Taiwan Day 7

It was Baby Boss day! 

We went for MacDonalds bfast and I somehow think that those in Singapore taste better.

Mummy had researched on the directions and we took the mrt , then switched to a free shuttle bus to Baby Boss. It wasn't as hard as I imagined it would be to find our way. In fact, I was secretly proud of myself. Lol.

Baby Boss is a kids' paradise. It allows the kids to role play in different jobs. Generally, each role required the kids to dress in the relevant uniform, they get to understand some facts of the job that then they role played and then get to do something relevant to the job, e.g., gas attendant gets to pump petrol for a car, fireman gets to use the hose to put out fake fire, etc.

Baby Boss took up a whole level of the building. It is pretty huge. We bought the whole day ticket, which allows us to stay in Baby Boss from 10am to 8pm and we arrived at about 11am. Before we arrived, I was still wondering if there are sufficient stuff to entertain the kids for a whole day. Apparently, there were. We left at about 7pm and there were still quite a few roles that we missed due to lack of time and more importantly, the parents were exhausted by then. The kids were not allowed re-entry. There are restaurants in Baby Boss, basically basic amenities for children to spend a whole day. At least one parent is required to stay in Baby Boss with the kids but most parents stayed anyway.

So how does Baby Boss works? There is a schedule drawn up for the different roles to take place and each role at each time slot can only take in certain number of kids. There are more complex role, such as working in a bank or dubbing for cartoon, for older kids, above 7 years old. All visitors are given a map stating exactly what takes place at time and where. Right outside of each station, there is a waiting area. Once the required number of kids go into the waiting area, registration is deemed as closed. Thus planning required so that minimal waiting and when the place is crowded. Each role takes about 25 to 45mins. The duration is also dependent on the number of children. 

The schedule was more packed in the morning. There was minimal waiting. In the afternoon, there seems to be more waiting, but it could also be bcos we done some of the roles by then. We saw many fellow Singaporeans too. Baby Boss is very popular with Singaporeans.

The kids were very reserved in the morning when we first arrived. We saw many kids running from one station to another yet our kids didn't  want to try anything. The tickets were crazily expensive! I was coaxing them to try until I lost my cool. Lil Shauna finally agreed to try for the Policeman role but she found it really boring and was yawning while role playing. Duh! She was made to patrol the "streets" and didostupid tricks, which she really hated. After that Policeman role, she banned all masculine roles and any roles that required her to do silly parading. Lol. Parents were not allowed to enter the station while the kids were role playing but that was totally fine with Lil Shauna. Lil Isaac needed a little more assurance. Parents could look at what their kids were doing while outside the stations and all parents were armed with cameras that clicked non-stop.

That 1st trial kick started the momentum and she started going to a second station. Lil Isaac joined jiejie at the second station too. Soon, they started running from station to station. Lil Shauna's favorite is the Gold Mine and Lil Isaac likes to be a Fireman. At the fireman station, they took a fire engine and pretended to put out fire.

We thought they looked really cute in the astronaut, archeologist and kiwi picker uniform.

The really popular roles are the hospital related roles, fireman and pilot. Lil Shauna was not keen on the hospital roles. We didn't manage to be a pilot. It was crowded even at 6pm and we decided to give it a miss.

We took a cab back to 西门订 after we left Baby Boss. We were that tired. Our guide told us earlier that Baby Boss is pretty near to 五分铺. It wouldn't cost too much to take a cab over. I originally had that idea. I would love to do some shopping at 五分铺. But looking at how tired we all were, I would be courting death and decided to head back. We had dinner back at 西门订 and then walked and shopped some more. Shopping was done quickly, the kids were tired and could get grouchy anytime. 

That was the last night in Taiwan and mummy was also feeling depressed. Sob.

Mummy Lim