My Gawai Holiday... Not so good, but not bad at all...

My leave was from 29 May to 07 June 2009.

Trip to KL on Friday, 29 May at 11am, Irdina didn't sleep throughout the flight, but it was not that bad as she is sitting on her own seat. She was entertained by an Uncle Saddam (a retired policeman in Myy), who was sitting next to her, and a couple with 2 little kids sitting on the same lane. Meeting new friends made my day... [:) No. 1].

Arriving KLIA at 2.30pm, meeting Sepu after a month [:) No. 2], we went straightaway to KLCC, not to shop, but instead to wait for Sepu finish his work before going home as we are moving to our new house that evening [:) No. 3]. Sepu had so much to do at the office that Irdina and I had to endure long hours circling KLCC [:( No. 1] . 7.30pm, we had dinner at Signature Food Court and went back home. Luckily Irdina behaved herself.

Saturday, We had our lunch at Ayam Kampung Rest. in Puchong, and went straight to Mydin to do some shopping. But, unfortunately, the jam was so bad that we ended up cancelling the plan [:( No. 2], and went to Gombak instead. Due to the bad jam, and also got lost somewhere in Gombak, we reached the Dentist at the closing time of 6pm. Luckily the Doctor is a really dedicated Dr, he did my teeth, still cheerfully, completing the task at around 8pm [:) No. 4]. From Gombak, Sepu drove us back to Puchong Tesco for some household shopping. Ended up at home soon before midnight, with cranky Irdina to soothe.

Sunday, Sepu promised us an unlimited (time wise) excursion to Mydin (after the failed attempt yesterday) after coming back from work [:( No. 3]. The boss called him again for some updates while we were there despite him having to go to work at 7am on Sunday, but we managed to shop without thinking about the work (he's feeling guilty i presumed) [:) No. 4]. .

Monday, Auntie Syeka visited Irdina in the afternoon [:) No. 5]. , and we managed to find the way to the pool and playground. The father came back home late from work, but we managed to squeeze time to visit my cousin Syah at USJ [:) No. 6]. The children were having fun playing, while the adults catching up with news.

Tuesday, Irdina and I went to KLCC again. Lunchdate with Yam (my primary and seconday schoolmate) at Chilli's [:) No. 7]. , dinner with Ian Manjaji & wife, Anne [:) No. 8] at Chakri Palace. It was fun meeting old friends... Before going home, stumbled upon Bu Mah (my father's sister) and family [:) No. 9]. Stayed for a while with them at KLCC Parents Room, at the same time, freshing up Irdina.

Wednesday, Sepu wanted to surprise me by taking leave today [:) No. 10], but was summoned back to work until 2pm [:( No. 5]. Pity him... pity me... but atleast we could have the afternoon together [:) No. 11]. We went to Carrefour Subang...

Thursday, to KK... [:) No. 11]. And post on KK Trip coming soon...

Photos... Hollywood

TRIP DAY 1 – Los Angeles… 18 August 2007

I am so sleepy today. Never slept in a meeting all my life, but today is an exception. Blaming it on the jetlag? Ermmm… I am not sure. Slept at around 1 am (San Diego time) last night. Sepu called me at 1.30 am (it’s 5.30 pm Msia time), but that did not interfere with the sleep as I fall back to sleep immediately after I hung up… could not even remember when I hung up. Set alarm at 5.30am (S.D) and did some work for presentation today. I hope that I could relieve myself from the fatigue and jetlag tomorrow. Sleep well tonight? Hopefully! [Note: I am typing this to avoid getting sleepy, but yet, I am still fighting! Rizal commented that I look like someone who is busy jotting the minutes of meeting].

Yesterday was a disaster, but actually, it has been deemed to be disastrous since the morning of checking in at KLIA. We were scheduled to depart from KLIA at 9.40 am (Msia), but our flight was deferred due to Typhoon Sepat in Taiwan (transit in Taipei). First, it was delayed to 10.40 am, but once we’ve checked out from Pan Pac KLIA, Siva called and mentioned about the flight being further deferred to 3 pm… felt like… what??? Ehehehe… thought of not going, didn’t want to go actually. (Thought that I might change my mind once arriving at LAX, but still, my heart and mind is in KL)…

Even though we boarded the Business Class, still, I had to get used to sleeping on a 170-degree angle bed. I kept slipping down the seat and this prevented me from having a good "night" rest. And what amazed me was that, we have just approach morning (that’s what it feels like), but soon after that, it was late afternoon when we arrived in LA. We checked in at LAX Hilton, eaten vegetarian food (hopefully they apply strict vegetarian way of cooking) at P.F. Chang (goodness, they serve all kind of things there, if in Malaysia, I wont be thinking of even entering the premise).

After P.F. Chang, we waited for 1.5 hrs to get a taxi… without interference from the kind policeman (imagine me and Rizal hitchhiking police vehicle in the U.S.!!!), we would not have been successful in getting cab for the return trip to Hilton LAX. But again, taxi fare in California is EXPENSIVE…

Got back to the hotel feeling bad… dizzy, stomach grumbling… Slept for a while, then Sepu called at around 1.30. Could not go back to sleep as my body ‘told’ me, its still afternoon. Fall asleep again at around 3.45 am, then, mama and babah called at 4.30 am… They laughed when I told them it’s 4 something in the morning here and they have just interfered my sleep. I did not sleep again after that!

At around 8, we went down, to have breakfast. Luckily American Breakfast does not include lots of meat… but I am not sure whether we could sustain with eating scrambled egg omelette and hash brown potatoes everyday.

Now: I feel like eating ayam goreng kunyit. Wuaaaaa…

I will need more time to tell you of what happened next… about the trip to Malibu… let us talk about that in my next entry.