Sentosa

It was a Saturday. Derod and I were wrecking our brains, deciding where we could take the kids and the lot fell on Sentosa. So after a quick brunch, we headed off to the island and made the Underwater World our first pitstop. Free parking for visitors in open car park! Gabe panicked when his sandals touched the gravel ground so really, my first obstacle was to get him across the carpark on foot. We finally arrived at UWW after an eternity of persuasion and refusal to his cries of wanting to be carried across the "terrain".

Craning for a view at the creatures in the water

Rou sound asleep in her harness

Strike a pose! If you look carefully, it's me holding up his hand.


We saw huge fishes and sea turtles glide by from this glass display. Gabe was most fascinated. While papa was queuing up for tickets (discounted when paid with Citibank's card), the two of us watched a man drape snakes across the shoulders of tourists. The boy was actually quite open to the idea of touching the reptiles but alas, it's the mother who shuddered away.

You should have seen the boy exclaim "fish! fish!" as he dashed toward this display. Never mind the place was super crowded. He raced through all those pairs of legs and butts to get to this position.

Totally fascinated with the creatures in this tank, but absolutely refusing to put his hand in to touch them.

Father-and-son grins.

Urgh... too bad this shot was spoilt by the flash. It's one of my favourites.

We went downstairs to the main exhibit. And crawled through a small hole into a dome-like thing. I think the other people must be wondering what a weird person I am; seems only kids get into such acts.

Along the travelator...

Which intrigued Gabe more than the creatures swimming all around him.

Close-up shot of the jellyfish

Who would have expected a green screen? Derod is a no-body!

Pant! Taking a break from chasing the kid around the UWW.

Rou was asleep half the time. Caught a shot of her awake, and out of the harness.

Next destination: the Sentosa Skyride and Luge! Obviously one of us has to stay behind to tend to Rou, who failed to meet all the minimum requirements for the rides. Gabe and I in the snaking queue for the Skyride. This is the part where I psychoed him not to cry.

Our turn! His jitters are up on almost full mode.

Man had to carry him so that both of us can get onto the ride at the same time. Panic struck the boy.

Plonk!

And up we go. Gabe cried. What's new. I talked non-stop to divert his attention, and got him to set his sights on the surroundings. But I was starting to get jittery. It was actually a little scary. I lifted up my feet so my berks won't fall off too! The talking helped, both me and him.

We're supposed to smile when we reach the second tower. That's where the camera is. See Gabe protest.

And when we got off the ride, and headed for the Luge part, I had a hard time convincing him to put on the helmet. I gave up and dragged the boy to the queue. Who would have known that a pack of gummies from the attendant gave him full access to the boy's head. Down we went!

It was just seconds after we paid for all our pictures that it began to drizzle. With two young kids and no umbrella, we headed off back to the basement carpark a stone's throw away. But the rain poured without warning and minutes later, we were quite wet. Poor Rourou! Good thing we came prepared with towels and extra change though. All in all, expenses aside, it was a great time of fun.