Bayou Lagoon

Hi, it's been awhile... Water rationing has been quite a massive impact on many lives off late. Not excluding us. It's most challenging when weekends turns out to be your turn. We have been taking measures to save water but with plenty of housework and being at home most of the time during weekends, it just doesn't help.

Last weekend it was our turn to again go through the Saturday, Sunday water rationing and we thought as usual, we would create an 'escapade' so that things feels as usual.. hehe

We browsed Genting and so many other places but most of them were full, so we thought we'd try somewhere new and since Mak and Ayah was available, we thought they should tag along and we would be able to spend some time with them.


We found online a place called Bayou Lagoon in Ayer Keroh Melaka. The place is relatively new, but since it offers a few attraction which would be suitable for the kids, we tried anyway. We took the 2 bedroom apartment and it was spacious and had all the amenities needed. Just a simple reminder, do bring your own sejadah as they don't quite have that many, so if you forgot to bring, it might be abit of a hassle.

The place has got a huge pool area with slides, water ball and alot more. It has also got a 9D theatre which will cause RM15/person, it was worthwhile. I wouldn't say the room is a 5 star comfort, it was more 3 star but it was clean, spacious and enough for the family.

They also have an arcade area as well as a small playground for your little ones. If you book the 2 bedrooms apartment, it comes with 4 tags of entrance to the waterpark and breakfast for 4 person, anyone on top of that is add on. Breakfast was pleasant, enough to fill your hunger but not luxurious. We were satisfied anyway because they had enough food for the big crowd. Overall it was ok.

We also went to Umbai for dinner which was just around 15-20 minutes from the hotel. Waze was fantastic and we did not face any problem reaching there. Food at Umbai was great and the dishes were so fresh it was worth paying the price. Compared to KL, the price was very reasonable.

The journey and the trip was nice but what was great is that i get to see Mak and Ayah enjoyed their time with us. I can still remember how they laughed in the 9D theatre when water were sprayed at their wrist during the water effect and when they played at the arcade at the game of basketball.. It was priceless that the probably 3 start Bayu Lagoon suddenly felt like a 5 star accomodation. I love you Mak and Ayah, I'm contented with your love and your smile. Mak's smile and laughter in the pool with us, I shall take with me till the day I die..

Ampang Jumble sale

It was nice to have participated in a jumble sale yesterday selling old stuffs that would be a treasure for others but less useful for me ( wouldn't want to call it trash as it sounds disrespectful in my perspective to the next person).

The event opened up my view over appreciation and value. The crowd that came were from all walks of life, some well to do peeps, medium class and mostly migrant workers who's looking for a bargain.

I had to fight with the neighbouring vendors who were my BBGS classmates in a price war to get our stuffs sold the quickest. I had only a handful of product so i won the time test, and because my goods were expensive, I managed to make my sales quicker as well. But my respect goes to friends that stayed till late to finish their sales in the hot hall. It was tough, whatmore the hall was situated next to a market, so the smell from the market weren't too pleasing too.. :-)

The people in front of my stall were selling 4 tops ( Massimo Dutti, MNG and the likes of it) for RM10!!!! Gile murah! But I didn't buy any because I promised myself to not buy anything but books and stuff for my kids.

It was interesting that someone's clutter seems precious and valuable to others. It was also interesting that after many years, I sat in the seller seat yesterday begging and pleading for these people to buy my stuffs and see them bargaining back.

It was also an eye opener to see how tired we were at the end of the event and I couldn't stop imagining the difficulty of a person that does this on a daily basis. Having to get up early and having to negotiate throughout the day to make a profit. Most of us sits in an air-conditioned office and sit our way through our deals and negotiations in class..

I still have my backache from the half day sitting on the hard chair yesterday and carrying the stuffs in and out of the car. Here's a thumbs up and respect to all those sellers out there. It's tough being in your shoes and here I am returning it back to you, but I must say that it's good to once in a while borrow your shoes as a self reminder for me.

Have a good and joyous day everyone! and to team Ampang Jumble Sale 2.0, 2 thumbs up for making it possible for us all to have the experience and to have our storeroom cleared for once! Hehe