Balboa Island, Newport Beach, CA

The journey to CA was a pleasant one, with the bright sunny morning greeted us that day. Flight pun on time. But I fasted for 16 hours on that day since CA time lagged 3 hours behind NY... aduhh... letihhh!! Sengaja taknak guna rukhsah sebagai musafir sbb mengenangkan uzur sharie' ku yg sudah tersgt banyak lah harinye... nak menggantinye nanti satu hal... so I continued fasting for the rest of the day.

We stayed at Marriot. Detour around the area on the first day, mmg cantik lah tempat ni... very clean and fresh! Terlupa kejap akan subway kat New York yg busuk dan buruk ituuss!! I burnt my skin while walking around, tak perasan... udara yg sejuk nyaman but the sky was blue and clear... takde awan. So i got direct sunlight from the sky w/pun ada lapisan ozone i believe... dan tau2 je dah legam! Thereafter, I decided to lock myself up in the hotel room dengan niat nak study but end up sleeping most of the time while hubby was on course during the day... and that went on for 4.5 days.

Went out once to "Fashion Island" but dare not going again as I was afraid i might cause more damage on hubby's credit card. It was just across the street opposite the hotel, a huge shopping complex where the Macy's, Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Nodstrom, etc... (u name it lah) are all there. Expensive, but tersangat lah cantik koleksi baju dan handbagnyerr... sungguh teruja but being the very 'isteri mithali' of me.... I declared it as DANGER ZONE!! utk menyelamatkan credit card dari digesek tak tentu hala.... hanya pegi utk beli fruit salad buat bukak puasa jer... hehehehh... baik tak akuh??!!

But the best part was I got to treat myself by immersing in the hot bubblejet spa pool almost every nite berdua2an with Abaji.... oohhh... so heaven!! We conquered the swimming pool... after that the spa pool... so relaxing... so refreshing... Sgt sesuai berterawih lepas tu. And we had a great time jalan2 at Balboa Island on our final day although didn't manage to go whale watching. It was foggy, kabus tebal pulak hari tu walaupun dah tengahari, not so good for cruising. Pun begitu acara shoping-shoppingan tetap ada... Got some souvenirs for the loved ones in NY...Hanna, Nenet, Shelly and Zarina... mereka dan keluarga mereka...

Balboa... tempat yg cantik dan menarik, but is a very expensive vacation spot. It is a high end, very the up scale vacation treats for orang2 kayass. Kurengg ssesuwaii utk aku yg ciput bajetnye. Luxury bungalows but empty, private decks, yatch and luxury boats bersusun sana sini... and the owners only come here during summer. What a waste!!.. bagi kat aku lagi baik!!