whenever we have to leave him behind for an event at night (which is a very very rare thing), i’d take the whole day off from work. i reckon it’s only fair, since we wouldn’t see each other otherwise, and since his babysitter, ie. his oma would be taking care of him in the evening, i try to do my part by keeping him out of her hair in the daytime.

so, my strategy is, as always, to keep him as occupied and make him as tired as possible in the day, so he’d retire early and sleep like a log at night, to minimise his presence as, it is, by right, his oma’s ‘off-duty’ hours and we were encroaching on her personal time. we couldn’t help but feel guilty, in any case. :S

anyway, back to my mission. since dempsey road was too far away, i brought him to a nearby ‘heartlander’ version of go go bambini – the eXplorerkid @ downtown east. can use ntuc link card, got discount ok!

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the play structure here is not as high and not as challenging as GGB (though pretty slippery and holey!), but fun nonetheless. also, easier to manage with young toddlers like ours. the ball pits are equally big, but the one here is more open and the highlight of the place. kids would peer directly into it through the window display from outside, go mental, beg their parents, make a beeline for it, and not leave it for the entire hour. don’t ask me what the big deal is with ball pits! i’ve been tempted to get one for the house myself, but the thought of picking up a hundred balls under sofas, tables and every possible crack and crevice around the house… er, let’s stick to that $3.90, made in china, plastic bowling set we bought from the neighbourhood shop, eh?

so, sufficiently tired out (and i’m talking about myself here), i said goodbye to (a clueless) him and got ready to go to SIS (that’s the Singapore Indoor Stadium to you, ha ha)…

(to be continued)

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