Great World City
Child, Parenting, Places Kids Love May 4th, 2008Had an enjoyable day at Great World City and this would not have been possible if its not for Cendrine from Snippets of Joy.
I have not been to Great World City for more than 2 years now. I used to be the ‘regular’ there from 2003-2005, not as a shopper, but as a vendor renting the pushcarts to sell my handmade accessories. Whenever I think of Great World City, their unusually decorated toilets come to mind straight away.
On the ground floor, you can find yourself shitting in Spain with the Bulls…
Moving up to the 2nd floor, you are sitting on a bed of tulips in Holland…
Going to the top floor of the 3-storey building, you meet up with the Cowboys…
and land yourself in authentic Japan….
Lastly, the only toilet that is tailored for the kids, with those mini-toliet bowls and washing basins, you can find them here in Eygpt…which was right next to the Foodcourt, so its really convenient….especially if you have a kid like my Keatkeat, who needs to discharge, almost immediately, almost all the time, whatever he had just stuffed into his mouth….
It was through Cendrine, I came to know about the big revamp they did to the Foodcourt. They are kids-friendly now. This was our discovery…There were small tables, tall tables but accompanied with high chairs everywhere, in the slightly bigger than half the size of a badminton court.
There were kids-rockers around to keep children entertained while Papa-Dearest go get their food.
Ever had trouble deciding what yummy to order for your child? They have this whole list of kiddy set meals painted on the wall, indicating which stall you can get it from. Its a wide selection for you or rather your child to choose from…
After food, its burning calories at the arcade. You know how car-crazy my boys are. They sat here for more than half-an-hour, unmoved, except for their hands and eyes, totally sucked into the video displays of cars zooming around. Of cos’ no $$$ was involved for such indulgence….
I think its in the genes, Allan used to ride bikes when I first met him almost a decade ago. Keatkeat has always wanted to sit on one. Now that Allan no longer owns any bikes, this was the only way to fulfill the young boy’s dream earlier.
But as a biker himself in the past, Allan seriously hope that the boys wouldn’t choose this vehicle as he knows the vulnerability and potentially more dangerous for man-over-vehicle than vehicle-covering-man…So he has already started physco-ing them on the matter ever since they know how to mouth the word ‘motorbike’.
Ever had concerns about what you wish your children wouldn’t do when they grow up? Its never too early to start getting the point into their young brains when they are still so dependent on Mommy and Daddy. Because at this stage of their lives, parents are their idols, isn’t it true?



May 5th, 2008 at 12:25 am
That place is gorgeous! Very colorful and the kids looked like they had a great time. :o)
May 5th, 2008 at 1:18 am
wow…so what did your boys have for their meal?
May 5th, 2008 at 8:47 am
The only noodle set from Emperor H.K. Kitchen, stall #07, 3rd from the right of the wall-menu.
Seriously, I didn’t like it, but my boys loved it. The portion was huge. They shared. “The hotdog looked like sotong”, they laughed at 1st glance. The chief cut only one end of the hotdog into quarters, resembling the ‘legs’ of the sotong.
So the dish was completely welcomed by my boys, it made them laughed and filled their tummies.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I love to see a snippet of Singapore. Would you consider writing what it is like to be from Singapore? It’s not always an easy concept to address but it sure would be interesting for us over on this side of the globe!
May 5th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Well..I was feeling guilty for taking so long to come over after you left your lovely comment on my blog, but HEY reading the caption under your first photograph makes it worth it SO much! Hilarious! These pictures were so vivid in color. Amazing.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog. And for commenting1
May 7th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
We like to go there too! :) Not the toilet I mean… Hehehe… It is less crowded.