Genting Family Holiday

What a week it's been. Quite a few things happened in the past week.

Last Friday, I got off the bus to work and saw a lady crying. She approached me and asked if I could help her be a hair model for her hair exam. Apparently the person she asked didn't show up and if she didn't take the exam she would get sacked from her job. Long story short, I ended up helping her and now have bright red highlights and really damaged hair. Thankfully it's only hair and I'm glad I was in a position to help. (But no, not gonna make it a regular thing).

I also had my first professional supervision session on Friday afternoon, which was very insightful. It's good to be able to talk about your cases and get feedback about how to better approaxh similar situations in the future. It was also reassuring to know that something that was bugging me was out of my control, and to learn to let go of things that I cannot help.

On Saturday, the family headed to Malaysia for our weekend in Genting. I booked a minivan that picked us up from our home, and stopped along the way for breakfast and lunch before dropping us off at our hotel. Immigration was a pain and took such a long time, but once we cleared it and was on our way, the fun began.

First stop for breakfast was Yuan Yean Fishball in Yong Peng. Fishballs were yummy but I'd recommend taking the noodles in soup rather than dry. Next stop was a toilet break midway, then lunch at Chuan Kie Restaurant in Gohtong Jaya. This was a typical Chinese style restaurant, dishes that I liked were the steamed egg and 3 flavour chicken. Their ginger chicken was good too. 

Checked in to the hotel and rested while my brother's kids checked out the pool. Awana Genting has heated pools but we forgot to bring any swimwear. Took the free shuttle bus to the Skyway place which was right next to the premium outlet malls. Had dinner (forgot the name but the hor fun was yum) and walked around the shops for a bit before heading back to the hotel. Note to self: If we ever stay at Awana Genting again, get the shuttle bus schedule from the receptionist. 

Breakfast was at the hotel buffet and then we made our way up to the new Genting Mall. Papa and Mama kept saying our different the place was since the last time they been to Genting (20+ years ago?). Had lunch at a pizza place where babyAC had 2 slices of pizza then split up with the group so we had time to do our own things.

We went back to the hotel to rest and made our way back to meet up for dinner. Had bak kut teh, walked around a bit and went back. The next morning we had breakfast and prepared to checkout.

While waiting for our minivan, Boon Seng's brother drove up from KL to meet up and say hi, and soon Boon Seng came as well. A quick change of plans and we had durian and lunch at Gohtong Jaya before making our way down to Singapore. Dinner was at Yi Jia Seafood, which was really good, and then braved the immigration before heading back home.  

Lost... and Found!

So I lost my wallet last week after sending my dad to the hospital. I stopped by the ATM, hurried to the cab stand to rush back to class. My sis had called me and I was admittedly quite distracted with our phone conversation, and by the time I got to my destination, I realised my wallet wasn't with me. 

It's such a hassle to lose your wallet. First, I had to call my colleague to come down to help me pay for my cab fare. And after thoroughly checking through the cab and my backpack, I then had to call the banks to cancel my credit cards and ATM cards, and call my husband to do the same with his cards that were with me. 

I then had to ask the school to deactivate the access card, and issue a new one (damage: $30 - but thankfully the school was gracious enough to absorb the cost for me). 

After that, I went online to make a police report detailing all the items I lost- not really a must-do but it's good to have a record in case someone uses my IC and pretend to be me on carousel or something. 

Had to make a new condo access card ($30), get new ATM cards ($5), and get a new IC ($100) and drivers license (no idea how much it would cost). The police lady who was in charge of my case advised me to wait for a couple of weeks before renewing it, to see if anyone returned my IC.

My wallet also contained my wanyang card with the details of the balance number of sessions, all ny discount cards from various places, my spare ezlink card, kopitiam card and hundred over dollars in cash. 

I kept track of my ezlink card through the ezlink activate page (PSA: register your ezlink cards so you can block them if they are lost), and since there was no activity on the card, I maintained a glimmer of hope that my wallet would be returned. 

 

+3 thought my wallet was pickpocketed because he thought there were people who targeted distracted people at the ATMs to make sure there is cash in the wallet. And over the weekend, I grew slightly more resigned to the fact that I would probably have lost everything forc good.

To my pleasant surprise, I found a letter in my mailbox yesterday stating that there was a found item! *dance! I took some time off and made my way down to the office and everything was returned! The lady gave me a list of all the items inside and there were all 40 items (6pcs of bandaid too). 

Thank you to the kind stranger who returned my wallet intact, the world is made a much better place with people like you in it. 

Potty Training

So proud of the little guy. He can poo and pee in the potty, and can even tell you when he wants to do a poopoo. 

Stringing Words

The boy has started figuring out how to string two words together! 

Mama hair 

Blue car 

Red car 

Yay!

3am Shenanigans

The boy has been waking up at 3am these days and only getting back to sleep an hour or two later. So tiring (for me). He can count to 20 now and will wake up in the middle of the night singing his ABCs or reciting his numbers. 

We are also potty training him and he's so happy to wear underwear. Had to buy the smallest size from Mothercare (1 - 1.5yrs) cos he is so skinny.

In other news, CH gave birth on 24 Nov to a healthy baby boy. Went to visit her and the baby is so small and light! *ovaries popping out eggs now*