Monday, October 6, 2025

Children Day Fiesta | Bukit Batok Mid-Autumn Festival | Lights by the Lake | Meet Ups and Farewell

Brayden 8Y7M11D
Bevlynn 4Y4M4D

There were several occasions this week: 

1. Children Day Fiesta Celebration

Volunteered for Bray's school Children Day Fiesta Celebration. All parent volunteers came in bright pink and paired up at each game booths. At the morning briefing, we were already cautioned that chaos was to be expected, don't ever panic, have loads of fun in the process. These were meant to be some comforting words to prepare us for managing 1500 children ages 5 - 12 years. 

Each children were given a mission - to complete at least 10 games in a span of 2 hours. They will be rewarded with a Lucky Dip. 

I was given the Wild Wild West Game Booth. 2 guns to shoot the targets. I was super excited to welcome all children to our booth. I called out each child's name and they were surprised at how I knew (from their name badges of course but I didn't let them know). Varied the games once a while - from 3 single shot --> 2 single shots --> shoot the bad guys or the $10000 reward --> choice of double guns / single gun --> Aim like a spy. 

I was pulling the trigger for countless children until the skin on my finger blistered. I eventually got some little helping hands from Bray. He brought his friends and came to help out at the booth. 

The day ended in the Main Hall, with teachers performing to the song Golden and the whole hall cheered and sang to it. 

2. Bukit Batok mid-autumn festival

The Bukit Batok mid-autum festival was at the same location. This year, there were goodie bags, dragon and lion dance, painting on coasters, lantern balloons, lucky draw, tea drinking, dance and magic performances. The children still loved their annual "gathering" at the playground beside the festival. They loved playing catch in the dark under the moonlight. 

3. Lights by the Lake ( Jurong Lake Garden )

The next day, we went to Jurong Lake Garden to see the Lights by the Lake. This year's theme was Bray's favourite story - Monkey King Journey to the West. There was the story of Monkey King under the mountain and saved by Tripitaka. Tripitake on the journey with his loyal White Horse, Monkey King, Pigsy and Sandy. Monkey King fighting with King Bull Demon (with smoke spurting from his nose). Monkey King fighting with the White Bone Demon (her face rotating 360° to reveal a beauty or a skull). 

We bought some nice dinner from the food stalls nearby. The roof was beautifully lit with lots of lights. It would have been a romantic location to picnic under the moonlight. But for the children, they'd prefer the sand place - good for digging and getting wet. 

4. Meet Ups & Farewell

Met Bro Gene, Sis Snow at IMM to buy some bags at very good outlet discounts. 

Met SL and HY for a belated birthday celebration. Brought the children to Timezone Orchard after that. They played Floor is Lava (a big pixel games with moving squares - Red is Lava, Blue is Diamond, Green is Safe Zone). A card dropped at my feet, I did realised and thought it belonged to me until Bray took out another card. The lost card had more than S$150, the owner must have been devastated, we left it at the cashier for Lost and Found. 

This week, we organised a farewell lunch for J, a good friend who had decided to leave the company. There were several farewells recently. There were many fond memories when colleagues turned to close friends. It was an end to a good chapter.  Wishing them the best for their next chapter in life, new adventure awaits!

 

 























Sunday, September 28, 2025

Little Pirates Playland | B.Duck | Game On Sports Hub | Home of Kids | Classy

Brayden 8Y6M22D
Bevlynn 4Y3M15D

How to keep kids (4 & 8 years old) occupied for their week-long holiday? 
Pavilion Bukit Jalil was our next target destination. Mom and Bro Max travelled to KL to meet us. I love it that there is not much crowd around since it was not a school holiday. 
  • Day 1 : Little Pirates Playland
    Bev went in to play with Lily. Bray had to finish his Maths homework before he could go in. It was a motivation for him and he managed to finish 40 pages in 2 hours. I, on the other hand, had some reading done while helping with his homework. 
    On this day, Bray mentioned several things happened for him according to law of attraction. Is it really an attraction or just a mere coincidence? 

  • Day 2 : B.Duck (Bonus : Home of KIDS)
    The children wanted B dot Duck again. They couldn't get enough from the last round (in June). They loved the catching ball game with net. Our favourite was still the two rotating claw machines. We caught a few more ducky key chains - we even caught 3 pieces at once. 

    Bray wanted to sit in the small children car that could only fit a 5 year old and below. He ended up settling for the roof of the car while we pushed the two children around. 

    There was an exhibition Home of KIDS. Many children tv characters were there. Cocomelon, KFC Chicky, Ultraman, Didi and Friends, Dora the Explorer, Powerpuff girls, Pinkfong, Bluey. There were various games, bouncy castle, lucky draws. 

    The two children were happy when Mommy pushed them on stage to take photos with Ultraman.
    Look, Hub and I were even happier to be with Ultraman.
    We were reminded of the times when Ultraman turned up to save the day - on every weekend in a small town. The plots were simple and uncomplicated. Every week, new giant monsters turned up, Ultraman would fight his best until he almost die of tiredness. How we'd know he's almost out of strength? The blinking light on his chest. We would get nervous and started to cheer the hero on "Go Ultraman Go!" Then in the last minute, he'd found a sudden surge of last strength and would bring down the monsters. Yay Hero of the day! With so much damages to the town, it would return to the original state the next week; like it never ever happened. 

  • Day 3 : Game On Sport Hub
    All of us were in Game On; including my Mom. They had expanded the space. There were more games; countless, we cannot finish all even if we tried. 

    - Sports : Pickleball, Archery, Soft archery, ping pong, bull riding, roller blading, badminton, mini-golf, netball,....
    - Table game : Snooker, Table football, giant Jenga
    - e-Games : Car race, Harry Potter, Soccer, Switch Mario games, Metal Slug, follow the shape on screen...
    - Karaoke
    - Play area for below 6 years old - sand pit, milking a cow and feeding the baby with milk, small city, trampoline... 

    We played from 1pm - 10pm. The children was drained on this last day, so were the adults. It's a nice family indoor space that can be catered to various ages. 

Project Classy is coming to completion after 1.5 years. Decorated with modern Zen theme, a strong sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. Moving on to the next project.

Finished reading 2 more books. When talking with Bro Max on the book content, he shared that he was at a stage of burnout. It's really a lot of pressure to own a business that survives through the Covid pandemic. He'd have to take care of his staff while struggling to maintain the business. Now he's trying to bring his business to the next level - hope the door of opportunity opens for him. 

Back to Singapore. 







 




 









 









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