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Writer’s Workshop: Much Loved

Pink Bloom

Pink Bloom

This is the week to celebrate love with Valentines Day falling on Friday. .  The malls are all decked out with hearts and other romantic decorations. Love songs are played more often on the radio and I hear lots of love dedications on the air during lunchtime.

There has been an overdose on Love Songs at home too.  This year I’ve received my Valentines’ Day present early in the form of CNBlue’s Latest Album.  The kids too have been humming and singing along to the tunes on the CD.

Love Girl sung by Jung Yong Hwa  is  the boys favourite track on that CD.  I really wonder in years to come which girl will they be singing this song to.

Listening to the love songs by CNBlue at home  made me recall the presents and flowers that I had received on Valentine’s Day.

I remember that one  particular year R went off to work in the morning as usual. I wasn’t expecting any thing from him and was surprised to see a bouquet of blue roses  delivered to me at work.

Blue roses are my personal favourite  and had to be ordered in advance. It is one of the most expensive also. If blue roses are not available  I  wouldn’t mind getting roses in Peach or Pink too.  (HINT HINT!!)

Another year he made a love dedication in print in our local newspapers. ( I still have the cut out in a folder with the rest of the love notes that I have received from him over the years)

R and I  haven’t been  celebrating Valentines Day  on Valentine’s Day itself these few years . We believe that  celebrating love should be restricted to just one day in a year but an ongoing process. Love is not something which can be quantified and certainly grows and matures through the ages.

How do you celebrate love?

Anything special  planned for this weekend?

 

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10 Pictures taken at Tokyo DisneySea.

The bridge between Mermaid Lagoon and Mediterranean Harbor

The bridge between Mermaid Lagoon and Mediterranean Harbor

It has been about two month since our trip to Japan and I’m still going through the pictures that I took back then.

Here is a compilation of photos we took when we went to Tokyo DisneySea Theme park back then. The kids and I enjoyed the place so much more then Disneyland as we went on more rides and had lots more fun at the place.

Tiger girl and me on the Jumping Jellyfish Ride

Tiger girl and me on the Jumping Jellyfish Ride

Mermaid lagoon was one of the places which we went to in the theme park. There were many rides here for younger kids and Tiger girl really enjoyed herself here.

Tiger girl in the Tea Cup ride with Ah Ma

Tiger girl in the Tea Cup ride with Ah Ma

The whirlpool was really fun. The teacups spun around and around and it was dizzying just looking at it go.  As it wasn’t that crowded at the whirlpool ride the kids and the grandparents went on it thrice!!

Enjoying the roller coaster ride

Enjoying the roller coaster ride

Flounder’s Flying fish was a really cool coaster ride which the kids and I went on.  It was really refreshing to feel the wind in your hair as the coaster zooms up and down on the track.

Enjoying Jasmine's flying carpets

Enjoying Jasmine’s flying carpets

From Mermaid Lagoon we crossed over to the Mediterranean Harbor where we hitched a ride on Jasmine’s flying carpet. It was fun flying the carpet up and down while it was moving around in a circle.

Tiger girl and me on the Caravan Carousel

Tiger girl and me on the Caravan Carousel

This was Tiger girl’s favourite ride. She went countless times on it and there wasn’t any queue for this ride and she was allowed to sit on the elephant by herself. There was a safety belt to belt her in before the ride began.

Minnie mouse performing in the Big Band Beat

Minnie mouse performing in the Big Band Beat

The Big Band Beat was one of the shows that we managed to watch while at the park. It was a Broadway style musical  which had dynamic singing and a live band. The kids and I didn’t get to watch up close as  the show already started when we were in the area but we did get a bird’s eye view from  behind the fence where we were standing.

Monkey boy posing for the camera

Monkey boy posing for the camera

After the show we headed over to the American Waterfront area as the boys wanted to go to the Tower of Terror.  They had secured a FASTPASS for the ride and by the time the show was over it was just in time for their death defying ride.

The Tower of Terror

The Tower of Terror

I passed on this ride as I wasn’t too keen on suddenly plunging 50 stories down while on the ride. I had tried a similar ride once and am not really that keen on such a thrilling ride. Tiger girl was also asleep by the time we came to this ride so it was a valid excuse for me to sit out on it.

Fantasmic

Fantasmic

Fantasmic was the last show that we watched before exiting the park that day. The kids were wowed by the laser displays, lights and fire in the dramatic show which portrayed a portion from the story the Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

DisneySea was certainly a cool theme park to visit and the kids and I am considering visiting it again the next time we go to Japan.