Legoland | Animal Playpen

Brayden 7Y2M29D

Bevlynn 2Y11M23D

While I was in S.Korea for work the week before, Bevlynn was missing me dearly and she was crying every night before going to bed. This is the first time she missed me while I was away. This wasn't the longest trip I had, she now know and would miss my presence. 

We went to Legoland one last time before Bevlynn turn 3 next week. By 3 years old, she will need to pay for entrance fee. Our annual pass has also just expired after this trip. Friday was Brayden's Sports Day for P3-P6, he was not involved and so it was a day off from school for him. We took the trip to JB and there was not much crowd there. Almost every ride, Brayden could easily go for 3 times - over and over. 

We even shoot the mummy with Bevlynn in the ride. She was scared and covered her eyes, yet she would peek once awhile. For ninja ride, it was not a problem for her. Brayden wanted me to go on the largest roller coaster with him but I did not want to, to avoid headaches afterwards. He also enjoyed the large boat slide and got wet right after.

That night we played with the animal playpen right outside Legoland. There were rabbits, chicks, chickens, baby porcupine, hamsters. The children loved chasing after the animals. Poor them as they were running away very quickly. I had a few chicks on hand and they fell asleep very quickly on my hand, must be very tired with all the chaos from these "Innocent Giants".  

I was getting pretty good with the claw machines. Again, the claw machines were much cheaper than the ones in Singapore. 2 tokens (RM2) in Medini Mall JB vs 1 token (S$1) in WestMall Sg.

We went to Aeon Bukit Indah, the children went into the children play area for 3 hours. While I went for 2 hours massage in Eminent. I got lucky in my last round of massage and earned a RM100 voucher. Therefore, for this massage, I only paid RM70++ for 2 hours. 

On the last day of our trip, we went again to Legoland. This time we played in the area where we build the lego race car. Bev and Bray loved to build and see their car smashed into bits and pieces when they whizzed down the steep lane. 

When we were leaving Legoland, somehow Bev knows she'll missed this place and she cried and wanted to stay on. We'll be back Bev again. The next time we're here you'll be able to play more rides as you would be much taller than now. 

Thank you Legoland for the year of good fun for the kids! 

S. Korea | Daegu | Changdeok gung Palace

I was travelling for business to S.Korea for 6 days from 7 May - 12 May. 

Heading to S.Korea again after more than 12 years was refreshing. The food, culture and people were as good as it was from before. But my point view on S.Korea had changed so much since then. 

Back in those days, still in university, I had travelled with a senior whom I was very close with. She's travelled a lot before and so I was tagging alongside with her. Everything was all new and I did not research much on S.Korea for my trip. We were there for a conference in Jeju and met very good lasting friends from Japan. I can still recall vividly how beautiful the place was - with the nice cold weather, beautiful sea, orange-filled hillside. In Seoul, the food was great but the difficulty was to go around without knowing how to converse in Korean. 

In this trip, we travelled in a bigger group of colleagues to Daegu for an event. During this time, I managed to really experience more of the Korean culture. The food were just as good, Yachaejeon (Korean veg pancake), BBQ, the side dishes, cold noodles, fried korean chicken, makgeolli (rice wine). My all-time favourites and I had it all. I had lots of warm soup to warm up myself. Did not bring enough warm clothings for the night, the temperature was around 16degC, with strong wind and rain.  

The restaurants we went to were home-style; old painting decorated the wooden walls, children ran around with their bicycles, funny advertisement banner of beer - some with very good looking actors/actresses whom were from the K-dramas. Our colleagues even went for Karaoke with Korean language, there's a small serving of fruits and a big book of codes for all songs available. We sang and danced the Oppa Gangnam Style. Worked hard and enjoyed the time with colleagues. 

Over the weekend, I had a getaway in Seoul with the ladies. We went to Changdeokgung; dressed in the most traditional hanbok. Taking beautiful photos in the secret garden and palace corridors. I was imaging the life of a maiden in the palace, it must have been a grand position but a lonely, restricted life. It was still a very beautiful piece of history left behind. 

For lunch, we came around a tight alley with many small beautiful local shops filled with many patrons. It was like in the movies; but very modern. I loved it. The rain just brought the romantic K-drama vibes to the whole alley. At night, we headed over to an Austrian Restaurant, kimchi soup for dinner and a small music club for beer. We stayed in the airbnb in Gangnam. It was so convenient and accessible. 

In the Incheon airport, I bought many facial products which were going at big bargains. 

Time to say goodbye S.Korea. 

KidsSTOP | Lickers Ice-Cream

Brayden 7Y2M11D
Bevlynn 2Y11M5D

At 1am on 5 May 2025, I was purchasing the tickets for KidsSTOP. The tickets were $30 for 2 Adults, 2 Children for play between 10am-1pm. Since I will be flying to S.Korea for work this coming Tue - Sun, I thought I'd like to spend a little more times with the kids to motivate myself for the upcoming long week. 

We took a bus 176 over to Blk 134 and walked about 5 minutes to the KidsSTOP.

We jumped right into the first game at the construction area with the crane and balls. We went into the Ant Hole; this was new for us. Previously it was under construction. Brayden and Hubs both tried at the height drop at the Giant Slide. Hubs was holding tight to dear life at 7m drop. He took a few minutes before letting his hands go. I did not dare to try at all. Until I was seeing how all those children below 7 going up again and again at 6m height drop. I gave it a try telling the lady lifting the rope to 5m; but before it could reach 5m I was asking her to stop and I let go. It was not too bad. I thought she was going beyond 5m and was waiting for me to say stop. As I was at the bottom, she revealed to me the actual height for me was 4m. WHAT?!?! That was nothing and a joke. I wanted to go again, trying to convince myself, at least a 5m should be the bare minimum. A boy around the age of 6 before me was going over and over again at 5m. I blushed; feeling both embarrassed and heart racing looking at the height over and over again. I told myself, "I'll just close my eyes and go for it". Before I knew it, in a few seconds, I was at a height of 5m dangling freely. No more turning back now - Let goooooooooooooo~~~ "Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!" It was like a gush of wind showering my face and my heart felt the weightlessness. O wait, probably it was just my imagination because the lady told me at 5m it isn't really that high to feel the actual drop. Ah well, I stood there pondering whether I should go higher. Nah probably next time, when my heart has not shrunk to a walnut, I'll try again then. 

We were having fun in the sand expedition and the shopping area. 3 hours passed very quickly. 

As we returned home, taking the 66 bus, we stopped by at the temple and a ice-cream shop LICKERS. The hazelnut truffle ice-cream, roasted pistachio and oolong lavender are my favourite. 

By the time we reached home was closed to 3pm, time for nap to re-energize. 

Jurong East Swimming Complex | TimeZone

Brayden 7Y2M11D

Bevlynn 2Y11M5D

It was Labour's Day Holiday! The weather was really hot and we had decided to go WestMall in the morning to get some cold air-con. After the breakfast, we dropped by the Claw Machine Shop and tried our luck; managed to get a cute furry black dog. 

In the evening, we went to Jurong East Swimming Complex; a place we had not been since Brayden was 3 years old. Again, we wanted to have a dip in the pool because it was been a very hot Hot HOT day. But as soon as we got there, there were dark clouds, and almost everyone was leaving the pool. There was a lightning alarm, so all have to be out of the pool until 5:30pm. We decided to stop by at the KFC & Pizza Hut on the 2nd floor to wait for the weather to turn. After waiting for 15 minutes, Lady Luck was shining upon us, the alarm was lifted at 5:30pm although there was a slight drizzle. 

The tickets for the featured pool for a weekend was cheap; Adult $2, Child $1. 

We quickly got changed and hopped right into the pool with our rented float. All 4 of us fitting into the float was a squeeze, we even almost got stuck. But in the end, we went in 3 at one time as we floated around and lazed about in the lazy pool. Ah, relaxing ride~~ The lazy pool had a strong current that pushed the float around a big circle. It was like an adventure in the river, and there were water splashing in certain parts of the pool. One don't really need much effort to go around. Bev and Bray loved the pool. 

After that, we headed over to the wave pool. It looked like a miniature wave on the beach. Floating on the wave pool made me little dizzy. The children loved to jump up and down as the wave swooshed in.

After 2 long hours, we were drained and came out tired. We went back to KFC for dinner again because we did not want to travel elsewhere considering it was getting really late and the kids have school the next day. 

When we got home, Bev was tugging me on my sleeves and said "Mommy, I want swimming" It was already 10 pm but she is asking for one more round. She must have not gotten enough of the swim. Well we'll sure go again!! 

On Sat, we went to TimeZone. This time, Bray and I were trying to get the tickets on the DragonBall game. On the second attempt, we had won 700 tickets. That is very hard to get, considering we will need to get the big dragonball to fall into the rotating pink hole (only one out of 6). So it was definitely good luck.