Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2015

A Taste of Genting View Resort



#ThrowbackThursday


Motherhood really is not an easy job, hence the late post. Nevertheless, the memories linger like it was only yesterday when everyone was so happy and everything was so right. 

Hotels in Genting Highlands were all fully booked. So we settled for Genting View Resort instead. It is situated 10 kms. only from the foothill of Genting Highlands (our main destination) so it was not bad at all. Since we had a blast already at Genting Highlands the night before, a good night sleep was all we ever needed. And we did! Really. Partly because we were so freaking tired and partly, we had a nice and cozy hotel to sleep in. We got two apartments for a family of sixteen. Ours had a huge living  and dining. It has three huge bedrooms and a store room. It felt like we brought our house along with us. There was no need for an air-conditioning units as the weather was really cold. It was a refreshing stay for the family because the surroundings were clean and green, abundant in trees, nice landscape and most of all, there was silence so you can really relax at the same time commune with nature. It was far from  the bustling city making our stay more relaxing and satisfying. 

Once we woke up, we ate our breakfast and wasted no time. We went out and and stroll around the resort. We didn't really got to stroll the entire resort (time constraint) but what we saw was really breathtaking. It was nature at its best! 

Since I enjoyed the surroundings so much, I can't resist but snapped loads of photos. 
Enjoy! :) 



The view from our balcony.

Foggy, cold and green morning.

The hotel that we checked-in. 
Let's GO!
I love the terrain!  
The long & winding road.
Enjoying the view. 



Other family members were booked in one of the apartments.


My nephew Andrei & niece Denn Denn (in-laws).


(L-R) My mother-in-law, brother-in-law & nephew-in-law.
More family members inside. Some were eating, sleeping, resting, and relaxing. 
Choose apartment of your choice. 
Because of the cold weather, no swimming for me. 

My son's fan, his grandmther. He didn't mind the freezing water. Brrrrr..... 
My son's fans were getting bigger.  At the center is my sister-in-law. 
Father & son bonding. 
Inviting me but no thanks. It was still cold at around 12 noon! 

We checked out at around 2:00 o'clock PM off to Kuala Lumpur. We wanted to experience the city life and up-close with the famous and once considered the tallest building in the world, Petronas Twin Towers. 

You can check it here for more information if the hotel. 


Thanks for reading! 

xoxo, 
jaq

Friday, August 15, 2014

Postcards from Singapore

Travel is fun especially if family is your company. And it is even more fun if it's outside the country. 

Well, it was not really a planned trip at the beginning. Me and my son were booked early on this year as our scheduled annual vacation. We were scheduled to depart every July just so we could also celebrate my husband's birthday together. My father got into the picture around March. I told my husband that I already found somebody to accompany me and my son on our domestic flight to Manila only. Then my father will return back home alone. But I tried to ask my husband if he could book my father a ticket from Manila to Singapore and vice versa so as he could also travel outside of the country for the first time in his twilight years. I was so happy because my husband didn't hesitate and said yes. Around April of this year, I got a call from my sister that her husband, an Overseas Foreign Worker based in Saudi Arabia, planned to have a vacation in Singapore as his birthday gifts to his family whose birthdays were all in the month of July. 

I was thrilled and excited since it was one of my dreams to travel with my immediate family. We were not complete but at least, it was enough for me already. 

I've been in and out of Singapore already so me and my husband played tourists for them. We took them to some of the country's famous tourist destinations.

Below are some of the captured memories we had here. Memories we can not forget forever!

My father's first out of the country experience at 70 years old.

Lunch at McDonald's, SG Science Center

Now I know where Adong got that stone when we went back home that night.
See you soon SG Science Center!
One of Singapore's Shopping District, Orchard Road.


Frozen at Snow City


Frozen indeed!

Fun. Fun. Fun at Universal Studios.











Our lunch at Universal Studios.


My husband's 36th birthday at Bullion Park
Tiger look.
Swimming pool just for us!



Had my "selfie" while my son was awed by all the animals at the zoo.







Birthday dinner at Makansutra Gluttons By The Bay

Picnic at the park.
First timers re: picnic at the park


See you in the Philippines papa!





Magical night at Gardens By the Bay
Happy birthday sister!