An interesting and meaningful National Day

KDF Outreach

On Fri, we were up early as we had to be at KDF Bishan by 830 for our outreach. We were all decked in red in the National Day Spirit. Spent a heartwarming morning reaching out to the patients and encouraging them. What a meaningful way to spend National Day. Was really blessed to be able to be a blessing to the community. Great too that we were able to participate in this as a cell group.

   

     

Steph’s birthday celebration

After that, we proceeded for lunch at Bishan Park. Found this restaurant called ‘The Cornerstone’! We had tried making reservations at ‘Grub’ and ‘Garden Canopy’ but was not successful. Food was not too bad 🙂

After lunch, we went exploring around Bishan Park. It was my first time at Bishan Park and it was quite a lovely find in this part of the island which I hardly explore. It is quite a big park … we were only in Bishan Park 2. It was a pretty sight to behold … with the ponds, shrubs and river plains. Too bad Daniel wasn’t with us…. but he had his own exciting programme with grandparents  today – zoo and NDP!

 

 

Movie date

Since Daniel had his own programme with grandparents, it was a great opportunity for Ivan and I to go on our own date. We wanted to catch the last few showings of Indespicable Me 2. Unfortunately, tickets were sold out. In the end, we watched Smurfs 2. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it. Thought that it was a nice movie with themes that I enjoyed – identity, family and the father figure. Ivan found it boring and said he almost fell asleep!

What a day! Nice to be toddler-free for a day 🙂

Mum’s birthday dinner @ Chui Huay Lim

August is sure a month for birthdays …. seem to be celebrating one birthday after another since the month started! Decided to have family dinner at Chui Huay Lim Teochew  Cuisine since mummy likes Teochew food. Was recommended by a friend but have not had the opportunity to try it yet. Turns out that everyone enjoyed the food. Some of my personal favourites for the night was the Fried Mee Swa and the Orh Nee. The Orh Nee is really the best I have had for a long time…….yumz 🙂 We decided we would return to try out some other dishes that looked good too …….Steam promfret (they were out of it tonight) and the oyster omelette. Must thank my friend for the excellent recommendation.

SEA Aquarium

We visited SEA Aquarium last Sat. It was actually a belated birthday treat for Lee Lee. We had to postpone it in March as Daniel was sick. We finally managed to find another date we all could make it .

We spent the whole morning there. There was lots to see. I certainly did not expect to be able to spend such a long time there. Walking in, there was lots to see…..exhibits on life in various port cities.

Another thing which I did not expect was the crowd! There were lots of people and there was a long queue to go into the aquarium. Inside, there were people everywhere.

Nevertheless, it was quite an interesting visit. Loved the section displaying the shipwreck. Saw lots of different species of fish and sea creatures. Other memorable sights for me include the razor fish, starfish, jellyfish, octopus, reef sharks and sting rays. Was a pleasant outing with great company.

We finished viewing close to 2pm and headed to Chili’s for a late lunch. It was still packed, even at 2pm, and we waited a while for seats. But it was worth the wait cos the food was good!

Hope Lee Lee enjoyed her belated birthday treat as much as we did. My only complain is the throngs of crowds. But that is something I have to accept as part of living in Singapore it seems!