This time round, the venue is at Costa Sands Pasir Ris Chalet, located near to the Pasir Ris Beach/Park.
二姨姨 and us are the first to arrive, and we checked in into the chalet.
It is a double storey unit with 2 mattresses (like gym mattress) on the lower floor and 2 single beds on the upper floor. And 1 toilet (logistics issue haha). Also comes with 1 table and 4 stools (not stated in the website so we end up bringing 2 stools for the old folks)
Kathleen 'open ceremony' by jumping on the bed on the upper floor.
大姨姨, 三姨姨 and Janice 表姐 are next to arrive. The 姨姨 decided to go to the nearest supermarket to shop for the BBQ food, while 三姨姨 and Janice 表姐 decided to go the library.
Everyone end up going to White Sands. 四姨姨, yy,Charlie and the grandparents also arrived at White Sands and so everyone went back to the chalet together.
The kids end up monopolising the air conditioned room upstairs and using it as their ipad/DS gaming room, exchanging gameset once in a while. This gives the adults enough time to do the BBQing as we do not need to entertain the kids.
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| see the sleeping bags in the foreground - KSism :P |
They marinated the raw food while the fire is being started. This time round, there is fish, teppanyaki pork, chicken patty, sausages, taiwanese sausages, beef (for the beef eaters, we cook them separately using a different tongs as 婆婆 and some of us do not take beef), chicken wings, fishball, crab stick, 豆苗, bean sprouts, onions, etc
大姨姨 brought a induction cooker and used it to cook pasta and heat up pasta tomato for everyone, especially the kids. 二姨姨 brought her teppanyaki set as contingency but luckily the weather is good and did not rain.
The food are well cooked this time, with only some chicken wings burnt. The adults take turn to BBQ and eat, and 大姨姨 (as usual) cook her 拿手好菜 - frying vegetables (including 豆苗 and bean sprouts) using little 'plates' folded using aluminum foil.
After we have finished eating the BBQ food, Uncle James left due to work, and its time for birthday celebration! Charlie and Kathleen are both November babies and they share a birthday cake.
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| Yuan yuan joining in to cut the cake and dictate where to cut |
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| Enjoying the cake on the stairway |
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| Glowsticks time! |
As the lower floor does not have any air con. We tried to squeeze everyone into the room upstairs by bringing the 2 gym mattresses upstairs. So end up, Janice, Kathleen, Charlie, Nicole and 二姨姨 slept on the mattresses upstairs, while mommy, Julia, 四姨姨, Yuan Yuan sleep on the gym mattress, while the healthiest/most physically active 三姨姨 slept on the sleeping bag.
The air con was very cold at night (it was only the next day that daddy discovered the hidden panel which allows us to change the temperature), and it rained the whole night. So everyone (well the skinny adults) felt very cold. And it was so cold, the adults had to go to the toilet at night. :P
The funny thing was, in the middle of the night, mommy looked up and noticed that Kathleen and Charlie had kicked off their blanket, so she covered up Charlie again, and carried Kathleen down to the gym mattress so that it is easier for her to make sure that Kathleen is well covered. Then, Charlie started tossing and turning (and she had this habit of sitting up and FALLING back onto the bed) and Janice, not realising that Kathleen was already transferred to another bed, keep shouting 'Oi, Yan yan, don't kick me' Mommy replied a few times that Kathleen is already 'down there' but Janice still think that the troublemaker is Kathleen! :P
The next day, we had breakfast (alot of leftover from the cakes that we bought for tea the night before, with the Milo) in the chalet before going out. 二姨姨 distributed lollipops to the kids, and they eat while they walked to the park.
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| Julia and Kathleen walking together and enjoying their lollipops |
Julia, Nicole and Yuan yuan are learning how to ride. Yuan yuan managed to learn how to balance within 15 minutes, which surprised 四姨姨 as she had tried teaching him a few times before, but the carefree atmosphere at the park with his favourite cousin seemed to help. Julia and Nicole did not manage to learn, and not-so-good bicycles did not help.
After cycling, we all went back to the chalet and reward ourselves with potong ice cream! :)
Then went for a swim in the pool!
After that, we went back to the chalet again and had instant noodles for lunch, using the water kettle-cum-noodle cooker that mommy had brought (each round can cook 2.5 packs, not bad!).
After that, the rest of the 姨姨 and kids left (after helping to pack most of the things), leaving Kathleen and daddy and mommy. Kathleen went for a nap. The plan was to go for another round of cycling after she had woken up since daddy was not there in the morning, but by the time we reached the bicycle shop, it was 6.30pm and they are preparing to close for the day (closing time is 7pm). Very disappointed :(
So off we went to Downtown East for McDonald's dinner. After that, we walked around E!Hub for a while and watch some bowling games (Kathleen like to watch bowling) before heading back to the chalet.
The next day, we woke up early, packed the remaining stuff, checked out, and went home. Tiring weekend, but with good memories that hopefully will last for a long time. :)
p/s 三姨姨 later sms-ed and said that Janice had 'chicken wings syndrome' - pain below armpits after flapping her arms too much while cycling. :P
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