Monday, June 8, 2009

A Short Getaway

We enjoyed a short getaway from the busy life in Singapore, on 22-23 May. Two of my friends from university times were getting married, so we decided to book a room at the same hotel and take a break from work.

Nothing unusual - hubby was not able to take full-day leave, so in the morning, we sent Ian to the nanny's place first, then I sent hubby to work. After I got home, I prepared Ian's porridge for dinner. Time flew and it was time to pick Ian and hubby, at 12 plus.

We were running late for a spa appointment, and had to order MacDonalds takeaway to eat in the car, along the way.


We were allowed to check-in early at Rasa, which was nice of them. The room was nothing like our experience in KL - it was clean, spacious, and there was NO SMELL. We had expected it to be old, but it was very acceptable! Once we checked in, I went for my spa while hubby babysitted Ian.

Their spa was good, and I had a good rest before I had to rush back to help out hubby. When I stepped out, I spotted the two of them strolling at the hotel lobby. When we returned to the room, hubby whipped out his laptop, and began to WORK again!!!!! (Well, the next time you really want to get away from work, make sure that the hotel does not offer free Internet access!)

Time flew while he was working, and Ian was busy exploring the room. We had no chance to go to the beach, as it was time to attend the romantic ROM ceremony. It was a solemnization with the sunset as a backdrop. It was nice to witness your old friends signing the 'contract', after so many years of dating.


Well, the dinner was up to standard, just like everything else there that we had experienced thus far, and the thing we liked best was, there was no dilly-dallying around. The food came quick and everything ended by 10.45pm or so. Probably, they had to do that because the bus to the main island was leaving at 10.55pm. Haha...

On the next morning, it was hubby's turn for the spa, while I babysitted Ian. We ordered a set of American breakfast to share because our room did not come with breakfast. The serving was simply huge and the 2 of us could not finish everything.

We had planned to take Ian for a dip at the hotel pool, but unfortunately, in our rush to go out, we had omitted to bring the float along. Hence, we had decided not to let him swim.

While hubby was away, I took a few shots of the room. The toilet was huge, and so was our room. There was a balcony looking out at the trees (which meant nothing much to see).






One last shot of the hotel before we said goodbye to the island...


Since Vivocity was nearby, we decided to have our lunch there. We fed a jar of baby food to Ian since we were not able to cook porridge. He finished up everything, and also some rice from our plates.

After lunch, we brought him to the playground. He was thrilled with the water fountains, and made a scene when we pulled him away to leave.

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