B&W Pasir Ris Fishing Park

Fishing has been a special hobby in my life. Though I have stopped fishing for a long while, but it will always remind me of the times my dad and I spent hours in the rain waiting for the fish to be hooked. Sharing a cup of hot coffee from the thermal flask, these were memories that will stay etched in my mind forever.

Pasis Ris Fishing Park has been one of those late night outings I experienced in the past. Till now, the fishing pond is still in business, some things just never change, and it’s for the better.

 

The action of changing your bait, or just reeling in the line for a catch, this is nostalgic.

 

The chairs so commonly seen in places like this.

Uncle waiting patiently for the catch. This is probably one reason why I like fishing. The waiting period is so therapeutic especially in a society that is so busy everyday.

I was walking round the pond and suddenly the action was focused on this uncle who had a big catch. Exciting!

 

A generational hobby. Nice!

Between friends, a time to share and fellowship.

Mount Elizabeth Hospital CNY Babies

A shout out on this blog for the great work by Mount Elizabeth Hospital!

During this ‘Horse’ Chinese New year, Mount Elizabeth Hospital (MEH) took the spirit of sharing and prosperity a step higher by bringing love to the babies that were delivered in their hospital on the first day of CNY.

The newborn babies were given Ang Bao Blankets as a gesture of warmth, love and prosperity.

Look how the babies looked so warmth in their new bundle of joy with abundance of happiness.

  

May God bless all these babies with great future and many more blessings in their growing years!

All photos are copyrighted and provided by Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

Best Food Review

Attended numerous food review sessions, I have to say this one is the best for many years to come. Ever since we moved to the current place (about 5 years), I cannot believe it that we have never hosted my In-Laws once. So on a spur of moment, I invited my In-Laws over during the Chinese New Year period for dinner prepared by the famous (in my own opinion) chef, my wife.

Onion Fried Egg

Mixed Vegetable with Mushroom

Steamed Fish

 

Tom Yum Beef

Since it was CNY, my Mother-In-Law brought along Lou Hei to celebrate.

  

Huat ah! Huat ah!

  

Wishing everyone a prosperous and blessed Happy Chinese New Year.

Staycation @ Grand Park Orchard

Are the Kuan ladies special or it’s the same with all other girls out there? The ladies at home simply love hotel stay. I secretly believe that every time we travel overseas, the hotel stay is one of the main reason for their excitement. So minus the overseas part, the next best thing is a staycation!

Staying right smack in Orchard Road is just another incentive to our recent staycate experience at Grand Park Orchard. Just a few minutes walk away from all the shopping and food.

(Photo credit to Grand Park Orchard)

And for the first time, we have a connecting room for the girls and us. Such a nice arrangement from the management to allow us the best experience. We had the King-size bed whereas the girls had their own individual Single beds.

Jayne was excited with the ‘bear’ design but Joey was lamenting about the ‘racing’ theme. Hard to satisfied both girls.

See how the girls enjoy life.

 

 

The girls have their personal toiletries too. Sweet!

Meal affair is done at the Onyx Bar.

 

For a more extensive read about our experience, hop on to the missus’ blog post.
http://www.jbabiesinthedaisies.com/2014/01/our-grand-park-experience.html

2 Degree Ice Art

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Bringing winter experience for everyone in summer time, that is what 2 Degree Ice Art plans to do. This winter wonderland experience uses one of the world’s most advanced refrigeration technology from Germany and the indoor temperature will be maintained at -15°C. About 20 prominent ice craving masters were invited from Harbin, China, to crave a variety of iconic world landmarks like, London’s Big Ben and Paris’ Eiffel Tower.

For info, the entry tickets do not include the rental of the winter coats. You can either bring your own coats or pay $5 to rent a set.

Gloves are complimentary.

The darlings are ready to brave the cold. The sea of pink ladies! Let’s Go!

 

The ice sculptures were all craved out of dyed-ice blocks or coloured ice blocks with special colourful lightings to enhance the effect and beauty of the art.

The first segment is an exhibition of some iconic buildings or structures of Singapore.

We went through the brick castles and entered into the world scene.

Eiffel Tower – Paris, France

Karlskirche (Church of St Charles Borromeo)  – Vienna, Austria

Big Ben – London, England

Karaweik Palace – Yangon, Burma

And this award-winning design from Japanese Snow Art Competition

Statue of Liberty – New York City

As we walked along this stretch of ice art, we are round the half way point of the Ice Art exhibition, and it is also the place where every kids (adults too) are looking forward to.

Ice Slides!!

   

 

  

Check out the video.

Ice Art Slide

Joey had her first “snowball” fight.

By this time, we are all quite frozen. Joey had the hood up to protect her ears as well. I regretted wearing a canvas shoe with thin socks, my toes were totally frozen, I was afraid of them falling off.. Hahah..

 

The second half of the exhibitions.

Nine Dragon Wall – Beijing, China

Super cute Joey with her red cheeks and nose after the short one-hour walk inside the -15°C cold room.

Before you leave, remember to visit the Ice bar which is found just besides the Exhibition Hall.

This is where you and your friends can experience the thrill of drinking in a -15°C cold room, complete with tables and seats all manually craved out of ice.

Drinks were served in a specially craved authentic ice mugs and the coolest thing about this, is customers are allowed to throw the ice mugs against a target board once we have finished the drinks. Cool + Cool = Shiok!

 

 

Time to smash the ice mugs!

 

 2 Degree Ice Art
20 November 2013 to 15 May 2014
Adults – $32.00
Child (aged 10 to 12) – $26.00
Senior Citizen (60 years old and above) – $26.00
Children aged 9 years and below and those below 1.2m in height enter free.
Winter coat rental – $5.00 each; complimentary gloves for every purchased ticket.
Located right next to Bayfront MRT Exit A. Limited onsite parking, visitors are encouraged to park their vehicles at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre or the public carpark across the road along Bayfront Avenue.
Social Media – 2 Degree Facebook

Enjoy the cold!