Cool air and a giant sized playground

I am pretty sure all of us had at least visited Genting once in our lifetime.
It's a place for all ages. And we had been seeing its changes from just a Genting hotel and a park to a city of dreams it is today. Similarly, at different stages in my life, somehow Genting played a part in it too like it had been growing together with me.

When I was a child, I can still remember how excited we used to be going there. With just some simple rides and paddle boats available at that time, it was more of a memorable togetherness for a family holiday. Nothing much we can do then, most of the time we strolled around in the cool atmosphere, take pictures, and just simply to feel the cool fresh air around us. I remember how I used to paddle the boat with the big wheels with my dad. He's my hero, I had never been afraid of falling into the lake or get stuck in the middle of it.

The other memorable holiday I had there was after our big exam in my life. Till date, I still have nightmares about exams after this major hurdle. You can imagine how stressful I was the whole year preparing for it, and how relieved I felt when it was over. We went in a group of close friends I never could have imagined having. Though the year was tough, I had a lot of fun too with this bunch of people. How daring I was at that time to have rode in those coaster rides and spinning I-don't-even-know-what-it-was-called. Give me a treat to ride one now, I will immediately turn into David Copperfield and vanish into thin air!

Nothing could have beaten that time I went with my uni friends on the first year's break. I laughed and enjoyed so much that every minute spent was pure delight and joy. We cooked and ate in the apartment we rented, played card games while joked and laughed until our sides ached, played bowling, went partying in the hangout there, danced and secretly wishing to have a slow dance with the guy I liked (yes, the wish came true.. hehe), and maybe, just maybe, pretended we were over 21 and sneaked into the casino for the first time. I think it had been my best trip to that place.

Well, later I started dating. And our first getaway together was in Genting too. After seeing couples holding hands walking around aimlessly and lovingly countless times for years, I finally was there to turn the table around and ... let people see! It wasn't as romantic as I thought, maybe he wasn't so much of a romantic guy. But it was for the first time for me going into that gala show inclusive of a dinner. Quite an impressive move to make me feel touched. And of course, I had to *pay* for it later in the night... in a different way.. there's no free lunch in this world. (well, well, don't think wrongly, it's not as what you think.. we were decent people here). Anyway, I married this guy years later.

Well, there's numerous other times I was up in that little hill. Going to the concerts of the late Anita Mui with my mom, listening to Air supply rendering their songs (where I know all the lyrics) with my big belly in my first pregnancy, so called work related trips... There's been some great enjoyments and disappointments, and I think we still will be going there, maybe more to "donate" money out, and to bring the children for a substitute of a holiday trip to the cooler countries. It's not cheap having a holiday there anymore. A pass for a day use of the indoor theme park costs a bomb now. Where have all the free parks where we can just stroll around enjoying the cool fresh air gone to? Sometimes I really miss those days.


It's true the global weather is warmer now. There's no need for us to wear any sweaters there anymore. Anyhow, we still force our children to wear theirs, for fear of them catching a cold home.







This is the closest I will go to with rides and things which spin and moves. I wonder what happens later when they grow up and want me to accompany them to daredevil rides. It may be a good way to murder me without raising any suspicions.







It's best to go in a group of people, as the more the merrier. That's what happens after the stage of dating la.