This is our postcard keke When Daddy say we are taking Tiger to Krabi, kids look puzzled. They ask why not take Lion? (LionAir only when you fly to Jakarta)
This will be our first Budget air experience, and we hope our trip will have as much fun as Redang.
Baggage all checked, mostly kids stuffs.
Meanwhile, we are not wearing Yellow or Red.. neutral.
Last Saturday, we went to Qian Hu fish farm along old Choa Chu Kang.
This "farm" is hugh, housing ornamental fish, selling pet and fish accessories,
and of course longkang fishing (our objective) Qian Hu is not so easy to find (compared to those farms along LimChuKang or NeoTiew) but the carpark is still FULL on a hot Sun afternoon !!
Endless Rows of fish tanks and various assortment of fishes..
Wen Yi keep asking for Nemo?
Video : boys are excited..
Expensive black fish, which looks like 奶奶 yummy fish-dish.
Below Promfret (black or white chang) image taken from Thai-Food website.
If you are visiting Thailand, the dishes will make you hungry.
These wavy black fish is named Devil's Blade. Eerie.
Video : Fish and more fishes
Anything which swims or crawl, will get the boys exclaiming,
you hear shouts of excitement and discovery.
Farm trip climax is outdoor fishing.
For $5, you get a bucket, fish net and unlimited guppies for 30min.
We can share the bucket, but Daddy got two sets for boys.
Ready, Action, Go. Boys complain about empty fishtank after a few minutes haha
After repetitive squat and duck and stretch, you get cramps .
Daddy's strategy caught three wandering guppies.
(tip, one boy will herd the guppies into a dead end, where second net is waiting)
Both fishes and boys are tired !!
Since Yi cannot net any fish, he helps to move the fish tank after us.
Yi is still short and Daddy was worried he will fall into drain.
Video : It is tiring to catch guppies
For some reason, Yi likes to dip his hand into the murky water. Yucks !!
Ice Cream, to keep cool. Daddy rewarded us for a hard day's labour.
(Although we return all our utensils and guppies)
Other information :
1)The other Fish Farm we visited in 2009 was Hausmann The drains are narrower, and we believe it should be easier to "corner" the poor guppies.
2) You can easily spent two hours here, so do not make Qian Hu your first stop :)
You will have problem pulling your kiddos to the next stop( can be any farm in Lim Chu Kang.)
3) For ladies, please refrain from skirts or low cuts.
Daddy was trying to take kiddos photos from low-angle,
and it was very hard not to look like a pervert :p
Mark your calender, May's weekends will be packed with children and cultural activities.
This year's theme is Kid's Edition. With 20 participating Museums, we are spoilt for choices. You can even participate in contests to win HTC Smart (really Smart) Phone, and Museum passes.
or reference Sengkangbabies' reviews : - Asian Civilisation Museum - Newater - Marina Barrage - Sustainable Singapore Gallery - Land Transport Gallery - Singapore National Museum - Singapore Philatelic Museum
The verdict is out, Wen Wei is short sighted, and we have precribed his spectactles
Possible causes - Is Myopia genetic? - Too much TV, computer games or homework? - Inadequate distance (60cm), or lighting?
Acivities to minimise (or delay) Myopia We participate in many outdoor activities, letting our kids see the Greens, even our Blog is Green.
Unfortunately, Wei has become another myopia statistic. We start asking ourselevs whether we could have done more.
In Singapore, the probability of children being myopic is very high : - 30% starts wearing specs in their Primary schools - then they reach age 18, 80% are myopic !!
Have you noticed the above logo on our blog? We have nominated ourselves for OMY's Best-Lifestyle category. There are 10 categories, but none for Parenting !! (Maybe parenting-blogs are too "lame" for teenagers, and un-happening for yuppies?)
Remember to "Rally" for our blog too . You will need to register with OMY first, then look for our blog "boys.girl" under "LifeStyle category" page 12 or 13. Click on the red RALLY button.
Well, what does this competition means? You stand to win in two ways, either Nominate your own blog, or Vote for your favourite blogs. $40,000 worth of prizes awaits you.
Besides the usual lucky draws, tips, publicity, we can definitely learn/copy from the BEST !! Nomination ends 09May2010.
More Prizes The lucky winner of each award will also win this trophy. Do you feel as exited as Daddy? keke Tickets to HongKong, Phuket or even an ePC sounds so much more tempting :-) (Daddy assumes again that sengkangbabies.blogspot.com stands a chance to win haha) **One more tip - avoid "Lifestyle" and "Individual" categories to stand a higher chance of winning
More about OMY OMY stands for online-mobile-for-the-young. This portal is packed with entertainment news, and latest promotions.
Although Daddy is not so young anymore, but it is more important to Feel young-at-heart :) Our Sengkang kiddos are rejuvenating our lives every hour, every day haha.
Good Luck to all!!
ps.. "Jeanette Aw 欧萱 " is winner in both 2008/9 local-celebrity category. She played little Nonya, and is now the funeral-director (红白囍事) on TV8.
**updated 10May2010- sengkangbabies selected as one of the special nominees !!
BarCook Bakery (吧台), this bakery chain is pulling in the queues recently. Everybody is curious. BarCook describes their signature "Raisin Creamy Cheese" : ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ An irresistible cottony-soft and flat bread filled with silky cream cheese and juicy raisins that gives the bread a full bodied flavor and wonderful aroma.
Our kiddos love anything cheesy. Yummy. And the raisin sweetens the bun.
Be warn, you will need to queue for at least 20 min, to savour the cheesy bun :-p You can find BarCook at Central, Hong Lim Complex, and Raffles Place OUB Centre. Click for locations.
Come 2011, when you step out of a train station on the Circle Line, Botanic Gardens, Labrador Park, Southern Ridges, and even West Coast Park will all be accessible within a few steps.
Hooray, this means more playground within easy reach for us. More excuse to leave our car home. As we live in Sengkang, Labrador and West coast always seem a bit far off :p
There you go, Daddy's regular digest. These bloggers always give Daddy more Motivations and Ideas on what to blog!
Sengkangbabies are always searching for playgrounds, or restaurant, and places-of-interests in Singapore. If you have any recommendations for us, please please please drop us an email.
We were supposed to catch some long-kang (drain) fish today. Venue is Kid's Kampong along Pasir Ris Farmway 1. The rain never stopped. Eventually, we felt the entrance tickets are too expensive, and gave Kampong a miss. $14 Club fee gets you : - mineral water, one ice cream - one fishing rod - bucket and net for keep - animal feed x2 packet (For the rabbits, goats and carps)
No doubt they will have fun, but we can get better deals elsewhere :-p If we let three boys enter, it will be a whopping $42!!
We have to convince and sweet-talk the boys (who were understandably disappointed) to another fish farm across. We saw some terrapins, guppies, fighting-fishes, even goldfish, but the kids never forgot to ask "when" they can catch some guppies.
Daddy promised we will go back to Lim Chu Kang for some guppies action sometime soon. Look at our previous guppies from Hausmann - only $3 per bucket/net, and we can "share" !! (rate is taken from 2009Mar)
