Visit to Bottle Tree Park

Our cell group organised a trip to the Bottle Tree Park. It was in a rather ulu park of Singapore but the trip was quite educational (at least for me). The boys had fun fishing for prawns.


The boys are all ready to set off on their adventure.

The park was named after the bottle trees in it.


Gareth and Gerald excited at the outing. The place is so near JB that my phone kept picking up the Malaysia signal. Sure kenna charged for overseas call!


Only Gerald was old enough to try fishing for prawns.

Why so long still nothing, mummy?

After the fishing session, the prawns we caught were BBQ-ed for us on the spot. Gerald happily ate 2 prawns.

Room Renovations

We have decided to get beds for the boys' room. They have been sleeping on mattresses on the floor so far but Gerald has proven that he can stay on a bed and not roll off anymore. So we went to Ikea and got them a bunk bed and 2 chests of drawers. Then we played carpenter for 2 nights in a row to assemble the furniture by ourselves. Also had to order mattresses and buy bedsheets. Did not think that getting new beds ready was so much work. Finally, the boys got to use their new beds before Chinese New Year.

The new bed after painstakingly matching and screwing pieces of wood together. It was like building a rocket.

One boy got a Dino Safari themed bedsheets.

The other boy got a Farm themed set.

Gerald, being the older and more agile one, naturally claimed the upper bunk for himself. He is still bouncing up and down with glee now.

Cell Group Retreat

We attended our cell group BBQ cum retreat (9-11 Jan) at the ultra "ulu" Home Team chalet in Sembawang. It is like a 1-star hotel. But cheap so what to do? Beggars cannot be choosers. The BBQ was fun and the food was yummy. We also had a lot of laughs playing Wii in the middle of the night. Overall, there was food, drinks, 'nuahing' and bonding among cell members and guests. We should do this more often.

Luke and I manning the BBQ.

Gerald and Gareth with one of their few female friends. Our church seriously lacks little girls.

Gareth fell asleep really early.

Gerald prefered the air-con comfort of the room.

At a "ulu" bus stop, waiting to take the bus to civilisation for some McDonald's breakfast.

2009's first visit to the zoo

To take advantage of not having to start school on the 2nd of Jan this year, I decided to take the kids to the zoo. Gareth has not been to the zoo many times and we wanted to check out the new Rainforest play area for children. But unfortunately, I got a massive migraine not long after we entered the zoo and I was nursing such a severe headache that I didn't get any pictures at the play area. The weather was not very cooperative either and it poured just when the kids were going to enjoy themselves in the pools. We had to cut the trip short and went home quite early. Will get pictures another time.

Gareth is happy just to get KFC for lunch.

Daddy and Gerald likes KFC too!

Year of the ox... so must pose with the Ben and Jerry's cow.

Gerald captured a crocodile!