Lunch at Ju Shin Jung

It seemed only logical that we head next door to Ju Shin Jung Guillemard for lunch after the tedious wall climbing activity. And the kids were only happy to be greeted by 2 pools of balls once we entered the restaurant.

I've always enjoyed Korean side dishes (banchan). I can just eat them as my main meal!

We ordered their spicy bbq pork to share. While the girls had a bowl of noodles in clear broth each.

I like that this branch is huge and spacious, and that there is a play room to entertain the kids while they wait for their food. On the downside however, they do not finish their food as they are too eager to run off to play at the playroom!

Ju Shin Jung Guillemard

Add: 102 Guillemard Road, #01-01 Singapore 399719

Tel: 6440 7707

http://www.jushinjung.com.sg/

Onsight Climbing Gym

Today's play date was hard work for the kids. They went wall climbing! Yup, Kae's first official wall climbing experience was at Onsight Climbing Gym.

She was apprehensive at first, but soon learnt how to climb with the correct technique and overcame her fears and doubts to climb to the top of the wall by herself. Kudos!

This is Kae and Kayla trying to climb up together.

Even Mummy P and Mummy S (together with elder daughter K) tried the sport.

The 2 tigresses only made it to the smaller and easy boulders.

The 3 Ks reunited!

Onsight Climbing Gym

Add: 100 Guillemard Road, Singapore 399718

Tel: 6348 8272

http://onsight.com.sg

Summary of my 5 Day Hic'Juice Restore Cleanse

My second try at a juice detox and I chose the 5 day hic'Juice restore cleanse this time round.

Maybe my body has already been accustomed to the process of juice detox since I did once in April. This time round, I don't feel tired, and in fact felt more energetic. The last time I did a 3 day detox, I exercised only during the 3rd day. This time round, I managed a jog a day before my detox started, hot core yoga on my 1st day, hot hatha yoga on my 2nd day, and another 7.2km jog on the 3rd day of detox. Woohoo!

Having said that, maybe my body doesn't have much water weight, but mostly muscle weight, I lost less weight this time round compared to what I lost during my 3 days detox the last time round. And it was very hard to keep to the juices this time round. 5 days! I was so glad I managed to stick to the detox. I think a 3 day detox will be good enough for me the next round.

Sound of Music

And so we finally made it to watch The Sound of Music. All because Citi Prestige Cardmembers have the option of purchasing a pair of tickets for the price of 1 on a first come first serve basis. And we managed to secure a pair for Friday night. 

I grew up with The Sound of Music. I do not know if anyone of you remember, but The Sound of Music was aired on television every Christmas Day 25th December for a continuous number of years when I was young. And I loved the show so much I bought the soundtrack (in cassette format of course). And I memorized all the songs. So I was pretty excited about watching the musical.

Overall, the musical was not bad, but because they had to improvise the storyline to fit into the time limit, the songs that I was so familiar with popped up at different segments from the original storyline. I preferred the show to the musical actually. But I do think that Bethany Dickson was a splendid Maria. Her looks, her voice just captured the essence of Maria Rainer. Bravo!

The Sound of Music

Runs from 11 July to 10 August 2014 at the Grand Theatre, Marina Bay Sands

Day 1 of my 5 Day Detox

And here we go again, detox time. Though this time, I'm doing the 5 day Restore Cleanse from hic'Juice. Wish me luck! 1 down, 4 more days to go!

La Mer Eye Concentrate

I got myself a new beauty product, courtesy of the hub when he went for his Hong Kong business trip a few months back. But I've only opened to use this because I wanted to finish my Decleor Expression de Lage Eye Cream first. I've also tried SKII Stempower eye cream and gel (now not in production), Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair Eye prior. All of which I did not see any visible signs of any improvements/lightening in my dark eye circles or wrinkles.

Until now. I've used La Mer's Eye Concentrate for a few weeks now, and I've noticed that my dark circles seemed to have lightened and the wrinkles around my bottom eyelids seemed to have diminished. I'm hoping this will work for me and that I've finally found my holy grail for my eye problems.

Cycling Date and Crab in da Bag

We met up with Kae's friends and families for a day out at East Coast Park, mainly for cycling and dinner at Crab in da Bag. The 3 girls, Kae, Kayenne and Kadence were cycling for their lives!

And the girls decided to be the greater sex and managed to climb onto the tree. The boys took on a shorter tree. Hah.

Our group picture!

I've always wanted to try out Crab in da Bag ever since I've eaten at Cajun Kings and Dancing Crab. I remember that Crab in da Bag was always empty every time we walked past when they just opened. But now, it is almost impossible to get seats via walk in. Please call and make reservations in advance!

One reason for eating here with kids versus at Cajun Kings is that they have a kid's menu here, mainly pasta with sausages and corn cooked together, and served with a desert and drink. Note that we have to ask the staff for forks for the kids to eat their food with. Yup, straight from the plastic bag!

Their chicken wings were delicious, their fries were average.

And then came the highlight of the evening: the Caboodle Boil. We ordered the gigantic pot which is good for 6 to 8 pax (or so they say). I think for a good feast, it is just nice for 6 people to share. Everything is sweet and fresh, yes, especially their lobsters and crabs. If not for the hefty price tag, I don't mind coming here again for seafood! With orders of a gigantic pot, 5-6 kiddie's bags, 2 towers of beer, some sides of chicken wings and french fries, the total bill came up to about $200 for each of the 4 families.

And the crab (or lobster) came out for a special surprise appearance to sing a birthday song for the surprised birthday boy.  

Crab in da Bag
Add: 902 East Coast Parkway, Block D #01-25 Big Splash, Singapore 449874
Tel: 6440 0083
http://crabindabag.com/

Saboten at 313 Somerset

We happened to be around 313 Somerset during the evening and so we decided to have dinner at Saboten with the girls. Yup, their first meal at Saboten.

Worried that they might just have rice and rice alone, we ordered chicken karaage and fries as side dishes for them.

We had the Loin Katsu set to share. Yum! What I love about this place is that I can get refills of their yummy shredded cabbage! Always crunchy!

And dessert is my favorite flavored Yuzu sorbet!

Saboten Japanese Restaurant

Add: 313 Orchard Road, #B2-02/03 313 Somerset, Singapore 

Tel: 6333 3432

https://www.facebook.com/saboten.sg

Sunshine 10's Field Trip to Marina Barrage

I accompanied Kerri to her class excursion today. And since their project theme was Rain, our destination was to the Marina Barrage!

First order of the day: water play! The kids were all so excited! Photo blast time!

After water play, we helped the kids get dry and dressed, and then it was time to go for the tour of the Marina Barrage. The tour taught the kids where water came from, how water/rain was collected into the reservoirs, and how the water was treated for our consumption. Though I think the kids do not quite understand everything that was told to them. The information for the Marina Barrage tours can be found here at this link.

Presenting the class of Sunshine 10 for year 2014!

Marina Barrage

Add: 8 Marina Gardens, Singapore 018951

Tel: 6514 5959

http://www.pub.gov.sg/Marina