why lah why...

come monday, we will be ushering the year of the golden ox as the chinese celebrates their new year. it's gonna be a weeks holiday from school for the daughter & so she is being shipped to the aunt's place somewhere north of the country. she will only be back home end of next week. hubby & i can't make this trip as we have a wedding to attend (no, can't escape this one). thus we have the whole week to ourselves.

thought of getting away for a short break just the two of us but at odds end on where to go. so this morning the hubby was browsing the net for some exotic locations. seeing that the man is so fussy about what he feeds himself, decided to make the trip to a local destination & the conversation went somewhat like this...

him: langkawi? now where haven't we stayed? want to try datai?
me: okay lah but all the seafood restaurants are chinese owned. won't they be closed?
him: we ask o (the cab driver tour guide we normally hire)
me: yeah, we can book him for the day

so we were browsing the datai site & checking out the rates and it is by no means cheap. so i suggested phuket. yeah, about the same rate as datai but scraped off the idea lest hubby pull a jekyll & hyde on me whilst we are there; you know what they say about hungry men...

me: 'k, how bout tioman?
him: no, no monsoon season
me: pangkor?
him: what's the name of the resort?
me: pangkor laut

so he's checking the website while i go tinkle about in the kitchen. suddenly...

him: come, tengok ni..the rates are quite okay but we don't take the sea villa or spa villa lah
me: then?
him: take the hill villa. see? the rates are okay ya?
me: eh? how come ah? sure or not??? (and he's scrolling the page to the top & i am seeing 400+, 500+)
him: until....you see at the top lah. it's in USD lah...
me: (smacks him) so funny lah

and he laughs & laughs & laughs as he goes off to get ready for his golf game. as he leaves he asks me "so dah decide nak gi mana?". and i say "ya, duk rumah jer just like we always do"; which is most likely what we'll end up doing..