7th Sept, Wednesday we drove down.

Always a welcoming country when you can drive and pay hahaha. I looked forward to this place for the accommodation is always pleasant with dC's brother around. Not only that, E can spend more time with his cousin plus his cousin's toys haha.

The house wasn't really baby proof as it had a lot of stairs and loopholes for E but he was careful and he loved the floors, to the point I dub him 'mopping boy' coz he literally also sticks his tongue to lick the floor lol.



There's just too many things to mention in this trip so let's go step by step, day by day. We settled into the house first, and the surroundings. Next day (Thursday) we took a trip to NEX mall and E had a lot of first times. Manage to get a car trolley when shopping for groceries and he also had a ball playing with the wading pool of his cousins. He was still down with the cold and cough so we were weary of course. All good though, the bug don't last in a warm country.


Dinner was stumbled across a Teochew steamboat (we wanted to go have porridge but walked the wrong way).

Friday we had no plans as E was unwell to meet his friends (one of my gym mentor) so we abruptly went to Vivo city hoping to get into the wet area. Was so hot so we pretty much hung out at a toy shop or around the malls in general as E loves sleeping in the mall (he can literally sleep for 2 hours in the stroller).


Saturday was Elliot's birthday (the reason how we timed our trip here). Poor birthday boy had a few days of long nights so he wasn't himself on the day. Happens haha. As usual I had to watch out for E because he just love lying on the floor. One person commented how they would expect the parents to tell the kid off for doing that. In my mind I wondered why as he is exploring.

He loved bubbles. That was all that matters. And stickers on the wall.

It was off to visit another old friend of mine, whom we met at Kindergarten. He just had a baby boy born too. Poor parents they are having it rough for the first few months more than us. Different bottles, different teats, long hours just to get the little baby to survive and they actually was trying for over a year. His apartment is amazing though but not baby proof yet haha. Baby steps as one would suggest. They wish that they could swap babies with us but we have our worries too.

So good to see him again this time as a dad :)

It was another mall again after to get E to sleep (don't we love malls). This time this mall is called 1 KM (Katong Mall).

Sunday was my favourite day as I got to team teach with a real good buddy of mine in a class I used to teach! It was surreal to meet familiar faces again and of course catch up after for lunch whilst E was sleeping. The fun bit too was that he could run around freely in the busiest MRT on weekdays. So I had not much worries letting him go with decent space.

We also took him out by the river where the pavement was hot. He was just happy running. And then when he needs to he comes back to the stroller as a security. We then walk to areas where we could cool him off before hitting the Air conditioning spaces. Singapore is really suited for kids to be honest. Cleaner, and there are convenient ways to taper them to change in some ways.

On Monday (Hari Raya Haji) I got E and myself to go meet some girl friends of mine. We got dropped off at my favourite place Maple Tree Business Park since we are early and so he was walking with me and the stroller for over half an hour. He's really good, holds on to me tightly whilst we walk to the side of the road where traffics go past. He was drawn to the bus with the loud noise and I had to use some screen time when he ate.

Off again to 1KM to meet with more friends. He was really obsessed with the arcade areas as I let him loose after his nap and so I quickly had to find distractions. Very interesting nature he has.

Tuesday was the eve before I head back and the family spontaneously decided to go to Marina Sands. There was dinner plans with a family friend out West but didn't happen so re-arranged dinner whilst I go teach my other favourite usual class with my all time Mentor. Gosh, you can never learn enough from him. So many tips and cues I could use for my class. It was a messy class though as my phone decided to die on me but I think I manage to grab the class's attention.

Juliet was bawling her eyes out when we left, it was heart warming I teared. But it was time to head back indeed and loving car rides Ezra slept most of his trip back.