Ideal Saturday

It is the end of the year and all of the enrichment classes on Saturday have been cancelled, including Gor Gor Reuben's tennis class. So we woke up late and lazed in bed for a while and even got a chance to watch a couple of episodes of Peppa Pig on Mummy's new iPad Air. 

We then headed to Marine Crescent for brunch and had our usual roast duck noodles and roti prata. After brunch, we headed to Chinese Swimming Club and Daddy and Gor Gor Reuben played a game of bowling. I was too young to play with them so I just walked around and watch them play.

After bowling, we headed to the children's pool for a swim. It was surprisingly quiet for a Saturday afternoon which was good for us. We almost had the whole pool to ourselves. I got introduced to the water slides and love it so much I couldn't stop. Daddy said i was very daring and cannot imagine when I am older and starts to swim. We played in the pool until the weather threatened to rain and we had to get up. 

We ended an ideal Saturday with more roti prata and our favorite water melon juice at the club's cafe. Unfortunately this will be the last Saturday we can do this as the arduous schedule will start next week when school reopens. Oh well, we had fun while it lasted.

LegoLand

Finally we are on our way to Legoland. After several failed attempts to agree on a date, Mummy and Aunty Mavis decided we will head to Legoland today.

Daddy decided to drive up while Uncle Yew Leong wanted to take it easy and decided to engage a driver to bring them to the hotel we are staying. We arrived at Hotel Granada at about the same time at 10am this morning. From there it was about a 10 mins drive to Legoland.

Thank goodness there was no crowd when we gotthere. In fact we were told the school holiday starts tomorrow so we are spared from the long queues at the rides. Indeed it was almost no queues at most of the rides. We went on to the roller coasters, both the mild and also the scarier one. We enjoyed both of them.

Unfortunately it started raining in the afternoon and we had to spend about an hour waiting for the rain to go away. By which time we decided we should head to the Waterpark as it closes at 6pm sharp. We had more fun at the Waterpark although the most exciting rides were not available to us as we were less then 120cm tall. Nonetheless it was fun floating around the park with Lego blocks floating around us. We also spend quite a bit of time at the small water slides. Even I had lots of fun with the slides.

We were literally chased out of the park at 6pm sharp. We headed to Old Town for dinner and although it was not as good as expected, we were hungry so anything was good enough. We then headed back to the hotel and after a hot shower, we fell asleep quite quickly before 8pm.

The next day, we decided to check out Hello Kitty Town. At first Daddy thought it was another park like Legoland so we drove around trying to locate the park. After driving in circles for about 45 mins, we finally found it and it was actually indoors and occupies less than maybe 2 basketball court size. We were utterly disappointed but went ahead to explore nonetheless. There was only one ride within the town and it was the tea cup ride. It was quite pathetic but we took it nonetheless and tried to make the most of it. There was a Hello Kitty show at about 1pm and after watching it, we headed back to Singapore. 

Turning 2

I turn 2 today. With a bit more hair compared to about 18 months ago, I think I look kinda different now. Daddy would like to think I am more girly now with more and long hair. For some strange reasons, I still cry a lot when Mummy is around. Daddy says I am quite easy to look after when I am alone with him. Nai Nai agrees completely.

Daddy and Mummy decided against throwing a party for me this year. Instead I will be having 3 mini parties. First at Bishan last Friday, then another at home yesterday and the final in school today.

Picnic at the Barrage

Gor Gor Reuben didn't have Yamaha class today, so Mummy and Daddy planned for something different in the afternoon. We are going to have a picnic at The Singapore Barrage. We have always wanted to have a picnic there but just never got the chance before as most of our weekends are spent having classes.

The weather was threatening to be a dampener at about 3pm but Mummy and Daddy decided to have faith and prepared for the picnic anyway. They prepared snacks, fruits, sandwiches and Daddy even cooked some spaghetti in case we decided to be hungry after running around at the Barrage.

Thank goodness the weather held up and when we got there, it was really crowded with many people flying kites and small groups of people having picnic. The atmosphere was very fun and relax with everyone just having a good time. We picked a spot right in the middle of the park and laid out our mats. Then Mummy took out the food and I started getting busy attacking the food. Gor Gor Reuben was running around and checking out the kites. He also played soccer with Daddy but after a while he managed to get a group of Gor Gors and Jie Jies to play with him. I was eating most of the time but occasionally I played with the bubbles we bought at the Heartland Mall the day before.

We had lots of fun and didn't want to leave even though it was already getting late. There was another group of Gor Gors and Jie Jies who was willing to play with Gor Gor Reuben so Mummy and Daddy could just relax and eat the leftover they brought for the picnic. We left the park at about 8pm and by the time we got home and showered and hit the bed, it was already about 10pm. It was another fun day. Thank you Mummy and Daddy.

Singapore Discovery Centre

We celebrate our 48th National Day today and Mummy and Daddy decided to bring us to the Singapore Discovery Centre. Apparently Mummy heard from Aunty Kelly that it is very fun and exciting. So we got Uncle Jason and Janessa to join us.

We got there at about 1.30pm after spending the morning at Bishan for breakfast with Ma Ma and Gong Gong. It was free admission for Singaporeans and PRs but we had to pay for the Meerkat show. Mummy decided I wouldn't like it so she opted not to watch it. 

The centre was ok, not as fun and exciting as we had hoped it to be. There were some interesting stations but by and large we wouldn't have paid to go there. We had something to eat before the Meerkat show and it was quite nice as the dining area overlooked a little man made lake. 

Cultural Diversity Day

Today we celebrated Cultural Diversity Day together with National Day Etonhouse. Mummy and Daddy commented that I don't have as many events in school compared to when Gor Gor Reuben was there 2 years back. Maybe it was cost cutting for them too.

We got there kinda early after dropping Gor Gor Reuben in school. So Ms Margaret suggested Mummy and Daddy go for some coffee and come back at around 10am when there will be a cake cutting session.

There were not many things to play with at the event except for a flower decorating section where I got to decorate a pot of Orchid flower. Other than the flower decoration, nothing much was different from the usual. I took a picture with Ms Karoline and Chen Laoshi.

We had some extra snack during the celebration and I was quite happy to be given some nice food. Mummy and Daddy watched me eat as they chatted with Ms Renee about my development in school. They left shortly and I was not too happy and cried a little.

First National Day Parade

Mummy tried to ballot for this year's National Day Parade and like the previous years, she did not get any tickets to either the actual day parade nor the preview. And in the spirit of celebrating our National Day and also to let us have a feel of what National Day Parade is all about, she decided to book a room at Mandarin Oriental so that we can see the preview of the parade.

After Gor Gor Reuben's Yamaha class, we drove to Marine Parade and picked up Jie Jie Janessa's birthday cake before heading to Mandarin Oriental. We wanted to have a swim before watching the parade but time was not on our side, plus Jie Jie Janessa couldn't make it earlier so we just lazed around in the room and waited for Godpa and Jie Jie Janessa to show up.

The parade started at about 5.30pm and it was quite boring at first. This was partly also because we could see what was going on but couldn't really hear the sound. It was only after 6.30pm when it started getting more exciting with the parachuters and planes flying pass. When it was approaching 8.15pm, Mummy said the fireworks will be starting soon and it was really beautiful when we saw the fireworks. It lasted quite a while and when we thought it was all over, there was a grand finale 5 mins later and more fireworks were displayed.

We sang Jie Jie Janessa her birthday song and she was really happy although she didn't look so. Apparently that is how she look when she celebrated her party in school. We had a lot of fun eating the cake which was made most with cream which Daddy didn't know when he order it. When it was time for Jie Jie Janessa to go home, we were all very sad. Daddy said we will meet very soon and that made it easier.

The next morning, we had breakfast at the hotel restaurant. Thank goodness we went down early cos when we were leaving, there was a queue of at least 20 people waiting to go in for breakfast. We then proceeded to the pool and had a great time swimming. At one point, the wind was so strong it blew some of the umbrella stands away. And then it started to rain so we had to take shelter in one of the marquee but thank goodness it only lasted 10 mins and after that we continue to swim again. We checked out of the room at 1pm.