"It's not where we're going, but who we're with" :)

Oh yes, it has come and gone :(


Four days didn't seem like enough to any of us, leaving was so hard although we know we were gonna see each other the next day hehe :p


We never really have big family holidays like this, so, this one, it was a big deal.

The last time we were all together on a holiday was when my aunty from the US came down about 10 years ago. So really, it has been a long time.

But to me, the most important thing about this holiday was to have my grandparents with us. They weren't too keen on going at first, but we convinced them to come in the end, and I am more than glad that they did come, cause it might be a bit too long before we have our next Sreeni holiday.

pretty view,mm? :)

I had Shania Twain's "You've Got a Way" playing the whole way to Penang, the same song, yes the same song, a little much I know but I just love the song so much, no idea why, it just makes me >:)

and I had my crackbud with me to make the trip there a tinsy bit more comfortable he he :p

(thanks for letting me lean on you, hug you, litterally put my whole body on you without you muttering a word nyehe loveyou) that's why I always sit next to you in the car,sissy :)

Day one, we headed to Ipoh first, to eat yummy dim sum, mmm :) and then we all headed to Penang, to Sua Tau Lane to have delish hawker food but the old man that used to sell the yummy kaya pancakes isn't there anymore! So I searched everywhere for it, but noooo, I still couldn’t find it. SIGH, big spoiler :(

For the next few days, we just spent alot of quality time together.

we put our bags down.

3 minutes later, we were at the beach.

:) (this includes sunil, he's always been one of the girlies! haha)

I could sit and watch the waves for hours.

It's so calming and peaceful :')

The captain ball & volleyball matches in the beach,


Being THE loudest people there(haha what's new),

Burrying Ati in the sand ;she's too cute. Such a drama queen la our little “POmelo Anderson” running in the beach in her one piece suit. Oh, Baywatch flashback! Hehe :p

Watching Gramps play volleyball with us, he never does that! :’) Which almost 80 year old can you say that about!?,

Ordering ONE burger from room service and splitting it amongst the 5 of us haha and paying it with Sunil's coins!,

PARASAILING! I only have a picture of Shayna all geared up, the cam died on me :( buuuut yay! I finally did it, although I was so freaked out before going, I'm afraid of heights! but after all that hastle, I was so relieved that I actually did it, hee :) everyone did it except my papa :/
It was so calming looking at my legs dangling in the air, feeling the cold breeze, looking at the pretty ocean and plus, i had a good partner, alayna :p

Karaoke : reliving our past with S Club 7, Spice Girls and the Backstreet Boys, with dance moves and everything! hehe, oh good times,

Baby shav sang to Love Story.

Although I don't like that song, when she sang it, I couldn't help but like it, too cute! :p

Anddddd :)

Gramps sang to Frank Sinatra :')

my schweets :)

Watching gramps and meems walking together, holding hands, it makes me feel all fuzzy inside :')

THE most amazing couple alive,

Our everyday pool & snooker games which made me laugh so hard till my tummy ached,

The ENDLESS laughter and weird, crazy, sadistic, retarded jokes in the room HEHE. You guys are real schmucksss,

And on the last day, we decided not to sleep, well Ally, Nil, Alayna and I mostly. We stayed up and talked for hours and hours about random topics, life, love, family, society, everything and then walked out onto the balcony and saw something that we don't usually get to see : a sky that was filled with the most prettiest stars I have seen, it was breath taking :')

yeah.. but nayna dozed off, obviously.

We tried taking pictures of the star-filled sky that night, but, it doesn't look so good on camera :(

Our last night made me really happy, I just love it when we have our late night sessions, it's always so meaningful, I love you girls(and guy) :') and this time, it meant so much more because Ally and Sunil joined us, SUNIL joined us! He isn’t exactly the mushy mushy type, but he really opened up that night :)

Before we headed home, we decided, since Grandpa was with us, and since he hasn't been to Ammama & Achacha's(my Grandpa's parents) grave for years and years now, we'd take a quick two stops to both their burrial grounds, Ammama's in Butterworth and Achacha's in Taiping.

So we visited the grave, said a few prayers as a family for them. Grandpa's usually the strong one in the family, and I never really see him get sad or upset, actually, I never do, but when he was there, praying at his parents grave, he was more emotional than I have ever seen him to be.
I could see how much it meant to grandpa to get to visit his parents grave.

I still have memories of Ammama's funeral.
And I still remember the chants and songs played during her funeral and I'm constantly reminded of her when I hear those songs being played again, though I was so so young when she passed away.
I remember kissing her hand heh :')
I sometimes just get this feeling, when I'm going through a tough time, that she's watching over me, and well that.. that makes me smile.
But the day ended well with Taiping food :) Yeah yeah, we eat alot.

My mummy was talking to a close aunty, and she asked about our holiday, so mommy said “Oh it was great!” and then Aunty started to cry. She said she was reminiscing on her old memories when her family used to go for trips together or just spend time together. Not much anymore.
It just reconfirmed my realization that these little things really are things that I should be so grateful about. I love the fact that I have a huge family, extended family or not, we’re a big family and I absolutely love it. We’re noisy, everyone talks at the same time, I swear, we’re like those Italian families you see on tv hehehe :p We joke, we cry, we EAT, we bake, we fight, we serve together, we organize, we make photo albums to keep for life together :’) we.. love.
In 20 years, we’ll have another huge family holiday and take OUR kids with us. yee :)



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I love you,family.