Art Garden, Resorts World & Universal Studios

Art Garden @ Singapore Art Museum

We had a full day today! We re-visited the Art Garden again (we went last Friday) as it was so creative and different. The most notable pic is the collage of sketches below. It's amazing how artists use lots of technology, infra-red and creative lighting to make interactive art. The art pieces not only speak a message (whether it's global warming, save the earth, love the forests etc), they reach out to your soul in a deep way. It ensures that you will not forget the visual and the theme. Samuel remembered 'Don't chop the trees', 'Water the plants', 'Feed the Fish' messages...so cool.

We headed to Resorts World to check out the possibilty of going Universal Studios. Wow! It was indeed a different scene there. We did not feel like we're in Singapore! There were more tourists than locals there and the buzz is indeed 'happening'. They made great 'shelters' and mist fans everywhere-we did not even perspire. We did not manage to get into Universal Studios as tickets were sold out by 1pm. Muz be the Tour groups. Duh.

Lunch @ Hard Rock Cafe: HRC just opened not long ago and so its set Lunches were going for a fantastic $12.50 (soup or salad, main course, Haagen Dazs ice-cream & Soft Drink). All was fine till we sat down. The service staff really sucks! The local boys must have been drunk with World Cup as I waited forever to have someone take my order and needed lots of chasing for kids' utensils, water and finally, Samuel was eating & playing with ketchup as he was bored & hungry waiting for the food! *faint*

When the food came, everything's fine...the Fish N' Chips are pretty good. Samuel's favourite Haagen Dazs Ice-cream entertained him well and made everything not-nice forgettable. The interior decor is typical HRC, nice upbeat music and MTV...

Glimpse of the Universal Studios from the gate: It's really happening! Considering saving a few thousand $ flying to Tokyo or US, spending $66 is worth it. I'm considering buying the Annual Pass for $318 as it means a regular superfun haunt to go. Honestly, the atmosphere is fantastic! I really felt like I was in the Tokyo Disneyland which we went many years ago or the Gold Coast. It makes me feel so proud to be a Singaporean. We hung out at the hotels and high-end shopping malls...no $ for Chopard, Versace or LV, we belong to the beach.

A Bluff

It wasn't meant to be...I mean, the wind. It came and went all too soon. It appeared to be promising so I rigged up quickly, rushed out only to be bobbing around the big blue sea. Couple other guys also tried their luck.

Samuel was really cute today. He tried very hard to stop me from working. He kept saying 'Mommy, stop work' and pulled me to lie down with him on Barney mattress, cuddle and play with him. With the list of emails I've yet to reply to, it was a struggle to make time to focus on my baby. It proved to be the most fruitful thing I've done today-with his big smiles and laughter filling the quiet shop. Nothing...beats being a Mommy!