Heading To Town

I wasn't sure if it was a blessing or a pain not having cellular signal at the place we stayed. At least we had wifi. So I could still blog and keep up with twitter and Facebook, and not to mention finding out about the news.

I managed to get the odd SMS or two, but calling out or sending off SMS was still a pain. Often the message out failed. At least we would be back to civilisation tomorrow.

We were waiting for my in-laws before we head out into the town for lunch and a bit of miniature golf which the boys were keen for.

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 ....

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.

The Engagement in Muar

We finally checked-out and left for Muar just after mid-day. The check-out was long than usual as the reception sent a staff over to the villa to make sure that everyone had evacuated. That took an extra 10 minutes.

The trip down to Muar took just over an hour. We thought that we were late, but it turned out that the party for the engagement set off a bit later, finally arriving an hour late. Therefore, we spent the time with the grumpy boys. By luckily they had their iPads with them, making them a bit more content.

The engagement went without a hitch. The fiancée is my first cousin, and the ceremony was held at my Uncle's place. Originally from Penang, he married lady from Muar and settled there ever since. He has three daughters and a son. The son got married last year. Today was the engagement of his third child. As per tradition, since she has an elder sister yet to be married, there would be gift for the said sister.

We left soon after the ceremony was done since we would be driving straight back home to KL, reaching Gombak just after six. Next on the agenda, football .....

The Morning After

An overnight stay could never be enough especially when the boys had their neighbors about with them. After an early night,all woke up at around 8, just in time for my sister to arrive from Kajang with breakfast. But since we had breakfast vouchers from the resort, my Dad and I decided to have a quick bite at the cafe as well.

It was a disappointment actually. The breakfast was just an excuse by the resort to market the stay to include morning breakfast, as it was just something pretty simple. Hardly tasty, but if you were traveling, I supposed that would be enough but I felt that the resort could've offered a lot more.

To make matters worst, the cafe was located right inside the Water Park. I was sure the reason was to entice those staying to fork out some extra cash when their children persuade them to go to the park. Rather sly. It took us a 10 minutes walk to get to the breakfast table, to taste the rather lame offering. suffice to say that I wasn't amused. Luckily my sister brought food from Kajang, because otherwise, I might end up having to go outside to buy breakfast.

So, the breakfast included in the stay was not much of a perk. I would rather stay in and have a lovely morning by the pool.