Block Party | Floor Curling | Ah Gor Broken Leg | Ms Durian Cream Puffs

Brayden 8Y11M15D

Bevlynn 4Y8M8D

After morning swim and lunch, we attended a "Block Party" organized by the resident network. This is the first party they had organized since we moved in 8 years ago. Hub was a volunteer. 

When we arrived, there were many residents old and young, sitting at the void deck.

There were: 

- ice-cream cart

- Neighbourhood Police sharing about scams, SGSecure

- Clean & Green Singapore (CGS) having a card game about mosquito prevention

- Singapore Floor Curling. This was actually quite fun. How to play? Floor Curling is played on mats placed on the floor. The player needs to have one knee on the floor and slides the wheeled stones close to the center target. The closer it is to the target, the player wins. It was so easy to play, even a toddler and a 70+ year old grandma (played with a stick, sitting on a chair) could play it. The best part was the laughter echoing at the void deck.

Mr Murali gave a speech. The neighbours got to know one another more... 

In the afternoon, we quickly sent Bray and Bev to their classes. This is Bev's first class. For the good learning, she received a token for the claw machine. She was gleaming with happiness as she waited for her turn. But she did not win anything. Better luck next time. 

We brought the children for dinner and played at the JEMS water playground. As Bray's feet were wet, he slipped on the trampoline, he was still smiling afterwards. 

After all the fun, we went to Timezone. 

That was all in a day. 

The next day, we went to meet Uncle A at his shoplot. We loved the decoration - he's been collecting old antiques. We had Thai food nearby. For dessert, we had Ms Durian's durian creme puffs (tastes best when taken out of the freezer, it tasted like durian ice cream yummm....). 

We bought some for Ah Gor. Ah Gor had a crack on his leg bone after he slipped. He can't really go out, so we decided to visit him at his home. Bray was trying out the leg fracture walking boot and crutches. He loved the funny look. I recalled Bro Max was also the same when he was about Bray's age. Bro Max wrapped his whole self with toilet paper and looked like an injured person at the emergency ward. Haha.

The children went for a swim in the pool. They made water fountains from blocking the jacuzzi hole. Children will be children.  

  

 

 

 

 

Cavern Restaurant | Bird of Paradise | Happy Birthday Hub

Brayden 8Y11M15D

Bevlynn 4Y8M8D

This week Hub celebrated his birthday. I wanted to give him a surprise.

We met at the mrt station. He looked charming in his white top and casual jeans.

He asked, "Why are we not taking the cab there directly?"

"It's not very near", I replied.

"Isn't it near the Mandai zoo?" he questioned. 

I looked at him, "You knew the place already?" 

Hub said with a straight face and slight grin, "No, there's not many good restaurants which are near Kranji mrt." Trying to justify his question. 

He seemed to know where we were heading (He could easily see it from my email reservation if he wanted to.)

We reached Kranji mrt and took a cab there; Yes to Mandai entrance. 

As we entered, there stood a waterfall and behind it was a cave path. The path was dimly lit. This visual combined with the sound of water flowing and smell of greeneries made the walk a romantic one.

We then arrived at the Cavern Restaurant. The first "cave-inspired" restaurant in Singapore. We were ushered by the waitress in safari uniform to our seats. The rock formation, shadow linings, random coloured lightings illuminating the ceiling; these were unique and cool. The food and drinks were also appealing and mouth-watering. We were lastly served with a tiramisu cake for his birthday - a little surprise arranged by the restaurant. 

Inside the cave, it felt like time passed without knowing. When we went in, there was still daylight. When we came out, it turned night dark, with some spotlights on the sculptures and trees. It does bring the slow night vibe, there was hardly anyone around. We slowly make our walk to Bird of Paradise for ice-cream. Suddenly something fast flew by in front of us, a BAT! It clumsily flew, trying to get out of the walkway... 

We arrived at Bird of Paradise, the staff were seen cleaning up the place. We asked her if it's closed. "No, we are closing in 6 minutes. You can still order". We didn't check the closing time, good thing we managed to catch the right timing! We had our favourite white chrysanthemum and CNY special roasted sesame.  

We sat there, just the two of us at the entire place - Chatting away until they switched off the lightings... The night breeze was light and relaxing. 

I was worried it was going to be difficult to catch a cab at that late hour. When we went to the taxi stand, there was already one taxi waiting. The whole night was so smooth; one good thing happened after another. 

Happy Birthday Hub! 

 

  

POP-sperity Sentosa | Universal Studios CNY theme | Movies by the Beach "Finding Dory"

Brayden 8Y11M8D

Bevlynn 4Y8M1D

We went to Sentosa. This time we took the direct RWS bus into the island. 

When we arrived, we were greeted by God of Fortune (Chai Sen Yeh); we received several gold coins. 

The place was decorated in Chinese New Year theme with many Pop Mart giant statues around; Labubu, SkullPanda, Twinkle-Twinkle, Baby Molly... It was an interesting display of Pop-sperity. I did not noticed until much later when I looked back at the photos, the characters were in their horse-theme costumes.

There was a map too. We could collect stamps (of the characters) from the booths located in various sites. Once completed, we could redeem the stickers with all the 12 POP Mart characters in the CNY horse-theme theme costumes. The children were a little creative, they stamped their hands with the red chop. Their little hands were all filled up to their elbows.    

We went into Universal Studios Singapore. The main stage was decorated in Chinese New Year theme. We met Tigress from Kung Fu Panda. Our inner Kung Fu just showed up. Hiyak!!

We were in time to watch the Rockafella Street Dance. We went twice to the Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure. As usual, the children was excited in this wet water ride. Bev asked "Are the dinosaurs real?"

Bev and I went to Dino-Soarin'; Bray was not interested. We met Baby Emily, the dinosaur. The knowledgeable scientist was explaining many fun facts about dinosaurs, and I became as intrigued and curious as the children. 

This time we met Princess Fiona at the meet and greet. 

The Despicable Me Minion Mayhem queue was not too long this time, we managed to go in. The first room was to watch Gru and the girls + smell of Banana fart. Then we were led to a room with a big screen. It was like being transported to a giant Minion Game. I loved the vibrant colours; and the explosion of details (which went by too quickly)....

At the end of it, I suddenly crave banana.... 'WHAT????!!!!" (high-pitch minion voice). I guess the mission changed all of us into minions somewhat went terribly wrong. Lol.

We came out dancing like a minion too.

After all the actions, we went to Movies by the beach @ Palawan Kidz City Roof Garden. There was a movie screening in the open air. It was such a nice night for a picnic. Nice night breeze, not humid, we brought our picnic mat. PS joined us. 

There were some special appearances of wild peacocks near the viewing area. They were making loud crowing wailing calls. 

The show was "Finding Dory". The children loved how forgetful Dory was, but she still found her parents in the end. I almost cried when the parents said "We stayed in this spot for you ever since, because we thought you might come back. and every day we laid shells" I'd imagine it must have been tough for parents to move forward after losing a child. 

We celebrated in advance Hub birthday. We were struggling to light the candle with the windy night. 

We left after eating the cake. On the way to the carpark, there were fireworks. 

This whole week, we'd call Bray a Dory. He'd forgotten his uniform, his watch, his wallet. He'd such a big Dory. 

Life is full of beautiful, happy moments.