Vacation In Singapore

Now that the children are safely back in school, I can breathe again. As every mother will tell you, her workload actually doubles during school holidays. Ya, school vacation is the time when the children and their teachers get their break - not the mothers!


During the children's one-week break, we took a bus down to Singapore on First Coach (see picture #1). The children had a wonderful time there where they are blessed with a doting grandma and equally doting auntie and uncle to cater to their every need and want.

There were some experiences that were enjoyed by all 3 boys. My guess for the top three of these, based on my observation, would be:

1. Playing on the beach at East Coast (picture #2) and the scrumptious poached gong-gong (a type of seashell) that followed


2. Eating Hokkaido ice-cream at Ngee Ann City (picture #3)


3. Riding on the double-decker bus from Toa Payoh

Not forgetting the mandatory trip to the Singapore Zoo where we visited our favourite "pets" - the jaguar, the polar bears and Growie, the giraffe (picture #4). And of course, playing Maplestory on Faidu's computer, watching recorded episodes of The Most Extreme on TV and swimming at the jacuzzi pool at the condominium.

Ya, simple pleasures... We will also miss the black pepper crabs, katong laksa, hainanese chicken rice, yong tow foo and fish soup. I did not get to eat my steamed egg at J8, but there will be a next time, I hope, if the stall is still there.