19 Mar 2020 - S.E.A. Aquarium (Part 2)

After lunch, we returned to S.E.A. Aquarium to complete our visit of the remaining exhibits.  These Poison Arrow Frogs below are so beautiful and yet highly poisonous.

As we were still full from our lunch at Slappy Cakes, we took a short break at the Open Ocean Habitat.  As you can see below, the place was pretty empty, unlike the last time we were here.

Jellyfish is one of the most fascinating marine creatures in any aquarium.  They always present us with amazing photo opportunities, just like the following.

Below are more marine creatures in the aquarium.

We left the aquarium at about 2:30pm.  Though today's outing was not according to our plan, we still enjoyed it.

19 Mar 2020 - Lunch at Slappy Cakes @ RWS

Jerlene recommended to have lunch at Slappy Cakes at Resort World Sentosa.  She had tried it once with her friends and loved it.  Since it's about making your own pancakes, Javier was very interested as well.  Every table in Slappy Cakes has a big hot pan in the middle for us to make our own pancakes.  Other than making our own pancakes, we ordered a main dish each too.

Below was our very first self-made pancake.  Not bad right?  :-)

In addition to the buttermilk batter, we ordered a Chicken Ham topping and a White Chocolate Chips topping.

While waiting for our main dish to be served, we continued to make a few more pancakes as our appetizers.

Here comes our main dish.  Jerlene and Javier ordered a Carbonara each and I ordered a Mushroom Aglio Olio.

Here in Slappy Cakes, everyone tries to be creative and so do we.  We started making pancakes of different sizes and shapes.

It was really fun.

Jerlene made a Roblox character while Javier made a Minecraft one.

For me, I made a Jellyfish.  :-)

We used up all the remaining batter creating all sorts of stuffs.  This was one of our most fun lunch ever.

Here's a video capturing some of the fun moments.

19 Mar 2020 - S.E.A. Aquarium (Part 1)

S.E.A. Aquarium is the home to more than 100,000 marine animals of over 1,000 species, across 50 different habitats.  The last time we were here was about 7 years ago as posted here.  There were some slight changes to the place but most of the major exhibits remain the same.

I still remember the following shipwreck exhibit.  Javier is now into Instagram so he had been busy throughout the trip.

The following eye belongs to.........

.....the following shark.

These beautiful marine creatures really captivates us.  We had a comfortable visit in the aquarium today as there was lesser crowd.

We then saw a diver cleaning the interior glass of a huge tank.

At about lunch time, we checked out the Ocean restaurant within the Aquarium where we could use our meal vouchers.  However, when we saw the price ($72+++ per person) for a set lunch meal, we decided that it is too "atas" (which means high class) for us.  As such, we got our re-entry stamp at the exit and went out for our lunch.  We will be back after lunch to complete our visit.

19 Mar 2020 - RWS Adventure Cove Waterpark Closure

There is currently an online promotion for Adventure Cove Waterpark during this one week school holiday.  The one-day ticket now costs $26 which includes the park admission, free parking voucher (worth $28) and $10 meal voucher.  We reached Resort World Sentosa at about 10:30am this morning.  Once we took the escalator up from the car park, we saw a queue at the Universal Studio's entrance.  As compared to the past, the queue is considered short due to the current COVID-19 situation.

We then walked towards Adventure Cove Waterpark but halted when we saw the sign below.  The park is currently closed for maintenance.  One of the staff then led us to a guest services counter to explain the situation and offer us some alternatives.  As we had bought the tickets before they announced the park closure, they offered to extend our tickets (which includes the free parking and meal vouchers) till 31 Aug 2020.  In addition, since we had already made the trip down to Resort World Sentosa, they offered us free admission to S.E.A. Aquarium, free parking and meal voucher for today.  Not bad a deal, at least our trip to RWS was not wasted.

We then returned to our car and put down all our "barang barang" before heading to S.E.A. Aquarium.

14 Mar 2020 - Back to TKD training

Javier had skipped his Taekwondo lessons for one term and decided to return to training this evening.  Before the class, he went online and started revising all the Taekwondo patterns through Youtube videos.  He had to make sure that he still remember the moves so that he can continue to coach the juniors.

8 Mar 2020 - "Sonic the Hedgehog" Movie and Dinner at Paradise Dynasty

We have been staying home over the past few weekends in view of the COVID-19 situation.  Today we decided to get out and watch a movie since we heard that cinemas nowadays are quite empty.  As a number of blockbuster movies have been delayed, there is actually not many choices.  Fortunately the movie "Sonic the Hedgehog" is currently showing and that's one of the kids' favourite game characters.

After the movie, we walked over to Paya Lebar Quarter (PLQ) Mall and had our dinner at Paradise Dynasty.  We were surprised that the mall was pretty crowded.  In fact, we had to get a queue number and waited for almost 30 mins before we managed to get a seat in the restaurant.

The dinner was good and before going back home, we went to Uniqlo to buy some clothing for both Jerlene and Javier.

1 Mar 2020 - Javier's video made it to MandJTV Pokemon Meme Review

Exactly one month ago, Javier posted a video on Reddit under the MandJTV Pokemon Review page.  Click here to watch the video.  His aim is to make it into the monthly MandJTV Pokemon meme review on YouTube.  The result is out today and HE MADE IT!  His video made the influential Youtuber laugh and even got a praise from him that the video is great.  Javier was so happy and that made his day.  He's now more determined to create better videos.  Way to go, Javier!

29 Feb 2020 - Father and son lunch

Today's lunch was just Javier and me.  We had Udon at Umisushi after his tuition.  Nice!

And today is the extra day in a leap year.  :-)

21 Feb 2020 - Javier now publishes video on a weekly basis

Creating YouTube videos is now a regular activity for Javier.  He started publishing his video on a weekly basis, usually on Friday night.  Somehow the way he speaks in his videos is different from how he speaks to us normally.  In his videos, he sounded quite "slangy", probably influenced by those "ang mo" Youtubers.  Maybe I should ask his teacher how he speaks during his oral test.  :-)

14 Feb 2020 - Birthday Cake from colleague

Today is Valentine's Day but instead of getting a valentine's gift, I received an early birthday cake from my colleague.  Thank you so much for the cake and more importantly for remembering my birthday.  Really appreciate it!  :-)

Btw, the cake was really GOOD!

8 Feb 2020 - COVID19 situation, OMG!

The current talk of the town is none other than the CoronaVirus (COVID-19) situation.  As of last evening, our government raised the risk assessment from Dorscon Yellow to Dorscon Orange, which introduced a list of additional precautionary measures to minimise the risk of further transmission of the virus in the community.  This announcement had caused many people to panic buy and wiped off daily necessities from the shelves of supermarkets overnight.  Out of curiosity this morning, Javier and I decided to visit the NTUC near our place to take a look before going to the tuition center.  We were shocked to see empty shelves for things such as rice, toilet papers, instant noodles etc.  Furthermore, the queue for the cashier was so long that I think those at the back of the line will have to queue for an hour before it reached their turn.  Is the situation really that bad?  I wonder.........

After sending Javier to his tuition center, I saw this while walking home.  OMG!

Lots of netizens started posting similar scenes in all major supermarkets across the island.  I guess anxiety can really trigger unusual behaviours for many people.  Let's hope the people can take a step back and think rationally.  What we should really do now is to pay more attention to personal hygiene and be more socially responsible so that the virus can be contained.  Life still has to go on and hope we can all get through this soon.

6 Feb 2020 - Lou Hei with colleagues

Fifteen days of CNY is about to end and we had a mini "Lou Hei" session with my colleagues.  Note that all the ingredients were self-prepared by my colleagues, who are all fantastic "chefs".

Getting ready to start.....

"HUAT AH"!!!!!!

2 Feb 2020 - CNY Lion Dance

It's the time of year when we all gathered at my sis place where lion dance troupe would come visiting.  This is an annual event for our family.

Following is something for the lions to "consume" and "transform".  :-)

Other than the lions, the god of fortune (财神爷) was here as well.  Huat ah!

Below is what was left behind after the lion dance.  Can you see what number it was?

Here's the video capturing the lion dance.  Enjoy!

1 Feb 2020 - Javier's Pokemon Meme Video on Reddit

Today I learn a new word "Meme" from Javier.  Meme is an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media.  Javier actually created a meme video with a Pokemon theme and posted it on Reddit, under the Pokemon meme review page created by MandJTV, a very popular YouTuber who makes Pokemon gaming videos and streams.

Below is the video that he created.

Umm.. from r/MandJTV

I could not stop laughing whenever I watch this video.  The video is very simple and he basically just merges two videos into one.  However, what I like most about the video is the idea and his creative imagination behind it, don't you agree?  His aim is to make it into the monthly MandJTV Pokemon meme review on YouTube.  Let's see if he's able to achieve it in a month's time.