20th Nov
We took Airasia which cost abt $500(inclusive tax) for 3 of us. It is a direct flight to KK and only 2+ hr to reach Sabah KK Airport. I took leave that day so that i can finish up packing the luggage while hubby sent the car for repair in the late afternoon. Since the flight is 2135, i went over to pick up Adelle at my parents' house at 6pm. My dad drove us back home and he was caught by traffic police using the bus lane during the peak hour. Suay rite... Haiz.... We tot sure kena fine and demerit points but thank god, found out that only kena fine this time.
Before we left for the airport, we checked our luggage weight cos this is a budget airline and the max weight limit is 15kg and any excess need to pay. To our horror, the luggage is 25++ kg. Oh no... we quickly changed another smaller luggage and carried 2 hand luggage instead cos i only paid for 1 checked-in luggage. We overlooked that my darling diapers + all her stuff already 1 luggage weight loh....
Anyway we managed to reach the airport around 8pm and quickly checked in the 13+kg luggage. Then we went for our quick dinner at Burger King @ T1 basement and hurried off to the departure gate. When the flight door closed, i popped a bottle of milk into my darling mouth and very soon she landed in her la-la-land. So throughout the journey, i carried her on my arms as she was deep asleep. Thank God that she was cooperative that day.
At 2350hr, we reached Sabah KK airport and my darling woke up at the same time. We booked the airport taxi as adviced by Veve and we reached Sutera Harbour Resort that Veve's sister had booked for us. It was a 5 star resort and we got a very good price cos Veve's sister was working there so have special price. The resort overlooked the sea and next to a yatch club and golf course. Nice!! Soon we off to Zzzz cos it was already 1+am by the time we checked in. 21st Nov
We woke up late and had a sumptuous buffet breakfast. It was the first time that i feed Adelle bread. Well, she do eat it but she's definitely not a bread fan. We also took some plain porridge to feed her as the buffet spread is asian style ie porridge, bacon, bread, nasi lemak and roti prata as well. Yummy! :P~
After breakfast, we head back into our room and i cooked porridge with shredded chicken that i took from breakfast for adelle. Then i realised that why am i wasting time cooking while there is porridge that i can da-bao leh? :) So the next day plan was to bring my food jar to contain some food for Adelle. Hehee...
Veve called us and told us that she was meeting us tonight for dinner. So we decided to go to the city centre to do some shopping. Well, we didn't buy much stuff that day cos while we are heading towards the souvenir market, it rained heavily thus we walked back to the shopping mall and had a sinful late afternoon tea break. It was a cheesy friend chicken. Really chessy stuff.
In the evening, Veve appeared at our hotel room and she drove us to a cosy japanese restuarant. The food was ok and we enjoyed the catch up session with her. After dinner, she also drove us around to see the scenery of Sabah and also to see a seafood resturant. The seafood there was really fresh and HUGE! By the time we reached our resort, it was 11+pm and it was still raining.... 22nd Nov
We woke up very early ie 5+am reason being we need to catch the shuttle bus to the KK park at 7am. Since we are rushing off to check out so we only ate a bit of breakfast and packed some porridge for Adelle lunch. To our surprise, it was a mini-van and only 3 of us in the van. The trip up and down cost us RM$100 per pax. We have booked a resort call Liwagu Suite recommended by Veve's sister to stay at the KK park for 1 night. The resort is one of the most expensive one in KK park as mentioned by the bus driver. Adelle slept throughout the journey up the park and we also managed to catch some sleep as well. :)
The journey to the park was abt 2 hrs and we reached at 9+am. However, we need to wait for abt 1 hr for the room to be ready then we can checked-in. The resort reception counter was at the park HQ and our resort is way inside the park thus we need to take a taxi to drive us to the resort. It was misty and cold inside the park and most interesting thing was the hot water can only last u 15mins and then it will be reboil before it is hot again. Worst was there is no bathtub so it was rather challenging to bath Adelle. Have to be real quick else the water become too cold for her. Since we were at MT KK, what are the activities that we can do there? Mount climbing? No lah.. how to do it with a preggy and a baby?? So we decided to go to Poring Hot Spring and do the canopy walk. Well, this was the most challenging part of our trip. Cos daddy have to carry Adelle and carry the bagpack as the canopy walk was very steep and muddy. So it's very siong and many times more tougher than the tree top walk of SG. I nearly give up half way cos a bit siong for me... :P Well, thank god that Adelle was quite cooperative throughout the walk. :) We survived and tooked some pics back!
During our stay at the Liwagu Suite, one of the staff there loves Adelle and keep carrying Adelle around to show her colleagues. Well, Adelle seemed to like her too cos she let the jie jie carry her for a super long duration leh!
23rd Nov
We requested for the internal taxi to bring us to the hotel cafe for breakfast. It was very cold in the morning and Adelle was wrapped like a bak-zhang. :P After breakfast, we decided to walk back to our room and at the same time, walk around the park. We managed to get a passer-by to help us to take the Mt KK pictures. I always hear abt Marathon but never knew there is Climbathon. Here's the winner for 2008.
As we are told to check out b4 11am, we quickly packed our stuff and returned to the reception area @ park HQ. The usual shuttle hour for the return trip is 3pm but we got nothing else to do in the park thus, i requested for an early transfer back to our hotel. After pestering the staff for a few times, we saw a mini van came to pick us up at 12+pm. Yeah, we got on to the van and slept our journey back.
We reached the same resort hotel but this time, different room and was given a play pen instead of baby cot for Adelle. The play pen is better cos the mattress as compared to the cot mattress was so much better quality. As we are back at the resort early, we decided to lunch in the hotel cafe and walked around the resort. Along the coastal area, we saw a lot of fishes and mini crabs too. The water was so clear that you can see the fishes of different color and types. We taught Adelle to throw bread to feed fish. Well, she enjoyed throwing the bread until she gets hungry and she started to put into her mouth instead of feeding the fish. It was a rest and relax day for us since we had a "siong" day @ the hotspring.
In the evening, Veve waited for us at the lobby and bring us to a local seafood resturant to eat seafood. YumYum.. cheap and good!
24th Nov
Initially we planned to go for island hopping trip but worried that adelle might get heat stroke thus we changed plan and went for a dip at the swimming pool. After that, we went to the city centre and do some shopping. This time, we managed to go to the Philippino market aka souvenir market. Along the way, there is a night food market where they sell fried noodle, chicken wings, bbq seafood, etc. We can't resist the temption and tried the BBQ chicken wings, satay and mee goreng. The chicken wing is same price as SG except in different currency and the prawn was really HUGE!
25th Nov
It's time to pack our stuff for the evening flight at 6pm. We brought 1 big pack of diaper and only used half cos Adelle had constipation and didn't poo for 3-4 days and also refused to take her milk. So she had lost some weight during the trip. :P Since it was a late evening flight, we decided to go to the biggest shopping mall in Sabah call 1 Borneo. Well, it was really big like our suntec city with lotsa branded shops but price abt same as singapore so didn't buy anything back and we left the place.
On our flight back, we get our dinner on board. Yes i ordered the nasi brani and nasi lemak for only abt RM5-6. We felt the brani is so much nicer than nasi lemak. And well, my darling was in her la-la-land the minute the flight departed. All thanks to the milk. :)
Though it was a short trip but we had a unforgettable trip especially the canopy walk which is challenging but we made IT! :) Also for Adelle will be her guitar cos this is her first musical instrument that she play with.
