It has been quite a while since I last update my blog. A lot of stories to tell during the long absence. I don't know where to start. Maybe I start with my trip during the long festive Chinese New Year/ Awal Muharam/ Federal Territory Day holidays.

It was decided that this time round, it was time to go 'balik kampung' to the East Coast aka my mom in law (MIL)'s place. It is normal for Malaysians regardless of the type of holidays, to head back to their respective kampungs. Be it school holidays, festive season holidays or any other holidays that matters.

We left home at about 11am, heading towards Kuantan. Hubby has booked a room for us there. with the intention of letting the children loose in the swimming pool, together with their cousins. My bro in law ( BIL) resides in Kuantan and he has 4 children altogether. With 3 boys and a girl, you can expect a lot of splashing , combine with my 3 water babies. But that was not be...

Hubby and his brother were caught up in some business deals during the day. We reached BIL's home around 3pm. After some freshening up, children went to the playground in front of the house.

Me and my biras, Zaya( BIL's wife) had some other plans. We booked a facial session with Zaya's friend's saloon. Our maids took care of the children while we had one hour time off to ourselves. It was nearly Maghrib when we got back. We round up the children from the playground, sent them for their baths and dressed them up for dinner outside.

Dinner was at a riverside restaurant near a jetty at Sungai Kuantan ( i'm not sure about the name of the river but it is a wide river allright). I had ikan bakar , whilst the others had other sorts of menu. The toddlers had 'nasi air' or akin to 'bubur' while Anis and her cousin, Nani had nasi lemak. Anuar who was sort of full, ordered burger from a stall nearby but was told to wait as there was a bulk order of 40 burgers aehad of him.

We spent the time talking while enjoying the night breeze from the river. The children were all over the place and we have to keep a sharp eye on them as the river is too close for comfort.
There was an angling competition going on and we went to check it out. The winner get to take home RM10k which I considered is very lucrative.

After dinner, we went to the jetty. Zaya had to get back home to feed her youngest boy, Idham around 1 year old, who was left behind at home with her maid. The rest of her brood were left with me.

To be continued...