28 Jul 2019 - Jalan Kayu Day at Buangkok Square Park

It's Jalan Kayu Day today and there was a carnival at Buangkok Square Park near our place.  We got to know about this carnival as Jerlene, together with Rosyth Chinese Orchestra, will be performing on stage for this event.  The Guest of Honour is none other than our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

There were many food and games stalls setup all around the park.  We bought two booklets of coupons which includes carnival rides, games, activity booths and snacks.  Javier was having fun at the game stalls.

He also went to a Kite Designing activity booth and did some colouring on the kite, which he could bring home.  Since we had two activity booth coupons, he decided to get another one for Jerlene.  How thoughtful.

While Javier was busy colouring his kite, we went to a small exhibition area where many items from the olden days were on display.

Jerlene and Rosyth Chinese Orchestra arrived at the event at about 5pm.  They had some snacks and drinks before going on stage for the performance.

PM Lee arrived at the event around 6pm and had a warm welcome from the crowds.

Soon after, Rosyth School's Chinese Orchestra went on stage to perform a song (男儿当自强) which they had been practising for months.

Here's a video of the performance.
After the performance, all members of Rosyth School Chinese Orchestra headed back to school to return their instrument.  We, on the other hand, walked to the nearby Buangkok Square Mall to buy some dinner.  This is quite a new mall and we were there for the first time.

Below were some of our winnings from the game stalls which includes a picnic mat, a panda back massager, a dolphin plushie, 2 kites and dozens of lollipops.

After buying our dinner, we drove to Rosyth School to pick Jerlene up before going home.  It was a great day out for all of us!