The night before, Lyn Lyn was very excited and was packing her things into her Dora trolley bag -> her own luggage. Papa and Mama were busy discussing about which route to take to get there (only Kranji...as if very far away from home!!!) and packing the necessary items!
Finally...all ready to go...on the way to the resort, we went by Mandai, went pass some farms around Lim Chu Kang...then went pass a bridge, which has a nice view of one of the reservoirs and seeing Singapore on one side and Malaysia on the other! Such a panoramic view and you won't believe that you're actually in Singapore. However, to arrive at the resort, you'll need to go pass the Kranji industrial estate, which wasn't a very nice scene. Upon arrival, the entrance was rather interesting, with drive-in check-in services. When we stopped at the assiged "villa", just 10 steps away from the entrance, at our own porch, everything felt great! But when we finally opened the door to the "villa", our heart sank...it's terribly small...we can barely walk in the room...well, Mama agree that the shower was quite "green", as it has a glass panel, overseeing the planter in the "villa", but the whole setup was just tiny...even for 2 to share, let alone we're having a family outing!
The external look of everything looked fantastic!
The tiny room looked more roomy in pictures...but when you see the real thing, it's a turn-off
Since there wasn't much to do in the room after feeding Geraldine her lunch, we took a walk at the "farm" area...apart from the spacious spa facilities, the small stalls selling farm products, the tiny pieces of "farmland" and "plantation" areas were just laughable!
Lyn Lyn enjoying her foot bath with a little bit of massaging
The "farmland" has quite a variety of plants and fruits, mini durian trees, lime trees, dragon fruit trees, longan trees, banana trees, bittergourd plants, rice plantation, etc etc...good exploration for the kids
Dinner was at the only seafood restaurant within the resort premises, where Geraldine can walk on her own freely without worrying about cars...
As there wasn't much to do within the resort, Papa's decided to drive out to Woodlands Compass Point for some shopping...YES...shopping during a farm resort holiday...in the end, Lyn Lyn caught eye of an arcade gaming centre and requested for some fun time...Papa spotted a game involving the throwing of balls and another for colouring...Lyn Lyn had some fun time and we're all satisfied to get back to the "villa" for some rests...Don't think any of us are suitable to be farmers, we're still city dwellers!
When we're back, Mama showered the 2 sisters in the standing shower and Geraldine was trying to comb Jie Jie's hair...what a pair of lovely sisters...without further a do, both sisters fell asleep to get ready for the next day!
This was the first time, where Papa and Mama were actually looking forward to checking out from the "room" where they have spent their holiday...S$280 for the night stay was really expensive...experience was interesting, but quite a lot of the anticipated activities were not in place at the farm resort as yet...no doubt, the kids enjoyed themselves a lot for a night away from home!
Bye, farm resort...we won't see you next time!
