Taking time off up the tower
My body was aching and my knees hurt from the long sedentary position while working on illustrations for my book. The TV was on, the cartoons were screaming dingbodingboding, mishka mushka and other cartoony words, my son was talking non-stop and was expecting me to attend to him and answer all his questions. While figuring out answers to his questions, I remembered that I haven’t done my laundry. And then I remembered that I have typesetting amendments to make, drawings to illustrate, illustrations to draw (however you put it), yada yada yada, the list went on. My stress hormones suddenly went imbalance and before I snap, I quickly took a hit from my Delta 8 disposable pen and said to my son, ” ok, let’s go somewhere.” This is a way for me to combat the stressful work or environment. I’m not saying that home environment is stressful but I’m working from home, home is my office, so yes, sometimes it is stressful.
Even if we cannot afford to go for a good vacation, a trip to local attractions is good enough. My son had been wanting to go to KL Tower since last month and the last time we went, he was 3. He said he could not remember what was it like to be on ‘top of the world’ and in need to refresh his memory. So yesterday, up the KL Tower we went.
It was just the two of us; my husband had to go to work.
After purchasing tickets of RM66 for both of us (including pony rides, animal zone and F1 simulator), we went up the tower; straight to the observation deck.
I screamed from the top of my lung, “KL, we’re up here!!”
Well, not literally; just softly in my heart.
I snapped pictures of buildings and was like ‘whoa, this building is pretty, wah that one is awesome, ooooh what an antique building‘ and so on. From the look of Yassin’s hey-this-is-supposed-to-be-my-trip face, I know he was getting bored so I told him he could buy something before we went down.
“I want that Emperor penguin“, he pointed.
Yassin is a big fan of animals and you could see his drawings of animals that I put up in his blog.
So, off we went to the Animal Zone. Yassin was expecting Indian Rhino or Siberian Tiger…
…told him that the Animal Zone is not like Zoo Negara where big animals are kept but overall he was happy to see cute animals like marmoset, fox and albino baboon. There were snakes but I dare not take their pictures!
Later, we went for a pony ride and F1 Simulator. He was not allowed on the latter as he was 4 inches short!! But we got to take pictures anyway.
We felt renewed after the visit. I did my laundry, cleaned the house and cooked. Yassin continued with his daily routine, playing Marine Park games as well as filling his drawing pads with animal drawings. I continued with my illustrations.
And also back to figuring out answers to my son’s endless questions. But that is okay as I have 2 things off my list for the week.
19 Comments
unlisted_one
wow!
unlisted_one
chop
unlisted_one
but your entry still under vetting stage la kak emi,..will come back to vote later..
emila
yay! thank you, please come back! 😀
nia, thank you for the vote on the other post just now!!!
TH
love the pic with yassin on pony. 🙂
TH
we went KL bird park already hehe..
TH
wan go zoo negara hubby says no 🙁
Millie
HI Kak Emila..I love working from home too but work is work and we can’t escape the stress. Rajin jugak you pegi keluar dgn Yassin..kalau I, keluar setakat grocery shopping ke makan je kot he heee.
CategoricallyRandom
You cannot relate to “mishka mushka Mickey Mouse”? Shame on you!:)
emila
hahhaa come to think of it, I actually can!! edited the post! lol shame on me!
emila
saya selalu bawa yassin pergi jalan…dahlah dia takde adik-beradik, asyik main sorang2 aje di rumah.
emila
why not? it’s fun to go to zoo!!!
emila
hehe good for you!
emila
but 3 rounds of ride only…next time will bring him to titiwangsa lake.
emila
😀
ili
dah lama tak naik Kl Tower~jeles sama Yassin~u must have quite a great time up there…
eyriqazz
Nice entry and nice picture.Vote 4 u.
Spiff, The Spaceman
Yeah, sometimes we need to just get away to clear some of the stress we feel. Right now, I really need a getaway somewhere far, far, far away!
mylo
Hi Kak Emila!
Wonderful writeup!
I really like the way you encourage Yassin to express his thoughts in pictures. Brilliant idea! The picture about an ideal city is AWESOME!
Cheers!
mylo