Last week, we went for a short vacation to Genting Highlands, Malaysia. It was our first vacation by coach. Initially, I was skeptical if Little Edison is able to endure the travelling time of six hours by coach. But it turned out that the journey was quite easy for him – even when the exact travelling time was a freaking 7.5 hours!

We took the Five Star Executive Coach from Golden Mile Complex. The seat is a massage chair that is surprisingly very spacious and comfortable. Each seat is equipped with TV and game console. Our boy was happy to sit on his own, play with his smelly pillow and Hello Kitty, and eventually falling asleep.

It’s a massage chair, so comfy too!

TV and game console on each seat

The coach left Singapore at 8am sharp. It stopped for half an hour at Yong Peng (Johor) for lunch break and another two toilet breaks before we reached Genting Highlands at 3:30pm. Luckily, the bus terminal is just a short five minute walk to the hotel lobby.

There are many accommodation options in Genting Highlands – Highlands Hotel, Resort Hotel, Theme Park Hotel, Genting Hotel and First World Hotel. We chose the latter because I stayed there once and I like its convenience to the First World Plaza, indoor theme park and food galore.

Again, being the largest hotel in Genting Highlands with over 6,000 hotel rooms, I’ve read negative comments about the long check-in queue. Our friends recommended the World Club Room to us; it has special check-in counters without the long wait.

So, I’m really glad that we booked the World Club Room. The first four check-in counters are allocated for World Club Room guests only and we took less than 3 minutes to check-in.

V checking-in at the special counter for World Club Room guests

We chose a room on the highest floor (28th floor) at Tower 2 with views of the theme park. The room has two single beds, a sofa, a dressing table, bathroom with a separated standing shower and bath tub, fridge with complimentary drinks, coffee and tea making facility as well as hair-dryer (must-have for me!).

The World Club Room size is 450 sq. ft, which is double the size of a Deluxe Room. I understand from the reception that there are 3 choices of World Club Room – two queen size beds with no bath tub, one queen size bed with bath tub OR two single beds with bath tub. We chose the latter because our boy loves bath tub so much.

Here are some pictures of the World Club Room. It is priced between RM305 (Low) to RM550 (Super Peak). Personally, I find that it’s very spacious, clean and suitable for families with children.

Sofa to sit and relax!

Two Single Beds

View from the room

Wardrobe and dressing table

Sink and standing shower

Little Edison in the bath tub

Toiletries

In my next post, I’ll share about the food and theme parks in Genting.

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I’ve been working out some basic planning, holiday ideas and preliminary itineraries on a short holiday for the three of us. V has a lot of annual leave to clear, so he suggested for a long holiday to Gold Coast Australia instead.

However, after much considerations regarding travelling time, the difficulties involved in me taking leave for more than a week at this time of the year etc, we decided to go for a short holiday in a nearby country. I’m also skeptical if Little Edison can handle flight duration of more than seven hours.

During our last trip to Hong Kong, he became restless after one hour on the flight. He walked up and down the aisle, talked to the other passengers and air crews, made funny faces etc. So, I don’t really look forward to taking long flight with him.

Furthermore, I’m also mindful of how far he can walk. If we join a group tour, the itineraries will be full packed, leaving us with minimal time to eat and rest (considering that he still need an hour of afternoon nap). If we go free & easy, this means that we have to walk and travel on the road even more. Either way, it’s going to be taxing for Little Edison.

So, we decided to postpone our long holiday until next year. By then, our boy will be 5 years old and it should be easier for him to travel long distance. Hopefully.

Back to our plan for short holiday, the list of potential places includes Batam, Bintan, Phuket and Genting Highlands. V is not keen with Indonesia. We’ve been to Phuket before. So, we decided to go with Genting Highlands this time round.

Resorts World Genting

The place is child-friendly with indoor and outdoor amusement parks. I guess Little Edison will like it too. As for me, I like the cool weather and fresh air up the mountain. V is looking forward to the casino as there is no entrance levy.

We went to Five Star travel agency to book our coach tickets and hotel accommodation. The price of $88 per pax for 3D2N is indeed very attractive. I upgraded the hotel room from the tiniest to the largest and the coach from SVIP (26 seaters) to Executive (20 seaters). So, the final amount came to about $200 per pax.

We will be heading to Resorts World Genting tomorrow. Will share more pictures when we get back.

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Wikipedia defines a comfort object or security blanket as an “item that provides psychological comfort, especially in unusual or unique situations, or at bedtime for small children”. Among toddlers, comfort objects may take the form of a blanket, a stuffed animal, or a favourite toy, and may be referred to by the terms blankey and lovey.

For newborn baby, a security blanket is truly a godsend. It keeps baby warm, clean, dry and comfortable. It calms fears and reduces anxieties too. I used these blankets when Little Edison was a baby but he didn’t get very attached to them.

When he reached toddlerhood, he began hugging his comfort pillow and a stuffed toy, rubbing them across his cheeks and nose, and clinging to them at bedtime. Among all the stuffed toys that he had, he loves this Hello Kitty a lot (picture below). I blogged about it HERE too.

As Hello Kitty is white, she tends to get dirty easily too. He becomes very nervous whenever his Kitty is dirty, and he demands that I should wash her every fortnightly. Thus, it becomes my duty to wash her every two weeks or whenever she is dirty.

Hello Kitty just had a wash last weekend. I put her at the window to air dry. On a sunny warm day, she will dry up before bedtime. It’s quite amazing how this Kitty remains so soft and cuddly after so many washes. Little Edison will be delighted to hug his Hello Kitty that is so clean and smells wonderful after a wash. And he goes “Mmmm, Hello Kitty is so fragrant!”

As he gets older, I want to limit its use to bedtime only. I tell him that his comfort pillow (named “Smelly”) and Hello Kitty will stay at home except when we’re on vacation. I don’t want him to carry them everywhere and becomes a habit that is difficult to wean off in future. He is pretty cool about it.

Does your child have a comfort object or security blanket too? Are you concerned about it? Why and why not? I’d love to hear from you.

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Our boy is getting bored with the playgrounds in our apartment. Occasionally, he will ask us to bring him to the bigger indoor playground with colourful ball pits and fanciful long slides. But today, I brought him to the neighbourhood playground located at the HDB blocks opposite our apartment.

The playground is quite new and there is a fitness / exercise area next to it. There is also a cycling path circling the playground. Our boy had so much fun playing at this playground.

Little Edison at the playground

It’s sad, however, to see that the residents here are not taking good care of this facility. Tissue papers, ice-cream wrappers, sticks and bottles were all over the floor despite a trash bin conveniently located within 2m from the playground.

Tissue papers all over the playground

There was a group of older boys playing with a ball near the slide, endangering the other younger children in the playground. I bet they are at least 13 or 14 years old, picture below.

Older boys playing with ball & badminton near the slide

I brought Little Edison to the exercise area to avoid these boys. And we had a great time cycling at the park too. Great exercise for both of us.

Practising on the balance beam

Climb higher and higher!

“Ah! I’m so tired!”

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It’s Friday and welcome to my first post on Online Shopping Inspirations. Today’s post is about designer handbags, almost every woman’s pride and joy! Yay!

Recently, I got my eye on a Gucci Joy Medium Boston Bag. This is one of the most traditional handbags from the line of Gucci Luxury Handbags. Made from GG plus fabric with contrast leather trim, this handbag goes well with any outfits from seasons to seasons.

It is in the classic Gucci shape, measures about 12½ x 8¾ x 6¾ inches and would definitely be easy to carry through the leather handles on top with 4 inches drop. It has a zip along the top and an inside zip pocket which adds to its overall practicality. It also has some D-ring detail on the side for added design.

I spotted this Gucci Joy Medium Boston Bag at Lime’s Collections two days ago. It is selling at SGD850 including home delivery (Retail price: SGD1160).

Gucci Joy Medium Boston Handbag from Lime’s Collections

As an introduction, I got to know Mei (owner of Lime’s Collections) two years ago when I purchased a Coach bag from her. In 2009, her blogshop was still operating on blogspot but now she has registered her own domain. She is a frequent traveler to US. She bought the bags from Coach Outlet stores and some high end departmental stores, and brought them back to Singapore.

Her collections have also expanded from Coach to Kate Spade, Longchamp, Burberry, Gucci and even men’s collections.

I’m still contemplating whether I should buy this bag from her because it’s not in my favourite colour. I prefer lavender or white leather trim instead of black (like this one). However, the price tag of SGD850 is indeed quite attractive. Do you agree?

Do check out Lime’s Collections today. If you’re also looking for a handbag, I hope you can find something that you like at Lime’s Collections.

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