fugs: A Weekend at Sentosa

Sunday, November 06, 2005

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The family spent a nice, and somewhat semi-wet, weekend at Sentosa - courtesy of Lisa. I will not touch too much on the accommodation part but all I can say is that it was a little *ahem* cramped for some pretty obvious reasons. Little Chu Hui, who has been looking forward to this trip, was happy to be away with us. We arrived on Friday evening and spent a rather 'peaceful' evening in the hotel room, with the others busy pampering the kids with attention and loads of TLC. The kids were the main and only 'attraction' for the whole group that night.

Brave Valerie ascending the ladder.

Saturday morning saw a lazy sun rising a little unwillingly. We woke up at around six in the morning and left for a stroll on the beach by about seven. I saw with dismay some dark clouds threathening to wet the day. It did rain but luckily the weather cleared up enough for the kids to go have some fun in the pool.

After the swim and cleaning up, I suggested going down to Delifrance for a sandwich. Lisa, Janet and I went down first. Valerie, Lucas and Wendy joined a while later, after mummy decided that it was a stupid idea to while away the time in the hotel room. Hahah!

She watches how it's done.

So, very unwillingly, the kids were called downstairs to meet us. After our chomp, we proceeded to the beach for a walk.

From the TV programmes, we remembered that there is a trapeze setup where people can get a chance for a swing for a price. It turned out to cost only SGD5.00 for one swing and a special price of SGD12.00 for a 'package' of 3 swings. Valerie, being the adventurous girl she is, opted for the triple swing. After paying for the tickets, it's off to the act!!!

Getting strapped up. Safety first!

Before you are allowed to proceed to the actual swing, you will have to go take a practice swing to learn how you should hook your legs on the swing bar. Then, it's off to the real thing!

Climbing up a ladder the height of about 5 storeys high, you will reach a platform where you will perform your 'stunt'. The person in charge will strap you in securely and get your ready for the swing by giving you a few other safety instructions. When all has been said and done, it's time for the swing.

As Valerie was still a kid, she could not reach out enough to hold on to the swing bars. So, the lady had to hoist her up and get her to hold on to the bar before giving her a light push on the bum to swing her off.

And she succeeds!

The main idea is to swing out, raise both your legs, hook them to the bar, release your hands and support yourself with your bent legs. Simple! (Or so it seems!) We are proud of Valerie as she succeeded in all 3 swings to complete her stunts. On her last swing, the person in charge was so confident of Valerie that she tried something different with her 'release' from the bar after the stunt. She got Valerie to just straighten both her legs and drop head-first to the safety nets. Woah! That sure looked like fun!

Look ma, no hands!

We left the island at about six in the evening and had McDonald's over at HarbourFront.

On our next visit to Sentosa, we have already planned to come equipped with fishing nets (mini ones lah!) and containers. We intend to fish in the waters at Siloso beach. Just for fun lah! We might just end up letting the fishes go free leh! Haha!