16. The Hj Hassan (my late Tok Ayah) clan had a family gathering in Naza Hotel Penang sponsored by Kumpulan Sakata Berhad, a company owned and managed by children of Hj Hassan. There we were - 8 children (and spouses), 36 grandchildren (minus some who are studying overseas plus some with spouses) and 5 (and 1/2) great grandchildren, in a gathering that was held for the first time in a hotel.
17. We spent two nights in the hotel - 2 suites, 8 deluxe and 6 standard rooms. And yes, often my cousins 'conquered' the lobby area, playing congkak, chess and other board games. The grandchildren age ranges from 30's to one year, so the majority are tweens and teenagers, and one can just imagine how 'meriah' the hotel was being filled up with the Hj Hassan clan.
18. Since it was the first time for us to have such gathering, there was no itinerary planned out. No sports matches or sukaneka activities or as such. Next time, maybe?
19. Next time hopefully it will not be held in Naza Hotel again. Service was terrible. My brother told me that his room was not made up even once throughout the stay. Some of my aunts and uncles who arrived at about 2.00 p.m. which is the standard hour for checking-in had to wait until 5.30 p.m. to check in because they were told that there was only one person who was on duty to make up rooms in the whole hotel.
20. On the second day, we were told by the reception desk that some occupants in deluxe rooms may had to move to standard rooms because our reservation was only for 2D1N and not 3D1N. My youngest brother who was in charge of the reservation said he asked for "two days", the hotel misunderstood it as staying for 2D1N which translated into common man's language as "one night" where else my Adik meant "two nights". We were told that some reservations for deluxe rooms had been completed and that mean the seniors (those who occupied the deluxe rooms) had to move. Not sure how my uncle Ayah Tam sorted it out with the hotel management - but in the end none of the Hj Hassan clan had to move to other rooms. My guess is that the hotel had to refund those who made reservation for deluxe rooms but had to be placed in standard rooms...
21. Ayah had a field day finding an old favorite nasi kandar stall was back in business. Previously he went to that particular kopitiam only to find out that the old nasi kandar operator had stopped operating there.
22. Hubby had a field day snapping photos in Padang Kota area
23. I had a field day went outing with four female cousins - Firdhaus, Atiqah and Syifa'. Wanted to ask our cousin Syahril's wife Ain to join us but when we knocked on her door there was no answer.
24. It's amazing what my younger cousins could remember about the crushes (and the crushed ones) I used to have. Atiqah actually remembered that not only I used to have kuih raya sent to the office but one guy in particular actually sent some batang buruk (my favorite kuih raya) to my home in person - with the younger cousins watching/spying behind the front door that caused him to blush. Ha ha.
25. We wanted to visit Masni's family in Bayan Baru. Attempted once to drive from Tanjung Tokong to Bayan Baru at night but ended up back in square one after almost an hour of driving. However, the next day we ended up going to Queensbay Mall - which is not that far from Bayan Baru - in no time at all. Yeah, blame the poor signage in Penang, hi hi.
To be continued
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