- December 2011 -

the month of December 2011 was a busy month for our family..yup..we traveled a lot..not to mention..quite a number of visits to the hotel (which..to the girls..it was a bliss..)..starting from mama's cousin's wedding
reception...which was held at JWW Marriot, Putrajaya..(this is one heck of fine hotel..memang enjoy laa the girls to spend like 2 nights here..)...

...then..on the 9th December 2011..we went to Grand Lexis, Port Dickson...this is another nice place to stay..especially to those yg nak pergi honeymoon...this is like the perfect place to stay...memang awesome...they have a swimming pool in the room...so..the girls enjoyed the swimming pool a lot...you can say..that they stayed in the pool like 24hrs...sampai2 je...terus masuk swimming pool..malam masuk lagi..pagi esok nye masuk lagi..but we were really glad that the girls get to enjoy themselves here...as for Adelia..here is like her first experience getting into the pool...mula2 masuk dalam swimming pool..as usual laaa..she terkecut kecut laaa..but later on...she just relaxed...nice...

..the last trip...was the trip to Johor/Singapore...on the 28th December 2011 until 30th December 2011...
this trip was like our big event for the year..since it was our first ever trip 'over the sea' as one family..the
five of us..so..as for mama and papa...it was like our first ever challenge to handle these 3 little girls...and
quite amazing..mama and papa didn't get to turn into mode - *tarik2 rambut*..lucky for us..besides..we know..our girls are very good girls.. :)

- trip to JB/Spore -

28th December 2011
it was a day after Arissa's birthday..we purposely chose another date other than Arissa's birthday..with the
reason, not only..that was the only time that mama and papa get to breathe some air off the work..but also..since everytime Arissa's birthday..we celebrated her birthday outside (meaning, go somewhere..)..so this time around..even though not quite..but we tried not to celebrate her birthday, somehow...extravagantly...because..usually..time Aryana's birthday...Aryana didn't get to celebrate her birthday extravagantly..because..her birthday..somehow always fall on either time puasa or time raya..so..not so suitable to celebrate like Arissa's...but whatever it is..both of the girls get to enjoy herself...

so..on the day..we started the journey as early as we can..it was like 7am++ that we started from Shah Alam..Arissa and Aryana..dengan tak mandi nye..terus je laaaa bawak masuk the car...same goes to Adelia..just mama and papa je laaa kena fresh2... :)

on the way to JB..we had our stop at JPO (Johore Premium Outlet)..somewhere in Kulai...at that time..it was like 11am something...at this time..the JPO was newly opened..so it was a talk of everyone..but in mama's humble opinion..the place i.e the handbags (since mama is so crazy about handbags)..were not so much to the standards..in terms of the designs and also the price was like biasa2 je...mama ended up tak beli aper..but papa did buy some stuffs from nike..but mama must say that things from nike or adidas were quite appealing...we arrived at JB about 2 something..at that time..everyone was tired..so we decided to rest je kat hotel..we stayed at Tune Hotel, JB..near to Danga Bay...and at late evening, at first papa thought of buying straight the bus tickets to USS (Universal Studio Singapore) from the small shop next to the 7-Eleven within the Tune Hotel compound..but we were so tired..that we ended up going down to the shop at about just after 8pm...but unlucky for us..the shop just closed at 8pm...so we had to keep our fingers crossed that tomorrow will be tickets for us to USS...after that we wanted to go to a so-called mall..to have some money changed..so we decided to go to Danga Bay Mall...it was quite a shock for us..that the mall..mcm 'hidup segan, mati tak mau' pulak..it seems ada banyak kedai kat situ, they even have a Metrojaya there..but orang or to say pengunjung...we can almost say..langsung x de kat situ...to add to our unlucky vibes for the day..Adelia pulak dah buat her bisnes..sampai habis kena baju dia..and the best thing was...mama pulak x bawak langsung baju untuk salin..but nasib baik ada extra diapers in the car..so we had to buy a baju for Adelia at the Metrojaya..and nak menambahkan kebengangan nye..punya laaa kat satu floor tu...langsung x de kaunter nak bayar yang bukak..we had to get down to the other floor untuk bayar that one baju..mama dah betul2 menyirap..terus jadik tension..huhu...but whatever it was..we survived the night with having dinner at Singgah Selalu..which in mama's another humble opinion is..'indah khabar dari rasa'..yeah..maybe we had
ordered wrongly..but i think the place is more for geng2 melepak more like it..hmmm...we ended up in the bed at about 11pm..among other thing...we managed to change the money despite the worries that the place might not have any money changers by the look of it... ;)

29th December 2011
as early as 5:30am..mama had to wake everyone up as we needed to catch the 7am bus to USS (as in mind, we still didn't buy the tickets)...so..by 6:30am (as the booth opens at 6:30am..so we had to be the early catchers as possible)..by that time..papa, Arissa and Aryana were the ones who had to queue at the booth to buy for the tickets, as for mama and Adelia were busying ourselves with ourselves and other stuffs..but alhamdulillah..we managed to get the 7am tickets..and the bus was on time...and it was full...we had to get on and off the bus for like 2 times for immigration check-out and check-in..until we arrived at USS at about 8am++...awal2 lagi dah ramai juga orang menunggu kat depan tu..but since we had our tickets already..so we just hang around the place to wait for the open at 10am...by the time 10am..everyone was queueing to get into USS...and the 1st place that we head to was the Transformer ride...and mama and Arissa were the lucky persons to get on the ride..and it was awesome..luckily our waiting time was not that long..but to get inside..you had to go through quite a long line until you reached the ride..but when we got out from the ride...the queue time was like 1hour plus already..then..we just hang around until we reached to the Sci-Fi..and mama, Arissa and Aryana got the chance to naik that one ride yg macam cawan berpusing2 tu..(sorry laa..mama x ingat what's the name)..and after that we went to the Ancient Egypt..at first we wanted to naik this one ride..but Arissa and Aryana seem like sleepy..so mama and papa lured you guys into short naps right on the stroller..while waiting for Arissa and Aryana had their naps, we continued to the Lost World...but then again..we didn't get to get on any rides..but when we reached to the Far Far Away..Arissa and Aryana managed to get on the Magical Potion ride..and the last ride was at the Madagasar...the girls naik yang merry go round tu..by the time..it was like 5pm already...so..memang betul laaa..they said..a one-
day trip to USS is not enough..having the kids like the girls..lagi laaa we need more time...haaa..and we got to solat at the babies changing room outside the USS..at about 7:30pm..we went back to JB..basically..the trip to USS was fun..we are sure we'll visit there again...yay!

30th December 2011

so about 11am we packed ourselves to go back to KL..we used jalan lama...dah sampai melaka baru we masuk balik highway..sampai lambat jugak laaa kat KL..dah nak dekat malam baru sampai Shah Alam..but overall..it was the best family vacation so far..walaupun..it was very very tiring journey..and we had to use extra mental and physical effort for that matter..

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all in all we have ended our 2011 with so much fun and we had our quality time together..mama and papa can see that, especially Arissa and Aryana enjoyed themselves..

we hope that we can do this again next time...yay!