Vietnam, Ho Chi Ming 2018

March Holiday, and we are here at Vietnam for a holiday! 

Very uncommon for parents to bring little kids to Vietnam for holiday, but over the years, I have grown to love the culture and food of Vietnam and would not mind bringing Sharize here at all! 

waiting for taxi to head to the airport

taking off! 

Cu Chi War Site 

Vietnam Cafe Hop! 

Inside Cu Chi Tunnel! 

River Tour! 

Cafe fun! 

Love from us! 

Batam Bay 2017

Visited Batam with the little one, Stayed at Swiss Bell Hotel at Harbour Bay. this travel is with stanley's side of the family. 

was a simple shopping and eating trip for us to just spend some family time. 

 

RC Cruise 2017

This holiday, we head off for a cruise on Royal Caribbean for 5D4N to Phuket, Penang and Malacca. 

Bringing my parents along with us and also my bestie and her sister. 

Hop on the cruise and the first thing we did was to settle in to our rooms! We got balcony rooms so there is a nice bed with sofa for chilling and also a lovely balcony which overlooks the sea! 

After which we walk around to explore the surrounding of the cruise! 

Christmas deco as it was nearing Christmas! 

with my parents! 

Open Pool Deck 

Highlights of the cruise was really the super nice dinner we had ordered by just adding $34 per pax. It was 5 course and it serve super yummy fine-dining food! 

Pork Belly - Starter

Chocolate Lava Cake - Dessert 

Steak - Main 

Ice Cream - Dessert 

Pudding Cake - Dessert 

Lamb Shank - Main 

Family Photo - LOVE 

Other highlights would be the fact that we get to have breakfast in our room, sitting by the sea in the balcony of the room. 

Breakfast - in room

Out of all the port we depart and head to Penang; Gurney Shopping District and Phuket; Patong Beach Front Area. 

Phuket Mall 

On the mini ferry to Phuket; Patong Beach 

Good Morning! 

On a cab to Gurney Shopping Mall 

Diner Cafe on the curise! 

Serious about food! 

Overall, the journey and the experience was great, but as Sharize is still super young, she cant go for much of the cruise activity planned for the kids. so with that I guess we will probably have a cruise getaway again in the future when she is older! 

 

Quincy Staycation 2017

As an educator, I get 3 break away from work each year. For each of the break I always think that it is essential for me to break away because very much of being an educator means that my brain never stop thinking about work and it never stop worrying for my students. Therefore, being away helps me stay abreast and refresh my mind and mental well-being so that it helps me work better when i return. 

So on holidays that I don't fly or leave Singapore, I will make a point to head off for a staycation as well. 

Staycation is great as we hardly visit much places in Singapore as our fast-pace lifestyle makes us very much heartland bounded. Therefore, being away for Satycation allows us to be tourist in our own country. 

Thus, this time round, we stayed at Quincy Hotel by Far East Hospitality. A club style hotel with all day refreshment and weekend fun! 

Here are some photos of our stay! 

Checking-in - Retro Baby

Love the huge giant bed 

After checking-in and settling down, off we go for some shopping and walking around!! 

Daddy very kindly offered to baby-wear Sharize! =) 

Daddy and baby Sharize! 

Back for some late afternoon swim and dip in the pool! Just keep swimming! 

Swimming baby

Ending our swim so that we are in-time for the evening cocktail 

Enjoying the sunset 

Evening cocktail means free alcohol!!! 

After a long day it is time for baby to slp! 

Breakfast the next day

2D1N end in a flash, it was a nice stay and we all did enjoy this little break away very much. Definitely a nice place for little family to stay in so we will definitely come back here again!! 

Till next time!! 

Road Tripping to Malacca with Baby S

Stanley and I used to travel into Malaysia a lot; before they charge Singapore Cars going in. We use to just drive in at 2am for supper or even on Mondays to shop @ KSL.

However, since the charges and also since Stanley no longer works crazy shift, we been driving in lesser, but this time, we decided to drive in for a road trip with baby S; to Malacca.

Before the trip, Stanley did some research on the route to take and also we book a hotel room at Hatten. We are all excited about the trip as this will be our first trip as a family of 3 alone!

So here is some highlight from out trip!!

Ready to set off! 

On the road! 

Get baby buckle in! 

Get ready for a lot of screaming on the way! 

Travelling with a baby in the car for long hours means we need to make sure we have all the essential we need! So I was packed with my must have, as posted in my previous post; here. The toy was one that was really important as it keeps her entertained in her seat! 

Love how curious she is! 

Rest stop @ Yong Peng!

Then we go again! 

Reach Hotel with more screaming!!! 

It was a relax trip for us, so we did everything slow! the key was to enjoy ourselves and let baby S explore a different environment.

Day 1: Drive up, Check in hotel, Walk and shop around hotel area, Jonker Night Market, Pak Putra Tandoori

First meal was A&W

Got a cot for baby S for free @ hatten! 

Pak Putra Tandoori - MUST EAT!! 

Day 2: Shop around hatten shopping area, Jonker Street, Mamee House, Swimming @ hatten's Pool.

Buffet Breakfast! 

Mamee House Jonker St! 

Mamee Workshop! 

Nyonya Food! 

Hey! Where's my food?? 

Swim swim swim... 

Supper after baby S sleeps!! 

Day 3: Shore Shopping area, Hatten Shopping area! 

Sushi Zen @ Shore

Baby Spa @ Shore

Shag after baby spa! 

Aunty Fatso!

Supper!! 

Day 4: Check out, Drive Back, KSL, Singapore! 

End of our June Adventure!! To more adventure in the future!!