The parking in Changi Airport is no longer as expensive like before..it’s affordable for the 1st 3 hours (cheaper than Vivo’s parking!)

There are alot of shops, eateries, and even a NTUC @ T3.  There’s also a playgound, Singkids & a Slide that is free for play!

We brought Dawn there over the weekend because of Strawberry Shortcake, and she discover the fun Slide!

At B2 where it’s the end of the slide, there are TV screens and cameras to see your child who is queuing at B1 for his/her turn.

Look @ Dawn & Daddy! (the little girl wearing red jacket with Daddy holding her)

Clearing view now ….

And here she comes! Paiseh, reflection :p

And so Dawn went for a few rounds of the slide while waiting for the Strawberry Shortcake ticket.

There’s a Meet & Greet Session every start of the month organised by Changi Airport and this month, it’s Strawberry Shortcake! Still remember Dawn’s 4th year old birthday? She just love the pink girl lo..

Here’s the terms & conditions for the session…

Daddy & Dawn were the 1st in the line…and people started to form the queue behind them..

And this is the pass, which guarantee for 2 photo shoot + printout!

Before the photoshoot, the emcee did some dancing exercise to warm up the kids..because we went for coffee after we got the pass, Dawn was not able to go into the watching area (which is so small crowded with parents -.-).  And so 伟大 daddy sat Dawn on his shoulders through out the dance. Spot the girl in red!

There they are! Strawberry Shortcake & Blueberry!

Waiting for her turn for the photo shoot..see how smiley she was!

After the photo, this was our conversation :

Mummy : You like Blueberry more?

Dawn : NO! Like Strawberry more!

Mummy : Then how come you are hugging Blueberry and not Strawberry?

Dawn : Oh

Guess she was so excited that she forgot what she wants to do!

I asked her to pose with her pass before we have to return it to exchange for the photos, and she posed!

Cute right!

By the way, the 2 photo-prints taken by their photographer comes with NO CHARGE!  This is the 1st meet and greet which gives free print and 2 photo-taking! Way to go Changi Airport!

There’s white chocolate and chocolate favor sweet pens…and I tried the white chocolate.

This is how it looks like…

Put it into a cup of hot water (to melt the chocolate)…takes about 5 mins..

Get ready the bread, biscuit, etc etc…I used bread for experiment…

Tada! Nice?

The white chocolate is quite nice too….Dear squeeze the left over from the tube into his mouth…

The outlet in Singapore Flyer is quite big! It seems to be the only fast food restaurant in the premises of the Singapore Flyer.

The Fried chicken…

Onion Rings..

This is my $20 worth of food for the 3 of us (plus a fish burger and 2 drinks are not in the picture).  The deal is quite worth it!

This is our first time visiting the Singapore Flyer…there’s a flea market on the bridge that link from the carpark area. There’s a Koi pond just below the Flyer and there are bread packed in small capsules for sale (to feed the fish).

Finally has the chance to stand below the Flyer …..

And the busy mommy with the 2 kids…

We rented our Kua from House of Etiquette for our wedding and they included our testimonials in their website~

See more here.

Source : Screenshot taken from House of Etiquette

Had a day off with compliments from my company (Birthday Leave).  Dear took leave to accompany me.  To us, birthdays are not about presents but the company of each other.  It was really a pity and a regret for me that I had to work on his birthday this year because I had just returned to work after my maternity leave.

He didn’t want to tell me what’s the agenda for the day.  5 days before the actual day, he smsed me and  said that I wasn’t allow to make any plans; he will do the planning and I will do the lazing… it’s a teaser and I kept wondering where he will bring me to.  Tried to get something out from his mouth but it’s so tight that I got nothing out. ><;

And guess what? I finally had a romantic time with him @ Dempsey Hill.  He drove us to jones the grocer for breakfast at 9am+!

My pretty white flat! Should tell them that’s its my birthday and ask them to draw a birthday cake or something…

His pot of tea…which later became our pot of diluted tea…:D

We ordered 2 set of English Breakfast…and he asked for poached eggs..

And me? Sunny Side Ups!

The bread is super nice! Nicely toasted and when it’s spread with butter, it’s heavenly!  Oh, the breakfast set include the button mushrooms, toasted tomato, bacon, sausages, the eggs and 2 pieces of toasts.

It was a hearty breakfast indeed! And that’s our early breakfast and lunch.  We continued to enjoy the wet morning (It was raining heavily & we were seated @ the non-air-conditioned table), sipping the coffee & tea and reading the newspapers, books & magazines. We bought a bag full of my magazines and he bought a book.  I finally had time to read the magazines which I brought from Hong Kong!

After nua-ing the whole morning away in jones the grocer, dear drove to another of our favourite cafe – The book cafe.  We order some chips and tea and continue with our reading..

My pot of chamomile tea…

His pot of lemongrass with ginger tea…this is refreshing and different!

The book cafe has a kids corner which has a low shelf of books and toys.

When I took this photo, I was told that I can’t take photo…bleah!  Was thinking not even to mention about book cafe here since they are so strict with the photo-taking.  Maybe they had earned enough from their loyal customers and hence do not need any more free advertising -.-

Dear drove to Clarke Quay and we went to Hooters for some tea time. I wanted to have some chicken wings, and both of us totally forgot about IKEA!

Anyway, had a great view at the outdoor seats of Hooters.  Had always wanted to enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the quay side and it finally came to pass.

Huge Ketchup & kitchen paper roll @ the table

The mild favor chicken wings – has a pinch of cheesy taste in the marinate.  But the meat is a-bit too hard instead of juicy ones like IKEA & Ice Cold beer…

My day started with 2 birthday kisses from Dear & Dawn…I thought that was the best present that I have for the birthday.  We were home early and wanted to go to fetch Dawn from childcare.  But my father-in-law hinted that he will fetch her instead.  Silly me didn’t get the hints and kind of insisted to fetch her….and he had to tell me that Dawn had made an appointment with him after school.

The night before, I had asked Dawn about my present.  Dawn said that she can’t because she has school on my birthday.  And the next moment, she exclaimed, “Daddy, how? Mommy’s present?”  It was quite a cute and immediate “panic” from the little girl and I can’t help but to giggle.

Earlier in the morning, I had asked Dawn where’s my present again and told her that she will give me my present after school.  I guess she must had asked my father-in-law the “how” question and my father-in-law told her to draw a cake in school and passed it to me. My bright little girl then said to my father-in-law, “Aiya, no need la, buy from the cake shop lo!” And that’s how the appointment was made.  My father-in-law was supposed to bring her to buy cake for me after school!

And here’s my pink cake from my little girl…it’s really paid by her because she took out the money from her piggy bank and return to “YeYe”!

And of ‘cos, birthday are not birthday without the song and Dawn sang the English and Chinese version for me before we eat the cake together.

Thank you my 2 darlings, for giving me a wonderful birthday!

I think it’s a privilege, well, it’s the small little things that makes me happy as it has an association that the weekend is here…

(pardon for the blue light reflection…it’s the car’s blue LED)

And the place for the dinner?  The place which both of us enjoy…alot.  This time we went to the one @ Holland Village.

Dear chose the Sakura Set…it’s going to hurt the pocket, but I know he wants the best for me.  That’s how sweet he is.

The Kim-Chee.  Quite nice even though I am not a Kim Chee person.

Our salad that comes with mushroom and fried garlic.  Yummy!

The Aburi Bacon before they were cooked:

The meat : (from top left to the right) Wagyu Karubi, Pork Belly (changed from Duck Breast), Wagyu Fillet Steak, Wagyu Rump Cap & Pork Collar.

The Ishiyaki Mentaiko :

Cooking the meat…

And I am a fortunate woman because he always cook for me. :-p

My plate of yummy meat with the sauces.  We both like the sweet sauce than the spicy one.

And the very sinful bacon…

Assorted Mushroom…should have changed to fresh Shitake mushroom though.  The ones grilled by hubby are the best!

The Gindara Miso Grill…very fresh fish but the miso is too salt.

The Dessert menu..we usually do not look through it as there’s only one item we both like….

The Milk Pudding!

A very peaceful dinner, accompany by good service from the restaurant.  Had been to the branches in Chimjes and United Square, I kind of love the setting in Holland Village more than other branches.

With no agenda in mind, we took a walk around Holland Village and decided to go to MBS since both of us had not been to the bridge before.

The night scene is nice indeed.  I wonder how many Singaporeans appreciate this? When we went overseas, we will exclaim at the sight of those places, but some places have the same kind of night scene as what we have here in Singapore.

The Helix Bridge at night..

Quite a few of tourists were taking photos and we thought it be nice to have some photos too!

Dear is an expert in this after his training in Japan

And of ‘cos he also thinks that he’s the King and hence there’s a crown on his head…

We also managed to catch the Light & Water show (Wonder Full).  As this was the first time both of us came into the MBS shopping area, we didn’t know where is the Event Plaza…we just walked towards to where the music came from.

Very amazing event, given that it’s free.

I was very amazed by the “Towers” at the 2 sides of the gallery.  It can emit different kinds & colour of lights,  dry ice effect and even bubbles! All these from each tower! Amazing!

Will probably bring Dawn to view this next time!

We met Elmo, Cookie Monster and Grover at City Square Mall.  It was a “happen-to-be” in the mall kind of thing and thus mummy wasn’t prepared with a camera

Very cute stage scene :

Seated and waiting for the show :

An opening dance :

But the organizer should do better in terms of being more transparent with their photo taking session.  Can’t help but compare it with the experienced organizer such as Barney shows.  There were no clear guidelines on how to get a pass for the photo taking session, the pass was given only at the end of the show and hence it’s not fair to those who were there early but stood too far away from the queue lines.  The characters only came out for awhile and most of the time it was the MC talking and playing games.  Dawn was bored and hence we did not stay till the end.

Dawn was a little disappointed for not able to take photo with the characters but mummy insisted to have her photo taken with the characters, so this is the best that we can do :

On our Wedding Anniversary, we decided to spend the day with Dawn and we brought her to the Barney show @ Marina Square.  This time, mummy is equipped with her camera and also determined to get a pass for Dawn to take photo with Barney. We made sure that we were early to have our lunch and in time to be the first 50 in the queue, and that means we had to queue for 1.5 hours. Poor Daddy, used to do silly things with mummy during Pah-toh days (now he still does!), and he has to do silly things for the children too..Daddy you are super!

A very pretty stage; Dawn & I had a good time playing “Can you spot?” game when queuing.

This is how “near” we were from the start of the queue. Very confident to get hold of the pass this time! There were parents who wanted to cut into queues too and we were angry because what are these parents teaching their kids with?? Instead of explaining to their children on the right thing to do, they were accommodating to their children whines by cutting into the queues of those who had queued for more than an hour!

Tada! Meet & Greet pass in my procession!

See how excited Dawn is?!

Poor Daddy had to stand outside because only one parent can accompany the child inside to the stage area.  Still remember the pregnant me standing outside during the Christmas Show last year?

This shot is priceless to me, just look at Dawn’s eyes you will know what I mean :

Children’s eyes are the most non-pretentious.  They show you their moods, whether tired, disappointed, sad, happy or excited.  The sparkle in those eyes are the most rewarding presents for the parents!

And here comes Barney and friends!  Enough to make the children go crazy…

The show was short as compared to the Christmas show. It was less than 15 minutes with about 4-5 songs.

And here’s our photo with Barney & Friends.  Little Dawn, remember this, daddy & mummy queued 1.5 hours for you!

Dawn saw the huge “Bouncing Castle” news on TV and wanted us to bring her there.  So off we went on a Sunday afternoon.

In order to get on to this, we need to produce a receipt of any amount to enjoy one free play.  Each play is 8 mins.

The Kor-Kor will have a short briefing on the safety precautions with the children first before each play. Love the sunflowers and the very cute control tower!

And Dawn chose to bounce beside the cactus most of the time until I shoo her to play with the slide.  She might have thought that she can be on this forever instead of just 8 mins…

Weeeeee…nice slide!

Look Mummy! I am riding a plane!

If you are interested with this, the Changi Airport’s giant inflatable playground will be there till 26th June 2011. It’s at Changi Airport Terminal 3, Level 2, Check-in Row 11 (In front of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf). For more details, check it out here.

Getting ready the leaves….

The rice…

And the very nice fillings…

This is my branch of victory…succeed only after a few refreshers from my MIL.. :p

And this time round, we tied a red string over my work…so that I can see what to improve on after they are cooked.

Absolutely wrapped by me…

Dear commented that the rice are too thick at the corners, so I got to position them better next time.

I haven’t quite learn the roles of preparing the leaves, rice and fillings, but had made more notes this year than previous.  Soon I will combine all the notes and make the Bazhang myself one day!

P/S : Pardon me for the photos as they were taken using my phone..hands were too oily to take out the camera

Anyway, daddy brought Dawn for her cycling trips again and see how this girl shines under the sun!

Love her hat…looks like a Japanese?

Daddy took this photo to show me how fast she can peddle on her bicycle.  And he claims that he has to walk very fast or at times run after her!

Due to Eva’s appearance, we had to ask Dawn to be understanding and that we have to stop our weekly family outing on the weekends for a month or so.  Dawn is a very understanding girl and she looks forward to May (I was having confinement in April).  And she keeps saying that we are going to the beach for picnic and sand play in May.

We had so much things to do and the sand play only happened in the last weekend of May, at a very last minute decision on a Sunday morning.  Phew, at least we honor our promises to her.  Daddy is great! Even though it’s only a 30 mins stay in the park, he disregards the hassles and brought the whole family there! Yes, with little Eva.

So off we went, packing Dawn’s bicycle & sand play equipment and Eva’s pram into the car boot.

Of course little Eva can’t play with Dawn Jie Jie and she slept soundly under the shade and the sea breeze.

I had to stay with Eva and also look after Dawn’s bicycle, and so hubby found a stool with a good shade for me to rest while waiting for them. This is how far I was away from them.

Happy Dawn under the sun!

They didn’t have much time to build a proper sand castle (as we have to go back home for lunch), but Dawn’s has great fun.  She’s proud with filling up the sand in one of the tool and brought to show me 3x! Love this girl!

I realised as I become wiser (aka older), I am less of an outdoor person.  Used to love the sun so much, tanned until my friends call me “Orh lu lu” (means black/tan in my skin colour), love the beach and the water even though I do not know how to swim.  I even went to a sand treasure hunt thingy in Sentosa – digging for treasure balls in the sandcastles under the noon sun! How crazy was that?

Now?  Scare of sun because it can cause pigmentation on my face, hate the sweat running down my forehead and my body, hate the aftermath sweat smell on me and the insects or disgusting things that are lying on the ground.

And I spotted this after sitting at the stool for a good 25 mins! GOSH!

It has started to decompose and it’s head has many holes with the flies flying though all the holes. PUKE.  And worst, I wondered in my mind whether worms will all surface if the body is flipped away from the ground..gosh gosh gosh