Breakfast Spot | Chan Che Shu Yuen Temple

Brayden 8Y4M2D

Bevlynn 4Y0M26D

On our first day in Kuala Lumpur. 

Breakfast Spot (Petaling Street) 

Love the nice ambience. We sat at the entrance.

During my last visit, I bumped into a close friend HP at this same spot. It was such a big coincidence.

I was reading comfortably at this nice spot. The feeling of everything around you was in motion and I could slow down to enjoy my time. The candles lights by the window slowly melting away. It felt like every worries just melt away in that moment.

While I was in thoughts, I happened to glance briefly at the direction of the cashier. The back of this lady standing at the cashier was so familiar. I walked towards her. True enough, it was HP!

Petaling street is such a big area. On this particular day, I walked around and chose this cafe to slowly enjoy breakfast and read a book. I chose this cafe because it reminded me of the last time Bray took a photo beside this building. It was a moment of right place, right time.

HP also told me this was only her second time at the cafe. I joined her family for breakfast.   

Outside the window, there were photographers taking wedding photoshoot. Bray and Bev was making funny faces on the other side of the window. 

Chan Che Shu Yuen Temple

There were many wedding couples there. It might have been a mass wedding registration day. Beautiful young couples happily taking photos to celebrate their moments. Hub and I decided to take one photo too (photographer was Bray, hiding behind the wedding logo was Bev).

We went for a swim in the big pool and jacuzzi; with tallest building Merdeka 118 in view. The children pool had a slide. Bev was so scared to come down any slides in a pool, but this time she loved it - sliding down over and over again with Bray gor gor. 

VivoCity Stitch Theme | How to Train your Dragon movie

Brayden 8Y3M22D

Bevlynn 4Y0M15D

It was Father's Day and we celebrated it at VivoCity Singapore. 

Outside the main entrance, there was a giant display of Stitch with balloons. Right beside it was a mini-pop-up-Carnival, mini-express train and a bouncy castle - all filled with BLUE Stitch themed plush toys and merchandises. We happily captured some nice moments with the cute alien. 

Bray asked, "Where is Lilo?" O yes, how is there no Lilo around? We were so focused on Stitch, that we had forgotten about this little girl - the one who adopted an unwanted "dog"; taught him how to flirt like Elvis Presley and made him realised how important is "Ohana". Her words stuck with me after watching the movie. 

"Ohana means FAMILY, Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten". 

We were at VivoCity to meet Bro. He was going through some tough time, but I hoped to comfort him. 

We bought discounted tickets from Golden Village to watch the newly released "How to train your dragon". Bray and Bev loved the dragons. Bev could hardly keep her eyes open until the end because it was too long for her. Although I had watched the cartoon version several times before, this live version is still a good remake and surprisingly good. With all the different versions of dragons coming together, flaunting their strengths and cutely succumbing to their weaknesses in real action; made me want to keep a pet dragon of my own (ok probably not a good idea! I am too slow to react and run away from their fire attack, likely turned into a human turkey and easy meal in the battle ring). 

After dinner at Astons, we went to Timezone. Caught a Toothless plush toy from the claw machine and several mini Stitchs keychains from the candy claw machine. What lucky day! 

Seems the children had more enjoyable time than Hub! Happy Father's Day

 

FunMax | Animal Pen | Utopia Jungle World | Jumptopia Space Warriors | Paradigm Mall

Brayden 8Y3M24D

Bevlynn 4Y0M17D

We planned for a weekend trip to Legoland. At the entrance, we were turned away. We had forgotten the annual pass was not applicable for June and December holidays. 

The children were both disappointed. Oops! 

We played at FunMax nearby - claw machines and arcades. Brayden caught a Snorlax toy, it became his "travel buddy" for the next days (He has forgotten about the "special" toy after reaching home). We then let the children into the small animal pen near the entrance of Legoland - for RM10/each. They happily carried the rabbits, chickens, gecko, bearded dragon lizard, tortoise. 

Next stop, Paradigm Mall. It was crowded due to the school holidays. There were many exciting activities for the children. We were there 2 days in a row. On the first day, we let the children in the Utopia Jungle World Themepark. On that day, there was free face painting and cheerleading workshop. The children loved the playground; balloon house, sand play area, ball pit with cannon and their favourite the large lego blocks. They built castles and small homes. 

On the second day, my 10 year-old niece joined us at Jumptopia Space Warriors , Paradigm Mall Convention Centre. The bouncy wonderland is open from 1 June - 6 July 2025. It is fun for children of any age and adults too. We bought the family combo (2 adults + 2 children + 1 add-on child) at RM200. There were 5 castles, 1 battle arena, 1 ball pit. They loved it. It is good fun spot to escape the hot outdoors and heat waves, it is definitely a good choice over Legoland.  It was big enough to play tag & hide-and-seek. I was all drained after a few hops and bounced. Bev's height was just the same as the big ball in the battle arena. She could easily roll across the room inside the big transparent ball. It was funny how Bev, Bray and Hub tried to battle against one another. They were seen rolling on the floor more often than battling. 

We had lunch at the Thong Bowl Thai Food. The Thai noodles were delicious and the Thai Bubble Milk Tea was humongous! I think one big Milk Tea can serve more than 8 standard glass. 

We had dinner at Century Street Food near KSL. It was a nice outdoor hawker setting. The curry fish head, duck rice, satay, grilled seafood were good. 

Time to head back to Singapore! 

Bev turns 4 | Pulau Ubin Bicycle Adventure or Mishaps

Brayden 8Y3M7D

Bevlynn 4Y0M0D

Bev turned 4. 

We decided to plan something different for her birthday. With a close friend, Jane, we planned to bring our children to Pulau Ubin. It will be our first trip to this small island northeast of Singapore, which is untouched by the fast-paced urbanisation of Singapore city. 

We arrived around 8.30 am at Changi Point Ferry Terminal. At the carpark, we were greeted by some free-roaming chickens, 2 roosters leading 4 hens. We did not have to wait long for the 12-pax bumboat to fill because several others were waiting in line before us. Small fishes were swimming beside the bumboats. From a distance, we could also see a family of otters playing on the sandy beach. Several planes flew by. The captain was going fast enough to make strong waves trailing behind the boat. It was a nice windy ride. 

In less than 15 minutes, we arrived at our destination Pulau Ubin Jetty. Near the jetty entrance, bicycles were lined up in front of small kampung houses. Bev was riding with me on a bicycle with a child seat; while the rest had their own bicycles to ride on. It was a shaky start for me. It was already pretty tough for me to balance on my own bike and now I had to manage with an almost 20 kg "load" behind me. I cannot give up, I knew this would be better; better than to have her on a separate small bicycle (she has low stamina, and she'll want me to carry her and her bike after she gets too tired).

Jane led the way with her bike, three children between us, and I was last to make sure nobody was left behind. It was good that I was last in line because I don't think anyone could be slower than my pace. I was strolling slowly and talking to Bev, while encouraging the children in front to cycle ahead. 

The morning freshness from the green forest and the slight smell of saltiness from the sea, brought back a nice kampung vibe. The road leading to the Chek Jawa Wetland was a bumpy one. 

At one point, Bray was pushing his bike on top of some giant ant trail, he did not realise until I told him to move to the other side of the road. He wanted to move but noticed he was "trapped". He abandoned his bicycle and hopped to the other side. I had to pull his bicycle from the trail.   

Up and down the sloppy hill, there were some monkeys. The children stopped and did not dare to go forward because some monkeys were blocking the road. I reminded them not to feed the monkeys and that the monkeys could smell food in our bags. Then, Bray pulled out a box of milo from his pocket and asked, "How about this mommy?" Oh my *how my eyes widen in horror* In split seconds, the big monkey charged towards him on all fours and climbed on him. He started to scream, I screamed back at him to throw away the milo. 

Next thing I know, the milo was flying in my direction from 2 metres away and landed right into my basket. *My face turned pale* THE MONKEY WAS NOW CHARGING TOWARDS ME, I thought to myself "how could this be happening, the milo could have landed anywhere else but why is it so accurate this time? This doesn't seem right!!!". I quickly picked up the milo and threw it far into the forest. By now, Bray was in tears because he lost his milo, Bev sat behind me looking blur. I hugged Bray and walked pass the monkeys. 

We got lost halfway and ended up at a location beside a Muslim cemetery. We decided to quickly u-turn and take another route.

We finally arrived at the wetland. The bicycles were parked at the designated area. At the wetland, it was an entire different habitat. The mud areas were filled with holes "homes to the crabs", mudskippers, fish, dragonflies and butterflies. It is very hard to spot them. The children were excited. We walked along the bridge and it stretched out to the sea. It was almost noon. It was a nice view but it started to get really hot and humid. 

We did not stay long and we started our journey back. 

 

The same journey back. But this time, Bray fell from his bike when we were going down a rocky slope. His hands were bloodied and his leg had a big swelling. He cried and walked towards me. His face was covered with sand too. I quickly used water to clean to wound, and while we weren't looking, 2 curious monkeys came closer. They were about to snatch some tissues off my hands. We hastily left the place. Good thing, Bray managed to bring himself together and rode on the bike even though he was in pain. 

When we were almost arriving back at the jetty, I checked on Bev. There was no sound coming from her. I checked again, still no response. I felt slight jerk on my bike twice. I looked to the back, the girl was dozing off. We finally arrived. 

After returning the bikes, we rest and had some good seafood nearby for lunch. 

We then took the bumboats back to Changi. 

It was an unforgettable adventure in Pulau Ubin. We would come back for more...