Chinese New Year 2010 (Part 2) {Brisbane Child Photographer}

Well, we survived the dinner.  I wish I wasn’t so tired but I was just ready to crash as were my hubby and the girls.  I think we just fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow!  Thank goodness we weren’t expected at my parents’ house until after 1pm the next day.

The swimming pool at the hotel we stayed in was such a blessing!  It saved the girls from boredom as well the oppressing heat and humidity.  However, on the flip side, it also indirectly drove me insane because my younger one wanted to stay in the pool whole day!  I supposed it can’t be much fun for them when they cannot communicate with my parents and there is nothing for them to watch on tv either.  With the foul weather they really can’t bear to go out until the sun starts to set and by then we were all cranky as hell!

You would think that since I grew up here I would be used to the heat but seriously the heat was something that I could not stand, not ever!  That’s why my hubby dubbed us “Mall-going people” because that is what we do – go from one shopping mall to another during the day on weekends when we are not working in the air-conditioned offices!

So after 5 days at my hometown, we drove down to the capital city, Kuala Lumpur to stay with a friend.  It was that dreaded 4 hour drive again but this time around, there was none of that horrific traffic chaos!  The girls were much happier now as well since they have playmates and some tv shows to keep them occupied.  However, my younger one was missing her favourite food – Fish and Chips!

So naturally we had to get some Fish and Chips!  It was either that or wear ear plugs!  Since I was too lazy to carry my camera around when we go out, I had to make do with my iPhone.  So some of the dodgy photos were taken with my iPhone!  The photographer in me was indeed on holiday after all!

Again, the swimming pool came to the rescue as we didn’t do any sight seeing at all. We only had a few days in KL and I had some loose ends to tie up (bank and government stuff!).  The journey home was long as expected and going home via Sydney added 2 hours to the whole trip. I woke up at 4:30am KL time (Brisbane is 2 hours ahead) and didn’t get to sleep in my own bed until 11:30pm Brisbane time – a total of 17 hours of travelling!

I need a real holiday to recover from this “holiday”!  This is why it took me 4.5 years to “plan” this trip!  Can you blame me?  Oh, where is my genie in the bottle?

Yup, full! Now for bed!

I'm eating Mum! No Photos!

My nieces braided her hair.

Trampoline to the rescue!

Trampoline to the rescue

One of the rare times when the weather was not so hot.

Best Friends!

The following photos were taken with my iPhone hence the terrible quality!

Taken with my iPhone, so excuse the crappy quality!

Fish and Chips finally!!! Again, taken with my iPhone. Can't you tell?

Look at the satisfaction in that face!!! iPhone again!