From Ben-10 to Ulitmate Spiderman!

Jovan has been an avid Ben-10 lover for years. In this recent year, he has slowly fallen under the love spells with the Ultimate Spiderman instead from TV shows to video, stationery, clothing and toys. One of the days as we were in the car, dear and I were even appalled as he suddenly recited the lines of what the main cast Spiderman says in the serial! The power of media! That was a pretty long phrase and yet, he could remember the lines so well. What amused us most was the last sentence which we couldn't help laughing... For your viewing pleasure and a good laugh!

Precious Moments Event 2013

Since last year, I've been drawn to this exclusive members' event as there's really lots of steals from the event itself for an avid PM lover like me ( Actually, there's so many more .....PM lovers whose love for the figurines way exceed mine, so I'm just average) Having booked dear as early as a month ago, this event apparently becomes an annual family event since last year. Jovin and I were more keen to be exact. We were thrilled when we took photos with the mascots, had endless fun at the instant photo booth and of course, stole glances at the beautiful and limited edition PM figurines. Mother and daughter were busy capturing shots of the figurines.....

Dear and Jovan were not very interested, but under my 'threats', they too joined in the photo both fun and our photos turned out to be quite hilarious! Especially when we had fun with the props like hats, pirate accessories, huge pink bow hairbands etc. This year, my humble grab was merely limited to a X'mas figurine which was really at a very very reasonable price, so there it goes, I'm poorer by $xxx dollars, but another collection to my array of PM figurines makes me elated.....

The door gift this year was an exclusive PM watch which I now wear during casual dates. To me, it waa really worthwhile and really thanks to dear for his support mentally and financially hehe...... Here are some of the shots taken during the event. Looking forward to next year!

 

儿童节快乐！

我们并无特意给孩子们庆祝这个节日。但是恰逢“联合晚报”所举办的一个相关活动，我们便决定给两个宝贝报名，逗他们开心。当天的活动是“儿童竞赛王”。每个孩童有机会参与三项运动：射击、臂力挑战与高尔夫球赛。其中得分最高者将会被冠上“儿童竞赛王”的称号，并赢取丰富的奖品。

但我们当然志不在于得奖，纯粹是想让两个宝贝玩乐，体验三种不同的运动。令我们意想不到的是，乐文在射击这一环节，竟然表现不俗，积分还比姐姐来得好！而在臂力挑战这一环，两个宝贝身体纤瘦，欠缺一些力气，所以在举起哑铃时，显得有些力不从心。尤其是乐文，他举起哑铃的模样实在逗趣，连在场的工作人员都被他逗得合不拢嘴，其中一位摄影师还不时近距离拍了他好些逗趣的表情。乐琳则非常使劲地镶在一分钟内，争取最佳表现，结果不赖地在一分钟内，举起了74次！



到了高尔夫球这一环，两人都表现欠佳。乐琳勉强进了一粒球，而乐文则拿个“大鸭蛋”哈哈。没有一杆入洞，嘻嘻。但他们俩都尽情地玩乐，那才是关键。



到了公布成绩之前，乐琳竟然还在当中的呼拉圈比赛中勇夺第二，得了一份奖品。我们一家人在台下给我们的“小蛮腰公主”最大的鼓励。乐琳随着音符，任意地摆动，一步步地克服困难。但最终，随着竿子越来越低，乐琳终于落败了，但虽败犹荣，看得出她好享受整个过程。得奖的那一刻，她更是很有自信心地领过奖品，为自己的成就感到很满意。

活动结束后，两个宝贝和所有的参赛者留影。他们告诉我很开心参与了这项活动。乐琳回到家后，还意犹未尽，硬拉着爸爸陪她一起跳舞（嘻嘻，爸爸也很会跳舞哦，他曾在我们的婚宴上露两手。。。）希望日后再有类似的儿童活动，我一定会第一时间再带他们俩去从玩乐中吸取经验。

满溢温情共度中秋佳节！

学校庆祝会

今年的中秋节，我们如往年般，陪同乐琳到学校一块儿共度中秋佳节。当晚，学校灯火辉煌，大大小小的走廊悬挂着各种各样学生亲手制作的灯笼，一盏盏、一排排，艳丽夺目，吸引了到访家长的目光。当晚中秋节浓厚的气氛洋溢无比，散布整所校园。我们事先买了好些固本，目的就是让两个宝贝尽情享受当晚各个摊位的项目。乐文当晚也非常享受与大哥哥姐姐们一块儿玩乐，积极地参与一些活动。

在乐琳的协助下，他顺利完成一个简单的灯谜游戏，负责人给了他几颗糖，他简直笑得合不拢嘴。乐琳也尝试了好些手工制作活动如：中国结、剪纸等等。乐文还和姐姐一同制作筷子，利用桌上所提供的水彩尽情地彩绘，各自制作别具一格的筷子。他们看到成品时，都笑得合不拢嘴。乐文还迫不及待地炫耀给我们他的作品，颇有成就感！当然孩子们另一开心的原因，莫过于捧着一大袋爆米花，边吃边玩，不亦乐乎。但美中不足的是，因时间的关系，我们错过了制作汤圆的机会，希望明年还有机会吧！总的来说，当晚，我们度过了一个难忘的中秋节庆祝会。期待明年的活动！

裕华园之行

近几年来，逢中秋节，我们总会相约好友俊伟一家人一块儿到裕华园去赏月提灯笼。“醉翁之意不在酒”，其实两位“大伯”最渴望的是每年到 TAMAN JURONG 的小贩中心享用那里经济实惠的煮炒。填饱了肚子后，两家人浩浩荡荡地往裕华园去。今年的主题为“恐龙”，然而老实说，令我们大失所望。与前几年的灯饰装璜比较，今年并没大肆装饰整个花园，只不过摆放几只恐龙在园里，再摆放一些传统的灯饰照亮花园，让人不免有种“乗兴而来，败兴而归”的感觉。然而，与好友同游总算弥补了这方面的缺憾。

孩子们在花园里你追我逐，两位模范爸爸忙着替他们点蜡烛、提灯笼、逗他们玩烟火等等...大伙儿玩得不亦乐乎，过了一个愉快的夜晚。我们期待着每年一次的中秋节之行，相信两位老公肯定举脚赞成。

 

中秋节的那个周末，我们还特地搭巴士，带了孩子们到中秋气息浓厚的牛车水逛逛夜市，感染中秋节的气氛。但可惜，灯饰虽璀璨亮丽，但不见人潮，来往的人潮也相当稀少，根本无法体会那种应有的节日气息。但孩子们仍不忘被这些五光十色的街道所吸引。以下是当晚的其中一张留影。虽然这些传统节日已逐渐被本地的人所淡忘，但身为华人，又或许与职业有关吧，我还是很重视把这些有关的传统节日讯息传达给子女，希望他们知道这些富有意义的节日由来。期盼来年的中秋节，会看到更多的相关活动。

All About Theme Park Fun Part 2 - Universal Studios Singapore

During the Sep holidays, apart from Legoland fun, we had another round of ultimate fun at USS. Initially only planned for the four of us, however upon hearing we were going, brother decided to join us and I must say, we really didn't regret it.....

Early on a Thursday morning, we took MRT all the way to Harbour Front and met brother at Vivo for Macdonalds breakfast before we proceeded for fun. Despite weekeday, USS was bustling with lots of people too but mostly tourists. It was my 3rd visit but it was the the kids' 1st visit! So they were full of anticipation and excitement the moment w stepped into it.

The park was not as huge as Legoland, but there were so many thrilling rides too. There's Sci-Fi City, Ancient Egypt, The Lost World, Magadascar etc. Each of the lands had unique rides of its own. Among which, we queued the longest time for Transformers ride, almost 45 mins for the 1st round. We were greeted by Optimus Prime and Autobots as we felt as though we transformed into figthers in the ultimate 3D battle. The 3 kids screamed and went wild as the 'battle' was ongoing. We the adults enjoued the ride tremendously too!

Other rides included Madagascar boat ride, junior coaster ride, Mummy's Ride and the Seasame Street Spaghetti Space Chase whch we took over 10 times! Yes it's really 10 times! The kids were bedazzled by the colourful lightings in the space chase but to us, we enjoyed the air con haha... It was a great place to shun away from the dazzling sun rays....

Another great place which attracted all of us was the 4d Shrek Adventure. Our seats vibrated strongly as the horses 'galloped', our faces were 'splashed' with water, there was a strong gust of wind too.... We were totally immersed in the story plot.....

However, we were very much disappointed by the food there. We were famished so we decided to settle for a food court which we happened to be nearby. Each chicken rice set cost over 10 bucks, but the taste was not up to expectation. Only the dessert was passable though. Nevertheless, we still managed to satisfy our hunger and continued fun at the park on other rides like Canopy Flyer and Water World.

Apart from rides, we managed to steal shots everytime we caught sight of the characters like Elmo, Big Bird, Bumble Bee etc. It had been real long since we had so much fun doing funny poses and playing wild together especially with my brother haha....

I really enjoyed the theme park fun during this Sep holidays. However, now very much looking forward to my upcoming fun in Dec - gals' trip to Bangkok with my khakis, KL trip with my extended family... Year end holidays, earnestly counting down....