Weekend Getaway @ Cherating: Day 2

We woke up quite early at 7.30am after a good night's sleep and looked forward to our buffet breakfast. Although it was stated that children aged 4 and above were chargeable, the reception staff at the coffee house just let me in without asking daddy for payment hehe. I still got to eat for FREE!

Croissant with ketchup, anyone?

Some of the food that we ate

After breakfast, we went out for a short trip nearby. We went to the turtle sanctuary again. We also visited this place last year.

The turtle sanctuary

Turtles and cute baby turtles

Next, we went to Cherating town again to hunt for a kite. We longed for a kite because the wind at the beach was too good to not have a kite to play with. We found a reasonably priced one from a stall here...

The stall where we bought our kite from

Eager to fly our new kite, we hurried back to the hotel and headed straight to the beach to try it out... in the mid-day hot sun! On the way, we also bought some satar (grilled fish paste) for lunch.

Our new kite... we chose the same old rainbow design again but this one has more "tails" and it is much bigger than the old one

Fly, kite, fly!

Let me help you, daddy *tug tug*

Pose-pose a bit first...

Alright, that's enough... let's go back to the room now... (Noticed how big the kite is?)

We had another simple lunch of satar, bread, milk, fruits and tidbits in the room.

The very yummy satar ikan... but I didn't quite like it and took only 2 miserable bites

I love turtles! Mummy also bought me a little turtle from the stall where we bought the kite

After lunch, it was swimming time! For the very first time in my life, I went for a dip in the sea.

It's coming, daddy... it's coming!!! (I was afraid of the big waves)

*Scared*

5 minutes later... Scared? Who's scared? Scared of what?

From sea to swimming pool

I took a long nap after swimming. Later in the evening, we went for a mini tour and experienced something really magical and unforgettable!

To be continued...

Weekend Getaway @ Cherating: Day 1

Last Saturday (30th July) saw us on a short 3D2N vacation to Cherating in Kuantan. We woke up to a very wet morning and started our journey at 10am. It rained all along the first half of our journey but after that, it was Hello Sunshine the rest of the way.

We reached Cherating at about 1:45pm and headed straight to the hotel to check-in. We stayed at The Legend Resort.

Our room, which faced the swimming pool and sea

After a quick and simple lunch (of bread and fruits brought from home) in our hotel room, we hit the beach right away in the 2pm+ hot sun, of course not without coating ourselves with SPF130 first.

At one of the huts in front of our hotel

Playing bubbles at the beach

It was so windy, blowing was not required ;)

We also walked over to Holiday Villa next door, thinking that we could lepak on their hammocks. We then discovered, to our disappointment, that the hammocks were no longer there so we just relaxed at the beach hut there. It was so windy that we wished we had a kite (we had one but its spine went missing).

No kite, bag also can!

Stepping on the mini sand cliffs

Let's build a sandcastle... scoop, scoop, scoop...

Our MegaBloks sandcastle

Walking to the sea to collect water

Wearing a pair of gigantic shoes

*Crying* Help! Help! My legs... where are my legs? Boohoohoo...

Just kidding hehe... I wasn't crying la... I actually loved having my legs buried like this!

Dig, dig, dig...

After spending nearly 4 hours playing at the beach, we had to leave reluctantly because our tummies were making dinnertime announcements hehe. We headed to Cherating town and randomly walked into a seaside restaurant called Duyong Restaurant.

We had Thai fried rice, Thai fried kuey teow, Cantonese yin-yeong (for me) as well as two stuffed crabs, fresh mango juice and carrot milk.

Golden Kiwi

Mummy and I were in Giant for our weekly grocery shopping last week. Once again, mummy told me that I could pick one item as a reward for being a good girl. She repeatedly stressed on the word ANYTHING. Yes, I could have anything in the store, anything that I liked!

Mummy was prepared to get me some snacks (she doesn't ban junkfood 100%) while we were browsing at the candies, biscuits and tidbits aisle. Surprisingly, I just kept quiet and did not ask for anything. As soon as we reached the Fresh Market (fruits and vegetables) section, I suddenly asked...

"Mummy, can you buy yellow kiwifruit for me? I tried it in school and I like it. Buy it for me ok. Please?

Of course mummy bought it for me. Moreover, it was on offer that day :)

Golden kiwi and grapes for my afternoon snack... because I made this healthy selection, I'll get another reward on our next shopping trip ;)

It's very sweeeeeet. Love it!

Things I Say

As If I know

The following Monday after visiting the Melaka Zoo, I returned home from school and proudly announced to mummy...

Me: Mummy, I told Aaron (my classmate and best friend) that I went to the zoo that day.

Mummy: Oh, did you tell him that it's the Melaka Zoo?

Me: No, I just said zoo only. I don't think he knows where Melaka is anyway... (as if I know haha!)

Terms of Endearment

Our bedtime chats often lead to amusing endings...

Mummy: Ok, no more talking. It's time to sleep now. Good night!

Me: Good night what?

Mummy: Good night, cutie pie!

Me: Good night, tomato pie!

Mummy: *smile* Good night, lil pumpkin!

Me: Good night, lil coconut!

Mummy: Coconut? *giggle* Good night, sweet darling!

Me: Good night, sweet potato!

Mummy: *roll on bed laughing* (It is so NOT flattering to be called a "sweet potato" a.k.a "fan shu" in Chinese haha!)

Heng Pie Na

One day, as I was drawing some cats...

Me: Mummy, do you know that the cat's nose is actually heng pie na?

Mummy: Huh? Heng pie na?

Me: You see... heng... pie... na! (referring to the strokes of the Chinese character "you" 又) It's like writing Chinese hehehe.

Mummy: Yes! You are absolutely correct. Clever la you!

Cats! Can you spot all the "heng pie na" in my drawing?

Creative Play: A Convertible

I love to play with my mini rocking chair. Yes, it's for playing, not for sitting. If only mummy could appreciate my creativity rather than constantly nagging me for cluttering the house with it. (She hates the sight of my rocking chair turned upside down lying around!)

On most days, it is converted into a carriage for my soft toys. This is done by "hooking" the rocking chair to the back spare wheel of my police jeep. This is my favourite way of playing with the rocking chair.

Driving my "kids" to school

Occasionally, I will also turn it into a high chair. A foldable stool is placed in the centre to make a tray.

A double-decked high chair for Tom the bear and his friend...

This is also one of my favourites... as part of a choo-choo train "coach".

Chugga chugga choo choo!

And lastly, as a rocking chair once in a while...

One rocking chair, four functions!

No Kissing!

While most people do not bother looking at public notices, I am always on the look out for one. I enjoy reading the list of prohibitions on notices such as this...

No swimming, no fishing, no pets allowed...... etc.

What's this, mummy? No kissing?

Me: Mummy, why no kissing ar?

Mummy: Err...

Me: Why? Why cannot kiss?

Mummy: The park is a public place. Men and women cannot kiss in public like that. It's not nice...

Me: Ooh, kiss already must get married is it?

Mummy: *chuckles*

My Wish Finally Came True

I have been wishing and longing for a bicycle for the longest time... I think since the day I learned how to pedal on Hayley jie-jie's old tricycle at age 2+. All this while, mummy didn't allow daddy to get me one because of space constraint in our house (no place to park it). Poor me... I've been so deprived that I looked forward to hypermarket trips just so that I could ride on the display units there!

Last Monday evening, daddy came home from work earlier than usual. Coincidentally, mummy also cooked dinner earlier than usual (for no particular reason). After dinner, it was still early so we decided to go out for a walk and ended up in where else but Citta Mall (again!). And then we were enticed by something there... a bicycle shop!

Daddy and mummy had planned to get me a bicycle for my birthday next month so they thought this was a good time to start searching for one. Well, the search started here and ended here as well, very unexpectedly haha! There was quite a good selection of bicycles in the shop and it was rather easy for us to pick one. After deciding on "the one" for me, daddy was even more eager than me. He couldn't wait so he bought it right away.

Here are some photos and a video that I kept reminding mummy to "remember to put this in my blog ok!"

Prancing around my new bicycle *too happy*

The proud owner

Test-riding my very own set of wheels in front of the bicycle shop

Raleigh Laguna in 20-inch wheels (size recommended by the shop assistant, big enough to last me until my pre-teens, hopefully)

Isn't this tag cool?

The bicycle shop uncle gave me a bell FOC and I chose a purple one

*Mummy finally decided to convert (and sacrifice) a small corner of her kitchen into a "parking lot" for my bike.

Just For Fun

Can I, can I? Please? Pretty pleeeeaaaaaase....

Heh heh heh... it still fits!

The last time my too free, nothing to do mummy did this to me was when I was 2.5 years old...

Sharing clothes with my best buddy, Pooh Bear