Getting braver!

Well despite my best intentions we’re still a bit all over the place with jet-lag. We spent yesterday morning zonked out in the condo and the afternoon splashing in the pool. Phil took some lovely video of the cousins playing together in the water which I’m sure he will put on here in due course. We all had a fantastic time.

In the evening Ally and the kids escorted us to the local hawker centre. Susie gave is all a fright – she kept crouching down to hold her sore tummy and turned the brightest shade of red. It was only a 10 minute walk although it was incredibly hot. Fortunately once sat down in the hawker centre under a fan and with a large juice she returned quite quickly to a normal colour!

Tony joined us at e centre and he and Ally showed us some of their favourite Singapore food. We loved the dumplings filled with soup (how do they get the soup to stay inside?) and Phil enjoyed the cereal prawns (yes, really prawns covered in oatmeal). I couldn’t get my head around the bahkuhtae noodles which were very dark brown. The look was just so off putting, I did try them but I didn’t like them!

Today we are braving heading out alone on the MRT to the Botanical Gardens. Maybe some more swimming later – even the people who live here are saying it is unusually hot!