Iron Man 3

In view of the rare day off on a weekday, we decided to seize the chance to watch Iron Man 3 on the day before (and at a cheaper rate too!). Ran ran was entrusted to my mum for care-taking.

As always, we love Robert Downey, Jr. His obnoxious personality and witty comments simply made up the soul of the entire series. In short, he was targeted by some terrorist this time round, who bombed his place of residence (again). He fought back and this time with his army of iron men, much to our amazement. In the end, he destroyed his army in a spectacular display of fireworks to signal his intent to shift his focus to his love interest. As usual, there is the end-credit scene to inform us of the next movie.

A short trip, a short outing and a good break.

4 years on...

4 years ago, little did we know what our future lies. We just got together and we were just newbies in our careers. 4 years later, we are now a family of three. It was simply amazing that everything fitted in perfectly and I am grateful for everything that she's done for me.

To celebrate this milestone in our lives, we decided to have a Japanese buffet and watch a movie. After all, we had not had a real date since 1 A.D. (after delivery). We got my mum to help us take care of Ran Ran after we cleansed her at home. We quickly made our way to PS to get our movie tickets for "The Croods" before proceeding to our lunch location at Senki. The crowd that was already inside despite only 10 minutes after its opening indicated its popularity, however, its sashimi quality perhaps dropped slightly since two years ago, though there were some food items that instead became better.

We took a short walk back to PS and had a short walk around the new extension of PS before settling down at Starbucks for a dose of the usual caffeinated frappucino. The drink unexpectedly quenched our thirst after our lunch. It was also there that we noticed a extremely long queue for a dim sum restaurant there. I guess we will wait for the hype to be over before we will try their food.

The Croods was a movie about a family in the prehistoric times, with a conflict between the daughter and her dad. The dad wanted to ensure the family's safety by following rules but the daughter wanted to explore the unknown and do things beyond the rules. Then came along a guy who predicted that the world is going to end and the land is splitting up, which resulted in the Croods' home being destroyed. Thus, they had to embark on this journey with that guy to somewhere safer. That guy sort of won over the rest of the family with his cool and innovate ideas as the journey progressed and eventually the dad broke out of his old thinking and embraced the new.

The movie was funny with its jokes, especially the dad's explicit desire to have his mother-in-law dead. Though there were several sad instances in which some characters were thought to die, but being a Disney film, characters do not die and indeed that was true. It was nevertheless enjoyable.

We continued our date with some shopping at Daiso and soon time called for us to return home and pick up our Ran Ran.

4 years. And there will be many more 4 years to come. Bliss can be just so simple. Thank you dear!

New Toy for Ran Ran...

We were just doing our number one hobby (A.D. aka after delivery) of snooping around the Facebook pages, looking at the baby photos posted by our friends when we came across this toy. It was a cheaper replica of the Baby Spa and we were reminded of the long forgotten cheap deals available on www.qoo10.sg. As such, we made the uncharacteristic decision to buy it on the spot. I wonder if that constitutes to impulsive buying. Anyway, as if to match our impulsiveness and remind us that efficiency and reliability do exist, the toy reached our doorsteps the very next day, much to our surprise.

So that was the story behind the plastic tub. My first attempt at setting up the bath tub was hilarious, for I had been blowing air into the water outlet (the one used to drain the water in the tub, aka the wrong one) in order to inflate the tub. No wonder the diameter of the hole seemed a bit too big for familiarity and the tub never seemed to become bigger after some minutes. Maybe fatherhood does have some impact on intelligence.

Other than that small hiccup, the rest was more procedural, just that filling up the tub with warm water takes quite a long time. And after dumping Ran Ran into the water to fend for herself for 15 minutes, I guess the $60 was simply worth it.

Equipment checked... No nudity checked

Ran Ran with her fending device

The small plastic tub for her swimming pleasure