Last minute overnight trip to Malacca

 Shu needed a different environment to think and clear his mind and I was missing the snakes so he decided to take us on a quick overnight trip to Malacca. There's my favourite Butterfly and Reptile Sanctuary to see snakes and reptiles. There's loads of museums to visit. Not to forget that ginormous replica of the Portuguese Nau in the middle of Dataran Pahlawan. 

Shu's original plan was to stay right in the middle of town so that we can check in to the hotel and then walk around. Turns out the hotel he originally booked did not have a connecting room so we switched hotels. It was slightly away from the town center but I kinda like it that way.

This is the replica model of The Sabar T. 82! The original can be found in Kampung Budaya Muzium Terengganu ^_^

We parked at the mall area since there was a valet parking service. Everything was just walking distance from there. He told the kids that everyone HAD to walk coz we were going up the St. Paul's Hill. They had no clue what was happening but everyone bucked up and followed through. It was great!

 We checked in to Double Tree by Hilton Melaka for the night..........

The next day, we decided to check out early so that we can go explore a little more. Shu wanted to go to the beach in Kelebang. We found horses...........and coffee!

It was a short trip but it was a good trip. We did what we wanted to do. Explored. I would probably return to visit the other museums I didn't get to visit but at least I got to see them baby red-tailed green rat snakes who were born in October!!!! OMG! THEY WERE SO CUTE!!!!!! 

I want to drive away with you

I want your complications too
I want your dreary Mondays

Wrap your arms around me, baby boy

Meetings with Eeno gets funnier and stranger everytime. He'd usually starts the conversations about things pertaining the family like problems with my mum and my sister. I am aware of the things he speaks of but I cannot go beyond certain boundaries for many reasons. For instance, it's not my reception my mum is planning for. It's his. And as much as I agree with a lot of the things we stand for when it comes to many things, I don't think I can push for a confrontation. I can suggest things but he's gotta tell it how he wants it to be.

Family is just complicated. I stay away for many reasons and I am aware that I am always the last person they contact when it comes to anything (coz my mum calls Shu more than she'd ever call me). It's never bothered me. I am also aware that they think Shu is a successful person and that I am just married to him. Again, it doesn't bother me. Just don't tell me how to live my life. Don't tell me how to raise my kids and don't tell me things I already know because if it's a problem, I'm working on it and if it's not, it's just not.

I have also come to a point in my life whereby planning ahead means planning what I wanna do with Shu and the kids. It basically doesn't concern anyone else and I like to just make a decision and pack up and just go for some random road trip somewhere. I don't need to tell anyone what I'm doing or where we're heading.

Anywho, I've been doing a lot of arts and craft in the studio. I have only managed to clear out the floor today. I think I've been going through a mental block. Can't seem to do anything creative these days. Not sure if it's stress. If it is, I am unaware of what the source of my stress is.

I miss looking at snakes. They make me so happy.

Lately, I've been a beacon for bugs. Like random bugs. Sometimes, they'd bite me and my blood reacts very strangely. Sometimes it looks like I am bleeding under my skin. Sometimes, it swells up. Sometimes it itches for weeks. A lot of bugs like to hang around me too. Like that time when we went to the park in Cyberjaya, there was a tiny moth that followed me all the way to the car. It wanted to stay on my arm. When I am at the dining table at home, usually after dark, there's been several occasion whereby this tiny green bug would sit on my leg or my arm. It doesn't do anything. It just sits there.

After so long, Shu decided to take us to a mall we haven't been to in a long while. Actually, he needed to get a couple of pairs of jeans and I needed to get stuff from La Senza. There was a huge Hamley's store and Safiyya found herself a huge singing Princess Petals pony -_- I found a Joker figure to add to my collection. It was fun.

I've been gathering footages from 2016 about how our boys grew up in The Royale Chulan Damansara hotel. It's so funny. We spent almost the entire year there and if we were to accumulate the amount of money we spent living there, we could actually pay for a downpayment for a house! Hahahaha!!!! Good times!   

Do people just wake up one day and decides to be an adult???

 Or is it a long process which we will need further get used to as the days go by?

How will I know if I am already there? How will I know I am all grown up and adult-ish?

Anywho.......Shu was super shocked at suddenly realizing that he and I are no longer 35 years of age this year......He thought I was playing him that he actually took out his phone and used to calculator app to double check -_-

Yes, a year went by and ALL OF US didn't realize it coz of the pan-ass-demic. This probably answers the question as to why I am having a hard time doing planks. Oh wait, that may be due to the side effects of either the usage of epidural during the labour back in 2017 or.........the pregnancy itself........or both! Either ways, my knees hurt from time to time. I suspect it's the squats or just a postural problem I have during workouts.

Whatever it is, all I know is that my body has injuries from doing sports........who knows, could have from all of those years I used to do sports in school. 

So yeah, Shu was in shock and I am just trying to live my life. I am raising a 4-year old . I can't possibly be super grown up and expect her to be grown up when she's only 4!

春風

 

My playlist had been SCANDAL in the past week and although I don't super like ALL their songs, I have enough to make a playlist of their songs on my phone 😁

We were trying to find a place to have lunch today. Shu's initial plan was to book a table over at Jibby East coz it's near and the food is good. They were quite packed coz DUH it's the weekend and even on weekdays, the place is usually packed anyways. My suggestion was to go to our usual spot which is Royale Chulan Damansara. Usually, the coffee house is calm during lunch hour and unless there were in-house guests who wanted buffets or something, the place was usually laid back. USUALLY. Not today though. Luckily, Shu called ahead and discovered that there was some sort of high-tea event happening so the place was fully booked.

We ended up having lunch over at Royale Chulan The Curve which was at The Curve Shopping Mall. I honestly thought traffic was gonna be a problem coz.........the IKEA Christmas sale is happening and for some strange reason, Malaysians really,REALLY,really love shopping at IKEA. I know, very strange. Luckily for us, the hotel has a separate parking entrance so we didn't get mixed up with the IKEA crowd. Had lunch and Shu decided to let us stroll in the mall coz he needed to get some jeans and possibly t-shirts.........

I discovered a plant shop >-< I know! I couldn't resist! They had so many plants and I HAD TO FALL for the HUGE one! -_- 

OMGOMGOMG! I love it!!!!!

We ended up not getting anything from the mall afterall coz suddenly, so many people started coming in and some didn't even wear a mask IN THE MALL 😣 So, we decided to leave. 

Stopped by at my parents' place and coincidentally, my sister and her kids are out of town so only my parents and Rashid and Kak Yah were at home. My mum was missing the kids and the kids had a good time playing tug-of-war and stuff with Rashid outside just before it rained. They also got to interact with some of the cats. They had fun.

It's been a long week and Shu (especially) and I are super tired. I really need to take a breather but tomorrow is cardio day! Tht usually means I am extra stressed prior to getting the workout routine done and if I do make it through, I would probably die of exhaustion but in a happy way ^_^