Monday, May 19, 2008
Super weekend!
Managed quite a few activities again this long weekend. Did our usual roller-blading followed by breakfast at Cafe Cartel, hmmm.. redeemed a free Orea Frappe with vouchers we earned from the last visit. Evening was spent at my second uncle's place for dinner gathering with families from my mum's side. It's the usual once-a-month potluck my uncles take turn to host in their homes. The kids were made to queue up (by my cousin-Derrick) for their cone of Gelato, before they went to play at the playground. Not sure why, but all my cousins are fond of and good at taking care of children. With Yinghong tagging along with my brother's children to sleep-over at my mum's place, BC and I decided we can finally attempt a long distance cycling trip the next morning from our home to East Coast Park! We did ok for the 10 km, reaching East Coast Park connector behind Safra Resort, but I think we really exhausted ourselves by the time we reached home, after a total of 3.5 hours of cycling. The EFFECTS on our thighs were only felt in the afternoon, when we were shopping in Great World City. WAHH... so painful and tight muscles! We would have been able to cover more distance if not for the small wheels of our foldable bikes. With a proper mountain bike or racer, I am sure I could reach East Coast Park McDonalds in 1.5 hours.
Good thing we recovered from our painful thighs this morning after a good sleep. So we continued our exploration of the new bridges in Alexandra road. The Horticulture Park turns out to be a very nice surprise. Will surely bring my Mother-in-law one evening.
And we went to Dempsey Hills for lunch! Food was not fantastic at the "C.A. California" restaurant, but it's got a nice, homely,casual restaurant that resembles an american country diner. The in-house Ben & Jerry counter makes it an exciting place for the kids too. There's this little corner with wooden panel folding doors which can separate the corner for children party, but the carved decor on the wall makes this corner feel like a chapel. The cute thing is the hole in the wooden folding doors are in the shape of an ice-cream cone!
Nice place to bring your family to, they even have live band playing in the night...
Ok , that sums up my weekend..enjoy the pictures!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Mother's Day Weekend - Part 2
Sunday (May 11) - Went cycling in the morning.. hee.. took the long way via the Park-Connector to the Century Square in Tampines to have breakfast @ HANS.
Went to my mum's home for lunch.. she's happier and insisted on cooking for us - my brother, myself and her precious grandchildren...refusing my original idea of going out for lunch.
Then went to Singapore Concert Hall to catch a concert by the SCO (Singapore Chinese Orchestra) , thanks to BJ who got the complimentary tickets from our old friend, the Conductor. The children enjoyed it as it was more like a narrative music class on different Beats (2/4, 3/4, 5/4 etc) intertwined with a slew of melodious pieces. Met a few old friends from the old orchestra days too...Dinner with BJ's whole family at the Korea grill restaurant in East Coast Park... and went home with our clothes and hair smelling of barbequed meat... but what a fulfilling weekend!
Mother's Day weekend - part 1
May has been a busy month so far, at least socially.. .hmm.
Saturday -- Went roller blading ; went out for an early Mother's day lunch with my MIL , took some nice pictures at in "Zhou's Kitchen" restaurant and in the surrounding area "Far East Square" ; then brought Ying Hong to Isaac & Elyna's church wedding service ; had tea and the marvelous Lychee Martini Tart @ the Coffee Club (with BC, Urai, and of course YingHong).
Exploring the new "e!Hub"@ Downtown East
May 4th outing to NTUC "DownTown East" - Couldn't find time to load these pictures that we took when we checked out the new extension "e!hub" of Downtown East in Pasir Ris. My advise - Don't bother taking that Ferris Wheel ride! So small and slow, not exciting at all, yet you have to queue and pay $6.50 per person! More exciting looking at it from outside the building. With the kaleidoscope of neon lights, looks quite pretty, but that's really all.
Nevertheless we are excited about this place, since it has a movie theater! We watched "Iron Man" the following week here. It's quite amazing how they squeeze so many restaurants, cafe, a ferris wheel, a bowling alley, a super market, a huge children indoor playground (exorbitant charges though..). After exploring the new wing, we went back to the older wing, and Ying Hong enjoyed a $3 per 10 mins ride on a "Pony" so much more than the Ferris Wheel ride. She got some good exercise too, as its' a mechanical pony that requires you to stand up and down to push it to move.
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