Happy New Year

31 Dec 2010 (Fri):

The last day of Dec 2010.... What a year! Coincidentally, my last post for 2010 too :)

I finished work at 4pm & my niece called me to informed me of a dinner cum New Year countdown at my cousin's place. They prepared a variety of food & we tucked in heartily. Then the kids ( 9 of them) came over to my place for some wild time & watched a video of Lionel's school graduation concert performance.

Hb came back ard 10pm & told us we wld be setting off at 3am in the morning to Malaysia, in order to avoid the morning jam.

Side track here: we had planned to visit Malacca over the Xmas weekend but as hb still had some project gg on, he was not able to put aside his work, hence the delay in our trip. So yesterday on 30 Dec, we tried to make a booking for Puri Hotel ( recommended by frens) & await for the confirmation. But i received a reply on this morning to say all rooms @ Puri were fully booked. I googled for some other hotels & came upon Time Hotel via Booking.com . Reviews were 6-7 over 10. What's more important is that the price was extremely cheap @ 120MYR per night for a Deluxe Standard Room. So i hurriedly grabbed that room which was the very last room as per indication on the net.

Back to our topic. After all the kids had gone home, i started to pack. You might said that i'm crazy over here but this was what i have packed, bearing in mind that this was only a 2 days & 1 night trip:

Excluding what we would be wearing tomorrow, i've packed another 3 sets for each of us + pyjamas - 1 set for the evening wear, knowing we will definitely hit the shower before gg for dinner, another set for the return home & the last set acts as a standby, in case the clothes got dirty, etc. Do your maths here. Gulp!

And not forgetting toiletries & some miscellaneous items & medication, what a luggage we have. Don't worry. I am only having 1 hand carry & its light weight. :)

Countdown begins: 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

" Should auld aquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should auld aquaintance be forgot
And auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne "

And its only a few hours of sleep before we set off. Quickly, i prepared the kids for bed & they were asleep within secs. I finished my last line here & i'm off to bed too. I have to amend the time to 1253am so the post stays on 31 Dec 2010. (in fact when i finished typing this post, its already 1 Jan 2011)

Hope you have a wonderful New Year's Eve too. From our family to yours : HAVE A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS 2011.