Day 1: Dep Spore to HK, SQ866, 13:30
Today is the 41st National Day of the Republic of Singapore. Since there is nothing much to do and Mama is keen to take a shopping trip back to Hong Kong during August, Mama took this opportunity of a "public holiday" to go home.
Ever since Gwendolyn sent Mama to the airport for the Bangkok trip, she has this special interest in dragging the suitcase (showing how strong she is? showing independence? not so sure). She was dragging it all by herself, all the way from alighting from the taxi to the check-in counter, demonstrating what a 16.5kg toddler can do (or to show how smooth the Samsonite wheels are???)!
The best thing after boarding the plane was that Lyn Lyn fell asleep during the take off and Papa and Mama can rest throughout the journey until the last 45 minutes of the journey! Gong Gong was late in picking us up, as he didn't realise that airport service has improved so much and it takes less than 30 minutes to go through the custom + collecting of luggage, before reaching the arrival meeting point!
Por Por has prepared a sumptuous dinner for Lyn Lyn's arrival, including abalone. At first, Lyn Lyn didn't want to eat it and kept saying "No..." However, after the first try, she loved it and kept saying "I want, I like..." everyone laughed out loud!
Gong Gong planned to bring Lyn Lyn to Disneyland Hong Kong tomorrow, but was worrying about the weather, as there were two typhoons approaching from Taiwan and no one can predict what it's going to happen to the weather. Everyone was praying hard that the typhoons will not affect Hong Kong too much, so that Lyn Lyn can proceed with the Disney trip!
Day 2: Hong Kong Disneyland
Mama woke up rather early in the morning to check the weather, as she has a meeting back in the office before setting off to Disneyland. She checked the weather and confirmed that it is unlikely that typhoon No. 3 will be hoisted and she set off for Cheung Kong Center for her meeting, whilst the rests (Gong Gong, Por Por, Papa, Fu Fu and Lyn Lyn) prepare for the Disney trip.
Since Mama had to go to Disneyland by herself, she took the train from Hong Kong station at Central and managed to try out the "Disney Train", all decorated with Disney characters.
Gong Gong, Por Por and Papa proceed with exploring Disneyland kiddy rides with Lyn Lyn, whilst Fu Fu and Auntie Annie (Mama's cousin) waited for Mama near to the main entrance. Lyn Lyn was obsessed with the Winnie the Pooh ride (she played 3 times), the Cinderella Carousel (horsey ride and sitting all by herself) and the Dumbo ride. She was so excited and kept asking for them! After a few rounds of rides, we went for lunch and Lyn Lyn had a kid's meal with chicken strips and french fries (she kept asking for ketchup)! After that, we brought her to the shop to look for some clothings (Oooops, she's wet her pants as no one has remembered to change her pampers), but nothing was available for her. We went past a popcorn trolley and Lyn Lyn asked for "popcorn". Gong Gong bought her 1 tub, with a Disney princess printed casing. Then we went for the 3D Philharmonic Orchestra Show. At first, Lyn Lyn was rather anxious, as all audiences are required to wear a pair of 3D glasses. When the show starts and things were flying around, she was rather happy initially, trying to "catch" the flying items, just like other audiences were doing. However, when Donald Duck suddenly flew towards the audience, Lyn Lyn got a fright and jumped off the chair. Since then, she asked Mama to carry her on the lap all the way until the end of the show. From then on, she disliked Donald Duck! Whilst walking towards the new Stitch show, Lyn Lyn fell asleep and Mama has to carry her all the way through...after the Stitch Show, we noticed that the stroller that Gong Gong has rented was lost. We reported to the security guys and went queueing for the Golden Mickey Show. Papa took over and carried Lyn Lyn to queue for the Golden Mickey Show, whilst Auntie Annie and Mama went shopping.
Whilst Mama shopped, she looked around for hair bands to tie up Lyn Lyn's hair as she was very hot and sticky...when all of them emerged from the Golden Mickey Show, Mama quickly tied Lyn Lyn's hair, so that she will not suffer for any longer. One funny thing happened during the show. When they were inside the performance hall and she woke up, she saw Donald Duck again in a similar environment as the 3D show. She sighed "Not again?!" Everyone were shocked to have heard her saying that! She refused to turn her head to watch anything. However, when she realise that it's a different show and there are "characters" singing and dancing on stage, she gradually turned her body and follow the show. When the show was over, she was on the verge of crying and wanted "More More"!
She continued eating her popcorn and distributed to the rest of us, and was very generous in giving out the popcorns! We planned to take the last train ride before leaving the themepark and she liked the train ride...following "choo choo, choo choo"...but when we travelled round the themepark and noticed that we've missed out on the "adventureland", we alight again and went for the "cruise ride". Lyn Lyn enjoyed it so much, seeing all the "mechanical" elephants, giraffes, monkeys, crocodiles, etc...this calls to the end of our Disney adventure. When we reach the exit of the themepark, Lyn Lyn saw Mickey and Minnie Mouse and kept shouting "Mickey Mouse not tired, I want to touch Mickey Mouse"! Everyone acted as if we'll be seeing Mickey again when we reach the outside of the park and when we asked her to say "bye bye", she kept saying "No No", "I want, I want some more"...so sad. Everyone was so tired after the day and Mama worried that Lyn Lyn would be hungry. So we left, despite the fact that we didn't catch the fireworks!
Souvenirs from Disneyland
For more photos from the Disneyland trip, please refer to Fu Fu's photo site as follows: http://fotop.net/patrickko/060810
Day 3: Lunch at Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant
After the long day at Disneyland, we have a rather easy day today, having lunch with Auntie & Uncle 3 at Royal Garden. Lyn Lyn can still remember the lift ride there and kept asking for it. However, we do not understand why she kept pointing at Uncle 3, saying "I don't like this one", despite Mama kept telling her that he is Auntie Annie's Papa. Lyn Lyn disregarding Mama's comments and said "Auntie Annie No Papa"...but when we asked Uncle 3 to go together with Lyn Lyn for the lift ride, she lowered her barrier and held Uncle 3's hand. Not too bad afterall.
Initially, the plan after lunch was for Mama to go to the hairdresser, whilst Gong Gong, Por Por and Papa bring Lyn Lyn for shopping. However, she fell asleep before reaching Sogo and they've only managed to get her a pair of new shoes and a pair of new socks. She wasn't able to choose her new clothings!
Dinner was to eat "yellow oil" crab at Golden Dragon Restaurant, a special treat by Auntie Tina and Uncle Wong. Lyn Lyn ate 1 bowl of "yellow oil" crab sharks fin and the shell of a "yellow oil" crab. That was filling enough for her to refuse the food from the other dishes! When Por Por brought her outside to walk around, she's chosen a Hello Kitty pudding for herself, but she didn't manage to finish!
"yellow oil" crab sharks fin
Hello Kitty Pudding
Day 4: Lunch at Royal Garden Japanese Restaurant
Since Mama is not feeling very well and the weather wasn't very good, we didn't do much on Saturday. Gong Gong booked the Japanese Restaurant at Royal Garden (apparently the top 5 Japanese Restaurants in Hong Kong), for Mama to try, as Mama is a Jap food craze! Before we set off, Fu Fu asked Lyn Lyn to pick numbers for the Mark Six (equivalent to Toto in Singapore), as the jackpot was estimated at HK$32m. Lyn Lyn picked the numbers under Fu Fu's supervision and then further picked for Papa, Mama, Gong Gong and Por Por. But don't know why, Lyn Lyn has picked all the numbers with "4" for Mama's set??? (Anyways, no one strike the jackpot again and the estimated jackpot for 17 Aug 2006 was doubled to HK$64m)
Don't know whether Lyn Lyn was tired from drawing numbers, she fell asleep on the way for lunch and in the end, woke up just after everyone had finished their share. We ordered an udon for her and she finished the whole bowl (half portion) + half a bowl of fried rice! After that, she's even finished Papa's red bean ice-cream!
Dinner was with the Tang's family (Fu Fu's god parents) at the Emperor's Hotel (as usual).
Lyn Lyn was asleep in the car and Mama went off to the Sheraton Hotel at TST to meet up with her cousins for a catchup session.
Day 5: Hong Kong Jockey Club and Dep HK SQ861, 16:00
Finally, it's the last day of the 5-day trip. Before we return to Singapore, Gong Gong suggested to bring Lyn Lyn to the Shatin Jockey Club ("SJC") again, and let her play her favourite "playground" once more. So we went to the SJC Clubhouse for lunch. Even though Lyn Lyn was very tired, she endured all way through, until she's finished with playing in the playground, when she had no choice, but Papa and Mama have to grab her and go. She reluctantly bid farewell to the playground and followed everyone to the last shopping place, Jusco, to buy her new bedsheets for her new "bed" (Lyn Lyn's been on trial to sleep on an adult bed and Papa and Mama concluded that she's ready to sleep on a bigger bed by herself, instead of her baby cot). She's chosen a set of Thomas the Tank Engine and a set of Winnie the Pooh. After her mission is accomplished, we rushed her to the car and fed her milk. She fell asleep then, all the way to the airport!
Don't know why, as if Lyn Lyn knew that we're leaving Hong Kong (Gong Gong and Por Por), she woke up as we're entering the restricted area to wave "bye bye" to Gong Gong and Por Por. I am sure that both grans misses her a great deal! But with her being awake, Papa and Mama were kinda of worried about the entire plane journey back: how to keep her entertained? Luckily, we managed to tune her into the kid's channel to watch Hi-5! She watched that for a consecutive 3 times, had her dinner on board and then she was bored with nothing to do. Mama pull out some papers, colouring booklet and crayons, taken from a prior flight, to keep her entertained. Luckily, these were rather useful and kept her occupied all the way through until we touch down at Changi! Phew, that was close...she enjoyed the entire journey very much!
Big girl now, sitting all by herself
She enjoys being pushed on the trolley at the airport
These are some of the gifts she got from her grans, Fu Fu or during the trip
