Good Friday

We've been telling Zyan for past few days that we will bring him out on Friday.
More specifically, the playground at Gardens By The Bay.

Yesterday, we even went out to get a set of cheap sand-play tools for him, so that he can have some fun.

So we left home at 8.45am. Sounds pretty early.

When we reach Gardens By The Bay, the carpark was already like more than half-filled.
Managed to find our way to the Children Playground.

It's pretty big playground, with sand and water play.

First station for Zyan, the sand.

He still does not know how to play sand well with the tools.
Taught him to add water to make the sand more robust for using the mould.
Still, a good learning for him, and get dirty. :D

Then he started to explore the place. Went up the treehouse etc. Wanted to play slides etc.
With his jean-material shorts, a bit tough with the slide.
Kinda weird. See here.

After almost an hour with the sand and playground, it's time to hit the water.
Changed him into his water-play gear.
Told him, and pointed him to where Karinna and I were seated, and to come to us when he needed anything.
Actually, what would he need? :P

From our seat, I took a zoomed picture. Quite a distance actually, and the photo still came out ok.
Using my phone camera.

So it's his fun time again!
More of him playing with the water among the huge crowd.

 Then it was time to go. 11am. He had been playing for past 2 hours, almost non-stop.

After cleaning him up, we headed down to Parkway Parade.
Had some coupon for Pastamania, so went there for lunch.

He enjoyed his pizza pretty much, and not forgetting walloping up his mommy's garlic bread.

A wonderful Good Friday morning for him.
And a great place to bring child to. Gardens By The Bay playground.
Just a little tad crowded.
Worth going again. :)

Double Decker

Saturday is usually a marketing day.
Brought Zyan along, but to let him have his hair cut.
He's doing very well with getting hair cut now.

And there he is, happy playing the machine after his hair cut.

I told him that if he behaved well, I will bring him out to take bus.
He's been talking about wanting to take double decker bus since I-don't-know-when.
Today seems like a good day for it. :)

So after lunch, and after sending Karinna to her Toastmaster activities, Zyan and I came back home.
Parked the car, went to pee, then head to the wonder-bus bus-stop. My wonder-bus is Bus 33. :D

Took to Kembangan, then changed to MRT, and we headed towards Expo.
Didn't know where to bring him, thought if there's some exhibition then can just wander around.
Too bad, nothing seemed to be alive at the Expo Halls.

So we went to Changi City Point.

First thing first. McDonald.
What else right?

Thereafter, wandering around again. Went up to level 2, and there's some ride there for kids.
Paid $5 for a ride. He chose Elephant, just pink colour. Hmmm.

Well, he appeared to be enjoying it.

Then we went to the so called Treehouse.
Again, didn't bring another set of clothing, so Zyan couldn't play with the water.

I told him we'll come again the next time round, and will bring extra set of clothing, so that he can run around and enjoy the waters in the area.
He's a good boy, still pretty much enjoyed himself in a dry manner.

I'm not so familiar with the place. Followed direction to Arena. Hmmm.
Interesting place.
Not crowded as well. A group of youngsters seemed to be there trying to rehearse for some dance moves.
Zyan's first move was to run up the stairs, and sat there, and told me: "Take picture!"

Ok. Obligation done. Here:

He vividly remembered us climbing stairs at Disneyland in Hong Kong, when we watched dolphin show.
Kept telling me we walked up and down the stairs in Disney.
Lucky I also can remember, for now. :)

Then it's time to go back home.
We only took single deck bus, and MRT. Not double decker bus yet.

Thus, went back to Expo station.
Coincidentally, my colleague Gigi also brought her family to Changi City Point. Met her while on the MRT platform. Also bus/mrt ride day for her. LOL
Anyway, we took the train, and we alighted at Tanah Merah Station. I don't really need to stop at this station. I can jolly well alighted at Bedok and took Bus 33 home.
Only reason is: Double Decker Bus.

To make my Zyan happy, hop him up onto Double Decker Bus 31 that happened to appear at that time. Cool.
Cheap-thrill boy goes to the upper deck. I followed.
Happy liow.
Kids at this age are still easy to satisfy. :)

So we alighted at Bedok, bought some chwee-kueh, then headed back home.

Throughout the bus and mrt rides, Zyan was using his new concession card.
He tapped the card all by himself, with my instruction and guidance of course.
I think he's proud of himself 'knowing' how to take bus and mrt. Hehehe

Way to go boy!

Rest Day

Today is a day-off for my domestic helper.
Morning, Karinna had yoga class.
Dad was hospitalised since Friday night.
So I am home alone in the morning with my son.
Bonding time!

But it's a good day. Because it rained more than yesterday!
It's a welcomed rain!
It rained on-and-off since 10+am till about 4pm, and once in a while, a heavy one.
Nice change of weather.

So for lunch, me and my little son have to brave the rain to the nearby FeiFei Wanton Noodle for food.
Not the best option, but the nearest.
Zyan's not so good with handling umbrella yet, and still, his cheapthrill instinct is making him use the umbrella. He used 1, and I use another.
Still manageable.

At 5pm, I brought Zyan to visit dad at TTSH.
Went the day before with him as well. Yesterday was the first time he step into TTSH. Today's the second time.
He's just thrilled to go anywhere, as long as out of home. Hehehe.

Came back home about 6.30pm.
Karinna was preparing dinner.
The domestic goddess showed her skills in culinary yet again.

Look at this! Carbonara!

And with bacon!

Cannot do without mushroom soup!

And see how Zyan is enjoying his dinner.

Yum yum! 好吃！

After dinner, was resting and watching Running Man on TV. Pretty funny even though I have watched it on the web before.

Decided not to go for my 'daily walk'.
Another time.
Hopefully, the lazy bug will not follow me too long. :)

Hong Kong - Day4

This is the day.
The day where Zyan was 'brainwashed' to. :D
To Disneyland. To Disneyland. To Disneyland.

Had breakfast at a nearby eatery, then headed to the train station to begin the journey to Disneyland.
Taking train before the expiry of the 1-Day Tourist Pass was not a problem. Yeah!

Weather forecast said it would be quite cold.  15 to 18 degrees celsius.
I like. But not for my wife and my son.

After entering Disneyland, one of the first things that we see is picture taking with Mickey and Minnie.
Nay, didn't queue for it, but hijacked on the sideline. :D

First stop, we went to AdventureLand. Took the raft to Tarzan's Treehouse.
Nothing exciting. Just cheap thrill of taking raft and climbing up the trees.

Then towards Grizzly Gulch. He played a little of water gun stuff. Nearly didn't want to leave.
Then went to Mystic Point. We went to Mystic Manor, where they had some monkey Albert playing with musical box that contained magical moments. There's a part where a screenplay of wall that blasted off and got demolished down, he was scared and cried.
真是胆小如鼠。

On the way to Toy Story Land, saw Minnie Mouse taking pictures with public, and the queue wasn't terribly long, so we joined.
He quite like Minnie Mouse.

We tried the Parachute Drop. It was fun. He had fun seeing the lady opposite us screaming when the parachute had sudden drop. LOL
Then the toy soidiers came out marching, and mingle with the crowds. Zyan is elated with hanging around the green soldiers.

Then we moved on to the main place, the FantasyLand. But first, got to settle lunch.
Took a Fast Pass for Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, then headed down to watch the musical "The Golden Mickies".
Very nice. Disney has a way to mesmerize kids (and perhaps even adults) with the musical display.

Went back to Winnie the Pooh. Just a fairy-tale like journey ride.
Then after that, we had Carousel ride again (yes, again! 2nd episode since Ocean Park!), and you guessed it!
TEA CUPS ride! After probably 30 years or more!
What a way to re-live memories. Turned too much until I quite giddy also. :P

Then it was time to head down to the Parade route. The Disney Parade was starting at 3.30pm. How can let Zyan miss this right? After all, we didn't intend to stay for the night parade where it has fireworks. So 3.30pm parade is a must, cannot be missed.

Went to look for a good place. It's good to be in Disney on Monday. Perhaps just happened that today, the crowded wasn't that huge. What I meant is that it is still bearable with the crowd, watching the parade.
Had to carry Zyan up for him to have better view, and standing on the bench along the Parade route. Kinda fun.
I think he enjoyed that a lot.

After the parade, we went to TomorrowLand. Took some Orbitron ride, just a different form of merry-go-round. Then wanted to try Autopia, which is supposed to be 'future aboard electric cars'.
I let Zyan 'drives' the car. Just press pedal to accelerate and stop pressing to stop the car. Simple operation. I was the one pedaling. Zyan was the one 'wheeling' around. He was happy 'driving' it, that's the main thing. :)

Then decided it's time to leave Disney.

We headed back down to Central again, to Mid-Levels.
Had quick dinner, and bought some additional food back.
Bought the egg-tarts and beef tendons again.
Additionally, roasted goose was also in the list.
It's a feast back at hotel on the last night in HK. Cool.

On the way back in taxi, Zyan was too tired, and fell asleep again.
I think the conclusion is, it's too tiring for him to go holidays.
He should stay back in Singapore next time. :D

Hong Kong - Day3

Today was meant to be a relaxing day.

Zyan woke us up at 7am! Just because he saw the sunlight appearing out of the window.
Because I always tell him, "起来了！ 太阳公公起来了！"

Anyway, we took our time slowly for our breakfast, enjoying quality time with son.
Left hotel only around 1030am, with no particular destination to go to.
Today was supposed to be a 'free and easy' day, until such that we didn't do any plan to do particular thing at all.

So we decided to get a 1-day Tourist Pass, travelling around Hong Kong, and then the next day morning, probably can use it to go to Disneyland too!
Cool right?!?!?! :D

So the first stop we went to, Kowloon Bay.
This is more for food. Went to 正斗 for wanton noodle and 牛腩.
I must say it was quite disappointing.
Not great at all, possibly reading some wrong reviews. :D

After our early lunch, we headed to Shatin.
The 2nd most expensive location in the original Monopoly game, if I remember correctly.
Nearly book a hotel here too, in the end decided not to.
I would very much like to explorer other places, rather than always just the same places all the time.

Just walking around near the Shatin station. Even went to the IKEA nearby, thinking of letting Zyan play at the playroom, but it was not opened due to cleaning.
Anyway, the playroom there is actually quite small, probably not that much fun for him.

Then we took the train down to Mong Kok East, walked around Mong Kok area.
Weather today wasn't hot, just a little windy.
Had dessert at 许留山. It made Zyan's day for him.
He is just such greedy boy.

Headed down to Central. It was getting cold by the time we reached there.
First, we went to look for 泰昌 eggtarts. Again, one of Karinna's targeted list of food.
Took a while to find the place.

Due to the disappointment at lunch, this time we went to Mak's Noodle for wanton noodle and 牛腩 again.
This time round, it was more satisfying than the early lunch we had.

By then, poor Zyan was already very tired.
He had kept asking me when were we going back to hotel.

We actually reached by hotel just around 7pm.
After settling his bath and cleaned him up, I went out to buy something.
By the time I got back to hotel room, my son was already sound asleep, and I was told he slept before 8pm!

He had actually walked a lot today, on such a 'relaxing' day. :P

Hong Kong - Day2

Yesterday was the 2nd day that we came to Hong Kong.

I woke up quite early, don't ask me why. I also sian. :P
Anyway, this was the day that we planned for Ocean Park.
Bought simple bread the previous night for breakfast.

We left hotel about 10am. Ocean Park only opens from 10am onwards anyway.
Decided to take a cab there. Cost about HKD145.

Zyan was looking forward for it.
I think as long as it is not home, anywhere can be very exciting for him. LOL

We were thinking that it might be cold for him, and made him wore 2 long sleeve shirts, and of course, cannot run away with the long pants.
As it turned out, it was pretty warm somehow. So had to strip him off 1 of them. Bringing more has advantage of having it when needing it. :D

First, we went to the Grand Aquarium, letting him basked in the wonders of the deep sea.
I think he pretty much enjoy the place. He was marvelled with the giant sting rays 'flying' around in the aquarium.
He even had the chance to touch a starfish. You know, they are a bit like rock. Damn stone 1. Hehehe

Next, went to the Sichuan Treasures where they had 2 pandas in there.
The pandas were pretty greedy. Keep eating food while people were snapping pictures away. Quite cute though.

Then we decided to move elsewhere, to the cable car. Before we hit the cable car, he wanted to ride the Sea Life Carousel. Wah. Karinna and I haven't taken such ride for so many years. Well, all kids sure like this somehow. He even wanted to go for second round.

Cable car, another of kids' favourites. I only remember he kept talking so much, but I cannot remember what he said.

We were just wandering around, and chanced upon the Dolphin show at 2pm. Nice to watch, and nice to pass time there as well.
Along the way, we also went for Ferris Wheels.
Alamak! After so many years also. The last Karinna and I had was the Singapore Flyer.
Ferris Wheels is actually very boring.
But when you ask the kids, they always say they like. :)

After further wandering, we made our way back down to the main entrance area, and decided it's time to leave the place for dinner. Zyan usually eats between 6-7pm.
Notice the sleeping panda in one of the last few pictures taken in Ocean Park.

Took a cab to Times Square. Went to Le Garden, because Karinna wanted to eat there. One of her destinations.

Cannot believe what we ordered.
1 claypo rice. 1 delicious chicken soup. 1 special order of roast chicken and fish.
Eh. 2 adults, and 1 kid.
Eat until wanna vomit siah.
All are actually very savoury.
Si beh ho jiak!
But I think got quite a bit of ajinomoto leh. Pretty thirsty after that.

 

With a little bit of lingering around Central, we went back to hotel around 10pm.
Poor boy was already very tired.
Right after bath and everything, he fell asleep quite faster after that.
Wonder if the same will happen on Monday when we go to Disneyland. :)

一月二十九

一月二十九真有趣
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就在水池那一区
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大伙儿似乎很福气
笑脸迎人最得意
说你两句别生气
只为增添些情趣
 
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两句三句又四句
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喝完再聊下一句
 
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