There are 12 days of Christmas and technically, its alright to wish people "Merry christmas". City folks however tends to be more politically correct, after the 25th its "Compliments of the season" whilst Kampung folks are more gay, (no, not that!) and don't care nuts if everybody just wish everyone "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year", all 12 days of Christmas.....
Though we're not giving nor getting presents for all the 12 days of Christmas, folks at home are happy with whatever they got. Many thanks for all the gifts to my girls especially to Leonard and Andrew for the "angpows", auntie Flo for the anklets; and also to grandma, Audrey, Jerry, Amelia, Genevieve and Glen for all the wonderfully thought lovely gifts. This Christmas Alfred finally decided that our daughter Alex is 'old' enough to have contact lenses. It was all good and dandy until the day she had to put it on. It took us almost two hours with the optometrist getting Alex to learn how to put on the lens and to remove it. The following day when she had to put it on by herself, it was hilarious that almost turned into a nightmare!!... and we haven't covered removing it yet!! She's taking it in stride though, getting the hang of it... and soon I might not have to nominate her for the "longest time taken putting on contact lenses"...
On Christmas day, we had our usual Sinhalese breakfast at Alf's mum's place. She had kiribath, sodhi, seeni sambol, string hoppers and chicken curry prepared. After breakfast and the exchange of Christmas gifts, we left for our annual Christmas getaway at the Avillion Resort, Port Dickson.
Though we're not giving nor getting presents for all the 12 days of Christmas, folks at home are happy with whatever they got. Many thanks for all the gifts to my girls especially to Leonard and Andrew for the "angpows", auntie Flo for the anklets; and also to grandma, Audrey, Jerry, Amelia, Genevieve and Glen for all the wonderfully thought lovely gifts. This Christmas Alfred finally decided that our daughter Alex is 'old' enough to have contact lenses. It was all good and dandy until the day she had to put it on. It took us almost two hours with the optometrist getting Alex to learn how to put on the lens and to remove it. The following day when she had to put it on by herself, it was hilarious that almost turned into a nightmare!!... and we haven't covered removing it yet!! She's taking it in stride though, getting the hang of it... and soon I might not have to nominate her for the "longest time taken putting on contact lenses"...
On Christmas day, we had our usual Sinhalese breakfast at Alf's mum's place. She had kiribath, sodhi, seeni sambol, string hoppers and chicken curry prepared. After breakfast and the exchange of Christmas gifts, we left for our annual Christmas getaway at the Avillion Resort, Port Dickson.
Some of the food served at the dinner
The theme for this year's annual Christmas dinner was casual. It was a gathering of the Fernandos with the Siberts and friends, at a private beach within the hotel premise. There were plenty of food, drinking, dancing and an hour of Christmas carols from the hotel Filipino singers. Children enjoyed themselves the most, one for obvious reason; being barefooted. Halfway through dinner, the rain came down heavily and everyone ran helter-skelter. Gratefully, there were some huts nearby where we could wait till the rain ceased. After that, it was back to the party!!
This year is also special for us because after a long time, Alf's mum is happy to come along and not stay home during the Christmas week holding 'open house'. This is also a very special Christmas that my mum-in-law spends with her grandchildren Genevieve and Glen prior to them moving to Melbourne with their parents at the end of the year.
On boxing day, whilst the kids and the dads were busy at the pool, I quietly got myself a treat at the Avi spa.... a full body scrub! It was a first for me (honest!) and the therapeutic smell of juniper oil and roses.......... sigh.... My 'spa therapist', Junnah is a bajau lady from Likas who used to work at "Jari-jari", Tg Beach hotel. Now, wouldn't it be nice to have a personal 'spa therapist'?.....
The party setting prior to the dinner
... then came the rain
Some of us taking shelter from the rain
Guinea pigs and 'one ear' rabbit at the animal farm
hotel guests are allowed to pet and feed the animals only during the feeding session
traditional foot wash at every corner for the comfort of hotel guests
the newly constructed Avi spa centre
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