Time to Pack

So, the three night stay was coming to an end. And the boys were unexpectedly sad. They seemed to have really enjoyed the trip. Irfan said that he would write about the holidays when he goes back to school. Nerd!

Idlan was still asleep when we took our breakfast. Anita is busy cleaning up the back of the MPV for the journey home. We plan to leave just after 11, and arrive in KL in time for late lunch. We would soon be packing for tomorrow's trip up North. We have yet to book the hotel room. But I suspect it should not be a problem.

The plan was to stay in Sungai Petani, so that we would be near my auntie there. Not to mention the plan to stuff ourselves with the gorgeous food ....

More on the Fraser's Hill stay here.

A Nice Morning

We slept well last night with the cool weather outside. However it wasn't foggy as with the last visit we had. We hang around at the TV lounge watching movie until almost 10.30, before heading back to the room. The boys then played with their game console until late before falling asleep, only to wake up close to 9 am in time for breakfast.

As we were practically the only ones at the resort, we took breakfast a out leisure before sitting at the lounge again all morning. The boys were yet to have their shower when I wrote this. The plan was to head into the town for lunch. We were craving for some rice actually. The boys wanted to have a horse ride, then play a bit of golf. Hopefully the weather would allow for that. It had been sunny all morning.

I also spent the morning exploring the house taking photos. It was so cosy, especially the surrounding area. Plenty of room to venture for walks, and just plain relaxing ....

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Rainy Afternoon

It had been raining pretty much all afternoon and with the Smokehouse empty, we got the place to ourselves and the boys were having a field day. I was at the lounge enjoying the Internet - a ft one since I was the only one using it - while the boys were creating havoc by the bar.

The rain also meant that we had our afternoon tea and scones indoors rather than by the garden. With the cool mountain air and sweet smell of grass after the rain, one couldn't resist having a walk outside later.

We would be staying in for dinner tonight rather than going out. A nice chilly evening I hope.

More on the Fraser's Hill stay here.

Settling In

We finally settled into our hotel for the weekend after a rough drive up the hill. A fully loaded Estima with a couple of screaming kids at the back! By the time we reached the top, both of them were fast asleep, which was a blessing. But unfortunately, they mustered the energy to cause havoc all night!

Dinner was nice - we had it at the hotel. But compared to what it was a couple of years ago, it was much better back then. The rooms at Ye Olde Smokehouse had gone some internal renovations, sim pretty much of the utilities were new. We booked a room with a bunker bed - and I think you'd figured out by now who would be using that. It was a nice cosy suite, right net to the main hall. So going for dinner and breakfast was just practically outside our door.

As the hotel just managed to sort out the wifi, I only just managed to blog. The Edge signals were pretty sketchy, so, I would be at the mercy of the wifi network. Will blog later ....

More on the Fraser's Hill stay here.

A nice lunch at the Smokehouse, Telawi, Bangsar

Irfan is starting off his new series of classes at Pingu's English. There are 3 levels of classes, and each modules are divided into units, the first level being 8 units if I am not mistaken, taken over a period of about 6 months, depending on the number of hours spent. He finished his level 1 classes last month, and at the end we were not sure whether we should enroll him for level 2 or not. He is due to start at Sri Utama next January to join Idlan. As he really liked his teacher - Teacher Kumari - we decided to start him on a weekly program, basically just some reading lessons. The first class was today, every Saturday at noon.

The decors are up at Bangsar Village

While waiting for his class to finish, Anita planned to use the time to shop for groceries and others at the nearby Bangsar Village. For today, my in-laws decided to tag along. We got there in plenty of time. After sending Irfan off, we headed straight for groceries. The Xmas decor is just being readied. After all it is some 6 weeks away. There was a huge Xmas tree in the middle of the main lobby. After mingling around for a bit, the in-laws wanted to look for a spot for lunch. We went for the Smokehouse, next to Madam Kwan opposite the Bangsar Village II.

We have been eyeing the place for some time but never had the opportunity to try it. Today was the day. When we entered, we were presented with the menu and made our selection while seated in the cosy ground floor area, themed alike an authentic English living room. A fireplace would not appear out of place here, nice with plush sofa and magazines. After we made our orders we were ushered upstairs to take our seats. We were quite welcomed to have some drinks downstairs prior if we want since the chef will need some time to prepare the meals, but since Idlan was already restless by then, we went straight up.

All the meals here we prepared on site in the kitchen. There were no such thing as microwaved frozen food here. Everything from the salad to the whipped potatoes and chips were freshly prepared. There were 2 kinds of meal, prepared from a menu devised by two chefs. One is purely English, pudding, roast and the lot. The other is Thai. They were both delectable.

My delectable chicken pie

Anita had some fried mee hoon and tom yam soup. They were both very good. Idlan had some fried chicken cobs, plus chips with mushroom sauce. Very nice! Mum-in-law had roast chicken while my dad-in-law and me had chicken pie ..... Gorgeous! Everything was freshly prepared as I mentioned. The staffs were very friendly. However, since there were plenty of competitions for food in the area, there were hardly any customers at the time we dined. What do you expect when Madam Kwan is right next door. We were too full by the end when the asked if we wanted deserts.