Jurong Bird Park

9th April 2011

Hoon had free tickets to Jurong Bird Park and she invited hubs and I to join them yesterday. I had such great fun. JBP changed so much. I preferred it over Mandai Zoo for two reasons:
1. It is less commercialized and the vegetation is much natural
2. The birds are always moving and in actions, unlike the animals in the zoo.

Then, we went to Ivy Poison @ Bollywood ( Lim Chu Kang) for lunch. The banana bread, kueh, fig tea and curry are yummy. Love the rustic feel of the restaurant. You won't feel like you are in Singapore. I think is a great place for parents to bring their children for some outdoor fun and eco-education. Service was good and the boss would take time to check in with you. Apparently all the vegetables are grown without pesticides. So is ORGANIC and you still feel so healthy after a heavy lunch!

Discovery weekend

1 April 2011
Hubs was away in Bali for an offsite retreat with his company. So I needed to figure out how to spend the weekend alone. Went to do a facial in Haach and thereafter went to Esplande to hang out at the library. I am reading the " Half the Sky. How to change the world". Fantastic book about wide spread human rights violation of our age. Worthy read. There's something about Esplanade that kept drawing me back.I love the changing visual arts display. It gave me perspective.

The young local bands were blasting at the amphitheater. I thought I am too old for Rock. I redicovered that it energizes my soul.

Then I moved indoors to the concourse. Another local band was sharing their journey. Fantastic trio. Love the lead singer, Ruth Ling and the drummer, Audrey.I swayed my body to their ballads and immersed in their sharing. Music makes wonder to one's soul. I am so glad that I am reconnected again.

At 6pm, i left to meet dad for dinner at Sisley. It turned out to be another wonderful time. Just daughter and father. Conversations over plates of salads, fish and chips and pasta. Catching up over one another's life.

Life is so wonderful with such little things.Thank god for such a great weekend.

Global Trotter is back

13 March 2011
First weekend that Eu Jin was back for good and in order to help this guy settle his life back in Singapore, we went to Adam Road to have his favorite prawn mee noodle after church service. Well, after being away for so long, he was still a true blue singaporean. Good Hawker food makes him happy.:) After that, we went to the Botanical Garden to laze around and enjoy the green outdoors. The SAF Military band was playing that weekend. It wasn't fantastic but had made us happy and contented .EJ said we should do this more often and with a bottle of wine,some cheese and crackers the next time.

Weekend @ MBS

29 March 2011
Eu Jin came back for good! So happy. Love this guy. We met up and we went to Tai Seng for Bak Choy Mee. It must had been the best Bak Choy Mee that I had tasted. No wonder the boys love to have their meet up here.
After the sumptous and satisfying lunch, we checked out the Gengis Khan exhibit at the Singapore Art and Technology Museum. The museum design was fantastic . Love the architecture but the admission fee was a bit too pricey. $30 dollars per admission.

Anyway, thought the exhibit was worthwhile after i visited. Learned more about the great Khan and brought back memories of my mission trip in Mongolia. He apparently was greatly idolized in Mongolia and to this day still greatly respected. Like all great leaders, he had many quotes of wisdom which had been passed down to his descendents. Some of which, i thought was pretty good. There was performance by this Mongolian folk music group which was pretty impressive. The lead singer had an interestingly deep voice and ability to mimick different sounds.

I was also inspired to arrange a trip to Silk Road after being intrigued by the museum display. It was those dreams of mine to go to an exotic destination in my life time.

Eu Jin became our official photographer after we visited the museum. That would always happen if he went out with both of us. Since hubs and I had not been to MBS yet, I quickly sized this opportunity to take as many pictres as I could. I loved how we acted like we were tourists and captured the beautiful skylines of the downtown.Singapore had developed so fast over the last few years. I can't wait for the new Marina Bays Garden to come at the end of this year.

Happy 35th Birthday

Alright, have been missing in action and not very diligent in writing about what's going on. March is actually a very eventful month,kickstart with hub's 35th birthday celebration in Bintan. We are really running out of ideas of where to go for a quick getaway and decided to go back to Bintan again. Anyway, slowing down over 3 days vacation at Nirwana Gardens wasn't such a bad idea if you basically wanted a holiday to recuperate and not do anything. As compared to Bintan Lagoon, Nirwana had a much rustic feel to it. We had a morning jog along the beach, hang out at the pool , then back to beach to hit the waves again. You could tell that we are loving the sun alot with our new sunkissed tan.:)