Ask and it shall be given?

Some months back when a lot at HV MRT was vacated, Sito wrote in to Luckin to suggest an outlet here. The lot was vacant for a while. And a few weeks back, we saw the lot boarded up with the signature blue of Luckin! Woohoo!

So we must support, right?

Yesterday was a very hot day so something iced, please! But I prefer their hot coffee. The iced coffee was too milky for me.

We sat there for maybe 30min plus. Saw many ACS International kids coming to get drinks; a generation ago, I used to see these kids grabbing Starbucks but now Starbucks is sited in the mall away from the main road. Towards the end of our stay, the lunch crowd from nearby offices started appearing. So it appears that business is brisk! 

17 is prime

And just like that, I'm Mrs Sito for 17years :)

We had wanted to combine anniversary and end-of-term celebrations at Swensen's Unlimited on Wednesday, 3 June, but unfortunately, I have an ulcer. Again. So we went to Little Pond downstairs instead. We all like the fish pot.

Told them there wouldn't be them without this day! Yu told me this last week - that everything he has belongs to Papa and Mama, even things from his classmates coz we send him to school. I told him coz we gave birth to him :)

Anyway, we have discussed with Yang. For his birthday later this month, he will give up his birthday ice cream for Swensen's Unlimited. So it will be triple celebration there :)

I realised we don't have any recent photos of just the two of us! So here's one of my love's, at Daiso during our latest lunch date. I love taking random photos like this :)

To JB via the Second Link

On Wednesday, Sito and I took a little excursion to JB again. But this time, we went by the Second Link.

We set off at 8.05am, our usual departure time. Took bus CW3 at Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange near Jurong East MRT. It was a nice ride to Tuas - relatively empty bus, smooth ride, no jam. Took a random CW bus to cross the Second Link.

Now, I had read online that using Apple Pay, we only need to tap in for each part of the journey, no need to tap out. But the driver on our second bus waved us in - no need to tap in at all. 

At the JB side, we were supposed to take CW3 or CW6 to Bukit Indah. But CW7 came to the berth. I asked and the driver confirmed he was going to AEON Bukit Indah. Ok! 

And so we reached our destination, and it was not even 10am! Woohoo!

Breakfast at Tea Garden

The food took a long time to arrive... Sito's char kway came when I was almost done with my kampung bee hoon. But it was all yummy :)

We had wanted to go to our usual Tian Lai to eat crab but that outlet closes every Wednesday! We can only go to JB on Wednesdays for now as the younger ones have CCA. 

But this trip, our main purpose was to use up credits in our massage account. We stopped going there after our last overnight Legoland trip. It didn't look like we were going to do such overnight trips any time soon and we still had some RM300 in our account.

In the end, we still didn't manage to use up all the money. Still have some RM30 left. Ah well, we shall see. Coz last night, news about the revised cross border taxi service broke. This morning, I read the news in detail - can use SG taxi to go and Malaysian taxi to come back for point-to-point service. But quite ex as we need a bigger car. In any case, this trip told us that the CW bus via the Second Link is a possible alternative, even with a large suitcase.

Back to our excursion...

Massage was soooo good. We chose foot massage plus head plus shoulder. Sito changed his shoulder massage to additional foot massage. I wanted to change my head massage to additional foot massage but the masseur didn't get it so I got extra shoulder and back massage instead. I can still feel the parts between my shoulders now :)

After the massage, we had some snacks at the lobby. "Free" but actually the massages here are more expensive than near CIQ. Just convenient for our Legoland trips. But the snacks were really quite good haha!

We went back to AEON. Had a fried chicken snack at the food hall - mostly batter though the teriyaki sauce was good - and finally a papa roti coz the outlet at CIQ was always so crowded! 

Bought random Daiso stuff, a box of puffs from Ming Ang, doughnuts for the boys, and Mixue ice cream. Sito was still eating the ice cream when we saw the CW3 bus boarding passengers! He stuffed the rest down and got on!!

The bus left at 2.30 pm. Same thing - no need to tap in for the middle bus. We reached Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange maybe 4 pm?! And so, we went to Uniqlo and Donki, leaving with Sito's Mt Ebi - 10 fried prawns on rice! - and many boxes of Japanese curry roux. Bought the kids' dinner downstairs and went home to find that Kai was already home. The brothers came back shortly after.

Today, I just got the Apple Wallet notification for RM21.55 - that should be the total cost of our rides:

• $5 outward bound
• RM6 inward

Actually we felt a bit iffy using Apple Pay. What if there was double deduction etc?? Maybe next time we'll use cash.. Kids don't have Apple Pay anyway... And now that we know that the CW buses via the Second Link are not crowded at all, we may consider this instead of the cross border taxi if we want to go for longer Legoland trips next year. KIV...

I'm 46! Or 47?

I was rather confused on Saturday morning. I was washing my face when I thought how odd it was that I was 47yo in a PSLE year. I mean, our whole family was born in even years. PSLE takes place in the year we turn 12. I should be of even age in PSLE years!

Then I realised I got the year wrong. It's 2026, not 2027!

Or maybe I was thinking about starting my 47th year right just a couple of days before that..

Or signs of dementia?

Anyway, I'm 46. And this is my 47th year.

On my birthday on Thursday, Sito brought me to Pancakes and Friends at Far East Plaza for souffle pancakes. It was a cosy little place with minimal staff so our intended brunch became an early lunch! But the food was good - we shared a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel, and a Hokkaido milk gelato pancakes with muesli. The pancakes were so wobbly! Calories were so worth it...

Half a bagel each for my Laogong and me

Sito already bought a cake on Wednesday while I was lunching with Jo at her place. He just told me this morning that he had wanted to buy me a laptop - the one I'm now typing on is refusing to charge! But he could not surprise me coz I need to choose the colour, plus it's better that I buy with my Shopee account as I'm a Shopee VIP :p

But I do have a present of sorts... We bought a new fridge in December and it arrived almost a month later on Wednesday. We spent the afternoon cleaning it inside out. On Thursday morning, I shifted things from our old fridge to the new fridge. On Friday, I cleaned and reorganised the old fridge. SOOOOOO happy, ok... That's it. It's my birthday present, 70% paid by Ah Gong's climate vouchers :p

Anyway, after the pancakes, we headed to Bibi and Baba to get uniforms for Yang and Yu. Yang's pants were bursting at the seams - he has grown so much in the past year! His waist measures 75cm vs. Kai's 66cm 小蛮腰 ok, don't play play... Actually we bought him one larger pair in May last year but he refused to wear it as it had a button instead of a hook clasp at the top of the zip. But now he has no choice!

Their corporate tees are also rather fitting now. They look like bah zang especially the belly part. Again, Yang is going one size bigger than Kai at this age. Yu has always maintained the same shape - round - so it's kind of expected... His waist measures 65cm now. I shall see if he can wear Yang's clothes in a couple of years' time...

After a protein top-up from Old Chang Kee and a short rest with milk tea at MOS at Ion, we made our way to school. While Yu's start-of-year PTM on Tuesday was online, Yang's was F2F. Maybe coz he's P6. Kai's PTM end of the month would be F2F too - preparing for Sec 2 streaming...

Once we got to school, I went to queue at the bookshop. We already bought most of their textbooks from Popular in December but some were only available in schools. While I settled the books, Sito went to find the kids. Kai had texted us earlier to say he was getting food but the brothers couldn't be found! Eventually, Sito found them playing on the slope... He ushered Yang over to me but Yu had left for his HCL class.

After I was done with the books, Yang decided on a second lunch. He "gave me a treat" at the drinks stall :p The coffee from this drink stall was nicer than the other one but he didn't like his Milo as it tasted like tea. So he went to the other drink stall to get another Milo. 

We just sat around to wait for Papa and Yu. Watched some videos together :) Kai was seated near us but with his friends, playing chess. 

Playing with a Sec 1, who happened to be Yang's track and field friend

When Yu was done with his HCL, he came to find us and saw a kid go into the bookshop even though it was barricaded for textbooks during this period. I told him that the kid asked the auntie for permission to go in so he did the same. He came out of the bookshop with a pretty pink pencil for me :) We couldn't figure out how it works though. It took him two tries to eventually find out from the bookshop how to use the pencil - turned out it was an infinity pencil, so cool!

The PTM started late - and hence ended late - due to traffic jams as that day was also CCA open house for the secondary school kids. Sito said parents asked better questions in person. He asked about difficulty level of their P5 exams last year vs. PSLE standards and learnt that they were set at SEAB standards. Apparently, schools had to submit P3-6 papers to SEAB for sampling - too hard, too easy etc. He also noticed that Yang was bigger than many of his classmates - some went to the PTM with parents...

When Sito came back to the canteen, Yang and Yu were watching Kai playing chess. By then, they were tired and needed no ushering to leave. When we got home, Sito packed dinner for them and left for Bras Basah to get a book for Kai as it was out of stock at the bookshop. Bishan Popular didn't have it when we got their books...

Chess on the phone

I had some leftover chicken stock in the fridge and made myself some mee sua with eggs and frozen dumplings. Actually I tried to start a ritual of having mee sua for birthdays but the kids weren't too keen on it... Anyway, while waiting for Sito to come back and while waiting for the noodles to cool down, I managed to sew nametags on the new corporate tees. It's a chore...

Managed to cut the cake just before their bedtime!

Awww, I love how Kai put his head on me in this photo! This is the boy who refuses to let me hug or kiss him since P3... But sometimes, I think starting from Beijing, he would hug me to 哄妈妈 when I get upset and well, yes, I buy it... Sucker.

:p

Yesterday, we had a second celebration with the grands. The cake was so yummy but I couldn't stomach a second piece... And dinner was at Peach Blossoms - a la carte buffet. Second time there. Managed to have more variety this time with more adults. But there was a lot of food coz they didn't give us small portions as requested but portions for eight persons *.* But the kids don't eat most of the food!

Looks like a kiddy birthday though!

Took a slow walk back home, made even slower by the playground and exercise corner along the way. These monkeys can really make my heart race... I'm just glad the playground downstairs is a lot less scary than this one!

Love this shot of Yang! We were just talking about the trees on the building on the way there

All three on the 独木桥

So that's it for this year... But the cake doesn't end here.. I had wanted a Marks and Spencer chocolate cake for my birthday but it wasn't available so we will try to get it next week or so! Yay to cake!

Oh, Yay to getting old too! Don't mind mf looking old, heh! I found more white hair recently, probably due to tutoring Yang in Chinese in December... Also don't mind the colour but I mind that white hair is typically curlier?! Sighs.. Also yay to more rebonding then...!

Excursion to JB

Two of us took a little excursion to JB on Wednesday :) Not Legoland, just the malls near the checkpoint.

After Sito did a recce, we brought the kids there twice - once from BP, once from HV. This time, we left the kids in school :p Yu wasn't pleased when he heard about it haha!

After our last trip which saw us waiting ages for the 950 bus from Woodlands, we decided to take the MRT to BP to take one of two buses available there. And it was super fast - according to SimplyGo, we took the MRT at 8.14 am, walked and waited for 10min, boarded 170 at 8.52 am and reached JB checkpoint at 9.37 am. 

Clearing immigrations was a breeze. But most autogates at SG side are for QR code only; I didn't have it so had to use one of the limited number of gates for passport. I immediately downloaded the app for return trip. Over at JB side, we used our passports at autogates too - hope the kids can use them too!

We reached Komtar JBCC before it even opened... Nvm, Macs there was open so we had breakfast while I WhatsApp-ed for a pedicure appointment for 10.15 am. 

Sito went to Popular while I had my toes done. When I was done some 30min later, I found a massage place right next door so Sito came over. And he told me he had explored the mall and I had gone to the wrong place - my appointment was for another nail parlour 🤦‍♀️  The names were too similar! No wonder it was slightly cheaper than online...

Anyway, the massage was very good, gosh... I realised it's the same chain as the one we used to go to in City Square, which is now undergoing renovations.

Lunch at Tony Roma's!

It's not in the picture but of course we had the onion loaf! We skipped the ribs though - not sure about beef ribs...

Then it was time for shopping - a puzzle book at Popular, and some snacks for us and the kids. 

We hopped over to City Square to grab some Ming Ang stuff - so yummy! We bought 10 char siew shao bao, five milk pies, one wife biscuit and one chicken pie, and finished everything yesterday :p Nope, the kids didn't want any.

The journey back was less smooth though. SimplyGo - yes, I like this app - says we started the 4-min bus ride from JB at 2.32 pm, but waited until 3.19 pm for 950 to Woodlands bus interchange! We saw many 160 and 170 buses coming and going. Veteran auntie next to us said usually no more than 15 min. So we were unlucky... Next time, just take the other buses to change at other MRT stations.

But still ok for the kids. Kai got home while we were on the train but the brothers reached home just before us. We reached HV in time for Paradise tea time discount but missed our milk man. So this week, we bought milk from the supermarket instead of having it delivered - 8kg!!!

Quite a nice excursion - enjoyed the pampering, eating and shopping :) The distance and time spent are like going to Jewel but at a fraction of the cost! Can't wait for RTS now :)

Hot hot Legoland

After a wet trip in March, we were rewarded with a super dry trip this time :)

But it was hot. Very hot. Too hot!

Wednesday, 11 June

Used a different car company this time, contact from JY. Car was Innova vs. the usual Starex. It was smaller but no less comfy, especially for a short trip. Best part was that it was a third cheaper plus we didn't need to get off the car to clear immigration. In fact, we tried using QR code for the first time - it was so quick! Good job, ICA!

Ride was smooth. Immigration was quick. Dropped off our suitcase and headed to Legoland!

So hot that even Kai had no objections to the observation tower

Yang and Yu took on the pumping role for the way to the rescue!

Boat cruise with brolly

Yes, my hat couldn't make it. It covered too low and I couldn't see. For this heat, my usual cap also wouldn't help. Happy to have brolly.

Sito sat with girls while his boys were playing a small game outside the city stage

Enough heat. We checked in, unpacked a little and Sito set up a console game that we bought recently just for Legoland stays! The kids played a bit before heading to AEON for dinner at our fave restaurant, Vivo Pizza!

They spotted this display

But we didn't watch the show. No time. Then last night, the Jackie Chan Karate Kid movie from over 10y ago was showing on TV so we watched it. Bought some lok lok - our first time! - and Blackball desserts after our usual massage and went back to the apartment.

They were enjoying themselves

Thursday, 12 June

Day 2 is always water park day! I just got my period, unfortunately, so I didn't get to enjoy the water on such a hot day :( Nvm, just watch the kids ba!

Silly Kai kept getting the bucket to pour water over him!

Waiting for the big bucket ~ every 15min

I hid in the shade while they spent long time in the wave pool

I was shocked to see this small one carrying this down the steps!

Coz Papa found a twin one, and Yu insisted on bringing the single one back instead of leaving it there. He looked so tiny... Later, Yang brought one up to play - he's big enough to do it safely.

The twin float

This time, we went to Paradigm Mall for rock climbing after our usual lunch at Tian Lai - yes, must eat crab :p But this time, I couldn't eat my full share of the two crabs coz I was too full! Anyway, Yang first suggested rock climbing. The brothers were also keen so we ditched AEON this time.

Awww, so sweet! Or just kidding?!

Yang was more fearful of heights so he went up to 4-5m max

Kai managed to reach the top twice - via the pink and then red trails!

Yu went up to about 6m; he couldn't get past the black part in the middle of the photo above. But good first attempt.

We had a funny ride home. I always tell them to put on seatbelts after entering a car. This trip, the driver said nvm, no one would catch us for not wearing seatbelts. Um, hello, I was more concerned about our safety than whether anyone would catch us! 

Kai didn't bother with the seatbelt at first. Then along the way, he suddenly looked for his seatbelt. Later when I told the boys that the uncle wasn't right when he thought I was concerned about being caught, and that it was because at the speed we were going (~100kmh at parts), any accident would be fatal without seatbelts, Kai said he saw the speed on the dashboard so he went for his seatbelt! Hope they all learn the importance of seatbelts..

The uncle also shot his mouth off on other things, like should find a job instead of studying, more important to earn money early. Wth?! But glad the boys weren't listening.

We all slept earlier. Too tired. Probably the sun.

Friday, 13 June

Back to Legoland. But too hot. We left for lunch at the new Nanyang Cafe, went to Sea Life to cool down, and took a few rides before we gave up and left for AEON. This Nanyang Cafe was so good! Sito had char kway teow, I had mee siam and the boys chicken bolognese.

"I'm worthy too!!" :p

Two boys were very bright :p

Watched a show to escape the heat - I like Kai's smile here :)

New flower display at mini land! Smelly Rafflesia

Sito and mf 💕 

Thanks to Yang, we have a nice shot of just the two of us :) This time, I was lazy and didn't gather us all for a family shot. Just play. Anyway, too hot to pose outside!

Top of the board!

Yu got over 300k points on Saturday but he was only third - stronger players present that day... I think I can play until fingers cramp and I still won't hit this kind of score!

Ice cream before dinner :p

Sito brought Kai and Yu to read at Popular while Yang and I sat outside. Yang had an itchy eye and was not feeling too good. We got him some eyedrops and it got better. 

Dinner was at Nando's. First time for the boys and they liked it! Yeah, one more option for us too!

This bola - doughtnut sandwich with custard filling - was yummy!

Went for massage again. Sito and I had even better therapists this time round. He's still not feeling his heels and I'm still feeling the soreness in my arches. Shiok! 

Oh, we also had a free supper at the massage place. Yu ate more siew mai than Sito *.* I didn't have anything this time though I had a nice kueh on Wednesday. Think it was in March that we first had some food before/after massage. The outlet always has them but we didn't try in the earlier years. Wasted haha! Coz quite yummy.

Blackball was on the late supper menu again. The kids said it was the last night so they stayed up late, even later than poor tired Mama!

Saturday, 14 June

Very soon, it was our last day... Like Friday, we split into two groups and I went with Yu. Yu was again the first kid at the boating school. 

Last we took this aeroplane ride was pre-COVID!

While waiting for Yu at the driving school, I thought I was experiencing what it was like to have an only child - there was time to focus on him and observe him. He drove carefully and stuck to the correct lanes. He gave way at junctions and was so pleasant the whole time :)

Sito book robotics slots for Yang and Yu. Yu and I barely made it there in time! This time, the system and sets were slightly different from March. Yu said it was easier in March. 

They had to measure number of wheel rotations etc

Cotton candy finally!

We went for a sit-down lunch at Nanyang Cafe. Sito had mee rubus and the rest of us had toast and polo bun. Yang and Yu had their wish finally - Milo dino! Next trip, we will have breakfast here :)

Fast forward to today...

We just dismantled five LEGO swords of varying sizes, breaking a few pieces here and there. Finally got the kids to agree to dismantling them by getting them actual swords from Legoland!

Posing with his sword before it was taken apart

Time to book our next trip? :)

Sweet sixteen

Not the kids, not yet. Us :)

Once again, posting late. And this year, we didn't even head out, haha! Getting lazy. Getting 老夫老妻 :p 

But mostly, we're tired with our holiday revision schedule for the kids *.* So we haven't been out this week apart from essential grocery shopping.

We're heading to Legoland again this month so maybe we'll have a nice dinner there? :)

Reusing a photo from our March trip here - strolling in the rain!

So yes, 16!

Updated 8 June

Sito reminded me that we had a nice breakfast at J65 just last Wednesday, our last long day without kids before term ended. But no photo!!

How I met your mother, ver Clan Sito

I think it was the day when I brought Yang to the dermatologist after school so Sito had to fetch Yu home. They had an interesting convo on the bus.

Yu: How did you and Mama meet?
Papa: We met at a camp.
Yu: Did you meet in primary school? (maybe coz he knows of the P5 camp)
Papa: No..
Yu: If you met in primary school, she wouldn’t like you right? Coz you were fat. The fat boys in class are not liked.
Papa: Are you considered fat?
Yu: No.
Papa: Why are the fat boys not liked?
Yu: (unclear answer)

Digress a bit: I've not heard him mention any fat boys in his class. But it's sad if (he thinks) fat kids are not liked. When I asked him, it seemed that there was a fat boy in his class who was very loud. 

I know he really likes a couple of friends who have a smaller built than him. He finds them cute. I think he thinks he himself is small - vs. his brothers - and cute. When we watched 跑男，his fave player was 周深 coz "he is cute, like me"!

Anyway, continue...

Yu: Why did you choose Mama? She’s pretty right?
Papa: Pretty, smart and kind (woah, 💕 )
Yu: I knew you’d say that!

Yu: Since she's pretty, a lot of other people would have (chased) her?
Papa: Ya... (where's this going..)
Yu: Then why did mama choose you? Issit coz you’re handsome?
Papa: Go and ask Mama.

And so he did, later. And this was before I learnt of the above, coz I told Sito what Yu asked me then he told me *.*

Yu: Why did you choose Papa?
Mama: ...? Coz.. he’s charming!
Yu: What’s charming?
Mama: Eh papa, what’s charming?

Then 不了了之 :p

It was a few days later that I learnt that there was a part in his social studies about a couple who met at a cross country race at MacRitchie Reservoir, which led to his questions.

Let me end with another funny thing from Yu:

One day, Yu wanted candy.

Mama: Do I look like a candy shop?

Yu: No but you look like you’re made of money...

Mama: Huh?

Yu: Made of money = mom

!!!

Valentine's Day

When was the last time I posted on about V Day?

In the past week whenever I turned on the radio, the DJs were going on and on about V Day and what presents to give or not to give. Is this a young people thing? For sure, very commercialised. I couldn't identify with presents coz I'm just not a presents person.

Every day is V Day with my hub anyway, haha! ✌️ 

But on Tuesday, Sito came back with Yang after his tuition, with a giant sunflower! So cheerful!

First spicy kimchi noodles after ulcer, made even happier with the sunflower :)

We had to cut half the stem to fit it into an empty nuts container. It's on the dining table so it's very visible and brings much cheer whenever I see it.

And the man taking the picture with two of his pups :)))

I love to see him 奶爸-ing! 💕 

Then on V Day, I went out with two girlfriends :p Breakfast with JY until lunchtime (!), and packed beehoon for Sito's lunch. KTV with CY and packed a brownie to share with him.

Coz, as we told the kids, V Day is also Friendship Day :)

Halfway there...

Probably more, coz DOS says life expectancy is 85 for women :p

It was busier than past years coz Kai started secondary school. Due to recess being at 11am, we decided he must have more breakfast than a cup of milk. So a lot of meal prep for me. Then there were endless messages on WhatsApp.

I was also not feeling particularly well. The cough from Japan was gone, but the nose was drippy here and there. Sito found a Japanese omelette place at Bugis but we had to skip that as I wasn't feeling up to it on Tuesday.

Luckily, I was well enough on Wednesday to do all the things I wanted!

First, breakfast date with Sito :)

Fong Sheng Hao was good! The regular stuff isn't cheap but I really do like my pork floss sandwich with condensed milk. Sito ordered the value set of pork and egg sandwich which cost only $6 with a cup of teh - that is cheaper than Yakun or Toast Box, and super filling!

So good we went back to try other things the next day before a school event!

Sito ordered another value set - bacon and cheese which was even yummier! Also ordered an egg pancake with pork floss - yes, I like that - and a scallion pancake. So good.

Back to my birthday...

Karaoke on my own!

I really really felt the need to sing properly and a lot, haha! It was only two hours but it was fulfilling. Sang a lot of songs by male singers coz Youtube cannot adjust key, you know... Ended with Mayday, 一个人也 high 到不行！

Came home in time to welcome the boys home! Kai came back with them as it was still orientation for him; else his lessons end at 2.30 pm on Monday to Wednesday. They had hotdog buns for lunch as I didn't have time to cook :p

Happy 45th to me!

Nothing beats having my fave four persons in the world with me on my birthday, never mind that the small ones only remembered to say HB to me on Papa's prompts!

Sito surprised me with a two-tier cake! My only other tier cake was our wedding cake, and this one looked somewhat like that, with the lovely cream flowers :)

And the cream on top was that this cake was also yummy! Even Kai decided to have a slice - the boy who doesn't like cake?! We were very happy to see him eat cake :) We finished the last two slices at supper that night, yummmm...

The next celebration was on Sunday. We had a lovely chendol cake - AhYee always manages to find interesting cakes from different places! But of course, the kids would have none of it *.*

I'm sitting down! Haha!

Dinner was at the new Cantonese restaurant at One Holland Village. It was so good, especially the cabbage and the fish! I think Cantonese, Hokkien/Teochew food suits our palate the most. The boys had rice on top of fried noodles. We have been ordering fried yee mee separately for them for the longest time whenever we eat out at such places. Now that they're big enough, this was probably the last time we ordered noodles just for them.

Ok, time for the countdown... to the end, haha!

15 :)

Been late posting in recent years :p It happens coz kids...

Mango pudding on vanilla ice cream for us :)

With our anniversary in June, it is fated that we would celebrate with kids in tow for some years at least. So we tossed some ideas about where to eat that the kids would enjoy too - steak? BBQ? Eventually we landed on...

Kiseki!

Love their expressions in that photo :) I brought them to wash hands and take photo while Sito stayed in the reservation queue. Kai was charged as adult given his height.

They had not had Japanese buffet before. Japanese BBQ buffet yes but that is different. At Kiseki, they had tempura, karaage, yakitori, mini sausages, tamago sushi, ramen, shabu beef, ice cream and jelly! But actually, they were pretty selective about what they ate. So most items were only at tasting portions. But for those they like, gosh...

Yang had 12 tamago sushi!

Kai had 10. The two of them disappeared after we put down our stuff at the table. I found them emptying out the - thankfully not big - tamago sushi tray *.* Told them to stop and try other food before going back for more...

Kai had 11 of these mini jelly cups and six tubs of ice cream!

He didn't really eat much apart from tamago sushi and sweets. He also had one yakitori (too lazy to wash hands after handing the stick with sauce), a couple of karaage (not so nice), and some noodles with beef shabu (not so nice), and tried a slice of salmon sashimi (not nice).

Yu had nine mini jelly cups and five tubs of ice cream!

In the picture, he only had eight mini jelly cups; the ninth one was later... He must have eaten the most among the kids though. While waiting to start on sweets, he just picked at the plate of beef shabu and finished it! Kai and Yang didn't really like it. 

Later, when I told him to rest after four tubs of ice cream, he discovered the mini sausages and had maybe six?! Actually I wanted him to stop eating! And of course, he also discovered the mini jelly cups. He also had prawn tempura, yakitori and some noodles. Pretty scary...

Yang decided to wait on his brothers and brought them many mini jelly cups :)

He had one and didn't enjoy it. He also had only one tub of ice cream coz it was too cold. I think he was full from the tamago sushi... Oh but he had some seven mini chocolate tarts. He didn't eat much of the others, maybe a karaage and some noodles which he didn't like.

Happily posing with all the mini jelly cups :)

It was the uncle who was clearing our plates who gave them the idea. I asked him not to clear the cups and he said sure, many customers stacked them up, some as high as 20! 

Sito and I each had our own poison. He had a hotpot going so there were the usual suspects. But we didn't have any beef shabu coz Yu finished it all and we just didn't take more. I'm the only one who enjoy sashimi so I had my fill of that, plus leftover karaage, leftover yakitori, and some tempura. We also had some of their desserts - quite nice :)

So overall, it was a very successful trip. Everyone enjoyed the food, never mind that some had more desserts than proper mains... The free flow drinks were also popular with the kids. Sito and I had quite a bit of tea at the end to wash off the grease of the food.

Happy boys :)

And so happy parents :)

Aiyoh so sweet :)

We took a walk to Plaza Sing to buy bah kwa. The salesperson was very friendly, and was happy to show me what 500g of bah kwa looked like coz I had not bought this shape for a while... Also bought tau sar piah - buy 10 get two free! But I couldn't eat them yet - more on this later...

Happening at Plaza Sing - we'll probably watch it later this month

Sito and I couldn't have dinner but we had some dessert with drama :p The kids surprised us. Actually, Yu surprised us - he was the first to say he was hungry at 6 plus. I asked the brothers - both ok to eat. So I made a simple meal - prata with ham and cheese. They were gone very quickly. Growing boys indeed!

And with that, we embarked on our 16th together as Mr and Mrs Sito :)