gong xi fa cai weekend

we were off to bintulu for the weekend. woke up on sat,the sun was shining so decided that we shud just go for it n hope for the best. Alhamdullillah it did rain a few times during our drive but when we got to bintulu it was nice n bright!

checked in n had lunch straightaway..was too famished to go anywhere else. later that afternoon, we went for a quick dip in the pool. even though the sun was shining, it was pretty windy. lil one was cold but actually refused 2 get out of the pool. i forgot to bring my goggles so cud only bear to do 2 laps, the chlorine was pretty strong.checked out the mall since we forgot to bring her vcds. managed to get some ciplak ones. dinner was at the hotel that nite as it was raining. bumped into an old school mate. she was in bintulu since the local o&g specialist is on leave.

while waiting for our frens to arrive fr miri, we went swimming right after breakfast. well, hubbs n lil one did. i was nursing a tummy ache. chilled out in the room b4 heading out. lil one fell asleep as soon as she got into the car so we ended up driving around town. as soon as she woke up, we went staight to taman tumbina which was a zoo built on a hill. good workout for us as the exhibits were placed strategically on top of different hills which we had to climb. lil one enjoyed herself. started w the birds; hornbills, parrots, peacock, rooster then off to the reptile area; a few crocs, tortoises and a sleeping phyton. next stop, bear enclosure. poor lil bb bear on its own in a huge enclosure. looked very lonely n looking for someone to play with. deers were next on the cicuit on the way to the lion house. we were mislead...there was a lion statue but no lions, only one lonely tiger. it started to drizzle while we were at the tiger enclosure so we had to rush n get out of there. as we got to our car, our frens just arrived. so we decided to meet up for dinner.

had dinner in a nice lil place. food was brill but we were wet since it poured while we were having dinner, kampung style in a lil hut. one of our frens was soaking wet as he was directly in the line of fire or in this case windswept rain.

next day, there was a lion dance performance at 1pm so we decided to check out late. watched a few mins of the show since lil one didn't like the loud beating of the drums. clung on to me for dear life n asked me over n over again to go up to the room. as we checked out, the dance was not over yet so she had to endure a few more mins of it. well, this time round, the show was on the porch so she was safe in d lobby.drove back to miri after dat.

all in all, it was a nice lil break. to sum it up, bintulu is a nice lil town. worth a visit over the weekend. as for me, i am glad we are back to travelling mode. this year, we are trying not to go back to kl as often as previous years.

the feng shui masters predict that this yr will a difficult one esp w the current economic situation. as for me, i am looking forward to another year of my lil girl's life n ours as a family.