Writer’s Workshop: Not so Ordinary Birthday

Tiger girl and me with my birthday chocolate Mooncake.
Last Friday I celebrated my 36th birthday. I’ve now officially in the other side of the mid thirties. Celebrations this year was much more fun then last year. This year I got to celebrate with the kids and they didn’t even need to skip school as it was a school holiday. (PSLE ORAL examination day) That’s really cool that all the other levels have the day off because of the national examinations for the P6 pupils.

The kids and me
R took the day off so that we could go out together as a family. Our first stop was at the recently opened Alive Museum at Suntec City. It was the first time that the boys went to such a museum.
R and I had visited a similar museum during our trip to Jeju island, Korea last year with Tiger girl. What’s so special about this museum you may ask? Let me show you how fun it is.
R taking on the Chinese warrior in a battle
At this museum you can post for pictures like the one that I took of R. You can do ” incredible” stunts effortlessly and enjoy fooling around while having your picture taken.
Doing the split at the circus
Even difficult poses like this split is certainly not impossible to achieve. One can even pose with grace while executing it.
Posing with the cat
It is okay if you are not a fan of furry animals like I am. You still will be able to pose for pictures with them like I did in the photo above. There isn’t a need to worry about being allergic to cat fur or being animal phobic.
The kids in a paper boat
If your kids are like mine and get too much to handle at times you can load them into a paper boat and let it sail off out to sea. That’s really cool right??
Monkey boy posing in the guillotine
In this museum you can literally give your kid a death sentence if they drive you up the wall. It’s totally legal in this scenario!! Your kid would even get to write down his last wish before the execution occurs.

Monkey boy’s last wish
Can you guess what was his last wish?

The chocolate mooncake after it had been cut.
After a fun time at the Alive museum we met up with my mum and sister and had a birthday meal together. This year I didn’t want to have a mini cake or a slice of cake to celebrate. I decided on a mooncake instead as we would be celebrating the mooncake festival in the coming weeks and many places have already started to sell mooncakes.
Mooncakes being an extremely high calories dessert was something that I try my best to abstain from. However that day I felt that I should give myself a treat and everyone wouldn’t have any excuse not to share in finishing the mooncake. I cut it into 8 pieces so everyone had a small slice each and I managed to fulfill my craving for it
(If you were wondering it was a baked chocolate lotus paste mooncake with dulcey crunchy pearls and mango pineapple fillings that cost SGD$10.40)

Our family of 5
They day would have been perfect if we were able to go on the LUGE at Sentosa if not for the heavy mid day storm. Our plans for the 2nd stop of the day was shelved and we went shopping instead.
Alive Museum
Opening hours : 10am-10pm daily
Suntec City Mall #03-372 (between Towers 3 & 4)
Disclaimer: We were given complimentary tickets for the ALIVE Museum. All opinions are 100% my own.
August 21, 2014 @ 6:49 pm
It sounds like you had a great time! Happy Birthday 🙂
August 21, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
Oh man that looks like SO MUCH FUN!! i would love to visit.
Happiest belated Birthday. I am so glad you were all together to celebrate. The end ofyuour thirties will be spectacular. xoxo
August 21, 2014 @ 9:43 pm
Very funny, I love their creative compositions! Beautiful photos!
August 21, 2014 @ 10:17 pm
Right so that split pose at the circus!!!! FAR from ordinary and totally AWESOME! You rock!
August 21, 2014 @ 11:52 pm
Great Photos.
Love the cat one! I dig furry animals.
The pie looks DELISH))!!
August 22, 2014 @ 2:04 am
Your birthday is moon cake, mine is bak Chang! Hehe
August 22, 2014 @ 4:00 am
You all look like you had a great time. Happy 36th birthday. By the way, if had done the splits like you did, I probably wouldn’t be able to walk for a week.
August 22, 2014 @ 4:39 am
It was the cat picture that drew my attention. I love my cat. What a cool sounding museum!
Glad you had such a great birthday!
August 22, 2014 @ 7:25 am
Sounds like you had a blast with your family on your birthday. What fun!
August 22, 2014 @ 8:46 am
Happy belated birthday!
August 22, 2014 @ 9:06 am
The museum seems fun especially for the kids! We do have a similar place here but have not visited it yet. Happy birthday again!
August 22, 2014 @ 9:46 am
What a fun birthday! Love the Alive Museum. Wish we had something like that in our area. The grandkids would be thrilled.
August 22, 2014 @ 11:16 am
I love that split photo! I wish I could do that, too, haha. Happy birthday!
August 22, 2014 @ 1:23 pm
Those are the coolest photos!
August 22, 2014 @ 1:26 pm
Love the pics. It looks like you had a great birthday celebration. The moon cakes sound devine too. Happy birthday! M
August 22, 2014 @ 9:06 pm
Visiting that museum definitely give fun to kids.
Belated Happy Birthday by the way!
August 23, 2014 @ 12:46 am
Oh. We have the same gallery here but I haven’t visited the place yet. I will definitely blog about the experience. 🙂
August 23, 2014 @ 8:18 am
I want to go to the Alive Museum! I wonder if there’s one like it in California. What a fun birthday adventure you had with your family! Days like yours are the best kind of birthdays in my book. You also got me yearning for mooncake. 🙂
August 23, 2014 @ 10:49 am
Happy Birthday Dominique! I wish and your family all the blessings and happiness.
August 23, 2014 @ 12:35 pm
Happy Birthday! looks like a fun museum! {:-D
August 24, 2014 @ 1:47 am
Happy Birthday! I hope you had a wonderful birthday celebration.
I also celebrated a birthday this month.
August 25, 2014 @ 12:04 am
That’s such a great museum! interesting and fun to go to. Glad you had a wonderful time on your special day. Belated happy birthday! 🙂
August 25, 2014 @ 11:17 am
Belated happy birthday! I would love to viisit Aive Museum next time I am in Sg! The poses were fun to do with the help of those installations.
August 25, 2014 @ 11:24 am
Happy Belated Birthday! Also, that cake looks so delicious.
August 25, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
Happy birthday, Dominique!!! Looks like your family had loads of fun:)
August 26, 2014 @ 9:10 pm
Happy B-Day!!
Yes, I know a bit late, but better late than never ;)…
It sure seems as you had a great one this year.