All About Your Child

We were at Bishan Junction 8 looking at the exhibits of garden creatures.

Though they make my hair stand, especially the gigantic hairy spider and the huge praying mantis, but these crawlies definitely caught the attention of the kids.

We saw similar exhibits at IMM a few days ago too.

There was also an activity area for the kids, either to create insect handicraft or play with 3D insect puzzles.

There were showcases of all types of garden creatures, from worms to beetles to beautiful butterflies in small glass showcases, but the people in charge don’t allow me to take photograph of them….hmmmm…I wonder why…

That’s why I went to the second floor and took photos of the entire roadshow from top-view. (Left to Right) Activity Area. Gigantic Hairy Spider and Huge Praying Mantis.

When we got home, we found a peeping Tom in our bathroom. Can’t see him? Ya, that is why I said he was attempting to peep us bathing. He was camouflaging! Let’s take a closer look.

It was on my towel!!!

If my luck is this good! I can’t imagine if I had went to a reptile exhibition instead of a Garden Crawlies Exhibition! LOL!

This happened on Sunday, 25th May 2008. To mark the start of the 1 month school holidays, my MIL initiated something out of the ordinary-routine-family-gathering-at-her-house-on-EVERY-Sunday : Picnic at West Coast Park.

I love having picnic with my MIL. She often dished out yummies you seldom see on normal picnics. She is a talented cook. Without any hint, you could give her any dish, all she needs to do is take one bite and she could cook the exact same (or even tastier) dish without knowing the recipe.

Hence, it isn’t surprising at all to see long queues in front of her hawker stall all the time during her almost 30 years of hawker life.

I missed those days when I help her out at her stall, oooohhhh I was only Allan’s girlfriend then, not even fiancée yet…it was fun to serve non-stop till all the food was gone…only then the sore from shoulders to toes start to sink in.

Ache and pain were at every joint….but there I was back again, weekend after weekend…longing to have pain fun again.

So this time she prepared yao-mei-fan (Cantonese Language) – its rice steamed with chicken, pork strips, salted fish and preserved pork (larp-chiog). There was fried vermicelli too. Not forgetting the picnic-must-have – Sandwiches. There were sardines sandwiches and egg mayo sandwiches. Last but not least – Fruits: Juicy pineapples, sweet honeydews and tempting grapes.

It’s really a treasure to have 3 generations going out together, breathing fresh air, having fun and building a closer bond. This definitely beats staying in the four-walls on every Sunday.