Sun, Sand and Sea

We brought yy to the East Coast Park last friday after work.

A set of sand play toys = $5.90

Beachmat = $0 (from home)

Good place for parents to laze around while the kids exhaust themselves while playing on the beach.

One of the little pleasures in life ;)

Father and daughter sharing a tender moment

YY and Me

YY and Mr FAT

Look at the pathetic two mounds on the right which mr FAT 'built' and tried to convince yy that they are castles

Digging his own 'grave'?

We are going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

Ok, this post is way overdue...

Anyway better late than never :)

We went to the zoo with yy's cousins on 12 Jun 09, Fri. Right after yw's vaccination, we sent our car for servicing before hopping on Lay Yong's car (mr FAT's sis) to the zoo.

It's not easy to handle 3 active toddlers..even not easy to bring them to the zoo..bringing the wildlife to the wildlife?

LY has a zoo membership card, and we all got in for free, how did we do that? Through some scrupulous way which I can't blog here...

We were kind of glad that we had the card coz it meant free unlimited tram rides...which was very very important for 3 not-very-sporty adults and 3 hyperactive toddlers...

So there was it, we spent our entire day at the zoo on tram rides...can't possibly walk under the scorching sun to the animal enclosures!...

We saw the animal shows and the fun started for the kids when they arrived at the rainforest playground.

Here are the fotos....



























ok, yy's swimming costume is fugly and too small for her...it is one of those hand-me-downs from my cousin's kids. Hint hint to any kind sponsors for new swimwear for yy... :)

Layang in the sky

Went kite-flying last wkend with ms cactus n family :-) The kite was a gift from her to yy!

Gals meetup

Had a little meetup with frens from my secondary school...

We have known each other for 15 years! gasp!

Well, we are no longer teenyboppers...more like babyboppers..hahaha!

Debbie and I brought our daughters along to the gathering..(hers still in her tummy! arriving on mother earth in may!)

A bit disappointed WQ and SP are not able to join us though...

How time flies....

Photos courtesy of Cyn

Packed Saturday

Last Saturday was a packed one. It was my working saturday and I met up with hubbie for lunch at Mahattan Fish Market at P.S after work. I did some christmas shopping while he spent his time at the games arcade.

Before marriage = Shopping together...........

After marriage = You do your stuff, I do mine. I meet you 1 hour lata at this place. If you decided to meet up earlier, give me a call.

Well, not that I m upset about the current arrangement though, in fact I m glad that he's not around to control my spending. You know, it's very tough to shop-splurge with a guy, especially with one who alwis update his bank book ;p

We had the seafood platter for two and a mudpie for dessert. (I thought they lost their legal suit with Fish & Co.? How come they are still serving the food in pans?)


We went to the temple at Paya Lebar to pray and thank 'Tai Shui'. It's a must to do so before 22 Dec, my mum tells us.

The temple has these zodiac predictions for the year 2007 and we were more interested in the predictions of the goat and the snake.

GOAT


SNAKE


We then headed back home to wash up before attending baby ryan's 1- month celebration.

Congrats to Darren and Calista on the birth of their adorable baby boy :)

Brilliant Arowanas

Last weekend, hubbie 'dragged' me to Qianhu fish farm for the Arowana Championship 2007 exhibition....

The arowanas displayed were of top breed...violet fusion red...crossback..chili red...watever...

I was amazed by the brilliant colourful scales on the fishes..the scales looked was so brilliant that it looked so unreal...it looked like someone used orange/ red luminuous paint on the fishes...

And the fishes were huge...

The owners must be really proud to showcase their fishes. Hubbie hoped that one day he could be like them. (not the fishes, he wans to be like the owners!)

His 'precious' would never make it to the competition because its just a low grade RTG (red tail golden)...unless he trade in for a 1st grade fish....( I dun tink I will allow him to do that...we are talking about thousands of dollars here!)

1st prize in Red (Adult), also the Grand Champion















1st prize in crossback (adult)

A walk in the nature

We went for a little walk in the nature last weekend.

We went to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.



Armed with an old camera and a bottle of H2O, hubbie and me entered the reserve via its route 1.




There were so many monitor lizards roaming around, I almost stepped on one!





Luckily, we did not see any 'floating logs' in the water....

The view at the Aerie was breathtaking, where you see the entire mangrove swamp.



It was a refreshing break from the stupid haze and somehow the air felt fresher there!

I now look forward to go to Chek Jawa!

Anybody wans to join?

Vivocity!

We went to Vivocity last sunday!

Hip place to hang out in the future :)

Why it look like that?

"Every element is naturally connected to one, allowing you to experience the space through your senses."
Inspired by the natural surroundings of the harbour front, award-winning Japanese architect, Toyo Ito, created a light, fluid, relaxed ambience around VivoCity. Skylights bring the city and nature together - while the flowing surface configuration leads you intuitively from one experience to another.
Enhancing the sensory experience are water-feature installations gracing the waterfront promenade, lighting effects simulating the phases of the moon and the tropical landscape along the boardwalk and through to the rooftop amphitheatre.

What's in there?

Singapore's largest multiplex cinema
A brand new concept hypermarket
Department store
Flagship lifestyle concept stores
Over 1 million sq. ft. of retail, F&B and entertainment concepts
Rooftop play pool, the area of 4 Olympic swimming pools ....I wonder what's that? Did not explore the roof while I was there...
300m waterfront promenade
Open-air amphitheatre
Open-air courtyard on Level 2 featuring engaging and interactive water features
Event spaces

Waterfest Urban Challenge 020906

We ran, drove, capsized, kayaked, cracked our brains, gotten sunburnt and we had fun :D

ms Cactus tried kayaking for the first time!