desaru trip - 8th and 9th aug

a short trip to desaru on 8th aug sure brightened our holiday mood.

the only drawback was the jam at causeway. however, it was made up by the shorter time taken on the new expressway E22.

arrived at desaru pantai resort at about 4 pm. it was surely crowded with many singapore cars dotting the carpark area. as usual, we hit the seaside for a wave massage before playing some telematch racing games on the beach...omg, it was sure a reflection of our aging era, hubby and i were so short of breath after a short race with the 2 girls.

then, we headed back to the pool and the girls went for their usual slide. i was enjoying myself lying in the hammock...some new refurbishment had taken place in the resort, the hammock being one of them.

halfway, joy alerted me about a young looking man who seemed to hover around the edge of the pool, looking at a girl in bikini, with face lying down. she called him 'chee ko pek'.

then, i had a good laugh when the mystery unfolded....it turned out that the girl that he was setting his eyes on, was his girlfriend! he was just admiring her in the resting position, haha.

we took a quiet drive along the stretch of greenery path to hit the fireflies place. hoqwever, we were informed that the 1.5-hour tour would only start past 8 pm, much to our disappointment (wrong info given by hotel staff). we decided to give it a miss and proceeded for our seafood instead.

wow, it was cheese lobster again! this time round, hubby and i gave it a miss, as we saw that the 2 girls were tearing the lobster flesh like 'hungry ghosts'! for the first time, we tried the crab bee hoon (dried style). the crab was not as fleshy as the live lobster though!

we had a great fill in our stomach. in fact, hubby was asking if there was a need to order another lobster (going so cheap at 1 kg = sgs 130, live)! we told him,"too much of it will not make us appreciate so much and 回味无穷“!

the drive back to the resort was along a dark stretch of road with hardly any bright lampposts. it was a cheap thrill for us all! maybe,the other half was imagining himself doing nite racing, haha

we played carrom in the nite, then jim rummy in the room.

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nxt day, we gave the sunrise view a miss. hubby claimed that it was quite cloudy at 6 am so, there was nothing to miss afterall!

after bfst, we drove to the ostrich farm. for the first time, i carried an ostrich egg, which was chilled from the fridge. an ostrich egg is believably, able to feed 15 to 20 pple. claire also took pic with a day-old ostrich just hatched from the egg. joy was the scaredy cat running away from such sight....she claims that her new-found phobia is ostrich, owing to its small head, long neck and maybe ugly backside.

for the first time, i realised that ostriches are rather tame. well, we were moving around the farm premises feeding them, and some were even allowed to move out of the fenced area.

from initial fear, we soon became more at ease with the envt. pics with ostriches were snapped for memories sake.

next, we hit tesco and jusco shopping malls and had fun buying lots of stuff...sch bag, tees, tubes, eyeliner, shorts, blouses, hair accessories.

but what really wrapped up the day was a delicious satisfying meal at jusco mall. a soupy chinese restaurant which serves herbal dishes. we were totally glad with our choices, instead of the usual kinsahi jap food....at the end of it, hubby said maybe one day, he could take half a day leave and just bring me in to enjoy the food again. such sweet thought.

back home, hubby was exhausted from the drive, owing to the heavy jam at causeway. we even joked that many locals prefer to be out of singapore during national day period, showing the little patriotism that each has in his heart. our family included, haha.