Friday
Late in the evening, we hurriedly left home in Dad's brand new car (which in case you're wondering, is a Peugeot 508) and went straight to pick up Jasmine from school before cruising along the highways in the general direction of Muar.
Last picture of the scenery outside before activating warp drive.
After more than three hours on the road, we finally arrived at KL where we stopped by for Jasmine to change her school uniform and take a quick bath. Then, we resumed our journey to Muar.
After another two more hours or so, we arrived at Muar by midnight. As you probably might have guessed, after reaching Muar, we decided to go for some supper, or in this case, "roti canai". Unfortunately, the stall was already closed (which wasn't very much surprising, considering the time of our arrival), so we went to a nearby restaurant for some noodles before we went home for the night.
Midnight supper at Muar.
Saturday
In the morning, we didn't really do much, besides playing around with Max, watching some Cantonese drama series which had suddenly became everybody's common interest (save for myself because I don't really understand Cantonese and must strain to read the subtitles) and stopping by to take away some Hainanese chicken rice (which is err... kinda mandatory for every trip to Muar).
Fooling around with Max
Late in the evening, I followed Luke and Uncle Mike to catch some fish. So with some fishing rods, some uncooked prawns (as fish baits), some extra caps (not for me, obviously), the three of us went fishing.
The idea is that if you catch a fish here, you gotta pay for the fish; if not, then admission's free.
Like father, like son.
Okay, so we wait for the fishy here, right?
Sunset by the water.
In the end, we didn't managed to catch any fish, though something definitely nibbled on the prawn as there were suspicious bite marks on its side. Hmm, that shows how far evolution goes...
Anyway, we went back home just before nightfall. After a quick rest, we went to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
Dinner much lately?
After dinner, we went to get some dessert (namely "ice-cream goreng") before returning home for the night.
Sunday
In the morning, we paid a visit to my grandparents' place and hung around there for the whole afternoon. Nothing much happened there, unless you consider reading sci-fi classics while snacking on some candies something.
At night, we went to this considerably large restaurant for this year's reunion dinner where we all enjoyed our dinner while watching some literally back-breaking acrobatic performances.
Well, you can pretty much guess what happened next to the "yusheng".
(Slightly extended) family photo.
Monday
Well, nothing happened that day too. Apparently, everybody was busy doing something, which included a wide varieties of activities such as watching a Cantonese drama series, playing Mahjong, playing poker (or black jack, or gin rummy, or...), surfing the Internet, taking an afternoon nap etc.
Occupying the hottest Wi-Fi area in the house.
Dinner at home.
Tuesday
In the morning, we went to visit a couple of relatives and as you might have guessed, also snack a little (*Ahem!*).
"Makan" time again?
In the afternoon, we followed Mum to attend her annual class reunion that was held at the home of one of her old friends.
Hanging around at Mum's class reunion.
After leaving Mum's annual class reunion, we returned home for a quick rest. After taking a short nap and after watching a particularly unusual British comedy that features killer mothers and Indian ghosts halfway, we all went to visit another relative who just so happened to own a kind of "mini orchard" outside her house.
I spy with my little eye... Hey, wait a second, there's a ripe fruit over there!
Don't lean against the trees without looking first, or else...
Busy preparing some fresh ripe jackfruits.
Spotted a couple kingfishers too hanging around a satellite antenna.
After saying goodbye, we went back home for dinner. After finishing dinner, we all then resumed our previous activities.
Mahjong playing session beginning at home.
Cantonese drama series much lately, guys?
Wednesday
In the morning, we packed our stuff and headed back to Penang. After another few hours on the road, we stopped by at this crowded restaurant in Bidor for lunch. After waiting more than an hour for our food to arrive and then hungrily finishing our lunch once it arrived, we continued our journey and arrived back home late in the evening.
