Apr 15, 2012

Puddle and Pebble, at the Flyer

Finally, we are sick of shopping malls for our Saturday outing. I told SC why not we re-adventure outdoor this weekend. But weather was wet the whole afternoon, drizzling on and off. It took us a while to decide where to since we have to skip park this time. SC thought of Singapore Flyer, I could not think of any better alternative. Well, worst case scenario if the weather turned very bad, we would probably stay and food-testing a lot in the Singapore Food Trail and count the number of rounds we walk around the built-in urban garden, under the sheltered corridor.

Oh, we didn't intend to ride the flight. Instead, we strolled into the rainforest set in the central atrium of the Main Terminal Building, feed the fishes in the pond and allowing the kids run wild at the ample space outside Flyer. It was just two and a half hours of adventurous, included dinner time. 

The gloomy weather didn't gloom the kid's spirit. We literally play by eras: strolled in the (partly) sheltered Rainforest when it was drizzling, roamed towards the riverside get some fresh air and admiring Garden by the Bay when the rain stopped. We love the breeze when we sat along the riverside. Kids were really amazing, too. They found fun along the way without any guidance, without any extra expenses. Jiejie tapped on the puddle, meimei tried to balance her self on the pebble stones. While we strolled, SC taught they to print the wet-sole and see the pattern of each and everyone of our shoes. They were fascinated. And I got to tell HY that how an imagination can become reality by looking at Marina Bay Sand. Yup, I'm a boring mum. 

By the way, we love the nostalgic Food Trail in the Flyer. Not the food though, but the ambience. The oldies reminds me of my very young days a lot. So far, chicken rice and fried oyster and eggs won our taste bud.

I realised that I have not recording many of our outing since 2009 (actually I have not been doing lots of thing here). So here I am, writing this entry, try to "wow" you. I do hope my pictures tells a good story of the joy moment we had. 

Those Instagram pictures are inspired by this post and that:).

Ears Whispering | Observation Wheels | Daddy's Girl
Urban Green | Do-Mi-Re | Wow, Raindrops!
Admiring Skypark | Enjoying Pebble | Tapping Puddle
Work in Action | Trying Nostalgia | Rewinding Oldies   
The kids love the lush vegetation of the rainforest and adjacent spacious space to bits! The little chatter box (jiejie) have requested to come back again. And we thought of bringing sushi platter for having picnic by the river:). 

I'm glad our intention not to go shopping mall again didn't influenced by the iffy weather today (i mean yesterday). This was not our first visit to Singapore Flyer though, we just forgotten that they do offer quite a fair bit of natural outdoor (semi-sheltered) and few little surprises here and there. This outing reminded me that kids don't really ask for complicated or expensive thing for fun, all they want is a place to run, play and be together with their parents. 

Do you have favourite natural outing place for kids in Singapore? Do share please:).

15 comments:

  1. I'm sick of malls too! But the recent bad weather kinda kept us indoors most of the time. When weather is good, we usually like going to the parks and gardens, the Botanics Garden being one of our favourite venues. Try going to the newer places like Punggol Waterway, Punggol Promenade etc. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks for sharing. This is why we love Singapore, so many safe and nice places for kids;). Will go Botanic Garden next^^.

      Delete
  2. Lovely photos, can see that the girls really enjoyed themselves! I usually enjoy going to the nature parks in the west with K, but been a while since we have gone back together.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks. The credit must goes to SMB, a great inspiration and motivation to work (for blogging purpose) while watching the girls (like a hawk). Love those pictures your took too!

      Delete
  3. Hi pc, thanks for sharing. I didn't know Singapore Flyer had so much nature to offer! We enjoy the Botanic Gardens, Hort Park, and the little parks around our area too. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Oh, it is not much nature, enough to keep the kids occupied with looking for tortoise, feeding fish and soaking into the green. My kids has short span of focus.

      Yup, yup. Hort Park is the 3rd in our list. Thanks for sharing:).

      Delete
  4. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Come by to our park! The playground's pretty cool! Maybe during the school hols, or when you take a day off? :)

    Btw, thanks for the link up!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Deal, will call you when we intend to head down:)!

      Delete
  6. Must bring my girl to visit the flyer area soon. Didn't realise there was more to do there than the ride itself!
    We love going to the bukit batok nature park when we can =)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Excellent, will make a trip there too! Look like the list will keep us exciting for at least 2 months of weekend, lol.

      Delete
  7. Looks like a lovely outing! The last time we were there was about 4 years ago! Beautiful instagram photos. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. We are into instagram-madness, don't we;).

      Delete
  8. and everyone is getting lots of fresh, air too as compare to shopping malls. We too, got bored of shopping malls. Can no longer walk for long hours like before.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Thanks for linking up!

    Yes, I'm sick of shopping malls and all for looking for nice open green spaces in our cityscape like you!

    The big amphitheatre near the flyer is quite lovely for me .

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for visiting ♥. And thank you for commenting;).

"让生命稳稳流动(也)是我的功课之一。" by Bubu Tsai