School Holidays Part 3 – Johor Bahru Trip : Dec-12

Another planned trip was a short stay in JB and visit to the newly open Legoland and Hello Kitty, Sanrio land.

It was a scorching day when we arrived at Legoland as our first stop.  The place was packed with people, mainly kids and their family, rather than family and their kids… It was really a place for the kids.  Fortunately I had purchased the ticket online prior to the visit, the queue to buy the tickets was ridiculously long and would take an estimate of at least 2 hours if we did not have them purchased beforehand.

Judging from the number of patrons in the Legoland, I got a feeling that the management had oversold the tickets and overcrowded the park.  Each ride was at least 45 mins, we decided to give up after taking two of them.  The miniature lego world was impressive though, creating several countries with the art of the bricks.  Unluckily, It did not take too long for the sky to grant us showers in compensation of the hot weather, it was raining cats and dogs soon after we finished the miniature world.  We were forced to take shelters outside the lego shop for almost an hour as there were no covered walk ways, definitely an improvement opportunity for the park.  We had tried this place once at least and we doubt we would try it again.

Like every young kids, En’en was very excited about the idea of staying in a hotel.  The last few hotels we stayed had disappointed the kids a bit as there was no bathtub, so this time I took special attention in ensuring this hotel comes with one.  En’en was trilled seeing the bathtub, and suddenly loved bathing so much, such simple fun of playing with water.  Another bonus for the kids was the complimentary hotel breakfast buffet, a luxury experience I supposed.

We visited Hello Kitty land the following day, this time lesser people but smaller space.  The place was truly a kiddie palace, and for those Hello Kitty fans like Qiqi, they would be overwhelmed.

Overall, a good short break with lots of eating and shopping along with the kids stuffs. 

While I ‘envied’ that ways the kids are ‘pampered’ today, I do still cherish the carefree childhood I had undergone.  During those days, parents normally focused their time in meeting ends and did not really have time for their kids, not to say holidays.  I remembered my childhood playing simple and inexpensive things but still having similar fun if not, more than the kids nowadays.  Technology advancement and modernisation have definitely “rob” the simple ways of childhood happiness and “corrupt” the mindset of many adults and kids.   How nice it will be to sometimes just go back to the basics, living simple, that was the way our ancestor had kept our world protected and unpopulated for thousands of years, isn’t it?