We brought a little bit of the sea back

Over the weekend, we returned to Kuantan. Stayed at our usual joint, The Hyatt Regency Resort because the day that we returned to PJ on our LAST visit, we received a mail from their HQ giving us a voucher worth US$100 which we can use on a minimum 2 nights stay. But the expiry date is end October and for some weekends we've been so occupied and also the kids fell sick and then came Deepavali and so we thought, let's go.

It was a surprise trip for Vic. We told her only on Friday, or was it Thursday night. I can't remember. Anyway, not many pictures this round as the first day we arrived and brought the kids to the pool, my camera went into the water as William was sitted down by the poolside and suddenly toppled side ways. I caught him just slightly after his head was under the water whilst holding my cam. He wasn't hurt in anyway, and didn't cry, didn't seem borthered that his head was wet. We dried him up, but the camera was sacrificed.

So, it was a holiday with daily swimming after a full sumptuos breakfast and beach in the evening. The kids got tanned for the first time in their lives. Although we put on sunblock for them, there were some parts missed. Like, the line just above Vic's bum where her bikini blouse goes up, and her legs, and her shoulder blades and neck. Sigh.

William got his legs tanned, and overall is much darker now. I suppose that makes him more macho, but I still prefer my fair, white boy. : ) Nevermind, I guess they will be fair again.

This time around, we had more trouble catching crabs. I guess there were too many people on the beach (the hotel was fully booked again) or maybe the crabs are smarter now. But on our last day, we perservered and Kakak caught one medium sized, and then a very huge one but because Mummy jumped when the crab tried to crawl out the bucket she was holding, the huge and medium sized captives ran for their lives.

So it was back to square one. But to cut the story short, Kakak caught two more crabs, one medium sized and one baby crab. The bigger one devoured the smaller one for its breakfast an hour later.

Victoria named the surviving crab Tita. We brought Tita home because she insisted, and some sea water back. We didn't have any food for Tita to eat but Daddy managed to buy some freshwater baby shrimps for Tita. Hopefully the crab stays alive. I will feel so bad for taking it home, away from its natural habitat, away from the glorious sea and sand and its own family and friends.