The line

by BZMOMMY // November 15, 2011 // No Comments

Nov again! How time flies! And every Nov, we seems to be at somewhere on someday, just the 2 of us, celebrating our decision and being together 🙂

And last year we had a good afternoon tea with baby Eva still in the tummy…this year, we took leave from work (and home :p) to have a lunch buffet in the line!

My 1st time there and only realised that that online booking actually offers good discount to the lunch buffet, too bad it doesn’t apply to bookings done on the day itself 🙁

The light reflected on the floor tiles before the entrance….

Had to walk a LONG way from Orchard MRT to the hotel 🙁 I think no more 2nd time walking to Shang anymore..

The food…I long heard from alot of friends that the line is a must try…but sad to say, I was not very fascinated by the buffet spread 🙁

Sashimi – can’t go wrong unless it’s not fresh.. The cut was thick!

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They serve Salmon belly too…but it’s not good as the salmon sashimi somehow…

The chicken, the potatoes, and the sausages…

The Indian station – Hubby was happy when he saw the Naan but he was so disappointed after a bite…and I told him it’s the worst naan that we have eaten…ever! It’s worst than the naan that we brought from The Soup Spoon! Gosh!

The Sushi…s0-s0

The seafood – the 1st crab claw that I ate was really sweet, but not so for the rest..the prawns were OK.

Ok, I was not expecting much for the rest of the food after all the previous food that we have tasted..but I went WOW with the Laksa…it was not watery, in fact the gravy was thick and delicious AND HOT without the chilli! Shiok! And it has the quail eggs!

Prawn noodles! Ok la – compared to some places which served really very tasteless prawn soup…

Wanton noodles – no need to try, don’t waste your stomach space :p

They serve Kopi Terik or Teh Terik…

Drunken prawns…tried this after we had our desserts as it ran out for a while..

My happy Lao Gong..not because of the food, but because of my presence! 🙂

Desserts time…

Nothing much to mention except for the mont blac (bottom left on picture) and the tiramisu…the mango pudding was quite good too…

Oh, the jelly has a childhood taste…those jelly which I bought from the drink stall during my primary school days from my pocket money and do not dare to tell my mom I ate jelly for lunch :p

If we had the 40% discount, the buffet would be worth it, but for the full price which we had paid, it’s really not worth the food & the reputation that it had established..Seems to have felt that the food were not of standards because of the huge discount that it gave to those who made a prior online booking and shortchange those who had paid full price.. Question is, why should they be penalizing those who did not make prior booking as firstly the place is not full, business still has to go one even it’s 1 guest, shouldn’t they welcome more one-the-day booking since it increase their patronage for the day…

No more the line buffet for us, unless we have the discounted fare…

Slide @ T3 & Strawberry Shortcake

by BZMOMMY // November 9, 2011 // No Comments

We discovered a good place to go during weekends with the kids..it’s Changi Airport! Finally have some break from Marina Square or Vivo City 😀

The parking in Changi Airport is no longer as expensive like before..it’s affordable for the 1st 3 hours (cheaper than Vivo’s parking!)

There are alot of shops, eateries, and even a NTUC @ T3. There’s also a playgound, Singkids & a Slide that is free for play!

We brought Dawn there over the weekend because of Strawberry Shortcake, and she discover the fun Slide!

At B2 where it’s the end of the slide, there are TV screens and cameras to see your child who is queuing at B1 for his/her turn.

Look @ Dawn & Daddy! (the little girl wearing red jacket with Daddy holding her)

Clearing view now ….

And here she comes! Paiseh, reflection :p

And so Dawn went for a few rounds of the slide while waiting for the Strawberry Shortcake ticket.

There’s a Meet & Greet Session every start of the month organised by Changi Airport and this month, it’s Strawberry Shortcake! Still remember Dawn’s 4th year old birthday? She just love the pink girl lo..

Here’s the terms & conditions for the session…

Daddy & Dawn were the 1st in the line…and people started to form the queue behind them..

And this is the pass, which guarantee for 2 photo shoot + printout!

Before the photoshoot, the emcee did some dancing exercise to warm up the kids..because we went for coffee after we got the pass, Dawn was not able to go into the watching area (which is so small crowded with parents -.-). And so 伟大 daddy sat Dawn on his shoulders through out the dance. Spot the girl in red!

There they are! Strawberry Shortcake & Blueberry!

Waiting for her turn for the photo shoot..see how smiley she was!

After the photo, this was our conversation :

Mummy : You like Blueberry more?

Dawn : NO! Like Strawberry more!

Mummy : Then how come you are hugging Blueberry and not Strawberry?

Dawn : Oh 🙁

Guess she was so excited that she forgot what she wants to do!

I asked her to pose with her pass before we have to return it to exchange for the photos, and she posed!

Cute right!

By the way, the 2 photo-prints taken by their photographer comes with NO CHARGE! This is the 1st meet and greet which gives free print and 2 photo-taking! Way to go Changi Airport!

My Fond Childhood

by BZMOMMY // November 5, 2011 // No Comments

I couldn’t remember much about my childhood, who really do?

But I do remember that my dad brought me to the Boon Lay Shopping Centre and let me play with the car rides. There were cars and scooters to chose from and I remembered I had always went for the cars. Super loved it then!

My daughter seem to follow my “interest” now. She saw the car rides in Vivo City and she kept reminding Daddy to bring her there.

The rides were so expensive now! For a mere 5 (or 10) mins, it’s $10! Gosh, that’s easy money!

Look at her satisfied smile…

This brought back alot of memories to me…If only I still can squeeze into the car? Haha!

Meiji Sweet Pen

by BZMOMMY // October 26, 2011 // No Comments

Bought some Meiji Collagen powder and got some Sweet Pens free. This is the first time I come across these and indeed it’s convenient for busy moms who want to create some interesting food design for the kids!

There’s white chocolate and chocolate favor sweet pens…and I tried the white chocolate.

This is how it looks like…

Put it into a cup of hot water (to melt the chocolate)…takes about 5 mins..

Get ready the bread, biscuit, etc etc…I used bread for experiment…

Tada! Nice?

The white chocolate is quite nice too….Dear squeeze the left over from the tube into his mouth… 😀

Gallery of Dawn

by BZMOMMY // October 20, 2011 // No Comments

How can we miss out Dawn? 🙂

Singkids & Smaland

by BZMOMMY // October 18, 2011 // No Comments

Sometimes you just do not know what else to occupy your active kids or where else to bring them, right? I do have this headache 🙁

Especially when one is a baby of 6 months and the other is 4.5 years old…the older one seek different kind of attention and play than the younger one.

We discover Singkids @ Changi Airport Terminal 3…and of ‘cos it comes with a price. $18 for an hour is quite expensive, it’s not even enough time for me to enjoy a cuppa (‘cos when I finally found a seat, the young one needs milk etc etc)..but oh well, as long as Dawn enjoys it.

There are many activities inside and 1 parent has to join the kid to ensure he/she is safe (Smart move hor?). Compare to those places where you can safely leave the kids there for an hour of shopping and assured that someone is taking care of your kid, this Singkids is really expensive! Parents need to wear socks too, so do remember to bring down the socks to avoid paying for $2 for a pair of white socks.

Can you spot Dawn and Daddy?

The Go-Kart! And from this station, you can really see how some parents behave…the kids can leave the kart in the middle of the race course and the parent “agree” on that action (without thinking of the safety of other children). The parents can continue to leave the empty kart there and went away with their child to other stations. Gosh! Wait till one day their children were the ones being injured by someone else deserted-kart and they will start blaming the others without realizing that they had done this before too!

Happy Dawn!

I love Smaland @ Ikea…it’s also an hour of play and it’s FREE. Though the activities are not as much as SingKids, but it’s enough to occupy the kids for that hour + giving the parents some free time to shop / eat / read / cuppa etc!

And that’s why SmaLand is always so crowded over the weekends! We will always try to be early so that Dawn has a chance to go into a not-so-crowded SmaLand!

Baby Einstein – Around the World Discovery Center

by BZMOMMY // October 16, 2011 // No Comments

This should be the most expensive toy that we bought for babies.. I can’t imagine if all the toys cost the same..we will definitely go bankrupted!

We were looking for something for Eva to sit on (unassisted) as she simply hates lying down after she knows there is something call sitting up..my father-in-law typically had to carry her around most of the time as she fusses once she was placed at the rocker.

So we went to Kiddy Palace @ TPY and we saw alot of Exersaucers and Activity stations. There were a few sample sets and we let Eva try 2 of them. She seems to be quite happy on it and didn’t cry.

After looking at the price factor, the number of activities available for each station, the safety aspects etc, we decided on : Baby Einstein Around the World Discovery Center!

The parts before assembling…needs quite a bit of strength to fix this up and somehow it made me wonder why such toys cannot be more friendly to single-mothers… 🙁

The bag of Eva’s wonders….

Ta-da! Fixed up by my very capable hubby! 🙂 Ok, I contributed by wiping the all the parts!

A close-up of the toys around…introducing the lion puppet and the orange giraffe!

The penguin…which we took it down later as Dawn scared Eva with this…when pressed down, it will give a swirl but it came with a loud thud due to Dawn’s force..Eva was crying her hell out each time Dawn did that behind her and we gave up and took it out..

The music & mirror activity..

The bird which Eva loves putting the bird’s head into her mouth 🙁

And this is Eva inside the station and watching the TV. And now she can stand quite long in the station, with her hands supporting herself.

Moments of Eva

by BZMOMMY // October 14, 2011 // No Comments

Some photos were taken by my talented Sister-in-law, some were taken by me..capturing Eva’s moments…

I must confessed that lesser pictures were taken for Eva than for Dawn’s time..was it the norm for most parents? Usually the 1st child will have more photos than the rest :p

I must also say that Dawn was more aware of the camera than Eva…At the same month-age, Dawn can already “react” when a camera/phone was pointed to her, but the same camera/phone failed to interest Eva :p Maybe later stage…

What’s that?
2 drops of tears
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Don’t touch my duckie
Yum yum
Hello!

Eva’s Complimentary Milk Powder

by BZMOMMY // October 3, 2011 // No Comments

Yes, complimentary…means free…all from various milk powder companies.

Abbott was the first to send, and I must say they are very prompt in this. I received a call from them when both girls were 5 months and they will introduce their products, as well as answer my questions patiently (like colour of the poops after switching milk powder etc).

They send a 400g Stage 2 Similac with a small bear.

Next came Friso, I didn’t take any photos because it was just a tin of their Stage 2 powder. However, they gave a 900g tin! The biggest tin of all!

Nestle sent a weaning bag (didn’t have this during Dawn’s time) and I must say that I was the happiest with this bag. Look at the goodies and you will know why!

The goodies came in an insulated bag filled with Nestle products!

Love the oats with prunes because it helps Eva to shit with more ease… And yes, I love the star puffs too, can’t wait for Eva to have her tooth out and we can let her pinch the puff from the snack bowl!

Mamil sent the 400g Mamil Gold, a magnet and a discount voucher.

Thank you all for sending the milk powder and the goodies! Very much appreciated!

Mushroom Cafe @ SengKang Riverside Park

by BZMOMMY // September 30, 2011 // No Comments

Our friend Ber invited us for a free meal at the Mushroom Cafe at SengKang Riverside Park. This is the first time we came to this park. It was not difficult to find – as Dear used to learn driving at the quiet roads beside the park.

It’s a bistro cafe – and it was quite a warm afternoon…

The view of the quiet park…

This Mushroom Cafe was actually by Old Chang Kee and no wonder the food looks so familiar…as there’s a Old Change Kee mobile store @ my office during some of the weekdays.

It was a different experience as we usually do not go to parks…I can’t quite stand the hot day and the sun and thus my family are also sort of deprived from the sun-fun :p

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