Celebrating hubby's birthday!

We celebrated hubby's birthday this year at Monte's, BSC. Time really flies! Birthdays always seem to arrive so quickly. What, another year gone already? 

Yummy pasta...

Happy birthday to my dearest hubby! You're absolutely the best!

Trip to Putrajaya!

We wrapped up 2011 with a 3D/2N stay at the Pullman Putrajaya. The kids had never been to a beach before, and I found out that there was this small man-made beach at the Pullman, and so we decided to make a trip there. Haha, sad I know. But there really aren't that many beach destinations that one can go to at the end of the year, no thanks to the monsoon season.

We had lunch when we arrived at the hotel, since the room was not yet ready. Food at the restaurant- named B's- was not very nice. Expensive, and yet not nice. :p

When we finally got to see our room, I was really rather shocked. The floor looked old and dusty- and there were stains everywhere! I think it wasn't really 'dirty' per se; it just felt that way because there were stains and the room just felt really really tired. It did feel rather yucky to be walking around barefoot, and I was beginning to dread staying there for the next 2 nights!

While waiting for our luggage to be sent up, I thought about it and decided to make a call to the front desk, asking the guy who checked us in (who was really very nice and helpful) to have a look at the room and to check if it had indeed been cleaned. I hoped that we would be given another room; and to our delight, we were upgraded to a suite at no extra charge! Fabulous! That really made all the difference. Praise God!

The kids really enjoyed themselves at the beach. The sand was coarse and the water looked rather yucky; but I guess everyone still managed to have a decent time.

We had dinner the first evening at 'The Village' and the food was really good. Very expensive, but at least it was yummy! All 3 main courses were superb. Thinking about that meal makes me hungry!

Clock tower at the Pullman Putrajaya

The next day, we opted to go on the Putrajaya Lake Cruise, which was quite nice. Our little girl was charming everyone on board, and our little boy was so excited watching the captain steer the boat! Haha. We saw some interesting buildings and structures on the cruise as well, such as the 'steel mosque' below.

In the late afternoon, we went to the beach again, but it started raining only after a while so we had to leave. We decided to head to Alamanda Putrajaya (the only shopping mall in Putrajaya I think), to have dinner and walk around a bit. I even managed to do some shopping, and the kids enjoyed themselves on some kiddie rides so all was well. 

When we got back to the hotel, we had some fun at the pool table (it was free since it was still early), and that was a great experience for the kids. We plonked our little boy on a high chair and gave him a cue, and he was happily pushing the balls into the pockets! It was so cute watching both of them at the pool table.

All in all, we had quite a nice trip, mostly thanks to the upgraded room, which made our stay a whole lot more comfortable. We couldn't do that much- since we were travelling with young kids- but I'm quite sure they had fun nevertheless!