Saturday, January 19, 2008

Jalan jalan tengok kem khidmat negara

Hubby works for a national service camp, conveniently located at a little place very near to Lumut (read : beach). And the camp had an open day today where parents were invited to take a closer look around, have meal at their dining hall and watched performance by the trainees. So the boys and I tagged along.

Those teenagers were superb. There was one very energetic Indian dance show that I enjoyed tremendously. Wonder where they had that kind of energy. But then, they were teenagers. Amri loved the dikir barat, though I found it utterly boring. Adam had a meltdown because he did not win a lucky draw hamper. Ceh!

Had lunch at their dining hall, which to me, who grew up at boarding school followed by college hostel, felt it had a lot of room for improvement. But compared to the time before hubby took over the management, it was pretty good. The rest of the facility were okay, though it looked more like a boarding school than a training camp.

By the way, could the new management plant some trees and grass please. The place was scorching hot that my Adam si putera lilin broke out in very nasty heat rashes. It was so bad that it looked like Adam was bitten by some very poisonous bugs. When 3/4 of Adam turned maroon from the rashes, I braved the unfamiliar road and head out in search of a clinic. Ended up in front of a pharmacy somewhere in Sitiawan, about 20 minutes later. By that time, Adam was peacefully asleep and the rashes were totally gone. 20 minutes in airconditioning car cured that.

Checked into marina cove resort after another 20 minutes navigating my way very confusedly out of sitiawan.

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