slept due to no activity available at 8pm!  So... along the way, this was the conversation between me and my 2nd baby:
Ad: Mummy, are you sure we are going to stay over at this place?
Me: Yes, son, I had booked a place for us to stay over this 4D3N!
Ad: Can you tell me what type of hotel you booked?
Me: Well, since we stay in an urban area, I thought it would be good for all of us to be back and near to nature... and we shall live with the minimal this time, you guys may need to walk out for toilet breaks... no air-con, no wifi... yes, back to basic staycation...
Ad: Are you serious? Oh Sh*t! Oh My God!....

Hahahaha... My 2 other babies were just listening to our conversation and waiting to see what I had planned for them! Hahahaha...

So, here's the view of our suite and view of the sea!!!  3 nights were not enough for them, but I can't afford any more nights!!  But the man and boys had a rare chance to go on a short helicopter ride around this area... so, trip well spent!  And along the way back, we decided to drop by Malcca for a sumptuous lunch and durian chendol!!! Yummy!!!

Public transport day....

I was assigned to bring my 2 boys with me from home to the Sports Stadium, as WL had bought the tickets to catch PSG vs Atletico match in Singapore!!  To save the time & hassle of him going around this small island to pick us all up, easier for me to take public transport with my 2 boys there.

Here we are, as ever, my super happy boy to take bus & MRT across the island... I have no idea, why he would be sooo obsessed with all the different mode of transport since a young age!

Lucky for them, the feeder bus was a double-decker one! So, off they zoom up to the top the moment they got onto one!

My super funny faced boy!  A good chance to show them how to transfer from the NSL to the Circle line... since they have been in cars the day they were born till now... Lucky kids huh!!??

FINALLY HERE!!! whew... lucky I didn't lose my way... hahaha.... Been a long long time since I take public transport too, technically speaking, since we had our first newborn, we bought a car to ferry the kids around... :p

Feeling guilty not updating my blog....

Was looking thru my blog and found out that am in Sept of 2018 and my blog only got 1 miserable entry for the year!!! What had I been doing?? Ehm... no idea... i know I have been busy and busy, day in day out, running to work, running back to pick the 2 boys home, busy preparing meals and weekends also busy... seriously, I think I'll try to put in some 5 or 10 mins of time to update my blog...

As I know this is my memory blog for me and my growing kids, even now, I would refer to my blog as I remember documenting some fun time together with them and checking that dates of a particular outing or activity and showing them their baby's photos... really, time passes so fast and I could no longer tell them to listen to me without some arguing or challenging q&a session before they take in my advice!  Tough being parents now...

But it's fun growing with my kids and seeing how much we bond thru all these years, I think it's worth it... even though I do not know my 13 years passes as a role as of a mother went by... I do wish all my babies are still babies... Hahaha... crazy huh?!?! Those were times of constant feeding and changing diapers!  Hahaha...

My thoughts for first half of 2018....

Been such a long time since I post an entry here....nope, not that I got nothing to post, but I was really not in the mode of creating entries... ehm, my initial intention was to create a blog so I can pen down my memories with my 3 children... but seems like now is the digital age where we can find everything online and somehow I feel abit lost on our little privacy.  I do not like the fact that all our private lives are posted online, I really wanna keep a little something for my 3 children to look back at when they grow bigger and know what their mummy had done for them and with them during their growing up years... it's a dilemma for me...

I always try to pen down a new year resolution yearly since I started this blog...  but my resolutions were never met, which I thought not to do it this year and thus no entries for the new year till now... what a lame excuse.. hahaha.. well, children, really sorry... mummy had been really lazy recently... too many things are on mommy's plate and I also do not know which are the priorities thing I should start with....

1. I thought I should do a clean up of my blog, to remove all my children's names appearing and start replacing them with a letter or 2 so when my children do a search on goggle, their photos do not pop up!!!  I guess they do need some privacy growing up!

2. Although I feel I had put in extra effort to manage my time and put in much more time at home with my children and cooking meals for them this year, however, I feel am not being appreciated... I keep telling myself my children and hubby would know somehow and that whatever I do should not be measured in anyways.... but somehow am feeling really sad when my own mother's day was not celebrated.... oh well, I did receive my 3 children self made cards telling me how much they loved me... ehm, guess I can't have other expectations cos to them it's just another Sunday! And whatever I had done for them are not things they liked thus nothing to feel gratified for.  A truly unforgettable day for me after all these 13 years... guess better for the kids when they were still in childcare where teachers still teach them to make diy gifts and cards for their mummies!!

3. I sometimes wished that am not such a capable person I am today.  Am a working mother, helping my dad to run his constructions business.  And ever since last year Jan, he's not able to work, I had been running it on my own with the help of my capable project manager and about 18 workers! Besides running to sites for some meetings or safety meetings, I also need to make sure I pick up my 3 children from school daily and making sure they got their lunch! And once back home, ensure they do their homework while I busy plan for our dinner, running markets at some early morning to buy fresh produce home.  All my children have different taste buds and the food they like are all different. So, while I get busy at home, I also need to make sure I work from home doing all the necessary paper work so the business can operate while am not in my office.  Lucky my current domestic helper is helpful, so my house is kept clean with her help.  Sometimes I need to bring my children for other lessons and any other domestic errands I need to run, Will be done personally by myself.  My hubby is always busy with his work, he's a teacher but his time in school seems to be more then the time he is at home.  Therefore, I had learned to be very independent as he is not able to take leave to help run small errands.  Thus he had so far, left running of the house under my care, which I do not know if it's cause he trusted me or he feels whatever needs to be done will be taken care of 'automatically'.  But I need him to know, am putting in all my efforts in this family, I hope you can see or feel it and know that am doing all out of love for the 3 children and you. And trying my best here to hold on to it and I do hope you can appreciate it. I still need the love you promised when we decided to spend our lives together.  No matter what had happened, am still the little woman who needs to be loved and pampered with.  Sorry if I had became a person whom you loathed now, even talking to me seems like a pain to you.  It does not feel good when everything I did is seen as 应该的。 I was my parents well loved daughter too, be it a mother of 3 now, they will loved and helped me unconditionally, pls bear this in mind.

4. My 3 precious children, mummy will always love you 3 all my life and will always be here for you. No matter what happened, I always hope the best of interest for you 3.  Become a happy person always, do things you like and love.  But remember, not everything you do is the results you have hoped for, just remember so long you put in your effort, everything will be ok. Success will come when you put in your best effort.  Learn from you mistakes and not repeat it again.  To err is human, learn to forgive and forget.  Do not bear grudges, learn to forgive and move on. Mummy hope you 3 learn to be independent as you grow up.  Am glad that Ad is able to go for the exchange program this year with your school mates.  You will be able to enjoy it and will serve as a good memory for you when you grow up.