20130605 Taiwan Day 4 - Baby Boss

Day 4 - the kid's favourite day in Taiwan! Baby Boss!

 

One thing that mommy forgot to mention was that the breakfast selection at Keymans was very simple - bread, porridge with simple vegetables and nuts, and coffee.  Popo was grumbling by then that she was unable to find good hot coffee in Taiwan (she forgot to pack her private stash into her luggage). 

 

Me with the mickey mouse ear bread

Anyway, on to a exciting day for the kids!

We were given a printout with the map of Baby Boss with the timing for the different activities the moment we entered.  Everyone was also tagged with a security 'watch' that would supposedly allow them to check if an adult was exiting the premise with someone else's kids.  As we had three kids among us with only two cameras, we group Charlie and K together while yy went for his older activities. 

Being an astronaut was not one of K's choices (obviously her daddy's love for astronomy did not rub off on her.  Thank goodness she did not say that she wanted to be a wrestler too, though there was no such activity there), but her first choice - being a fireman - was full (though it was a long time away from the starting time) so mommy dragged her and Charlie to queue up for the astronaut.

There was a bench outside each station.  Each activity has a limit on the number of children who could join in that slot, and there are different timings for each station, so imagine the confusion!

For each activity, they were briefed on the jobscope and given the costume (to wear on top of their clothes).  The staff would then lead them to the activity area to try out the activity.  After each activity, the kids will be given Baby Bucks (currency) which they can use to exchange for free gifts or to take part in the activities that require 'money'.

For the astronaut, they had to put on their spacesuit (complete with a space helmet!) and then go 'somewhere' (the instructions are all in mandarin so it's lost in translation!) and deposited some rock onto the ground, and then went back to the spaceship which would shake a bit to simulate lifting off. Cool!



Me and Charlie pretending to be astronauts



Me and Charlie in the place which we can learn how to be astronauts



"Please do not hit the glass"

After the activity, the staff brought the children out for a photoshoot before bringing them in to remove the costume.


Me with a garland taking photos



Charlie with a lot of colours of flowers on the garland.  How rainbowful!

Next, we went to queue for the fireman station again.  We managed to get in because we went real early, and then mommy went to buy the food (fast food again!) and let the kids ate while waiting for their turn.


Me and Charlie wearing the fireman costumes



 

For this station, the kids are allowed to slide down the fireman's pole before the briefing starts!  After the briefing, they will travel in the fire engine to another part of the premise where they have to put out a fire!

 

Below is a video (unable to rotate in youtube) of K sliding down the pole.



A signboard to teach us how to be a fireman

 

 The fire engine can move! So cool! (OK mommy is behaving like a kid).



Charlie went down from the fire truck



Me and Charlie holding the sign, the sign says "Please do not cross the line"



Me and Charlie spraying water at the 'fire'

Next, we went to queue for the airline station.  There were two jobs there - pilots and cabin crew, but the former was full so we queued for the cabin crew.  Mommy is not sure what went on behind the scene for both occupations, but for the cabin crew, each kid is entitled to one ticket that allow the parent to go into the fake aeroplane and be served by your child!


Pilot is only for 6 person, 5 years old and above.  Cabin crew 12 person only, 5 years old and above



Me and Charlie waiting for our cabin crew activity to start



Me and Charlie wearing the cabin crew uniform and pulling our luggage up

As we had two tickets, we let gong gong and po po went up to be served (for the first time in their lives) by their granddaughters (the poor  grandparents had been sitting the whole day doing nothing but staring at all the munchkins)! 


Po po and gong gong are happy after travelling on the plane



Me and Charlie holding our luggage, I am touching my uniform too



The tap in the girl's toilet is Hello Kitty they even have the words "Hello Kitty"

Next, the girls went to the hospital station where they could choose to be a paramedic in an ambulance, a staff in the operating theatre or a staff in the baby nursery.  The girls wanted the ride of course!


Me with the emergency ambulance



Me and Charlie waiting for our activity to start.  The activity that we are taking is full 





Charlie holding the stretcher




Me giving a V sign and I put my hand out because I sit somewhere close to the front window




Me holding the neck brace like a donut in front of my face



The ambulance is moving and the ambulance lights are red

The patient? A doll named Mike....


The injured doll is sitting on the ground and his name is Mike



Me opening the neck brace to put on Mike's neck



Charlie holding the stretcher



Charlie sitting in the ambulance



All of us in the car with Mike

As Charlie had a fall earlier, one of the staff brought her to infirmary where they applied antiseptic cream on her and stuck a plaster on her! Good customer service!


Charlie in the infirmary

Second last actvitiy - let's spent their hard earn dough on .... some dough!


Waiting for the pastry shop to begin.  We have to pay 35 bucks



For 12 person only and 3 years old and above



Me in the pastry shop and did you know what? My register number is number 6 and my primary school register number is 6!  How funny.



Charlie receiving her own four little cookies



Me receiving the picture card and the money

For the last activity, K wanted to go the Barbie fashion house while Charlie wanted to be a mechanic, so gong gong was roped in to help.


The fashion salon jewellery



Me waiting for the fashion salon activity to start



Me colouring Barbie's hair and my Barbie's name is Mingming



The Barbie sitting on the stand

The day's activity finally ended after that and we exchanged the Baby Bucks for some souvenirs before we left the place.

The kids enjoyed their day very much and declared this as their favorite day in Taiwan!


After Baby Boss, we went to the nearby Raohe night market. 


Me at the night market

They have stalls selling things from boneless chicken legs (aka phoenix's claws), etc (now mommy cannot remember any...LOL)  There were also eateries with seats so we quickly went for an early dinner.  As the night market was small, we managed to finish it quite easy which is good because everyone was tired.




Me with my astronaut, fireman, cabin crew, hospital, pastry shop and the fashion salon picture cards

After Raohe, si yiyi went on to Wu Peng Fu for shopping while the rest of us went back to the hotel to rest.