wordful wednesday

February 23, 2016

Valentines Weekend Fun

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Tiger girl and me

Valentines Day was a day set aside by society to celebrate romantic love. This day has a different meaning for me as I believe it doesn’t have to be love between a man and women, but one that encompasses the whole family. The meaning of Valentines has been commercialized and as a result romantic love has been emphasized on instead of the love for the family which should be the true focus.

Tiger Girl trying out putting

This year I decided on doing something different and celebrate with the kids instead. What better way to spend the weekend then letting the kids try create memories from new experiences.

I brought them to Lilliputt to try out the 18-hole indoor putting range at East Coast Park. It was the first time that tried putting and they really enjoyed themselves.

The kids receiving instructions before they started their game

They were each given a colored ball and shown how to hold the putters properly.

Monkey boy teeing off

It was really interesting to see each hole decorated to look like various places of interest in Singapore. At most stations the kids have to guide the ball up a ramp so that it could go through the different pathways to reach the hole.

Doggie boy taking his shot

It was extremely interesting as one no idea where the ball would go after if had enter the structure via the ramp. The ball could exit from which hole in the structure.

Tiger girl waiting for the ball to be delivered via train

Doggie boy found this particular station extremely amusing. He deliberately lingered at this station so that he could see the train transporting the ball from point A to point B several times.

The kids took about 1.5hr to complete the 18 holes.

Have your kids tried an indoor putting range before?

January 26, 2016

Fun Cooking with CulinaryOn

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Doggie boy and me- Picture by Culinnaryon

The kids and I enjoyed a fun cooking experience with Culinaryon this January. We were invited to learn how to make pasta and chocolate lava cake from the culinary chefs at the cooking school.

Located at One Raffles Place the studio occupies 7000 sq ft and has 4 event areas with 16 cooking stations, 4 chef tables and a well stocked bars.

Tiger girl and me

We were treated to light refreshment with some Hors d’oeuvre before the cooking session started.

The boys with their chef

It was a hands on workshop and the adults and kids were separated into different groups.

Monkey boy whisking the egg in a bowl.

Tiger girl watching how the chef whisks the eggs

We started off making the Chocolate lava cake and were shown the steps that are taken to create the cake.

Melting the chocolate in a double boiler

Making the chocolate that went inside the cake was a fun task. I got to see how the chocolate bits slowly melt under heat to form the chocolate sauce that was to ooze out from the cake.

Tiger girl seeing how the pasta dough was made

Once the lava cakes were ready and placed in the oven to bake we started on pasta making. The chef showed us how to make a well with the flour and place the eggs within it. Kneading it carefully the ingredients combined to form a dough.

The chef putting the dough through the pasta maker

Once the dough had been made it was cut into mini blocks before being sent through the pasta maker attachment to flatten it into sheets.

One flatten sheet of pasta

Pasta cutter

After the pasta had been flatten it was put through a cutter so that you get the noodle like pasta that you eat.

Monkey boy examining the pasta

Monkey boy separating out the pasta

Once the pasta was made it was time to cook it.

Cooking the seafood pasta

The adults had seafood pasta while the kids had two choices. They had either cream based pasta or tomato based one.

Seafood Pasta for the adults

The two different pastas for the kids

Doggie boy loved the creme sauce based pasta while Tiger girl preferred the tomato based one.

Monkey boy and me had the seafood pasta and it was certainly yummy!!

The chocolate lava cake served with ice-cream

After pasta it was time for dessert and the kids love the fact that they were served freshly made ice-cream made with nitrogen.

Tiger girl tucking into her dessert

The molten chocolate oozing out from the cake

The kids watching the magic show

There was an entertainer there who put on a magic show for the kids after the food had been made. All of them were engrossed with his performance.

The boys seeking time alone with the magician

You could say that the boys were more interested in magic then cooking as they sourced out the magician halfway into their cooking lesson. They were thrilled when he taught them a few different card tricks.