Beach Volleyball

The WWFs cycled to Kallang recently and I saw somebody playing beach volleyball. I was tempted and so, suggested to do beach volleyball for the March gathering. I had to book the big kids’ calendar weeks in advance bcos relying just on a few aunties to play beach volleyball on a big court is courting death. We needed more people to fill up the court. Hoho.

I found that the beach volleyball court at Kallang can be booked for free for the 1st 60 mins and max of 2 x 60 mins can be booked in one go. The online booking opens up for booking 1 week in advance. I did my booking last Sunday and by the time I remember to log in, only 11am to 4pm slots were available. I booked the 3pm slot and was already thinking about how bad we will be melting. 

We arranged to meet at 2.30pm bcos I thought some registration was required. It turned out not. We simply walked to the courts. There were 2 courts side by side and some young adults were using the courts. We were very nice, we waited until 3.01pm to nicely tell them that we had booked the court for 3pm. 

Oh yes, it was very hot. We started digging the ball over the net for a good 10 mins before auntie DL came. See, the court is so big!

We looked like we got some volleyball style at least. Whether the ball goes over the net is a different thing. Hoho.

While we sweat it out in the court, the little ones were happily playing with their sand kit. 

Auntie S and her kids came at about 3.40pm. By then, we were seriously tired. Auntie TL said that she will teach us this game called Jailbreak and there will be minimum running. Sounds good. Just when we got back into the court, the group who booked the other court at 4pm asked us to join them for a game bcos they didn’t know how to play and didn’t have enough people. We said we will do that later bcos we wanted to play this Jailbreak 1st. 

Auntie TL bluff people. No need to run - my foot ah. We were dripping sweat by the end of 2 games and all agreed that we needed another break. Lol. Just when we were ready to do some digging, the group invited us again. We are too popular, no choice. Hoho. 

They are a group of locals and foreigners, who came together to learn Spanish (I think). All of them don’t know how to play and we definitely helped. 

I think we played a total of 3 or 4 games. It was hot and tiring but quite fun. At one point, I had to walk away to cheers to buy cold water and 100 plus. 

The rain clouds came when it was nearing 5pm. The last bit of time, despite the pain in our arms, the aunties and Nana played off the court. It is so much fun when the ball is delivered to right in front of us, saving us the need to run like mad. We even spiked quite a few balls. Fun ah. Hoho. Even Nana kept saying that it was so fun. 

We had to pack up quickly bcos there was lightning alert and the rain was coming. We were all red from the sun. 

The group who asked us to join them photobombed our photo.

We left the court and went to find dinner. We wanted to go to the usual pizza place. Nana said that it was nostalgic bcos we used to eat at that pizza place when we came to the Kallang Wave Mall when they were much younger. 

Unfortunately, it was full and we headed to Popeyes instead. Nana said that it was just as good bcos we did Popeyes a lot too in the past. We occupied 3 tables, then the teenagers said that they would go for ice cream. After a while, the little ones went to run in the open space outside Popeyes. 

Left the aunties. We didn’t mind. 

While we had a lot of fun, the aunties also had a lot of bruises. I didn’t; I don’t get bruises easily but my arms have this blue black aches. 

Auntie TL’s.

Auntie S’s.

Auntie H had it the worse. She bruises so easily and is always the one with the most blue black even back during our school days. 

She looked like she kena tortured. lol. 

The little ones ran in the open space for a long time. Long time ago, the big kids were doing exactly that, when they were little. The big kids came back and continue playing the volleyball. The adults continued to chit chat. I am so reminded of the old days. 

We left Kallang at 8ish. Auntie S said that she needed yoko. lol.

I was so tired. Especially when I already went for step class in the morning and my Garmin had asked me to rest 56 hours. Hoho. Daddy Lim still had energy to go to Blackbird. I went to bed at 10ish. Hohoho. 

Mummy Lin

Off to Genting! Day 4

It was our last day in Genting. I had wanted to rest from the workout but woke up early anyway. I lost the morning picture that I took at the balcony. It was a cloudy/ foggy day. I got surprised at the different view every morning; it was like opening the door to another universal every morning. 

I didn’t do any HiiT but was enjoying my Spotify and grooving around in the balcony, until it was time for coffee and to get ready. Daddy Lim came and did some push ups. That was his workout. Hoho.

I finally got the chance to throw away this pair of shoes that I had used for the past few years. 

While it still looked wearable, the sole had thinned and smoothened out. I wore slippers home and my toes didn’t freeze off. Zaky joined me in his slippers bcos he ran out of clean socks and we didn’t want him to stink us to death in the bus ride home.

We again met at 9am and with all our stuff this time bcos the bus terminal is in the main building. We didn’t want to have to walk back to check out and take the luggage. Bfast was back at the Malaysian Food Street and then we split ways to go shopping. The Chan Family went on their way to Malacca; they had 2 more days of vacation to go.

Shopping unlocked and achieved. Daddy Lim and the kids said that the best buy of the trip was this. 

They called it the “volley bao”. It is a stress ball but the kids were playing volleyball with it on many occasions. So innovative.

We had to be at the bus terminal at 11.30am for the 12pm bus. The bus arrived early and we set off when all the passengers boarded. We had the last row again. Zzzzzz..

I slept. The trip had been tiring with the early mornings, theme parks and late nights. I felt as tired as before the trip. I didn’t get work done but took a work call. Then I slept somemore. Hoho. 

We made it back to Singapore at about 6pm. The immigration was alright. Back home, it was 2 full load of laundry and unpacking while Daddy Lim and Nana went to pick Mochi at about 8.30pm. N said that he was having his dinner. 

I duno why Mochi climbed so high to have his dinner. 

When Mochi was home, he zoomed out of his carrier. I couldn’t even take a proper picture. 

I think Mochi was stressed and meowed quite a fair bit in the night. 

This marked the end of our Genting holidays. Uncle C said that we should make this an annual affair. I am not sure how interested the kids would be about the same theme parks as they grow older. Hmmm…

It was pay back time at work. I was back at work on Wednesday and I had been so busy for the last few days. Nope, I have not finished the backlog work. Zzzz.. Fighting! 

One thing that did worry me - Mochi didn’t poo since he came back from N’s place on Tuesday night. How did I know? Bcos I am 铲屎官 and had been observing the missing poo from his litter box. Mochi is eating, drinking and peeing normally, but just no poop. I am working from home today, googled and found out that a vet visit is needed if no poop for 48 to 72 hours. I got an appointment at the vet for 6.30pm.

The whole day, I had been wondering if Mochi pooped and dug around his litter box every now and then. N said that he did go to the litter box when he was with her. 

Hoho, so grumpy looking.

Finally at 4ish, I saw Mochi using the litter box. He pooped!!!!! I have never been happier clearing s**t. Lol. No need to visit the vet. 

Mummy Lim

Off to Genting! Day 3

I woke up early for my kickboxing HiiT. This was the view that greeted me. So pretty, right??!! We were above the clouds. 

It was a little chilly but confined in the balcony without breeze, I was comfortable with my exercise gear. 

Daddy Lim was supposed to join me in doing his morning exercise. I was like 4/5 done when he finally stepped out of the balcony, after his morning coffee, poo poo and 摸ing. 

It was Monday, where we were heading to the SkyWorlds outdoor theme park. Auntie SL had began her 13-day foldie cycling trip in Jeju while Auntie S was heading to Tokyo with the kids. So interesting that we were all traveling somewhere. 

We again met for bfast at 9am. This is a very punctual (or hungry) group and we were all at the corridor at 9am sharp. I actually forgot that I had a call at 9am until I saw the WhatsApp. Heng ah. It was a quick 10 mins call before I joined the rest at the Malaysian Food Street but the halal section. It was a bfast of nasi lemak, roti prata and dosa. 

It was 10am when we were done and just nice for the park opening. The crowd was manageable. The big kids took over the navigation, pointing us to which rides to take. The rides consist of many rolling around and upside down at times. 

The 3 big kids and Guin took this. My heart cannot. Lol. I hate free drop rides.

More rides. 

Lunch was at the multiple food stalls. 

Who can forget the churro?

The kids were holding on to my phone bcos I have the SkyWorlds app and I found silly pictures. 

Nana looked like her - hair twinning day.

We used our Virtual Queue privilege for the Independence Day ride. This is like the Harry Potter ride and left me dizzy. The rest enjoyed the ride though. 

The 2nd VQ for the Samba Glider.

Each ticket comes with 3 VQ but we only used 2 bcos not all rides can use the VQ and most of the physical Qs were fairly manageable anyway. Queuing together also makes it easier. 

We didn’t catch any real parade. Occasionally, there will be some people dancing here and there to some Hari Raya songs. Daddy Lim broke contact with the group and was at one point blocked by a “procession”. 

Is he lucky or not? Lol. 

We left the park when it closes at 6pm. 

This time, we chose dinner and we opted for Korean food. 

Nana wanted to go back to the room. Zaky wanted to go arcade with V. We split ways - Daddy Lim sent Nana back to the room and to retrieve the passports, I sent the boys to arcade and paid for their game credits. 

With the passports, we went to the service counter to get my membership card issued. We had to wait 30 mins. 

Finally…

Happily, happily, we went to the the casino only to realised that the card doesn’t work. Zzzzz.. roar…

We ended up with a guest card that were actually stack up in free dispensers everywhere. We were so blind. Did we hit the jackpot? No lah. We spent a little playing on the machines and didn’t win anything. Hoho. Hey, it is an experience afterall! 

By the time we were back in the room, Zaky was sound asleep. His fever had came back after dinner. Nana and Boo were busy recording some tik tok that required Nana to fly from one bed to another. In the midst of all the laughter, Zaky continued to sleep. They finally got a decent version done and called it a day. 

Mummy Lim