Family Day 2005

We arrived at Lone Pine at about 3.30pm on Sat, an hour later than planned. As it was drizzling, we couldn’t go to the beach, so we remained in our rooms to have our afternoon tea. Then, the babies got restless so we brought them to the open sitting area to allow them to walk and run about. We even attempted to do some finger painting but Zerlynde dipped her entire hand into the bottle of blue paint before we could even get started, so we gave the activity up for fear of her leaving traces of her fingers all over us.


room with a view

The rain finally stopped at 5.30pm. So, we headed for the pool. The parents jumped in first. K-Ying who’s been swimming quite a bit in her KL apartment was very enthusiastic and gladly followed her father into the pool. Zerlynde whose experience with water was limited to her baby bath tub and once in the E&O tub initially refused to get into water. We spent about 5 minutes coaxing her before she relented and joined us in the pool. Eventhough she was holding on to me tight the whole time, I was really proud of my baby's bravery.


all dressed for the adventure


Zerlynde's first time in the pool

We later adjourned to the beach. Another first for Zerlynde. She refused to step on the sand until curiosity won her over, then she put her feet down and even kicked the sand to see its effect. She also got to see and touch a horse for the first time.









After dinner at Seafood Village, we spent an hour exchanging gifts, highlight of our get-together. My favourite was a Tiffany open heart pendant and chain, gift from hubby, who on the other hand was very happy to receive a Beckham t-shirt from me in return. Kitty loves her angel desk calendar. Dad was very pleased with his pc handwriting reader whereas mum’s favourite gift was a white-gold chain from dad.









Sunday morning, after breakfast, we proceeded to the beach again. We had to spend the first 20 minutes persuading the babies that the sand was harmless. Hubby and I then went horse-riding for the first time, which was exciting although I must admit I was scared stiff despite assurances that the horse was tame. James and Liew Yang followed suit. Then, we went for a short dip in the pool.




sand phobia


K-Ying frozed when she discovered herself partially covered in sand


Zerlynde refused to get down











After reluctantly checking out from Lone Pine at about 2pm, we headed for Zhonghua at One-Stop Midlands for late lunch where we had peking duck, Yong Chow fried rice, deep fried noodles and tiny dishes of tim sum.

Overall, we were really pleased with our stay at Lone Pine this year. Although the service was only moderate, the fact that our rooms were located on the ground floor was very attractive as they were literally 1 min walk away from the pool and 2 mins walk to the beach. It was especially convenient for us since we had with us 3 hyper-active toddlers and a new born baby. So we ended our weekend with a promise that we would visit Lone Pine again soon, perhaps during the chinese new year break.