Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter Show 2011
Fiona got tickets to the Easter Show, so Janet, Kaylene and I accompanied her to the show on Monday 25th April.
We got Lily to drop us off and pick us up later. Janet and Fiona already had tickets, so they went in the front entrance. Having seen the long queues out front, Kaylene and I walked to the back entrance...where there were no queues and bought our tickets and then walked all the way back to the Woollies food pavilion to meet up with Fiona and Janet, except that Fiona was walking everywhere and driving Janet crazy.
Found them and went back in to do some food tasting, except most lines that Kaylene joined seemed to run out of food as soon as she got to the front. Had some yogurt, crackers and dip and other tasters, before going to check out the fruit and vegie display.
Then we headed to the arts and crafts section to check out the cakes, found Lorinda's entry and then it was lunch time, so we bought dagwood dogs and some fries. Found a seat and sat down to eat, then Janet and Kaylene went to check out the floral displays.
Went to check out the world bazaar and then the big arena which had show horses. Left Janet and Fiona to watch the horses, while we went to check out the street parade - except it was cancelled and all we saw was a school marching band - what a let down.
Finally it was time to check out the show bags. Kaylene had her list, Janet had Fiona's list and I ended up carrying most of Fiona's bags. Then Nathan called asking us to buy them food from the show, so we bought the foot long dagwood dogs and some corn on the cob.
We got Lily to drop us off and pick us up later. Janet and Fiona already had tickets, so they went in the front entrance. Having seen the long queues out front, Kaylene and I walked to the back entrance...where there were no queues and bought our tickets and then walked all the way back to the Woollies food pavilion to meet up with Fiona and Janet, except that Fiona was walking everywhere and driving Janet crazy.
Found them and went back in to do some food tasting, except most lines that Kaylene joined seemed to run out of food as soon as she got to the front. Had some yogurt, crackers and dip and other tasters, before going to check out the fruit and vegie display.
Then we headed to the arts and crafts section to check out the cakes, found Lorinda's entry and then it was lunch time, so we bought dagwood dogs and some fries. Found a seat and sat down to eat, then Janet and Kaylene went to check out the floral displays.
Went to check out the world bazaar and then the big arena which had show horses. Left Janet and Fiona to watch the horses, while we went to check out the street parade - except it was cancelled and all we saw was a school marching band - what a let down.
Finally it was time to check out the show bags. Kaylene had her list, Janet had Fiona's list and I ended up carrying most of Fiona's bags. Then Nathan called asking us to buy them food from the show, so we bought the foot long dagwood dogs and some corn on the cob.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Kuala Lumpar 15-22 April 2011
10.30am and Mark drops us (Lily, Janet, Me and Linda) off at the airport where we meet up with Elizabeth, who is already there and waiting.
Boarding time is at 1pm, and we are seated in row 62D, E, F & G. Elizabeth has a single aisle seat in 61H. We are in the second to last row - right in front of the toilets, but we get served first. The plane takes off at 2.30pm. There are lots of families with young kids and babies and a large contingent of Salvo Army choristers. Main meal is choice of chicken & potato with baby carrots, corn, beans or Lamb korma with steamed rice - I pick the chicken & potato - potato not really cooked. Dessert is a raspberry icecream bar.
I watch: My sisters keeper, The Tourist, Narnia - Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Harry Potter - but don't get to finish the movie. JT sleeps most of the way. LC watches the Korean movie channel and LS has a headache - kids are annoying her.
We arrive in KL at 8.15pm. Janet organises a taxi to take us to the hotel, by the time we head out it's 9.15pm and we're in a 9 seater van. We get to the hotel around 10.15pm. The reception desk is now out in the open right next to the lifts. We get our keys to room 100 and 100A, while Linda and Elizabeth are on the floor below in 902A, but after trying out the shower and checking out the room, they move to 900A. After freshening up, we head out for a walk around Bukit Bintang. JT checks out the money changers (rates are 3.14) and we walk to Jalan Alor, check out the food, but have no money to buy anything, then walk back via Low Yat Plaza, past BB Plaza and back to the hotel. Arrange to go out for breakfast in the morning around 10am.
Saturday 16/4/11 - First day of shopping in KL
9 am and we head down to get Linda and Elizabeth before heading out to find breakfast. Take them to the cafe where Bindy and Ange took us for roti and eggs, but they don't serve roti that early, so we have bee hoon noodles, omelette, half boiled eggs, and share the breakfast. JT pays out of the communal kitty. It's pouring down with rain as we're having breakfast, stops, but starts again as we're about to leave. Everyone has a raincoat, except me. So I run through the rain to the Pavilion. Wait a bit for the rain to get lighter, but it doesn't seem to be stopping, so I arrange to meet up with them in Sungei Wang, with me running and them taking their time. I go through Lot 10, Isetan, walk over the walk bridge to Sungei Wang. Wait for them at the money changer. Most of them aren't open yet, so we check out the rates at those which are open and finally go to our usual one in the back entrance corner and exchange at rate 3.17. Now that we have money we can go shopping. The girls wasted no time. Lily bought a bag and Linda a pair of shoes in Sembonia. We then went shopping in Metrojaya. Spent most of the morning in the ladies section. Next we went to Parksons, by this time, we were getting hungry, so we went down to the supermarket, so that Linda and Elizabeth could buy some necessities. We head back through the new Lot 10 foodcourt and decide to have lunch there. I have a Cantonese Char Kway Teoh for RM7.30. After lunch we drop our shopping off back at the hotel before heading back out again. We have a look at the shops in Farenheit 88. Then we go into Vinnci and then back to Isetan and Sungei Wang and back to Parksons to look at the ladies fashions. Then we go to Daiso to buy lots of bits and pieces - I get some craft trimmings. By the time we come out of the shop it is 6pm, so we head back to Isetan food supermarket and buy some sushi and jap food at 50% off. Get them to microwave it before heading back to the hotel to have our dinner. RM$25 for the 3 of us. Sore feet and lots of shopping for the first day.
Sunday 17/4/11 - Hop on Hop off Sightseeing
7.30am wakeup, but head out just before 10am for breakfast at the Pavilion foodcourt. Get plain congee and yau tiao for RM4. At 11.15am we get the Hop on Hop off bus...I have to go back to hotel to get my sunnies and change into something more appropriate. They give me 15 mins, but when I come back down the bus is already there and the bus driver has been good enough to wait for me. We get off at the Bird Park. Seems Janet has bought tickets already while on the bus, so we go in and watch the 12.30pm bird show - so hot and humid, they don't want to see any of the other bird exhibits, so we head back out to wait for the bus at 1.20pm. It's 30 mins before the bus comes around, and so we take it to KLCC. I sit on the outside of the bus and get sunburnt. We arrive at KLCC at 2.25pm and take the usual photos outside before heading inside. We need to look for a money changer for Linda, seems she's already spent all the money she changed yesterday. Then we go to the local food court which is still chock full of people. I buy a sugar cane juice and Chicken and Mushroom rice at Little Wok. After lunch we split up, with Linda and Elizabeth going to check out how to get up to the bridge. Lily, Janet and I go into Isetan, then Thomas Sabo - buy a red shoe pendant, then go to Chameleon and lily buys her rings and blings. We meet back up with the girls at Marks and Spencer. They's had enough shopping, so we walk back to the hotel, via the Convention Centre. Put our stuff back in the rooms, before we head out to Pavilion food court for dinner. After dinner we go to Chameleon and buy more bling. They take a long time in Chameleon that it's closing time before we leave.
Monday 18/4/11 - Times Square
10.10am Breakfast in Pavilion food court again - congee, but they have run out of yau tiao. Try the mixed bun which is like crunchy left over rice which has been fried. After breakfast we walk to Times Square via Sungei Wang and Parksons. Change money at rate 3.15. Then we go to Classic in to see Misha and Madam Ong. Share a drink and get some sightseeing tips, before we head back to Times Square. Go up to look for the food court, but seems they have moved it downstairs. You need to purchase a card and use the card to purchase food, any money not spent on the card can be redeemed at the counter. I have a beef noodle soup, but the noodles are like soba noodles and there a no extras like bean sprouts, etc. Only beef and noodles. After lunch we split up again. We go to Nichi, then check out the shirts for Nathan. Then check out the Canon camera prices. Then we walk back through Sungei Wang supermarket and back via Isetan and Lot 10. Look in Zara, but buy nothing - expensive and more for tall thin ladies. Then go back to Farenheit 88 and stop at the Pacific Coffee Co for iced chocolate and free wifi. Linda and Elizabeth meet us there around 6.30pm. We put our shopping back in our room but the lifts are out of order, so we need to use the lifts at the back, luckily someone shows us where it is. The lifts come out at the side of the rooftop swimming pool. Go back down and go to Debenhams at Lot 10 where Elizabeth buys kids clothes. Then down to Isetan food court. They buy Jap food again, I get Hainan Chicken Rice takeaway. Go back to hotel for dinner.
Tuesday 19/4/11 - Chinatown
10am we walk to the local markets at the back of the hotel. Try the popiah, but don't buy any fruit or vegies. On the walk back to the hotel, Linda buys roti canai. I apply for the tourist privilege card at Farenheit 88. The we walk to Low Yat Plaza to ask for camera prices RM1299 to RM1499. Lily and girls buy usb mouse and battery for mobile phone. Then we go to U Village for lunch. Walk back to Sungei Wang and then head back to hotel. Arrange to meet back up again at 3pm to head out to Chinatown. Catch the monorail to Mahajaral station and walk down Jalan Petaling. Walk into gift shops and souvenir shops. Looking for double sided tape, but no luck. Walk down to the markets and Linda buys basketball singlet/shorts - Lily does the talking. Look for shop that sells red packets with name, no luck. Walk back through the markets to Ocean supermarket...as we head back to the mono rail station, pass a stationery shop manned by a very old little lady - who reminds us of mum. She has anything and everything in that shop, but only one roll of double-sided tape. O, she also has the red packets with our surnames. Lily and Janet buy all that she has, but Elizabeth is out of luck, no Liongs. We get back to Bukit Bintang by 7.30pm. We put our staff in our room before heading out to Pavilion for dinner. After dinner we go to Tangs - buy ribbons, top and shorts. Go into Parksons to look at perfumes, they don't have Kenzo. Shops are closing, so we head back to hotel but Lily is talked into buying Marc Jacobs Daisy perfume.
Wednesday 20/4/11 - Shopping for us, Sightseeing for Linda and Elizabeth
10am go to Pavilion, looking for guy who sold perfume to Lily - seems he forgot to include the free body lotion in with the rest of the freebies. So we go get breakfast - congee again. After breakfast walk to Sungei Wang to change money - rate still 3.15. Go to buy the camera, at the first shop we looked at in Sungei Wang. Buy it for RM1290 plus protective film which they put on for us. at RM5. Then we go to Metrojaya to buy more clothes. Next to Parkson to buy more clothes. Lunch at U-Village. Head back to room after lunch to drop off stuff, then head back out to Pavilion. Still no luck with the perfume man. Go to Parksons in Pavilion - buy nothing. Go to Forever 21 - buy nothing. Go into Cotton On - buy nothing, Go into Eclipse and end up trying on at least 20 dresses, end up buying 6 dresses and 2 shoes with 15% discount. It's 8pm by the time we go have dinner at Pavilion food court. As we go back to hotel we see girl that was manning cash register at perfume place - she remembers us and Lily gets her body lotion.
Thursday 21/4/11 - More shopping for us, Sightseeing for Linda and Elizabeth
Have breakfast at Station Kopitiam in Farenheit88. Toast with 2 boiled eggs and tea for RM5. Then walk the shops of Farenheit88. Buy clothes and scarfs. Then go to BB Plaza to change money. Rate has gone up to 3.19. Go into Metrojaya and buy Kenzo perfume. Lily gets set for the boys. Then we head to Low Yat Plaza to look for spare battery for the camera, which we get at RM70 - copy, not original, as original does not have warranty. Have late lunch at Uncle Bens in Low Yat Plaza - have fried loh see fun - good value for money - would go back there again. Then head back to hotel. Stop at Vinnci and buy pair of black heeled shoes - while waiting to pay see this rich Arab couple buying at least 10 pairs of shoes, bags and jewellery. Put our stuff back in our rooms, before going to Pavilion. Buy a photo stand in Parksons. Back to hotel again and meet up with Linda and Elizabeth. 8pm head to our final dinner in KL at Grandmama's in Pavilion. After dinner walk shops in Pavilion - they only now realise that they haven't even seen all the shops in the Pavilion. Elizabeth is only now looking at clothes for herself. The shop, Vivid has free wifi, so chat to Evan, while girls decide what she should buy. It's closing time and we are still in the shop. Back to hotel and time to pack. Bags are slightly overweight, but should be ok.
Friday 22/4/11 - Flight back to Sydney
My bag weighs about 23kg, Janet's slightly lighter and Lily's about the same as mine. Check out at 10.30am and leave our bags at the reception. Realise that we could checkout at 12noon, but we're already out, so don't bother. Go and have congee for breakfast. Linda goes to have a massage at 12noon, while we shop with Elizabeth who is now doing last minute shopping. Looking for a handbag, so we go to Parksons in Sungei Wang. Walk back via Isetan and JT buys her pink handbag. Elizabeth buys it in green. Walk back to Farenheit88 and I buy some bracelets in Stardust Studio. Have lunch at 2pm in Yummy Taiwan, then we go and sit at Pacific Coffee Co and use free wifi. Lily decides to go back to buy a handbag which she was eyeing, after I say I will carry it for her. Head back to hotel reception to wait for our taxi to come take us to airport. Get to airport, check in and spend our time looking at shops and making our way slowly to the gate. Use free wifi and kill time riding travelators. On flight back, we are all seated separately. I'm with Elizabeth, Lily is with Linda and Janet is on her own. Our seats are just behind business class, and I get asked if I can swap with a mum who has a kid, who is sitting on side seat just before curtains to business class. There is another mum with kid and grandma, so I swap seats, for takeoff, after takeoff, the mum with kid doesn't like my seat, so she gets a seat up the back of the plane, so I move back into my seat, after the air stewardess suggests that the kid is going to be noisy - lucky I do, as the kid crys and is so noisy during most of the flight. Sitting in front, we have our own personal screens which we discover is under our seats.Spend my time watching the rest of the Harry Potter movie and some others.
Arrive back in Sydney early in the morning. We manage to get out of customs and immigration fairly quickly, but spend a lot of time waiting for our bags on the carousel. Don't get searched, just asked what we have and waved through - no x-ray of bags. Wait for Linda and Elizabeth. Then call Mark to come pick us up.
Boarding time is at 1pm, and we are seated in row 62D, E, F & G. Elizabeth has a single aisle seat in 61H. We are in the second to last row - right in front of the toilets, but we get served first. The plane takes off at 2.30pm. There are lots of families with young kids and babies and a large contingent of Salvo Army choristers. Main meal is choice of chicken & potato with baby carrots, corn, beans or Lamb korma with steamed rice - I pick the chicken & potato - potato not really cooked. Dessert is a raspberry icecream bar.
I watch: My sisters keeper, The Tourist, Narnia - Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Harry Potter - but don't get to finish the movie. JT sleeps most of the way. LC watches the Korean movie channel and LS has a headache - kids are annoying her.
We arrive in KL at 8.15pm. Janet organises a taxi to take us to the hotel, by the time we head out it's 9.15pm and we're in a 9 seater van. We get to the hotel around 10.15pm. The reception desk is now out in the open right next to the lifts. We get our keys to room 100 and 100A, while Linda and Elizabeth are on the floor below in 902A, but after trying out the shower and checking out the room, they move to 900A. After freshening up, we head out for a walk around Bukit Bintang. JT checks out the money changers (rates are 3.14) and we walk to Jalan Alor, check out the food, but have no money to buy anything, then walk back via Low Yat Plaza, past BB Plaza and back to the hotel. Arrange to go out for breakfast in the morning around 10am.
Saturday 16/4/11 - First day of shopping in KL
9 am and we head down to get Linda and Elizabeth before heading out to find breakfast. Take them to the cafe where Bindy and Ange took us for roti and eggs, but they don't serve roti that early, so we have bee hoon noodles, omelette, half boiled eggs, and share the breakfast. JT pays out of the communal kitty. It's pouring down with rain as we're having breakfast, stops, but starts again as we're about to leave. Everyone has a raincoat, except me. So I run through the rain to the Pavilion. Wait a bit for the rain to get lighter, but it doesn't seem to be stopping, so I arrange to meet up with them in Sungei Wang, with me running and them taking their time. I go through Lot 10, Isetan, walk over the walk bridge to Sungei Wang. Wait for them at the money changer. Most of them aren't open yet, so we check out the rates at those which are open and finally go to our usual one in the back entrance corner and exchange at rate 3.17. Now that we have money we can go shopping. The girls wasted no time. Lily bought a bag and Linda a pair of shoes in Sembonia. We then went shopping in Metrojaya. Spent most of the morning in the ladies section. Next we went to Parksons, by this time, we were getting hungry, so we went down to the supermarket, so that Linda and Elizabeth could buy some necessities. We head back through the new Lot 10 foodcourt and decide to have lunch there. I have a Cantonese Char Kway Teoh for RM7.30. After lunch we drop our shopping off back at the hotel before heading back out again. We have a look at the shops in Farenheit 88. Then we go into Vinnci and then back to Isetan and Sungei Wang and back to Parksons to look at the ladies fashions. Then we go to Daiso to buy lots of bits and pieces - I get some craft trimmings. By the time we come out of the shop it is 6pm, so we head back to Isetan food supermarket and buy some sushi and jap food at 50% off. Get them to microwave it before heading back to the hotel to have our dinner. RM$25 for the 3 of us. Sore feet and lots of shopping for the first day.
Sunday 17/4/11 - Hop on Hop off Sightseeing
7.30am wakeup, but head out just before 10am for breakfast at the Pavilion foodcourt. Get plain congee and yau tiao for RM4. At 11.15am we get the Hop on Hop off bus...I have to go back to hotel to get my sunnies and change into something more appropriate. They give me 15 mins, but when I come back down the bus is already there and the bus driver has been good enough to wait for me. We get off at the Bird Park. Seems Janet has bought tickets already while on the bus, so we go in and watch the 12.30pm bird show - so hot and humid, they don't want to see any of the other bird exhibits, so we head back out to wait for the bus at 1.20pm. It's 30 mins before the bus comes around, and so we take it to KLCC. I sit on the outside of the bus and get sunburnt. We arrive at KLCC at 2.25pm and take the usual photos outside before heading inside. We need to look for a money changer for Linda, seems she's already spent all the money she changed yesterday. Then we go to the local food court which is still chock full of people. I buy a sugar cane juice and Chicken and Mushroom rice at Little Wok. After lunch we split up, with Linda and Elizabeth going to check out how to get up to the bridge. Lily, Janet and I go into Isetan, then Thomas Sabo - buy a red shoe pendant, then go to Chameleon and lily buys her rings and blings. We meet back up with the girls at Marks and Spencer. They's had enough shopping, so we walk back to the hotel, via the Convention Centre. Put our stuff back in the rooms, before we head out to Pavilion food court for dinner. After dinner we go to Chameleon and buy more bling. They take a long time in Chameleon that it's closing time before we leave.
Monday 18/4/11 - Times Square
10.10am Breakfast in Pavilion food court again - congee, but they have run out of yau tiao. Try the mixed bun which is like crunchy left over rice which has been fried. After breakfast we walk to Times Square via Sungei Wang and Parksons. Change money at rate 3.15. Then we go to Classic in to see Misha and Madam Ong. Share a drink and get some sightseeing tips, before we head back to Times Square. Go up to look for the food court, but seems they have moved it downstairs. You need to purchase a card and use the card to purchase food, any money not spent on the card can be redeemed at the counter. I have a beef noodle soup, but the noodles are like soba noodles and there a no extras like bean sprouts, etc. Only beef and noodles. After lunch we split up again. We go to Nichi, then check out the shirts for Nathan. Then check out the Canon camera prices. Then we walk back through Sungei Wang supermarket and back via Isetan and Lot 10. Look in Zara, but buy nothing - expensive and more for tall thin ladies. Then go back to Farenheit 88 and stop at the Pacific Coffee Co for iced chocolate and free wifi. Linda and Elizabeth meet us there around 6.30pm. We put our shopping back in our room but the lifts are out of order, so we need to use the lifts at the back, luckily someone shows us where it is. The lifts come out at the side of the rooftop swimming pool. Go back down and go to Debenhams at Lot 10 where Elizabeth buys kids clothes. Then down to Isetan food court. They buy Jap food again, I get Hainan Chicken Rice takeaway. Go back to hotel for dinner.
Tuesday 19/4/11 - Chinatown
10am we walk to the local markets at the back of the hotel. Try the popiah, but don't buy any fruit or vegies. On the walk back to the hotel, Linda buys roti canai. I apply for the tourist privilege card at Farenheit 88. The we walk to Low Yat Plaza to ask for camera prices RM1299 to RM1499. Lily and girls buy usb mouse and battery for mobile phone. Then we go to U Village for lunch. Walk back to Sungei Wang and then head back to hotel. Arrange to meet back up again at 3pm to head out to Chinatown. Catch the monorail to Mahajaral station and walk down Jalan Petaling. Walk into gift shops and souvenir shops. Looking for double sided tape, but no luck. Walk down to the markets and Linda buys basketball singlet/shorts - Lily does the talking. Look for shop that sells red packets with name, no luck. Walk back through the markets to Ocean supermarket...as we head back to the mono rail station, pass a stationery shop manned by a very old little lady - who reminds us of mum. She has anything and everything in that shop, but only one roll of double-sided tape. O, she also has the red packets with our surnames. Lily and Janet buy all that she has, but Elizabeth is out of luck, no Liongs. We get back to Bukit Bintang by 7.30pm. We put our staff in our room before heading out to Pavilion for dinner. After dinner we go to Tangs - buy ribbons, top and shorts. Go into Parksons to look at perfumes, they don't have Kenzo. Shops are closing, so we head back to hotel but Lily is talked into buying Marc Jacobs Daisy perfume.
Wednesday 20/4/11 - Shopping for us, Sightseeing for Linda and Elizabeth
10am go to Pavilion, looking for guy who sold perfume to Lily - seems he forgot to include the free body lotion in with the rest of the freebies. So we go get breakfast - congee again. After breakfast walk to Sungei Wang to change money - rate still 3.15. Go to buy the camera, at the first shop we looked at in Sungei Wang. Buy it for RM1290 plus protective film which they put on for us. at RM5. Then we go to Metrojaya to buy more clothes. Next to Parkson to buy more clothes. Lunch at U-Village. Head back to room after lunch to drop off stuff, then head back out to Pavilion. Still no luck with the perfume man. Go to Parksons in Pavilion - buy nothing. Go to Forever 21 - buy nothing. Go into Cotton On - buy nothing, Go into Eclipse and end up trying on at least 20 dresses, end up buying 6 dresses and 2 shoes with 15% discount. It's 8pm by the time we go have dinner at Pavilion food court. As we go back to hotel we see girl that was manning cash register at perfume place - she remembers us and Lily gets her body lotion.
Thursday 21/4/11 - More shopping for us, Sightseeing for Linda and Elizabeth
Have breakfast at Station Kopitiam in Farenheit88. Toast with 2 boiled eggs and tea for RM5. Then walk the shops of Farenheit88. Buy clothes and scarfs. Then go to BB Plaza to change money. Rate has gone up to 3.19. Go into Metrojaya and buy Kenzo perfume. Lily gets set for the boys. Then we head to Low Yat Plaza to look for spare battery for the camera, which we get at RM70 - copy, not original, as original does not have warranty. Have late lunch at Uncle Bens in Low Yat Plaza - have fried loh see fun - good value for money - would go back there again. Then head back to hotel. Stop at Vinnci and buy pair of black heeled shoes - while waiting to pay see this rich Arab couple buying at least 10 pairs of shoes, bags and jewellery. Put our stuff back in our rooms, before going to Pavilion. Buy a photo stand in Parksons. Back to hotel again and meet up with Linda and Elizabeth. 8pm head to our final dinner in KL at Grandmama's in Pavilion. After dinner walk shops in Pavilion - they only now realise that they haven't even seen all the shops in the Pavilion. Elizabeth is only now looking at clothes for herself. The shop, Vivid has free wifi, so chat to Evan, while girls decide what she should buy. It's closing time and we are still in the shop. Back to hotel and time to pack. Bags are slightly overweight, but should be ok.
Friday 22/4/11 - Flight back to Sydney
My bag weighs about 23kg, Janet's slightly lighter and Lily's about the same as mine. Check out at 10.30am and leave our bags at the reception. Realise that we could checkout at 12noon, but we're already out, so don't bother. Go and have congee for breakfast. Linda goes to have a massage at 12noon, while we shop with Elizabeth who is now doing last minute shopping. Looking for a handbag, so we go to Parksons in Sungei Wang. Walk back via Isetan and JT buys her pink handbag. Elizabeth buys it in green. Walk back to Farenheit88 and I buy some bracelets in Stardust Studio. Have lunch at 2pm in Yummy Taiwan, then we go and sit at Pacific Coffee Co and use free wifi. Lily decides to go back to buy a handbag which she was eyeing, after I say I will carry it for her. Head back to hotel reception to wait for our taxi to come take us to airport. Get to airport, check in and spend our time looking at shops and making our way slowly to the gate. Use free wifi and kill time riding travelators. On flight back, we are all seated separately. I'm with Elizabeth, Lily is with Linda and Janet is on her own. Our seats are just behind business class, and I get asked if I can swap with a mum who has a kid, who is sitting on side seat just before curtains to business class. There is another mum with kid and grandma, so I swap seats, for takeoff, after takeoff, the mum with kid doesn't like my seat, so she gets a seat up the back of the plane, so I move back into my seat, after the air stewardess suggests that the kid is going to be noisy - lucky I do, as the kid crys and is so noisy during most of the flight. Sitting in front, we have our own personal screens which we discover is under our seats.Spend my time watching the rest of the Harry Potter movie and some others.
Arrive back in Sydney early in the morning. We manage to get out of customs and immigration fairly quickly, but spend a lot of time waiting for our bags on the carousel. Don't get searched, just asked what we have and waved through - no x-ray of bags. Wait for Linda and Elizabeth. Then call Mark to come pick us up.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
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