Our weekend in PD

We had a short getaway last weekend in Port Dickson -- my girls, my mom, a cousin and I. I had wanted to do something different for my mom for her birthday -- an extra something apart from the usual year-in, year-out birthday do and presents.

And since it was the school holidays and I haven't taken the girls out for cuti-cuti Malaysia yet, I thought a short trip to PD would be nice (convenient location - dekat!!). What more, the girls kept asking me if we were going to go somewhere for a 'holiday' since the school break started. Kesian lak. I kept telling them that the Langkawi trip we took during the Deepavali weekend was an early 'holiday'. They didn't buy the idea!! hehe

What added salt to the wound was when they saw my PD photos -- the ones I took when I was there for work three weeks ago. The 'ooohhs' and the 'aaahhs' which came out from their mouths -- kesiannye!!

Yang tak tahan when Maira said, "kita pernah pergi hotel tu dengan Daddy, kan". Misha added, "yang lantai dia kayu and boleh tengok air kat bawah, kan?" That did it for me!! I vowed to take them there walaupun rega dia semalam adoiiii!! Dalam hati kata: pretend lah I dah dapat duit x-gratia yang expected end of the month ni... justification, justification...!!

Googled the net for other accommodation options, but couldn't find one that I was satisfied with (later find out from another cousin who recently went to Avillion Admiral Cove -- half price of Avillion Water Chalet -- only 7 months opened to public and niiiiceee -- so rugi la, but nemind, next time!!). And so Avillion it was!!

And so we were there last weekend -- it was also great that mom was gonna be away from home since my other siblings and nieces wanted to have a little surpise birthday do for her. We had a perfect plan then!! We'd drive home on Sunday and tadaaaa... it was "Surprise!!" for her!! She was surprised, I must say... nicely surprised.

Anyways, what's a beach getaway without the photos, kan... so here they are!! (seronok lak main Picasa nih :o)

The PD beach was... sad to say... yucky!! Tambah-tambah pulak the last beach I went to just two months ago was at Pulau Beras Basah where it was soooo pristine... memang tak lalu lah, beach kat PD ni... thank God Avillion has a nice children's pool.

I love the above pictures taken just after Maghrib, as we were about to go out for dinner... the deep blue sky... amazingnya ciptaan Allah...

That night we were up until almost 1am... just hanging out on the balcony -- the tide was low and we could see many people walking on the beach in pitch darkness holding their torchlights looking for crabs. The view was quite something. Terlupa pulak nak amik gambar. Our chalet was the last one at the end of the beach and so we were not overlooking other chalets... I really appreciated that...

Avillion also has a mini petting zoo where guests can feed the animals at 10am daily. The girls teringin-teringin takut nak pegang the rabbits. You know who I thought of when I saw 'em rabbits? MTT!! hehe

The hotel also organised some outdoor games for guests to participate in and we took the opportunity to join in. It was a fun weekend which started and ended very well.

Alhamdulillah.

School's out (well, almost!!)

Been awhile since I updated this blog... not much has happened since, just been really busy at work... (sigh)

But today I was on leave. Yeay!! The occasion?? To attend my girls' Performance Day... a hari penyampaian hadiah of sorts.

Maira got 3rd place in class, so she received a class placement prize. She was actually 2nd in class this final semester, but only 60% of the final semester exam marks were considered for final class placement... 30 % came from the first semester exam and another 10 (I think, not so sure on the percentages) from akhlaq, homework etc.

Misha finished 6th in her class, so tak dapat apa-apa laaa... I think I need to put more pressure on the girls, la... I admit I've been quite laid-back in my attitude when it comes to their academic studies lately. Bad mom!! Too late now to nyesal, right?? Well, to give credit to Misha, she didn't do too badly I suppose. Her average was 90%, still A kan?? Just need to be better and better next year. 90% is not good enough!!

The Performance Day also saw 4 teams competing for the Best Performance... macam talent show la... these 4 teams were the top 4 out of 15 teams which competed earlier on.

The PA system was awful... especially during the Primary 3 performance. The children had to repeat, repeat and repeat the first half of their performance... kesian. I think it affected their performance. Well, then again not really. They were still really good. What was affected was the marking by the judges. The head judge, former teeny-bopper from S'pore Maizurah did comment that the judges looked for a 'short and sweet' performance -- one that was not delayed by technical hiccups... hmmm... not the children's fault what if the PA system was bad. Really bad. B-A-D bad!! Ahh well, to me personally the Primary 3 performance was the best and it was pretty obvious too from the applaud they received from the audience. So, they won in my books. Did I mention Maira was in the team?? Heheh... by the way they emerged second runner-ups...

Tomorrow is the class par-tay!! Yeay!! Makes me wish I was still in school. School holiday = tak yah bangun pagi pergi sekolah. Misha especially still can't get over the concept why working people don't have long holidays like school holidays. Hmmm... work holidays?? I wish!! :o)

Of course school party have to bring food, kan?? After lunch outside, we came home and baked two types of muffins – Oreo muffins and banana muffins for the school party. Of course, riuhlah my cute kitchen when the girls take part in kitchen activities hehe. Hmmm… as I’m typing this, the aroma of freshly baked muffins still lingers on (I belum mandi!!) hehe…

Ok lah, before I go hit the showers, here are some photos to break the too-much-text (ramblings) in this post!!

UPDATED: Photos successfully uploaded :-D

The photos snapped by Misha. Mommy too shy to stand in front of the stage and expose backside (badside??)to everyone!!

The girls with goodies for the school party...