Off to Sungai Petani

Idlan helping with the unpackingAn early start for Puan Anita and me before the mayhem started at around 8.30 when the boys woke up. Breakfast. Shower. Shouting about which toys to bring an which clothes to wear. We finally got our act together and left just before 11am.

This time around we decided to stay in the mainland rather than on the island. It turned out to be a brilliant plan. The Penang Bridge had a fire on the island-bound lanes causing a tailback close to 10 kms. A couple of my uncles were caught up in the jam and it took them over three hours to cross the bridge. Imagine, after a four hour drive up to Seberang Perai and having to endure a few more hours caught in the car with the grumpy boys?

View of Gunung Jerai from our floorWe stopped over at Tapah for lunch. A simple KFC affair where Puan Anita did the ordering and the waitress messed up the order completely! But since it was Hari Raya, we kept our feelings to ourselves ….. The journey went very smoothly. There was a couple of crawls just before Ipoh, but otherwise fine. We reached Sungai Petani just after 4, checked in, and the kids was already jumping on the bed soon after. We stayed at Park Avenue Hotel, just by the Sungai Petani (South) exit along the PLUS highway. Very convenient actually!

One of the drawback of the hotel was there was no Astro Sports channel. I had dinner at my auntie’s place while watching United given away a two-goal lead to Everton. My Toffee-mad friends must have exploded that evening!

I thought my boys would have been tired after the journey and the dinner, but how wrong was I. They were still bubbly and energetic close to midnight when we finally went to sleep. Another long day looming tomorrow.

Checking in

Yes! Habibah’s wedding was this weekend and the troupe headed for Melaka. Since Friday was a long day for me, we only left KL at 7pm. It was raining heavily and the traffic was heavy before we enter the North-South Highway. We finally arrived at Bandar Melaka at around 10pm, got all our stuffs into the hotel room and settled in at around 10.30. Luckily, since the boys were asleep all the way down, they were in great mood. They were really excited as yo would expect. They checked out all the amenities … so to speak. We ordered room service and they got their supper, then ran around some more.

The main sitting areaInside the bedroomFirst order of business, room serviceI was really tired by midnight and slept on the couch. I can’t tell what time they hot the bed. We got ourself a suite right at the top floor. Cost us a bit but I think it was well worth it. He funny thing was, to get to our executive lounge and butler service, we had to go down to the third floor. We’ll look out for those the next morning I think. The boys have been making plans about what to visit while they are here. Most of the attractions were in Ayer Keroh, but that will a drive away. Might be an idea to explore the town for Saturday and go over to Ayer Keroh on the way home on Sunday. Will look into things after breakfast the next morning I think. I have a small matter of getting myself a new pair of shoes as I left mine in KL. I can’t attend the wedding in my Crocs since I will be one of the ushers, welcoming the Medics and Haematologist who shows up. It would be a good form I think …. Habibah’s family would have killed me on the spot.

Idlan stamping his markWhile all I was thinking about was .... zzzzzWill post the pics and the gossips later today!