A relaxed, lazy start to the day with pancakes for breakfast. My pancakes are homemade from scratch, with wheat-flour, sugar, milk and mashed ripe bananas, mixed and fried on the pan. Top up with some honey before you feast on them :)
My little one had a playdate in the morning, and another one in the afternoon where she went frolicking in the pool with her friend.
Having had enough of child-minding by late evening, we left the kids at home and went to the Fair-like affair called River Hongbao at the Marina Bay Float. I understand Hongbao (Angpao) is the pretty red envelope we come across around CNY time, to be filled with money, gifted to juniors and children at Chinese New Year.
River Hongbao was a glittering scene of Mega-sized lanterns as far as you could see. There was the pair of giant peacocks, giant sized rabbits and goats to signify the years of the Goat, Rabbit, etc.
A stage was erected to show some very well co-ordinated dances and songs.
But the show-stealer of the evening was the Rope-walking event. Was it not at least 60 feet high that the rope was erected at?
The first rope-walker walked so effortlessly, with the Marina Bay Sands glittering in the background. The next one made everyone gasp when he came rope-walking blindfolded. As if not to be outdone, the first walker came balancing on a cycle-wheel no less.
In the next act the two of them met so casually midway on the rope. One lay down and the other coolly stepped over him. They then regaled the awestruck crowd with some lithe dancing on the rope before they ran back to their scaffolding, as if one were running on the ground. This was the best stunt I must have seen in my life. What is Stage-fear, what is fear of public-speaking, compared to what these heroes accomplished on a tight rope? In front of so many strangers? I salute thee, ye men of courage and discipline.
The next time you ever get nervous on stage, this is what you could picture in your mind to give you courage. Do tell me what you think.
The show was over by half past nine, when we started our hunt for vegetarian dinner, though the crowd there thronged to the food-stalls. We ran to Suntec City, knowing that most shops would be closed.
Having eaten at Marche', I wanted to take A there for vegetarian food, but they were closed and just forgot to tie up their cow for the night.
Luckily, the omnipresent Starbucks was beckoning with the aroma of its coffee wafting through. The atmosphere so cozy with such few tables occupied at that time of night, we ordered a Frappe', a peanut butter coated chococake, a veg-sandwich, potato salad with pine-nuts and white sauce and my much-loved creamy potato soup with bite-sized herb-bread. Yes, too much for two...but we were hungry after the short walk from River Hongbao!
My little one had a playdate in the morning, and another one in the afternoon where she went frolicking in the pool with her friend.
Having had enough of child-minding by late evening, we left the kids at home and went to the Fair-like affair called River Hongbao at the Marina Bay Float. I understand Hongbao (Angpao) is the pretty red envelope we come across around CNY time, to be filled with money, gifted to juniors and children at Chinese New Year.
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Notice the glittering motifs to mark the Year of the GOAT  |
A stage was erected to show some very well co-ordinated dances and songs.
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| Time for a tete-a-tete mid-air |
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| If you can rope-walk blind-folded, I can balance myself on a wheel |
But the show-stealer of the evening was the Rope-walking event. Was it not at least 60 feet high that the rope was erected at?
The first rope-walker walked so effortlessly, with the Marina Bay Sands glittering in the background. The next one made everyone gasp when he came rope-walking blindfolded. As if not to be outdone, the first walker came balancing on a cycle-wheel no less.
In the next act the two of them met so casually midway on the rope. One lay down and the other coolly stepped over him. They then regaled the awestruck crowd with some lithe dancing on the rope before they ran back to their scaffolding, as if one were running on the ground. This was the best stunt I must have seen in my life. What is Stage-fear, what is fear of public-speaking, compared to what these heroes accomplished on a tight rope? In front of so many strangers? I salute thee, ye men of courage and discipline.
The next time you ever get nervous on stage, this is what you could picture in your mind to give you courage. Do tell me what you think.
The show was over by half past nine, when we started our hunt for vegetarian dinner, though the crowd there thronged to the food-stalls. We ran to Suntec City, knowing that most shops would be closed.
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| Moo we are closed so what to doo |
Having eaten at Marche', I wanted to take A there for vegetarian food, but they were closed and just forgot to tie up their cow for the night.
Luckily, the omnipresent Starbucks was beckoning with the aroma of its coffee wafting through. The atmosphere so cozy with such few tables occupied at that time of night, we ordered a Frappe', a peanut butter coated chococake, a veg-sandwich, potato salad with pine-nuts and white sauce and my much-loved creamy potato soup with bite-sized herb-bread. Yes, too much for two...but we were hungry after the short walk from River Hongbao!
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| Do remember to go gymming tomorrow |
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