The lil’ dude and his family…

Irwan had to be in KK for the weekend to conduct the BMW Performance Day and since I have not been to KK (yes, very the malu), I thought that I might as well tag along and visit the negeri di bawah bayu. However, we didn’t stay by the beach (wanted to check out Tanjung Aru or Karambunai) because the event was held at the port and so we were put up at one of ‘em hotels in the city.

Irwan and the luggages left first on Friday morning and Irfan and I took the MAS flight in the evening. The fare difference was only about RM100 or so and since it was easier to take the train from KL Sentral to KLIA, I chose to fly with MAS. Traffic was just madness that evening but my brother managed to drop us off at KL Sentral by 6.20pm. Since I had already check-ed in via the web the night before, I just needed to go to the MAS counter at KL Sentral to get the boarding pass endorsed. We were on the KLIA Ekspres (which I got my driver to buy the tickets earlier so that I didn’t need to rush everwhere) by 6.30pm. Phew.

Irfan had a fun time being on the train and when we got to KLIA we still had time to munch some food. I wasn’t sure whether we’d be given food onboard so to be on the safe side, I got Irfan some nuggets from BK. When it was time to board the plane, they’d actually allow those with kids to board in first (unlike AA!!!!) and I was just so glad they did. It gave me time to make sure Irfan was comfortable because it was a 2.5 hours flight and I didn’t know what to expect of Irfan. Haha. But alhamdulillah, he slept after having nasi beriani for dinner.

We arrived in KK at about 10.25pm and Irfan was still asleep. So I carried him out of the plane to meet Irwan and damn.. that kid of mine is so heavy now! I almost broke my back!! We went straight to the hotel and I completely knocked out ’til the next morning. :P

Irwan had to leave early the next morning for the event so Irfan and I had breakfast at the San Francisco Coffee and he actually finished the scrambled eggs, toasted bread and sausages - I think I only had a quarter of the whole plate. After breakfast, I brought him to the waterfront which was across from where we were at because he wanted to see the boats and ships and the whole works. It was just too scorching hot for us to spend too much time there and so I brought him to the malls instead. (Apalah, go KK to shop.. :P)

We had lunch at one of the shops in the mall, and again, Irfan finished off my food. Haha. It was too hot outside and I was too tired anyway, so both of us went back to the hotel and had a l.o.n.g nap. By the time I got up, it was almost 5pm and got us ready to go to the Filipino market. Irwan arrived just before we left, so he followed us to the market. Irfan was asking Irwan to carry him every 5 nanoseconds (and he wasn’t all that whiny with me) and poor Irwan, tired from the day’s event had to submit to his son’s request. After getting some stuff from the pasar, we went to have dinner at the Kampung Nelayan Restaurant and food was just amazing! :)

On Sunday, after breakfast, I brought Irfan to Lok Kawi Wildlife Park. What I didn’t know was that there are no taxis there for you to balik and I ended up paying RM120 for the cab driver to wait for us for 1.5 hours. He said it’s a normal practice. Sheaaaahhh right. I’m surelah kan? Whateverlah, I just wanted Irfan to have his fun time so I just ignored the fact that RM120 is a rip-off!

We saw two orang utans riding on the buggy and I think Irfan was pretty amazed and I had to explain to him what orang utans are. Then we saw some parrots and one of them greeted Irfan and I could see that he was shocked! Haha. So I told Irfan to greet the parrot back and when the parrot asked where we were from, I told Irfan to reply. I think they were conversing for about 5 mins or so and Irfan made me promise to come back to the parrots before we leave so that he can wish them goodbye. :)

While at the Sunbear’s area, one of ‘em bears were circling around the pool and taking a dip in it and Irfan just had to ask me this “Ma, the bear pakai sunblock tak? Nenek says must use sunblock when swimming!” I was laughing my head off and then explained to him that bears do not need to use sunblock. He just okay-ed me but I have no idea if he fully understood. ;)

Irfan was drenched in sweat by the time we were done and since our flight was at 530pm that evening, I thought that it’d be best if we went back to the hotel and let him have his nap (since he woke up rather early that morning). Oh, before that we had lunch nearby and yup, he finished off most of my food too. Haha! I think he loves all the fresh seafood in KK. ;)

It was just me and Irfan going back first and although I needn’t be at the airport early (since I’ve done the web check-in the evening before at the hotel), I just thought that we’d pusing-pusing KKIA. Irfan wanted some mackers and ice-cream and after having our tea, we went past the customs only to be told that our flight was slightly delayed. We were supposed to take-off at 5.30pm and the plane from KL only arrived at 5.20pm. But not too bad, we left KK around 5.50pm or so. And it was a full flight too with loads of kids and babies!

Since Irfan had his nap earlier on, he didn’t want to nap after having his nasi tomato but he let me have my nap 30 minutes before arriving at KLIA. My brothers were already at the airport since they were at SIC for the Japan GT earlier on and I was just so t.i.r.e.d that I wanted to sleep on the chairs at the arrival hall.

So that’s how my first trip to KK went. Will probably go again next year (and stay at Karambunai!) since this year’s holiday allocation has been max-ed out with our Europe trip in December. Heh. 

‘Twas Jamie’s first ever birthday party and we were all excited to be a part of the celebration. Thanks dude for having us around! We all had so much fun!! And it was great seeing how terrified Irfan was with the A&W rootbear since he’s never afraid of anything. At least I got to bully him and made him listen to me the next few days after the party. Pft.

Our weekend was crazy packed as we had a wedding to attend that Saturday night. Irfan made everyone turn around and looked at us when he screamed while the Ustaz was reciting the doa. Aiyo. Kasi bikin malu saje! I really didn’t know where to put my face and I guess he was also tired and cranky because the ceremony only started at 9 p.m (when the card states 8 p.m!) and we only got to eat around 9.30 p.m and it was already his bedtime. So after eating what we could, we left the wedding by 10.15 p.m or so and the lil’ dude knocked out the minute we got home. And didn’t get up ’til about 10 a.m! Must be super tiredlah tu!

That night, we had dinner at this place called Restoran Ikan Sungai (damn good food!!) at Desa Melawati and it was suppose to be a Father’s Day treat for my dad from us all because we’ll be in Kota Kinabalu this weekend. But the bill was just ridiculously crazy (just for fishies + udang galah, ok?) that my dad said it’s his treat this time around. Whomever can guess the price, I shall belanja you makan! Hahaha!

Me: Irfan, how do you spell your name?

Irfan: I-R-F-A-N. Adam!

Irfan: A-D-A-M. Irfan!

Me: How do you spell my name?

Irfan: N-A-D-I-A. Mama!

Me: How do you spell your father’s name?

Irfan: I-R-W-A-N. Papa!

Aiyoooooooo….!

Anyhow, after seeing x amount of homes, we have finally decided on one that we just saw over the last weekend. It’s not too big, but it’s not too small either. And what I love about the house is that it has loads of long and tall windows - perfect opportunity for photo ops! ;) I’ll be going over later to view for a second time and if both parties agree on the price, I’d like to think that the (headache) hunt is over. And then comes the headache on the minor details. Ish. More eye-candy shots below:

p/s: These aren’t the photos of the said house. I didn’t snap photos of the house because I didn’t want to intrude the owner’s privacy. However, they do have some resemblance of the house. :) 

Met up with a friend and her family yesterday for lunch yesterday at Bianco we were in for a surprise as Bianco was having their first ever Sunday all-you-can-eat Brunch for RM 25+. The T&C is that you cannot order more than two dishes per round BUT you can order as many round as you can. And if you are so tamak and cannot finish the food that you’ve ordered (more than 150gram of balance), you’d be penalised for RM10 (or so).

It was my second time at Bianco and I know that their aglio olio (with prawns) is to die for so I had like two and a half bowl of that to myself. I also ordered the pizza for myself (and shared it with Zayaan and Irfan) and numerous plates of soft shell crab! The crabs were also Irfan’s favourite and he was just munching and munching and munching away. I think we ordered like 14 plates of them (in 3 rounds of ordering) and when we wanted to order them for the fourth round, we were told that they were already out of crabs and was replacing them with the prawns instead. Can do alsolah.

After we had dessert, I was like this ular sawa that couldn’t even move an inch! I had a tough time keeping my eyes opened too. Haha! Anyhow, Mrika - thanks for your company yesterday and thank you very mush for the paintings. :) Hope Zarif feels better now.