K and I brought Bria and C to Desaru for the weekend. Along with my in laws, K's uncle, aunties and grandma, the 10+1 of us drove up in 2 cars.
We set off from K's grandma's house at 8am on Saturday, and headed for breakfast at Woodlands. Breakfast was Bah Kut Teh and Roti Prata. The Bah Kut Teh was the herbal type, but i still preferred the one in JB cause it has more ingredients other than just the pork ribs and liver. The Roti Prata was good though!
After breakfast, we headed into JB. At the customs, the officer actually asked for C's work permit. I nearly did not bring the permit, thinking that her passport should be sufficient. Luckily K asked me to just bring it! The officer told us that without her work permit, C will not be able to leave the country. Fortunately for us, there wasn't much of a jam into JB (about half an hour or so), and we managed to drive up to Kota Tinggi for lunch at this Chinese restaurant.
Just when we were about to park in front of the chinese restaurant, our car indicator light came on and hinted us to check our gear box. Then K said there was something wrong with the gear box, that the gear is not responding. Our nightmare began.
Actually, K and I were so half hearted to drive our Renault to Desaru, cause water had seeped into our car during the flooding season. So we were thinking whether to drive my in-laws' car instead. But based on the fact that our car had a bigger boot space and more space at the back seats, we decided to drive our car instead.
So... we had lunch at the restaurant, and one of the employees at the restaurant helped us to call in a car technician who brought K to his workshop to assess and repair our car. My father in law and K's cousin went with him while the rest of us continued to eat and drink at the restaurant. And as if this wasn't bad enough, Bria pooed and her poo stained the white skirt she was wearing. There was no facilities in the toilet to change her diapers, so C and I ended up changing Bria on the restaurant stage platform instead.
After lunch, we all squeezed into the other car, drove to meet K at the workshop and load all of Bria's stuff in the other car, before we continued with a 45-min drive to our resort in Desaru. And because there was literally no more space in the other car for C, and my car was at the workshop, we had to leave C at the restaurant. K and I were totally not comfortable with the idea of leaving C alone, but my mom in law kept insisting that it was okay cause she already told the restaurant people, and that C could rest there comfortably since the restaurant was air conditioned. I was so worried that C will be scared, and kept reassuring her that we will come back for her.
My heart wasn't at ease for the entire journey, but I was pretty helpless. My hp was flat on battery (another boo boo), so i couldn't send K text messages, and with everyone cramped in the car, it was also not convenient for me to borrow another phone and talk to K. Plus, the car was at the workshop so there were not much options for us.
We ended up spending the rest of the day at the resort, some playing mahjong, some playing with Bria. I bathed Bria and got myself all wet. But couldn't change myself cause all my luggage was in our car, which was at the workshop.
In the evening, the ladies brought Bria to the baby pool to try out her new float. At first, I was so worried that she might be scared of the cold water and tried gradually to ease her into the water. To my surprise, the minute i put her into the float, not only did she not cry, she started kicking her legs so happily. My baby is so brave!
We watched and laughed at Bria as she kicked her way from one end of the baby pool to the other end. So cute! Words cannot express the joy i felt when i look at her.
The family finally got together for dinner at 8pm at some ulu restaurant 30 mins drive away from our resort. It was over dinner that we realized K actually drove back to Singapore and switch to my in laws' car before heading back to Desaru. Our car couldn't be fixed. It took 15 seconds for the car to accelerate to 40km/h so you can imagine how slowly he drove back to Singapore. No wonder it took half a day for them to meet us! Poor K! He was totally bummed out that night.
Dinner was seafood.. Really cheap and delicious seafood. We had cray fish, chilli crab, steamed fish, mussels, vegetables and fried noodles. And each person only paid SG$10. So cheap right?!
After dinner, we drove another 30 minutes back to the hotel, unloaded the rest of the stuff from my in laws' car and parted for the night. At night, Bria did not cooperate again, and refused to sleep with me and K on our bed. She kept crying, and stopped only when i carried her. I tried this for an hour, before i gave up and let her sleep downstairs on her cot mattress with C. I was exhausted, and so was K. Luckily we brought along her cot mattress! Otherwise, i don't know how to make her sleep! While K was away last week, I actually trained Bria to sleep with me in my room for 4 nights, partly because i want to train her for this trip. But it didn't work. I think Bria likes my bed at home. Other beds won't do. = )
The second day was more relaxed. We ha buffet breakfast at the resort. Totally horrible food. After that, the family went to the beach for a stroll together.. I brought Bria to the beach and let her "walk" on the sand, and immerse her little feet in the sea water. She loves it so much! This girl seems to want to try everything!
After that was mahjong again, and Bria went to the pool again, this time with her daddy, who missed out on her first swim the day before. K didn't seem as amused at her as I was though, which made me quite disappointed. We checked out around 2pm, and drove for another 1.5 hours back to JB where we had lunch at Mahanttan Fish Market. Another lousy meal. Then we went grocery shopping at Jusco, where it was packed with people, long queues and super slow working cashiers. I nearly went mad looking at the way the cashier worked. It was as if she was stifling a yawn while processing our purchases, and that huge yawn would come out anytime. So irritating...
We left Jusco at 5pm, and headed back home. Bria slept most of the trip back, but started to get cranky when we got stuck at the traffic jam for nearly 2 hours. Nonetheless, given the grand scheme of things,Bria is considered a good girl, staying quiet and sleeping for most of the road trip. So proud of her!
By the time we reached home, it was 9pm. What a exhausting and dramatic trip. The last time i went to Desaru, i was totally turned off by the green color swimming pool at our resort. This trip wasn't too exciting for me either, with all the drama. This is definitely the last time I am going to Desaru.
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