A Prayer for Strength

My heart has been feeling burdened lately.

Starting from this week, life will be tough and will be so for the coming months or years...

Praying for strength, wisdom and patience that I may become the pillar for my family.

"... glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because Gold's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." Romans 5:3-5

Sea World

13 June 2014

We met up with Chris and his family for another day of fun at Sea World. Ash couldn't stop asking about Adrielle-Jiejie after we bade our goodbyes last night and she was so excited to know that she will be seeing her again.

Our Bat Girl all ready to conquer another day of FuN...

The weather was a little gloomy in the morning and started with a heavy downpour not long after. Thankfully, the Fish Detectives show and Dora Musical managed to offer us some shelter from the rain...

We took a quick lunch of pizza & juice right after the rain stopped...

visited some of Ash's favourite animals...

and then went in search of rides suitable for each of the kid. Both Daddy and Kaeden came back giggling non-stop, drenched from head to toe from the latest ride known as "The Storm" which they went on multiple times. Hmmm... winter and dripping wet ain't really a good combination, right?

Here comes one of the plus point of staying at Sea World Resort... the monorail that runs through the park has a direct internal access to the resort! And so... we went back for a change of clothes and also for Ash to recharge...

We ended the day with a sumptuous Chinese dinner at Surfers Paradise together. It was great catching up with old friends on a table for eight now. Hope to see them again back in Singapore soon!

Creepy Crawlies

GH is doing Creepy Crawlies theme for this term's Show-n-Tell and has requested parents to help provide live samples of any of the above...

"Yeeks!" was the first thought that came across my mind when I read the memo but Daddy Walker seemed super enthusiastic about it. Well... lucky for him, insects are frequent visitors in our house hence definitely no big issue trying to catch one.

Ash's pet insect for Week 1 - Grasshopper!

Warner Bros. Movie World

12 June 2014

Theme parks were the last part of our itinerary and Kaeden was really looking forward to it.

As our tickets were part of the package deal from Sea World Resort, we were able to skip the Q at the ticket booth and proceeded straight to the entrance of Movie World.

Our first ride was the "Mysterious Island" 4D show... something not too exciting to start up our morning.

Yet, somebody couldn't wait to get an adrenaline rush! Poor Daddy Walker :(

Thankfully, Ash was still too young to go on such rides hence I have a legitimate excuse to stay on the sideline with her...

Coincidentally, we happened to meet the Liow's at the Hollywood Stunt Driver show and we spent the rest of our afternoon together...

... Chasing Super Heros & Cute Characters...

... Taking rides...

and simply chillaxing...

I realized Ash is another thrill seeker like her brother! She went for one of those water plunging roller coaster ride and came back asking for more! Too bad, most of the exciting rides in Movie World are not meant for young children like her with the exception of the one she went for...

They do have a Kids' WB Fun Zone which has rides suitable for her where she got to have some fun too. Setting aside one full day is definitely more than enough for Movie World.