Woody Woodpecker at Universal Studios Singapore

Woody Woodpecker seems like a main mascot for Universal Studios Singapore. Have seen him on the ads and also on the Kid's Meal lunch box. If you order a kid's meal at USS, it comes with a Woody Woodpecker lunch box which is rather cute. Have seen dozens of adults sans children walking around with the boxes too. Only problem is if you go back and keep on getting the kids meals then you end up having a few of these boxes which ends up getting given away to any one that wants it.

Here Caelyn was really brave to take a photo with him without either of us. It's her first photo with a mascot alone and she was the one who wanted to take the photo.

These other photos are just miscellaneous pics I never got around to putting up.

Junior League Children's Style Salon at Toys r Us Vivocity

Caelyn's hair had been growing pretty wildly since my last attempt at cutting her hair. I'm not expert and I must've been delusional when I thought how hard could it be? It was pretty difficult to get it all the same length, and I think in the end it still wasn't but couldn't tell much, so left it at that. I told her that this time we'd go and get a proper cut at a salon - just like Mummy and Daddy but we'll go to a kiddy hairdresser and she was like ok. Then we took her the first time to the Toys r Us one at Vivocity, she loves Toys r Us and we told her earlier the hairdresser was there. When we got there she was like....no no no no.....I guess she agreed prematurely. 


Then by chance we were there again and told her ok how about a haircut this time. She said no, so we just went inside and walked around. After we came out we stood outside watching the hair salon. The salon has an open concept, it has a cute set up, the seats had booster seats on them, and there was a small flat screen in front playing Barney show. There were also balloons against the wall and colourful paint on the wall. While we stood outside, it was unfortunate there was a kid crying while his hair was being cut. Both parents were struggling to calm him down so the hairdresser could finish the job. I thought, oh no, that's it, she's gonna get scared and not want to do it. We told her about how she'd get a sticker and balloon at the end and almost as if by magic she agreed! 


The hairdresser was kind and asked us what style we wanted. She had various pictures of kids on the wall and I just pointed to one. Oh and you can also get a free colour spray (which Caelyn politely declined). For the whole duration of the haircut Caelyn sat very still and very quietly. I'm not sure if she was nervous or scared. Even when I asked her to smile while I snapped her picture it was a crooked head down-being-careful kind of smile which made us all laugh. And the cutes time was when the hairdresser asked her to close her eyes. She squeezed her eyes tight and curled up her mouth...so funny...too bad didn't get a photo of it. 


At $20, I thought it was a little steep for a children's haircut. But when she agreed to the cut, there was no time to waste before she changed her mind. I know there are other kiddy hair salons out there that are cheaper, so will probably go to those ones next time. 

Double Helix Bridge Marina Bay Sands

We took a stroll to the Double Helix Bridge that connects the Marina Square side to Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort (another words - the Casino).

The bridge was only very recently completed and is quite nice. You get a very nice view of the Singapore city skyline - tres romantic! And the structure of the bridge is nice and unique too. Reminded me of the Brisbane city bridge that links Southbank to QUT. But this design is 10 times more modern and not as wide.

On the downside, I thought the bridge would lead us to Marina Bay Sands' doorstep! So I was surprised when we reached the end at how much further there was to walk till we reached the hotel, where I'm assuming the casino is. We didn't go all the way figuring we'll just come back next time when all the construction is completed. I think once everything is completed the bridge will at least lead us closer to the casino/hotel with a covered walkway either indoors or outdoors through a nice promenade.

In the pic below the bridge is on the left with the blue lights. The casino/hotel is the tower behind. Poor things had such bad press when it opened because facilities weren't functioning properly and they were playing host to some kind of Law society gathering. If i were the management think i would've been scared shitless to piss off a bunch of lawyers and judges. I guess it'll take a while for them to iron out the kinks and we should just give them a break eh!








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Mother's Day 2010

This is my 3rd year being a Mother, but this year's mother's day was more special because my little girl went to school and made a Mother's Day card for me for the first time. And I think this year is the first time she kind of understood there is a special day called Mother's Day. I hope with each passing year, my relationship with my daughter will grow stronger and as she grows up she'll be able to see and realise the sacrifices I have made for her and how much I will always love her.

Hope all the Mummies out there had a very special Mother's Day!

Can't get any fresher than this!

Went to Kok Fah farm again on the weekend and managed to catch the vege pickers in action. Seriously, can't get any fresher than veges plucked directly from the garden!

This is how they sell the veges. Fresh fresh fresh and cheap too!

Home-made Kaya Toast

You know the Kaya Toasts you get at the coffeeshops here, instead of buttering the bread, they slice some butter and put it in the bread. I used to think it was a tad unpalatable, not to mention unhealthy, to be scoffing down so much butter. But after so many years here, you know what? I actually love it! Caelyn loves it too, Nevermind the health issue...for now...:p

Seoul Yummy Restaurant at Novena Square2

We've eaten at this restaurant before and at that time it wasn't that memorable. It's been a while since we went back to Square2 and was surprised to see that the they had expanded their restaurant! With that they also expanded their menu - everything on it looked so tempting. The best thing is that they have a set menu for 1 or 2 persons. The one person's one was $16.99++ for freeflow Barley Tea (hot/cold), freeflow side dishes, an appetiser and a main.

I didn't care much for the tea. It didn't taste good at all. If you've never tried, Korean Barley tea is nothing like the Chinese Barley tea we're used to. This one had more of a grassy taste to it that left an unpleasant bitter taste on your tongue.

The freeflow Korean side dishes that came in little dishes were awesome. The menu said 4 free side dishes but they brought out 6 for us to share. We were also expecting each person to have their own side dishes, but maybe due to space constraint they decide to let us just share the side dishes. It doesn't state on the menu that they were freeflow but we asked them. Side dishes consisted of some sweet boiled peanuts, cucumber pickles, kimchi (which toward our 5th helping was really really sour), little sweet spicy anchovies (ikan bilis), yummy cold tofu with a sweet spicy sour dressing on top, and a very bland potato salad. It wasn't that we were being greedy, but the side dishes were yummy so we kept on asking for refills....hehehe.

For the appetisers we ordered the potato pancake and dumplings. Potato pancakes were very nice, dumplings were so-so, kinda like the frozen ones you can buy at the supermarket.

For the mains we ordered Pork Bibimbap and Cold Buckwheat Noodles. I think you can't go wrong with Bibimbap. It was fragrant, tasty and very filling. The Noodles were not too bad either, be nicer if it had a little bit more noodles.

Overall, I would definitely come back to this place again.

My Earring Collection

I am definitely a girlie girl. Love dressing up, love accessories, love make-up. Over the years I've amassed quite a large collection of earrings bought from shops and online. It's hard not to in Singapore cos it's so cheap!

Can you spot my Hello Kitty's? :p

I don't have a particular favourite, they're like my babies, love them all! LoL. I used to hang them on this bamboo mat I bought from Daiso which I hung on the wall. But it was getting too crowded and difficult to hang one without another falling down. So got fed up and went to the shop and found this cute brassy looking revolving earring stand. There were a number of choices at the store, but I knew this one would take less space on my table. I simply love it! At last count I think I had something like 30 earrings...too many? :)

I also hung the Universal Studios and Hard Rock trading pins on there.

Hello Kitty Egg Frying Pan

How cute is this! I haven't used it yet, was thinking of making pancakes with it. I bought it on ebay. There's actually 2 types, one with lid and without, I personally think the one with a lid is better so you can cover the pan and make fried egg with a runny center.