Count on me, Singapore... Yup, its the National Day Holiday again. And this year round, we didn't manage to get any NDP tix. However, I still have some great programes arranged for my family.

I took leave on Wed since Thurs was the holiday. Since my parents are off on Wed, I decided to bring them to some tour attractions in Singapore.

One great welfare about working in Sentosa, is that there's this Attractions card, which entitles you and 2 family members to all the attractions in SG FOC! Yes, Free of Charge! So with this card in hand, I actually wanted to fully utilise on Wed to bring my folks to zoo, bird park, night safari, etc... However, we had such a good sleep that we woke up almost noon! So we decided to only head down to Singapore Discovery Centre.

One of the main reason we chose to go SDC is that it's very near our place, just 10 stops away. And its some place we haven't been there before. As it's a weekday, and not school holiday, there isn't much of a crowd. So we practically have all the place to ourselves.

Timing was pretty good for us, when we reach there, and after getting the tix, we manage to catch the 1315 show, a 2D movie about fighter pilots & planes. Very huge screen and great sound effects. My folks liked it, though they don't understand English, I was translating part of the action to them.

And after the show, we went to have a look around the exhibits. And there was a tour guide bring some guests around, so we sort of followed them behind and listened to the explanations and stuffs. All the stuffs was pretty fun, but we had the most fun time with a robot named Little George. He was a very interactive robot where when you asked him a question, he'll reply you back. So my dad asked him a few questions like whether he can shake his hand, whether he speaks chinese, etc...

Then the tour group came by and one of the members actually asked a very typical singaporean question: "Can you give 4D no.?" The whole group waited patiently for the no. and it came to be: "1234" The whole group roared out in laughter and gave him a round of applause!

After the group left, my mom and dad came back to talk to him. So we found out a few other things: He's only 11 years old, birthday on 25 Nov 1996. He came from a place far away, and he can sing nursery rhymes! He sang to us baa baa black sheep. And when we applause, he's so courteous to say Thank you. Then I asked him to pose for us.

Before posing

After Posing

After the exhibits, they had a bus tour of SAFTI, a place where they train up officers. And after the tour, we decided to head back. Though we had plans to visit the Night Safari, but my mom's tired after all the walking, so we went for our late lunch/early dinner. And got back home for our mahjong game.

Had a great time with my family that night!