mum turned 60 this june. at the beginning of the year, we asked her what she wanted to do to celebrate this milestone birthday. ever since moving to Sydney in 2002, i have not celebrated mum's birthday with her. therefore, before she gave us an answer, i already made up my mind that i need to make a trip back to Malaysia.
she's a big fan of Korean drama so it was no surprise to us when she told us she wants to visit South Korea. after some discussion around dates, plane tickets were booked and i started to worried because Jim is not coming along which means, it will be boo and mummy from Sydney to KL and back. the journey takes eight hours. when i told my friends about it, they all thought i'd lost my mind.
it's not that boo had a bad track record on the plane. he did quite well when we went back to Malaysia in october last year but he was not walking at the time and Jim was there with me to share the load.
fast forward three months later, the big eight hours flight is here. i packed lots of toys, snacks and we even bought an iPad just for this trip!
here's how we went...
= saying goodbye to daddy =
= are you coming on the plane with mummy boo? =
= a quick selfie because boo had his own seat! =
= in fact, he had two seats. while he napped, i enjoyed my lunch and watched a movie =
we were quite lucky to have a good team of cabin crew for our flight. the chief air stewart kept coming over to check on us, to play with boo and he also brought additional food and snacks for boo.
= snacking on a muffin from business class =
all in all, boo did quite well for our flight from Sydney to KL. i was so proud of him. there were other toddlers and babies on the plane but i think boo was the most well behaved. most importantly, he did not cry or whinge for the entire flight. not once!
the trip from KL to Seoul and Seoul to KL were much easier because we have mum, my two sisters and my three year old niece with us.
= the flight from KL to Seoul was an overnight flight for 6 hours and this is the only photo i have of boo. he fell asleep on our way to the airport and slept all the way to Seoul. i couldn't believe my luck because he had his own seat and he woke up just as we landed. =
= another selfie of boo and mummy because boo had his own seat again!=
= day flight from Seoul to KL. thank goodness we had Jessie Yi Yi and Jinn to help keep boo occupied. here's boo falling asleep as we landed in KL =
the flight home from KL to Sydney is also an overnight flight so i was hoping boo would sleep all the way too. on the day of the flight, i made sure i "tired" him out as much as i can. i let him run around the airport playing with Jinn right up to the time when we were ready to check in.
= we were waiting to board and this boy was still bouncing around. i was starting to worried if he'll be overtired by the time we get on the plane =
= a last selfie before we take off. yes, i was exhausted =
our luck finally ran out for our flight back to Sydney. it was a full flight so boo didn't get his own seat. i tried to ask for a free upgrade to business class but business class is full too. good thing boo was very tired and it is his bed time so he slept on my lap, partially upright in my arms for the entire flight. i was hoping he would stay asleep for the entire eight hours but he got up an hour before we landed. it was all good. he didn't cry or whinge during this flight too and i think the passengers around us were quite impressed with him too.
i can't believe the trip i dreaded for three months actually turned out one million tmes better than expected. i felt like such a supermum when we arrived home. if i can handle my seventeen months toddler on two long haul flights by myself, i can take on anything.
this entry only covered our flight. in case you're wondering, a post for the actual holiday will follow shortly.
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