Stand UP on National Day.

On Friday, both Anthea and Anders schools had their respective National day celebration. Both of them were dressed in the Red/White combination as required. I also went to work in the same dress code. It’s a once a year special day, so why not join in the fun…haha.

Anthea had only 2 hours of school session and after that my mom brought her home. In the evening we went over to my parent’s home for dinner. Somehow, she caught the national day fever and was running a slight temperature. : p

On Saturday we rested whole day at home, hoping that she could recover in time for our Sunday picnic session. But her temperature was still high during the evening, so we decided to cancel the picnic.

On National Day, we had a restful day at home. Anthea temperature was back to normal during the day and she requested to watch the movie – UP. So in the evening, I went to the cinema to buy the movies tickets for the night show. At the same time, I bought back dinner as we planned to watch the National Day Parade LIVE on television.

The show started at 6.15pm and we were glued to the TV from that moment onward. I must say – this year NDP is really IMPRESSIVE! I liked the way the show was shown in chapters and each chapter reflected a different generation. The show was very lively and highly entertaining. At 8.22pm, we stand UP to recite our pledge – I did it and the children were quite amused.

After the National Day show, the children changed into their pyjamas and got ready for the UP movie. We had an enjoyable time at the movie, this time minus the pop-corn and drink as I don’t want them to fall sick again.

The show was nice but Anthea said she like ICE Age 3 better..haha. We went home after the show and headed to bed around mid-night.

Today is another official public holiday and I decided for them to rest well at home. So we shall just laze around and enjoy the day.

Wishing Singapore – a Happy 44th Birthday!

FiReworks Special!

Once again, thanks to my PIL’s, we had an amazing weekend hotel stay at Swissotel the Stamford.

My MIL had continued her hotel membership program with the Swissotel groups. And for the package deal, she gets to enjoy free stay and this time she booked 2 rooms again. One room is on the executive floor – 57th floor for us to see the parade and fireworks.

The other room that we had is on the 22nd floor which I stayed with Anthea and Anders. The room was very comfortable and we also had a good view of the parade ground.

On Saturday as my MIL was still working around noon time, so I brought the children to the hotel 1st for lunch while waiting for my in-laws to arrive at the hotel for the check in.

We had lunch at Subway in Raffles City. Anthea and myself ate subway sandwiches while Anders had Burger King Kid’s meal.

Around 2 pm, my in-laws arrived and we checked in to the 2 rooms. The original room given to us on the 22nd floor was a bit noisy due to the aircon motor and we managed to change to another quieter room with a view… : )

As usual, after check in, the 1st thing the children request was Pool time and so we changed and headed for the pool. We had about ½ hour water play and swimming. We headed back to the room for our bath and the children afternoon nap.

When they woke up around 5 in the evening, both of them wanted to go to the swimming pool AGAIN..haha. So I told them we had to make it quick because we will miss the NDP show if we were too late.

At the pool, we saw the Parachutist “flying” down from the skyline and it was quite a view from the pool.

Then we quickly went back to change and watch the NDP from our room balcony. We saw the helicopters that was flying the Singapore flag and also the helicopters display and as usual Anders enjoyed it. He was totally captivated by the display.

Then we went over to my In-laws room for our in-room dining. My in laws had packed dinner from the food court back to room. We decided to have a nice and relaxing meal in the room while waiting for the firework.

From her 57th floor executive room, we had a whole view of the parade area. At one point, I saw the marching continent marching towards along Esplanade, turn around at the Bridge. Then marched along City Hall and turn back to the parade area. I heard on radio news that the whole route is about 3.2 KM. this is the 1st time the march pass happened in the city and neared to the public and credit must go to this year organizing committee. I think it was a great idea.

At around 8.25pm, we can see all the participants gathering at the platform for the finale. This was the cue for Firework and yeah, it started and we had a very good view of the firework display from our room balcony. It was really “High class” enjoyment – 高级享受。。嘻嘻！！

When the fireworks ended and the parade finished. We went down to Market Place for dessert. Both Anthea and Anders had a great time with their Ice-cream, while I enjoyed a nice piece of chocolate cake with my in-laws.

After dinner, we called it a night. In the room, the children were still enjoying themselves with the TV program and the room cozy beds.

When they finally slept, I had the TV to myself and I enjoyed a few good movies on HBO.

We woke up the next morning around 9am and my MIL called me and told me that I could bring the children to the Executive Lounge for breakfast. Originally we were told the lounge is for adults only but she said she saw families with children having breakfast there. So we went ahead to the lounge on the 60th floor and had a wondering breakfast.

The buffet spread was good. Anthea and Anders enjoyed all the different dishes and the juices. I had a good meal too, enjoying a good cuppa too. : )

We met up in my In-laws room after breakfast and rested a while before heading to the swimming pool for our morning exercise.

After a good morning swim, we went back to change and pack for our check out.

Around 12 pm, we did the checkout of the rooms and then had a simple lunch at Out of The Pan.

Then it was Home Sweet Home. The children had their power nap.

In the evening, we went to my parent’s place for dinner. Yes, my 老爸和老妈are back from their one month plus stay in 海南岛。 From the trip, they brought back the famous 文昌鸡 and my dad cooked his usual specialty of 海南鸡饭. We had a very enjoyable meal at my parents place.

After the good meal, we went home to rest and get ready for another exciting LONG WEEKEND ahead… : P