Wednesday, December 31, 2008

A Long Holiday & A Family Vacation

It was a long holiday and I went for our family vacation. Last year Langkawi was our destination but this year we went to Malacca. We headed to Malacca at 8.30 a.m from my house and arrived there at about 10.30 a.m. We stayed in Bidara Puteri Beach Resort. It is a little further from the town but near to Hang Tuah graveyard. This is a resort cum service apartment and so beautiful with the sea view of the straits of Malacca. I was acknowledged this resort was once the four star Mutiara Melaka Beach Resort and it was under management of one of the leading institution in Malaysia. We got 30% off as my sister is a member of that institution. Even though, it was a beautiful resort apartment that we rented but I think it was slightly not well managed. One of the workers there told me it was due to the high overhead cost of maintaining the resort ( not sure whether it is true or not) when I asked why there was only one lift operated. However, the lift issue was not a big issue as the scenery was beautiful and suitable for our vacation since my father was not fully recovered. Despite, the minor problem of the service in the resort, I should say it was a nice place to sit and relax and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the morning and evening. I enjoyed watching the activities and walking along the beach.

We were so lucky to get that place to stay as it was fully booked during the long holiday and in conjunction with the Christmas Open House in Portuguese Town. We didn’t realize that Malacca held an event for Christmas until we tried to book the hotel and most of the hotels were fully booked. It seemed a lot of Singaporeans went here for a long holidays.

Not much activity was done during this holiday as our movement was restricted with my father’s condition. My father enjoying reminiscing good old days when he was in Malacca. However, I think this was truly a vacation, as I always argued about the definition of vacation with my siblings. As for me a vacation means having a good time sleeping or waking up a bit late from the usual days, relaxing, enjoying and indulging yourself in the hotel/resort, do a few activities or sightseeing that you can if the time permit. As for my brother a vacation means sightseeing and visiting places and go back late at night to the hotel and sleep. Whatever, definition it is, I enjoyed our family vacation this year.

Salam Maal Hijrah

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bestnya cut-cuti Malaysia

Anonymous said...

Assalamua'laikum Azuriy,

It is always a great time when having vacation with our family, right?! One thing for sure, it will not be so boring when compare to go vacation alone. Anything happened can again be shared with them during the "post vacation meeting"

Alhamdulillah, we are granted by Allah with a nice country. There are so many creations by Allah that can make us think. Even Allah urges us to go out and look & think for gaining knowledge.

The thing that I like the most during vacation is trying the local foods,..emmhhh...

I-lal-li-qa' was-sa-la-mah

Anonymous said...

zu,

cuti-cuti malaysia ke sarawak bila???