Family holiday 2012

Family holidays are great for bonding.

Every year with the hard earned bonus, I will treat members of my precious family to a holiday together.

The last few years we have been going on cruises: Libra, Virgo, Legend of the Seas. Cruises are fun as the children get to eat 5 meals a day, watch internationally acclaimed shows, play family bonding games, win prizes, hob-nob with the crew, buy duty free stuff etc.

But cruises are notorious for gambling as once the ship cruises out of territorial waters, the casinos and blackjacks open for business. I reckon it is not good for my children to be exposed to this kind of things thus for 2012 we decided to book 4 tickets to Gold Coast. As it turned out we met Pastor Sim and wife in Israel and he invited us over with promise of accommodation and Australian hospitality!

So it was with great excitement that we boarded Asia Asia for Gold Coast on Sunday July 29. Never mind if we had to walk on the tarmac at LCCT or climb the rickety staircase to the plane or sit in a plane without free-flow of drinks or juices or wine....we could buy mineral water for RM3 and Maggi Hot Cup if we were hungry.

Anyway the hungry guys in the family got their desired meals (nasi lemak and lasagne). As usual, mummy weight-watcher ate sandwiches and drank her favorite teh tarik. How come teh tarik taste so nice 30,000 feet up in the air? Try it....even the 3 in 1 tastes so different....!

We paid a total of RM7,700 in air tickets for 4 to Gold Coast airport. All inclusive. If we had flown by MAS, it would have been a hefty RM10,000!

We reached at about 10 pm Australian time. The ever smiling Pastor Sim, Siew Hong and his son greeted us at the airport. They had traveled over one hour plus from their place in Calamvale, Brisbane to pick us up.

They brought us straight to the church and we had a good night's rest. Mummy and Ai Ai took one room and the guys in the other room. The church accommodation was as good as a 4 star hotel! We had bread (not Gardenia but real healthy bread with lots of grains), eggs, ham, cheese, bacon and sorts of breakfast stuff for our picking all laid up for us in the church pantry and fridge. Later we will 'raid' the larder....

Thanks Pastor Sim and Siew Hong. Thank you Jesus for a safe journey! More later....