Jubilee celebration – Art Science Museum

As Singapore celebrates her 50th birthday which we called our Jubilee Celebration, we had a rare long weekend of 4 days “staycation” in Singapore! Apart from Chinese New Year which we once in some years may have a 4 days straight holidays where we spend visiting relatives and friends, this is perhaps almost once in 50 years where we had 4 days straight holidays to enjoy Singapore like tourists in our home country. Best part is many attractions are free or at heavily discounted rates. So, like typical Singaporeans, we thronged to free attractions together with fellow citizens to celebrate as one Singapore! Happy Birthday Singapore!

We did not really flock to each and every free attraction. In fact, we only wanted to go to the Art Science Museum or Gardens by the Bay flower domes. Perhaps Singaporeans had been well-trained to queue some months back to pay respects to Mr Lee Kuan Yew during the lying in state period, we batted no eyelids upon queuing for several hours up to 10 hours for free cable car rides! On our way to the Art Science Museum, I did do a quick check on facebook status on the queue time at the museum and saw 4-5 hours wait! I was so determined to bring the kids to see “The Deep” where the exhibition is on the ocean life deep down to the ocean bed, I was undeterred about the long waiting time.

Luckily for us, we queued for only 1 hour and finally saw the entrance.

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Thank you to Our founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew

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As I pen down my words on the Condolence book at the lobby of my office, I fought back tears.

Our founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, an icon of Singapore is no more.

In the early hours of 23 March 2015, our founding father passed away in peace, at the age of 91.

Soon, the internet and all TV stations were outpouring with grief and all Singapore flags were flown at half mast.

Singapore was declared to be in national mourning for the whole of last week 23 – 29 March on which 29 March was the state funeral when all Singaporeans wept for our warrior, our hero and our father of Singapore.

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KidsSTOP Review and Tricky Treats Halloween event

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Ever since KidsSTOP opened in June, I have been wanting to check this out with the kiddos. What a timely invite by the KidsSTOP folks for a media preview of Tricky Treats Halloween at KidsSTOP, we had a fabulous time to experience before the Halloween special starts today 27 Oct! And of course, the kids were so excited for the KidsSTOP play after that, we stayed there for a full 5 hours! Continue reading “KidsSTOP Review and Tricky Treats Halloween event”

Poolzies shoes for little feet under the hot sun + {International Giveaway!}

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Singapore is a sunny island and over here, it’s a common sight to tip toe around the poolside under the scorching hot sun. The floor is burning hot. Often, we endure the scalding sensation to our soles when we cross from one pool to the next. So, when we have kids, we ferry them from one kiddie pool to the next by carrying them off the ground. But, how about water play with slides and all on the rooftop of shopping centres? We can’t be ferrying them around from one slide to the next!

And you can bet my excitement when Poolzies founder offered their Pool shoes for little feet to run about under the sun and on slippery floors! It is such a brilliant idea and I wonder why didn’t anyone thought of this before? Continue reading “Poolzies shoes for little feet under the hot sun + {International Giveaway!}”

Safari Boo – Trick or Treat at River Safari

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Source – River Safari

We had our first Trick or Treat Halloween fun ever. And guess where we went to see friendly ghost, mummy, frankenstein, witch and even wizard? RIVER SAFARI!! And you can’t believe that River Safari can be as amazing as Night Safari at night! No, there is no scary ghost that appears out of nowhere. There is no zombie to catch the kids. All you see are friendly mermaid, Hogwart School student, little animals, insects, fairy, barn owl, raccoon, tarantella spider, and lots of sweets, chocs, and Safari fun! Continue reading “Safari Boo – Trick or Treat at River Safari”