I have not been able to write for 2 weeks now as the internet in office has blocked my blog. But I will write for this week. Rishab turned 40 weeks in this outside world .. its the same number of weeks he was inside my tummy. The occasion for the first oversea trip was my birthday. We took a 4 day holiday to Genting and KL- both in Malaysia.
Rishab was suffering with loose motions and fever just before the trip. We were quiet worried and wanted to even call off the trip but I am glad we did not do so because he enjoyed the trip so much. Well we started his packing on Wednesday evening and mind you Rishabs luggage weighed 20 kg. So ironical, such a small baby but so many things to carry, no doubt the airline charges more for baby luggage.
Anyways going on to thursday. We had a 9.45 am flight to board. Rishab got up on time and we reached the airport too in time. He was all excited on the way to the airport in the taxi. He was dazed to see the airport and the baggage moving on the belts. When we entered the flight and it was about to take off, as advised by all Rishab should have sipped on his milk but no he was too busy exploring the aircraft. He started off with playing with the food tray and the window shutter when the flight was taking off. Then as the flight took off I think he felt his ears close and so he gave me a confused look. I asked Rishab to open his mouth so he did and i guess his ears opened then.. it was a very funny sight. He kept opening and closing his mouth thinking it was a game.
Anyways the flight was good both ways except that he messed in the flight both the ways. No major hassles in the airplane. When we reached the Malaysia airport .. at the immigration Rishabs passport was not getting scanned... some problem with his passport.. so it took 15minutes to get his case resolved. Once that was done Rishab was outside the airport ... and he just wanted to go everywhere on the airport..He was too excited to get "his space" to move around and see the cars and buses which drove off from the airport.
We took a taxi to Genting. It was a 1.5 hour drive. Initially Rishab was dazed to see the winding road and the traffic jams of malaysia but later he got bored.. so we showed him some magazine having model photos.. and can you guess the reaction? He kissed the model photos.. but not all only the blond ones.. He did not kiss 2 chinese model.. guess the boy already has a good taste ;-). One the way some part of the road was very winding so Rishab got some motion sickness and he vomited.
(Please note vomit was the most normal thing we witnessed of the trip and all people accompanying him - Nana, Nani, Mrugesh and me were a victim of his vomit at some point or another.)
After we reached Genting we had food and Rishab enjoyed watching the fishes in the pond nearby. Then he when off to sleep like he was the pilot of the plane (soooo tired). In the evening we proceeded to the cable car ride to the theme park in Genting. My son was so amazed by the fleet of continuous cable cars moving that he could not stop moving his head from one side to another. He would see the string of cable cars and then start his donkey noise( to indicate his happiness). The theme park, the entrance had some artificial trees with some monkeys hanging. Well I have not described this earlier but now Rishab know the concept of a monkey. So each time you ask him "What does monkey do?" , he will happily scratch his head and show you. So now you can imagine when he saw the monkeys on the trees how happy he must be. The theme park had so many lights that Rishab was confused where to see.. there were boats and trains and merry-go round. He was very happy to see all of it. Well we went to have dinner at pizza hut there and a real funny incident happened there. We were having chicken soup and I made Rishab taste it. He loved it so much that he was smacking his lips till he had all the soup at the edge of his lips. Then he would shout at me "eeh" meaning give me more.. then again he would enjoy the spoonful of soup till the end and again would say "EEh". once he got bored and sleepy I took him to a nearby shop of soft toys. We saw lots of toys there and then we came to the teddy bear section and oh he got so excited he wanted to jump off my lap and get the teddy bear. I brought one down from the shelf for him and he was so excited to feel the Teddy that he kissed it. It was an adorable scene. So the day ended one a good note.
Next day morning Mrugesh took him too pool side as we waited for the bus to go back to the theme park. He saw a baby swimming pool with bubbles and was so excited that he literally wanted to dive into it..but since he had fever we could not allow him.When we reached the theme park again we took a ticket to sit in a few rides. I made him sit on the merry go round of horses. Rishab know the concept of galloping .. he does it daily on his nanis stomach.. so when he sat on the horse he was excited.. He just wanted to gallop away.. again my sweetheart was making the donkeys noise on the horse.. Very cute scene. We also took him on a train ride but he was not interested in the train.. What took his interest was the yellow seats in the train on which he kept banging his hands. He was too small to do any of the other rides so we proceeded back to the hotel. Here he slept like a log.. straight 3 hours... after which we went doing for some dinner. One of the hotel shops has an angry bird collection which Rishab likes so just bought him a small glow ball.
Next day we proceeded to KL.In the evening we went to see the KL tower and the Petronas... The thing Rishab enjoyed at the KL tower was the small zoo, where he got to see a rabbit and monkey... again he was too excited. We bought him a cat toy there.. he loves cats.. in books and on internet when he see either cats and dogs he will kiss them and give a lovely smile. This toy was a battery operated toy which said "Meow" and went back and forward and also moved its tail.. Its eyes glow too. Rishab loved this toy.
Our next stop was the Petronas, but it seems that this amazing structure failed to amaze my son. Instead the small fountains near the Petronas was something he enjoyed a lot... Touching the fountain water and wetting himself was his entertainment. When we proceeded inside the Petronas, the mall has some wonderful shopping areas. We took Rishab to one having perfumes and guess what he did!! He started kissing the pretty perfume models. Oh such a darling !! When we went to have food in the food court he loved to walk from one place to another (with support) and played with a small pebble all through our dinner.
It was quiet an amazing trip with little Rishab. Looking forward to more such trips with you Rishab!! Mommy loves you !!
