Day 61
Praying to Tai Sui at Boon Lay Tua Pek Kong Temple
We left for the temple early in the morning. Since THL and my Chinese Zodiac signs were in conflict with the Tai Sui (犯太岁) in the year of the Horse, both of us had to go through some traditional rituals to help neutralize the negative effects against us.
Do we really believe in such thins? Well, sometimes it is better to believe (play safe) than to be stubborn about it and get into trouble with your life. Remember that life is all about balance...
Day out at River Safari
We spent the rest of the day at River Safari. It was a family trip and we initially planned to bring the kids to the Zoo. And yet due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to change our plan and bought tickets for River Safari. Despite the unexpected change of event, we were quite excited as it is our first time visiting the place.
The entire visit was nice except for the painful long waiting time for the ferry ride to visit the remaining parts of the River Safari. The 90 minutes wait was definitely not worth the less than 10 minutes boat ride. I believe we are not the only one ended up with bad taste in our mouth after taking the boat ride. It was really a joke.
Anyway, new fools are born every second...there is nothing we can do about it.
Day 62
Korean Drama Day
Another stay home Sunday that was essentially spent watching Korean drama. Apart from meals, THL and I spent most part of the day watching the Korean drama series. Despite us watching for a few weeks already, there are still more than 20 episodes to be watch. As for RK, he has been busy exploring new games and watching new animated cartoons over Youtube.
Day 63
School's Complaint against RK
RK's form teacher called up in the afternoon to complain about RK playing rough in school. It appears that RK has been running around and playing rough with his school mates every morning. I was upset with the complaint and I strongly urged the teacher to feedback this to the school management. The school should take preventive measures against this as accident is bound to happen if this continues...
Day 64 and 65
As THL has to go out with friends plus having company dinner, I had to "babysit" RK for both evenings.
Day 66
Cataract Removal at SNEC
My mum went for a left eye operation for cataract removal. This is an operation that my mum has postponed for 10 over years due to fear of pain. The quick and painless operation took less than 10 minutes and mum was so impressed with it. She told us that she did not even realize it was over. She told us that she would have gone for it years ago had she knew it was so quick and painless.
Moral of the story -> No venture, no gain. There are so many things in life that we will never ever know until we try it. It is painfully obvious that not everyone has the risk appetite to try out new things. Myself included.
RK had a Fall
RK fell down when alighting from school bus. He came home with a bandaged knee. And despite that, he was still active and was keen to tag along as THL and I shopped for our Valentines gift for each other.
Day 67
RK did not go to school today as I wanted his knee to recover well over the weekend. The entire day was spent watching over him and playing some online games with him. We also watch some videos together.
Both of us went for a hair cut at Jurong Point in the late afternoon and we had a drink at Coffee Bean while waiting for THL to reach Jurong Point. We had our dinner at Jurong Point before going back home.
Transport Expenses (Day 61 to 67): $15.09
Day 61: $1.82
Bus ride:
Home to Boon Lay Tua Pek Kong => $0.73 x 2 + $0.36 = $1.82
Day 62: $0
Day 63: $1.66
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Boon Lay Interchange to Home => $0.83
Day 64: $0.83
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Day 65: $0.83
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Day 66: $5.81
MRT Ride: $2.90
LS to Outram => $1.51
Outram to JE => $1.39
Bus Ride: $2.91
Home to JE Interchange => $0.73 + $0.36 = $1.09
JE Interchange to Home => $0.73 x 2 + $0.36 = $1.82
Day 67: $4.14
Bus Ride:
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Home to Jurong Point => $0.83 + $0.41 = $1.24
Jurong Point back to Home => $0.83 x 2 + $0.41 = $2.07
Weekly Afterthoughts:
The transport expense was incredibly low at only $15.09 this week. This is all thanks to the many free rides THL and I have enjoyed over the weekend at River Safari and THL's night out with her friends and colleagues.
The temptation of getting a car has lessen with each passing day and while it may still be a possibility that I will still get one ultimately (not sure when), there is not clear signal for me to get one for now.
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