We're focusing on all things Singapore for this month to commemorate National Day. So over the weekend, we dumped Max at a random cafe for him to catch up on his work, and went out in search of Raffles.
We started out at Raffles Place MRT station and the idea was to check out the Singapore River, then the famous Raffles statue outside the Asian Civilizations Museum, and finally end the trip off with the Merlion, and lunch.
That was the plan. What I did not count on was a grumpy preschooler who kept complaining. Not about the rain that we started out with, nor the heat that accompanied us for most of the day, but that she missed her father and kept wanting to go back to the cafe to see him. Um. Ok.
I finally got some smiles when we went to the Merlion. And my mood lightened up too because Calla fell asleep. So we shared one of those ice cream slices wedges between wafer thins and talked and laughed.
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At this point, Papa was merely across the Singapore River |
"That's the Singapore River"
Grumpy face
"Wanna go find Raffles and see how he looks like?"
Sit on grass and sulk
"Isn't the Fullerton Hotel lovely? Did you know it used to be a post office?"
That got me some points actually. We went in to use the toilet. Twice.
I finally got some smiles when we went to the Merlion. And my mood lightened up too because Calla fell asleep. So we shared one of those ice cream slices wedges between wafer thins and talked and laughed.
We ended up walking to Raffles Hotel where everyone had a good time. We even started a new tradition and our own little routine of wishing at fountains (three cheers for quick thinking mummy brains!).
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The Tan Kim Seng fountain. The very one we learnt about in our History textbooks. |
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Happy face, because we found a beautiful fountain, just as I promised. Phew. |
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Once Calla was set loose, she was unstoppable |
Oh yes, they enjoyed splashing each other. And us. |

And the moral of the story is? Sometimes things don't really go as planned. So it's important to recognize when to ditch the plan and simply just go with the flow and enjoy it :)
Happy weekend!