Chinese New Year 2014

Reunion dinner this year was different. Nai Nai decided we should eat out instead. So we reserved a table at Golden Sand Restaurant at Changi Beach Club, as recommended by one of Nai Nai's friend. 

Yee Sok Steve got back from Dubai in time for dinner and also to spend the next 9 days with us. Food was not too bad. Mei Mei Andrea was so tired she slept through the first half of dinner. When she woke up, dinner was almost over but she still got to eat some of her favourite food. 

After dinner, we decided to check out the beach area outside the restaurant. Unfortunately the boardwalk was closed to the public so we just hung around the pool area. We took some nice family pictures and had lots of fun with the monster face shots. 

The next day, we woke up and Daddy and Mummy showered us with nice wishes and also an ang pow each.

We then had steamboat breakfast and changed up for our visitation. We went to Bishan for some more breakfast with Ma Ma and Gong Gong, then headed to AMK to a grand aunty's house for more food. I guess it is all about eating during Chinese New Year. At about 5.30pm, we headed to 3rd grand aunty's house to meet up with more aunties, uncles and cousins. 

Adventure Cove Waterpark

Daddy and Mummy took the day off and planned a trip to Adventure Cove with me. We were suppose to go last Monday but we all fell sick and so had to postpone it.

Daddy and Mummy went to check out some child cares for Mei Mei Andrea in the morning before coming to get me from school at 12pm. The weather was perfect for this outing, quite cloudy and not too hot. And since it was not a school holiday, it was not very crowded at all, just the usual tourist crowd.

Our first ride was the Riptide Rocket. The queue wasn't very long compared to some we have seen at other theme parks, just about 30 mins wait. I took the ride with Daddy as I was below 122 cm tall. Mummy wasn't very thrilled to take it alone but she survived it. She doesn't like height and speed. It is actually an intense roller coaster on water. I loved it even though we flipped as we ended the ride. We also tried the Dueling Racer. This one wasn't as scary but fun nonetheless. Then there was the wave pool at the Bluwater Bay, the Big Bucket Treehouse, Adventure River and Rainbow Reef where we got to snorkel among the marine fishes. Of all the attractions, I like the wave pool the most and we spent almost an hour there.

Tennis

We met Joshua and Uncle Gary at the tennis court at CSC this morning. Since coach Ray is still not back from his holiday, Uncle Gary thought he will conduct some clinic for Joshua and myself in case we forget what we have learned so far.

It was a very hot day but we had a lot of fun at the court. Uncle Gary thinks I can play well if I have more training so I should not give up. I hope I can cope with both swimming and tennis.

The Junior Gynmastic

Mummy wanted to enroll Mei Mei Andrea into this gymnastic class and thought she should have a trial class to check it out. Since I was there, I got to try the class too. The gym is a lot bigger than the other gyms I have been too. Actually this is an actual gym located inside Hwa Chong Junior College. There are many kids who attend the gym classes there over the weekend. Mummy got to know about it through Aunty Linna who brings Amelia, Sarah and Hannah there for the gym classes.

I had a lot of fun as my class of 3 other boys got to do some simple gymnastic moves. We also tried out the parallel bars but we were of course assisted as we tried to pull ourselves up on the bar. I think I want to come back for more lessons.

Mei Mei Andrea wasn't too pleased to be left without Mummy and Daddy. She cried the whole 1.5 hours she was there and she had to stick to Aunty Jenny whose 22 month old granddaughter will join the class soon. I am not sure if Mei Mei Andrea will want to come back again but Mummy and Daddy think she should and she will eventually enjoy it. Let's see.