I brought the kids back to Kluang, Malaysia over the long Good Friday weekend, while P was in New Zealand with his mum and aunt (a story for another blog post).
Christian was sooooo excited it was his motivation for presenting his best behaviour for an entire week before the trip. “Oh, yes…! No sugary stuff cos I will fall sick and we are going back to Malaysia already right??” “Are we REa-lly re-a-lly re-a-lly going to Malaysia?” “i want to climb to the TOP of the mountain!”
My uncle drove out on Thursday night and by the time we left Singapore it was 10pm. Calista was a little clueless about the unusual commotion so late (for her) in the night but she was visibly alert and raced to the door when she saw that we were all ready to go out. Christian got comfortable at the back of my uncle’s 7-seater, and lay with his feet on my lap. By the time we actually reached the Second Link checkpoint, both children had fallen asleep.
It was a great adventure for them, a change of environment from congested, built-up Singapore. They lapped up the attention from all the distant grand uncles, cousins, etc. whilst I had a break from being their only source of entertainment.
Christian saw the old train station, loved the beef noodles that is a family favourite and a must-have whenever any foreign Yaps return, and enjoyed the rope bridge at the foot of the mountain.
When I asked Christian what he liked about Malaysia, he said he liked being able to run around the garden, from the front of the house to the kitchen, being able to pick pebbles from the garden and giving me the precious stones. The highlight of his trip was not the jaunt around the foot of the mountain, or the house-visiting, but the Tom and Jerry cartoons his cousins played for him to watch. Hah.
I made the most of my trip by visiting a relative’s optical shop to make cheap glasses (most of existing glasses have been ruined by Calista) and buying goat milk powder (I saved $78 in total, with my purchase of 6 tins), and did nothing much other than eat, eat, eat.
Calista charmed all the grand-uncles and grand-aunts by being so generous with her kisses, I could see them lighting up whenever she gave them a loud ‘muack’ on their cheeks. 5th Granduncle would tell her nursery rhymes and tickle her, whilst 3rd Granduncle was so taken by her he kept offering her snacks and even volunteered to let her sit on his lap while he drove (!!) She even charmed my cousin who runs the optical shop to give her a pair of small retro sunglasses for free (see above picture) =7
It was an enjoyable trip for all, and hopefully there’ll be enough return trips for them to remember Kluang fondly, as I do.
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