Port Dickson Family Trip

We went to Port Dickson for an overnight trip on the last day of 2009 and welcomed the new year 2010. We went with Mak Teh & family, Mak Lin & family and Pak Long & family. Tok Bak & Tok Lia could not come at the last minute because Redza & Shahirah were sick. Kesian sangat. Bak didn't come too, so we had to hitch a ride with Pak Long to PD and with Mak Teh on the way back. We sure had a lot of fun. It has been a really long time since we went to the beach. You liked it so much that you cried after the last swim & shower before checking out. You refused to wear 'baju jalan' and insisted on wearing 'baju home' as you said with tears falling down your face " I want to stay here! At the beach!" Hmm...I was sad, surprised and completely overwhelmed by this remark. Totally the opposite of what I was afraid of before coming here. I was afraid you'd wake up in the middle of the night wanting to go home like the time we were at Country Heights Kajang. I guess finally you found something that you didn't have at home. The beach. Eventually, you settled down after I asked you to pretend that the baju jalan is your baju home.

When we first reached PD, you and your cousins all went straight into the pool even before Mak Teh checked into the rooms. Then your cousins stopped swimming and got changed to eat but you didn't. Both of us kept on swimming. Later we went to the beach. It was wonderful.

Then at night, we went out to the Fun Fair. It was already getting late when we went out. After 9pm. Almost your usual bedtime. You were yawning away in the car and suddenly when you saw the lights and the Ferris Wheel, you just sat up and said "Wow! Look at this!" After that you wanted to go on all the rides! I was afraid that you'd be scared because the precedent  was that you don't even allow us to put coins in the coin operated rides at any shopping malls. Well..on this night, you went on the tea cups ride which spunned and turned around so fast that I felt like throwing up but you were ok. Amazing! Then on to the horse on the merry go round. Then the Ferris Wheel with me, Adam & Nadiah. I had cold feet when the Wheel stopped right at the top but you were ok. Then you went onto the Space ride with Tuah and Adam. It was pretty fast. Finally on the train ride with Nisha. What a night!

The morning after that, your cousins were waking you up and telling you that we're going to the beach. At first you didn't budge but then suddenly you woke up and said "Let's go to the beach!" Arwen, Arwen, funny girl. So dengan tak makan lagi, you got into your swimming suit and off to the beach we went!

 

After checking out from the hotel and lunch, we all went to one of the public beaches in town. Super fun even though Mama actually felt malas to change and wash in the public wash room. After that sembahyang asar & maghrib at the nearby mosque, ate dinner and left PD about 9pm.Even though you were so tired but you didn't go to sleep until we reached the Sungai Besi tol which is already 15 minutes to Tok Bak's house. You stayed awake throughout the almost 1 hour ride home because you were watching the Mickey Mouse cartoon on Mak Teh's dvd player in the Naza.

We had so much fun! Yeay!

Things I now know after having a child...

1) How much a parent really loves a child
2) How a parent could allow their child to play with their expensive stuff and gadgets. i.e cds, laptops, mobile phones, ipods, iphones etc
3) Why a parent lets their child have a tantrum fit in public and not doing anything about it. It's because there's nothing that they can do about it other than riding it out or get the heck out of there!
4) Maybe my parents misses me
5) The things parents will do and can do for their child. Now I really know what my parents has done for me - literally.
6) It's really tough raising kids!
7) Why adults i.e parents can stand watching movies in bits & pieces. We just have too! Otherwise we'll never get to watch a movie. For example, I just watched "The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Part 2" on Astro but I watched the 2nd half of the movie first on one night and the first half on the next night.
8) Why Mak always fall asleep really really early while watching TV when I was growing up. She must have been sooooooo tired.