So sleepy...
I just ate so... being the sleepy sssssnake....
The trip to Singapore was good. Also very tiring.
So, hubs and I, along with Dibs flew off the Spore, sent off by our parents. Our siblings couldn't make it but I wasn't really thinking about it because my mind was full of things. I nearly left the baby stroller until my sis brought it to the airport before we checked in.
We waited until the near last minute to board and we were three of the lasts to take our seats. We were seated with another family who also has a toddler and it was a crash course on how to put on the infant seatbelt before take-off. Dibs was excitable the whole trip. Then he got hungry, then sleepy. I had to rock him to sleep using the baby sling (had to do two trips along the isle coz I made the mistake of putting him down too early) & when he finally slept I could rest, napping with him until we landed. It took a while to get through immigration and when we did I instantly steered my fam to the taxi stand. The taxi driver wasn't familiar with the hotel that I booked for our trip but we muddled though from the descriptions I gleaned from the internet and we got there not too long before Dibs got too fussy.
The hotel was nice but the suite that I managed to get on a promotional price looked as big as a standard room you could get in a 4-5 star hotel. Then again I couldn't afford a 4-5 star hotel so I guess The Ardennes was good enough. Mum would've liked the area but the bathroom would've offended her sensibilities since all that's covering the view from the bathroom and bedroom is a rolled down shade which you can still see people moving about esp if the lights of the bathroom is switched on.
Hubs went out to scout the area outside and buy some drinking water & smokes while I unpack with Dibs crawling around the room doing his own scouting. It was tiring watching over the baby & making sure he didn't do anything dangerous without restricting him too much (there was blessed peace when he got hungry and he fed quietly lying on the bed). After nearly half an hour, hubs came back empty-handed because he couldn't get a grip on the layout of the area. I was pissed... ah married life... & I couldn't really blame him coz the last time he was overseas was 8 years ago so he's rusty in moving around foreign places.
So I brought hubs and Dibs out and we walked around until we saw a crowded malay restaurant three blocks down. Since hubs was hungry, I bought him some food and we went back to the hotel so that he could eat while Dibs stayed with him and I go out to get some drinking water. Hubs initially said he'd go out again to find drinking water but after pressing him that he needs to be certain that he can find his way this time, he reluctantly decided to stay back.
After talking to the receptionist, she pointed me to Bugis junction and it was quite the walk - about 20 minutes away with my short legs. I was just 4 blocks away from the hotel on my way back with two 1 litre bottles & McD burger when I saw hubs with Dibs in the stroller walking the opposite direction, hubs having to get out with Dibs since the baby was restless & acting up at the hotel room. Hmph... now he knows how I felt when it was me the first time. Dibs was already asleep so I took over the stroller after pointing out to hubs that there's a 7-11 nearby (I have no idea how he missed that), so he can buy his smokes. We decided to continue walking around again and decided to go to Golden Landmark nearby to look for cds that mum wanted. It wasn't there so we just wandered around when it began to rain cats and dogs out. We were stuck there for nearly half an hour before we finally agreed to brave it back to our hotel after buying an umbrella and two panchos from a tuck shop at the complex.
After resting, we went to Bugis junction where we bought some more drinking water and other stuff, like salt for Dibs' rice porridge. After walking around and me re-acquainting with the place, we went back to the hotel. Then hubs went out to buy some food and I tucked Dibs to sleep before I could finally eat my burger.
Story of the 2nd day of Singapore to be posted later :)
The trip to Singapore was good. Also very tiring.
So, hubs and I, along with Dibs flew off the Spore, sent off by our parents. Our siblings couldn't make it but I wasn't really thinking about it because my mind was full of things. I nearly left the baby stroller until my sis brought it to the airport before we checked in.
We waited until the near last minute to board and we were three of the lasts to take our seats. We were seated with another family who also has a toddler and it was a crash course on how to put on the infant seatbelt before take-off. Dibs was excitable the whole trip. Then he got hungry, then sleepy. I had to rock him to sleep using the baby sling (had to do two trips along the isle coz I made the mistake of putting him down too early) & when he finally slept I could rest, napping with him until we landed. It took a while to get through immigration and when we did I instantly steered my fam to the taxi stand. The taxi driver wasn't familiar with the hotel that I booked for our trip but we muddled though from the descriptions I gleaned from the internet and we got there not too long before Dibs got too fussy.
The hotel was nice but the suite that I managed to get on a promotional price looked as big as a standard room you could get in a 4-5 star hotel. Then again I couldn't afford a 4-5 star hotel so I guess The Ardennes was good enough. Mum would've liked the area but the bathroom would've offended her sensibilities since all that's covering the view from the bathroom and bedroom is a rolled down shade which you can still see people moving about esp if the lights of the bathroom is switched on.
Hubs went out to scout the area outside and buy some drinking water & smokes while I unpack with Dibs crawling around the room doing his own scouting. It was tiring watching over the baby & making sure he didn't do anything dangerous without restricting him too much (there was blessed peace when he got hungry and he fed quietly lying on the bed). After nearly half an hour, hubs came back empty-handed because he couldn't get a grip on the layout of the area. I was pissed... ah married life... & I couldn't really blame him coz the last time he was overseas was 8 years ago so he's rusty in moving around foreign places.
So I brought hubs and Dibs out and we walked around until we saw a crowded malay restaurant three blocks down. Since hubs was hungry, I bought him some food and we went back to the hotel so that he could eat while Dibs stayed with him and I go out to get some drinking water. Hubs initially said he'd go out again to find drinking water but after pressing him that he needs to be certain that he can find his way this time, he reluctantly decided to stay back.
After talking to the receptionist, she pointed me to Bugis junction and it was quite the walk - about 20 minutes away with my short legs. I was just 4 blocks away from the hotel on my way back with two 1 litre bottles & McD burger when I saw hubs with Dibs in the stroller walking the opposite direction, hubs having to get out with Dibs since the baby was restless & acting up at the hotel room. Hmph... now he knows how I felt when it was me the first time. Dibs was already asleep so I took over the stroller after pointing out to hubs that there's a 7-11 nearby (I have no idea how he missed that), so he can buy his smokes. We decided to continue walking around again and decided to go to Golden Landmark nearby to look for cds that mum wanted. It wasn't there so we just wandered around when it began to rain cats and dogs out. We were stuck there for nearly half an hour before we finally agreed to brave it back to our hotel after buying an umbrella and two panchos from a tuck shop at the complex.
After resting, we went to Bugis junction where we bought some more drinking water and other stuff, like salt for Dibs' rice porridge. After walking around and me re-acquainting with the place, we went back to the hotel. Then hubs went out to buy some food and I tucked Dibs to sleep before I could finally eat my burger.
Story of the 2nd day of Singapore to be posted later :)