All About Your Child

The Singapore Flyer!

This is sooooooooo exciting. My boys long awaited ‘ferris wheel’ is finally in operation today!!!

I promised them to get their tiny feet on that once its up and rotating. So boys, mummy is going to fulfill my promise once I got the tickets! Just got to know this wonderful news over the 6.30pm news on TV.

Yes! The World’s Tallest Ferris Wheel is turning on Singapore Land today. The S$240-million giant observation wheel, with a stunning height of 165 metres and a diameter of 150 metres took 2 years and 3 months to develop.

The 28 capsules are fully air-conditioned and UV protected and can take up to 28 people each.

Oooohhh! But the $$$ to get up on the Singapore Flyer is not cheap. Adults S$29.50 and Children S$20.65 for children 3-12 years old. Ahhhhh….so if Binbin wants a free ride, we must get him up there before his birthday comes in 29 days time.

Hmmm….the troubling thing is tickets are almost fully sold out for the next 3 months!!! Is that too exaggerating or what???

So we are the ‘stingy’ type of parents….we’ll wait for promotion period then….Uuummm…that is if there ever is a promotional period for this Asia’s most visible iconic visitor attraction.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

2008 is a leap year, with 366 days instead of the usual 365 days.

It was the ancient Egyptians who first figured out that the solar year and the man-made calendar year didn’t always match up.

That’s because it actually takes the Earth a little longer than a year to travel around the Sun — 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, to be exact.

Therefore, as the hours accumulated over the centures, an extra day was occasionally added to the calendar, and over time the practice became more or less official.

It was the Romans who first designated February 29 as leap day. Later, a more precise formula (still in use today) was adopted in the 16th century when the Gregorian calendar fine-tuned the calculations to include a leap day in years only divisible by four, i.e., 2008, 2012.

Another stipulation ruled that no year divisible by 100 would have a leap year, except if it was divisible by 400. Thus, 1900 was not a leap year … but 2000 was! Go figure.

Thankfully, all this intricate plotting will continue to keep us in tune with the seasons over the next several thousand years.

Born on a Leap Day?

According to astrologers, those born under the sign of Pisces on February 29 have unusual talents and personalities reflecting their special status.

Most have to wait every four years to “officially” observe their birthdays, but leap year babies typically choose either February 28 or March 1 to celebrate in years that aren’t leap years.

Poor babies, they got to wait for every 4 years before they can celebrate on their actual day.

Is your baby born on Leap Day? If so, Happy Birthday kid!!! May you enjoy your day to the fullest or you’ve got to wait for another 4 years.