One last adventure... there was a marathon the day we need to leave so we have to move our bags 200 meters from the hotel to the bus... the poor bus man waited from 5 am for us while we got on the bus at 11 am. 200 meters from the bus includes going the underpass.... luckily the chinese underpasses have a bike ramp part and we can wheel the stroller and bags down and then up again.
We then head to a last lunch with the family... this is my mom's mom's sister's son and his son's.... as in true chinese fashion we gather for a banquet... the food includes an exotic sea cucumber, an abalone soup (ike ate that one... he also was the main eater of fish eyes on the trip, he will definitely win the college I dare you fear factor drinking sessions, he also like octopus tentacles, ike is also quite large for his age in china and could potentially be a good rugby player with his fierce growl before chargins, maybe a NZ rugby team could be interesting as an extra curriculur activity)...
So apparently my grandma's sister and husband did come to Malaysia and did not do very well so they did return to China. Their eldest son has 3 son's that are doing very well now, one is a high official at the custom's office, another son is allowed to be in the private sector and public sector so is doing financially well. Also only officials are allowed to drive Audi's (with inbuilt sirens) and he has one which he took Nate in the first day to see the bone doctor.
It was also nice to reconnect with my cousins... I think though they should all head to the golden door for their next holiday, this moving around like a refugee and eating a big portion of the time with little exercise is tough! Golden door will have group activities where we can have group sport and detox, they will probably be cursing me the first 3 days of the detox... but they will be happy the last 2 days. I would be so envious as I would like to go with the kids there, they are a tad young for that.
Maybe the next holiday with them I will organise everyone to make a little speech or talk about something they have interest in. I think stored in Uncle Kok Swee and Aunty May Ying and mom are tonnes of stories from the war and prewar days... and then the younger ones can talk about what they like doing or get up to doing, or maybe we should have a comedian contest... until then I need a holiday after this holiday.
Its so nice to come back to the land of heat, where we need to wear little and its never freezing!
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