Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is a reality television program on TLC that featuresbeauty pageant participant Alana Thompson (Honey Boo Boo), along with her mother June Shannon, father Mike Thompson and her three older sisters. The show is mostly filmed in and around the family's hometown in rural McIntyre, Georgia, United States, a town in Middle Georgia east of Macon. Wiki With so much buzz around Honey Boo Boo and being a Reality show junkie, why not. I got hooked. I finished the whole season1 in 2 days. There are mixed reviews. Some critics calls it child exploitation. Some reviewers are quite mean (name calling the family) and some reviews are very positives. Though I don't agree with most of mama Jun and Dad Sugar Bear actions, I can see that they are a close knit family and cares for one another. Here's link to Episode 1 courtesy of YouTube..
See how fast they grow... Last April i posted their pictures here... see how fast they grow. Here's their recent pictures. Aura, the kakak in the family, 1st row 3rd and 4th picture. She's smart, sweet and speak like an adult. At times, penat betul nak layan all her questions. lol :-) Haziq, the only boy in the group. The smart boy whose line to me will be "Hello mak long" "I nak iPad mak long" "I nak jalan2" "I nak pergi Giant" He's just 2years plus and can navigate ipad and iphone easily. Auny (bottom row, 2nd picture) is 11 month now. She will be celebrating her 1st birthday this year on 11 / 11 / 2012. Yes! She was born on 11/11/11 :-) Tak banyak gambar Auny pasal jarang jumpa. Aura is her sister Till date, she still don't know my face and will cry out when we (ehem hubby especially) tried carrying her. Hana (1st row, 2nd picture) is the current bam bam in the family. Just look at her cheeks and boy semangat dia. Penat beb nak dukung. Once dah start dukung dia... nak letak kejap pun tak boleh. Sure dia nangis. Haziq is her brother the many different faces of my anak sedara
What : Double Trouble 2012 Where : Singapore Indoor Stadium When : 12 October 2012 Who : Wings, Awie, Search, Amy It's Friday after work. Weekend is just around the corner. Hubby actually forgotten that he was signed up for bowling tournament. Fortunately he manage to find a replacement. We went there separately as I attended a talk on "Social network and your Career" at main office. This talk more or less addressed some of the issues or points which I tried to put across to my team who are mostly below 30 years old, who thinks that it's ok to put up their frustrations online. The timing couldnt be more right. This was mere days after the Amy Cheong saga. More on the Social Network talk in my next next next post. (Entah bila la kan) We are not as young as before, so we choose the last row aisle seats so we don't have to climb too many stairs down and up and easy exit to toilet lol.
Oh ya, we saw my cousin Liza and Hubby there. Not that really close so we just said hi. We saw many empty seats. Unsure if its due to lack of publicity or high ticket price. My guess would be the latter. Eventhough we were up there, the tickets is not exactly cheap. This is only slightly cheaper than the MUSE concert we went to.
Concert about 3.5hr long. Supposed to start at 8 but it started 30mins late. Amy a bit reserved.. Awie still energetic but WOW.. they still got stamina. Do scroll right down below to the link of the videos which I uploaded with much difficulties on YouTube. Should I blame my computer or my internet speed or YouTube or is the file of 1G plus too huge?
Anyway the pictures and video were taken with 17x Zoom. The only reason we bought this camera in the first place is because of the high zoom. That was couple of months earlier after we came back NYC. Thank you hubby for dropping our camera at Poughkeepsie Station.. I get to replace my camera ! As seen here, under high zoom, some of the shots turns out ok and some are bad. Need to clock more hours with my new camera.
Ok, here's part 1 video of the Medley.. pardon the shake
Here's part 2 of the Medley
After concert we went to Lau Pa Sat.
Quite surprise naper hubby nak pergi Lau Pa Sat when Awie's passing comment at the end of concert "nak makan soup tulang" so I tot hubby nak stalk dorang pat soup tulang. (entah dorang really go or not tak tahu la kan)
Rupa2 nya hubby tak dengar. Dia ingat just like past concerts, dorang pergi Lau Pa Sat for supper tu yang sebabnya dia ajak gi Lau Pa Sat.
Went to usual Satay number 8... Dissapointing la malam tu. Kambing ngan Lembu rasa sama je. Abis tu tak cukup rasa. Tapi alhamdulilah kenyang juga la.
To sum it all.
The concert was ok. Worth the money we pay or not, that is subjective. In my personal opinion, it was just ok. Maybe if the crowd is more participative, then the atmosphere may be different.
Songs line up is ok. If they are back to SG, I will definitely be back just to listen to their songs live.
In terms of sound system. Awie vocal still ok. Amy voice at times drowned by the music and at times out of tune. Nevertheless I know it's not easy to sing in concert so no issue at all.
ps : Not sure if they each have their own sound engineer on site but I feel Wings sounded better. Of course i'm no engineer or sound expert. I'm just bias. :-)
Banyak betul unpublished post. Type type type tapi takde mood nak post.
Here's a recent pic we took at Garden by the Bay. All taken with iPhone 4 so it's not exactly clear.
I've been wanting to there with mom, sis and the lil tykes but sis not that keen :-) More like malas to jalan agaknya.
So one of the weekend I dragged my darling. This was after we went to Mabel's housewarming on one Sunday afternoon. We had vegetarian lunch at her place, which I quite enjoy. (Surprise surprise)
The idea of going to garden is to enjoy the scenery and peacefulness. Being a Sunday, the place is full with tourists and locals alike. Not surprising since this is the newest attraction here what more being close proximity to Marina Bay Sand and easily accessible to the recently opened Circle Line.
If I can pick a day, I'd choose a weekday when it's less crowded so that I can soak up the beautiful man made landscape. I probably make another trip many months later when the flowers and trees are older. .
The outdoor garden is free. You only need to pay for the admission to the Cloud Forests and Flowers Dome as well as the OCBC skyway.
Anyway I snapped alot pictures with my phone but it doesn't turn up well.
Something to accompany us down the park. I read somewhere, the Mao Shan Wang Durian is the best Durian ice cream here. Its awesome... best or not.. I have no idea but this suit my palate.
Oh ya... I fall in love with orchids here. I almost wanted to buy a pot back and Hubby almost caved in lol. Dad would love this place so I told Dad a few days later that I'd bring both him and mom there one the weekend. Not anytime soon as dad and mom schedule is more packed than me.. heeheh
We paid $12 each to enter Cloud Forest. It's much cheaper for local. Tourist need pay $28 for 2 Conservatories.
I think the idea it's cheaper for local is because they want to encourage more locals to visit. Actually the Outdoor Garden is pretty enough and it's free. We only buy tickets to the air-conditioned Cloud Forest to escape from the heat. Click this for Visitors information
Local Resident Rate*
One Conservatory
Two Conservatories
OCBC Skyway
Garden Cruiser
Adult
$12
$20
$5
$5
Senior Citizen(≥ 60 years old)
$8
$15
$5
$5
Child (3 - 12 years old)
$8
$12
$3
$3
*Singapore citizens, permanent residents and those living in Singapore, including holders of employment passes, work permits or dependent passes. Proof of residency may be required when purchasing tickets or when entering conservatories.
Told ya.
How to enjoy the Cloud Forest with that many ppl up there. lol I can't even stop and enjoy the view so as not to block the person behind. Anyway its really scary up there... There's a warning sign for visitors with highblood and unwell should not proceed :-)
View from the top. Actually i can't decide if this picture need to be rotated or not? Can't remember what i'm trying to capture.
Ahhhh Finally can see the so call cloud !
Part of the Outdoor Garden with the Super Tree in the background. Lets give this park another year and i'm sure the view will be much more stunning.
OCBC Skyway, surrounded by Giant SuperTree. We didn't get to go up. Tickets sale closed by the time we left Cloud Forest. I've been seeing this picture on web. Seeing it close and right before my eye awe me. It truly is a beautiful sight.
The Supertrees are home to enclaves of unique and exotic ferns, vines, orchids and also a vast collection of bromeliads such as Tillandsia, amongst other plants. They are fitted with environmental technologies that mimic the ecological function of trees –photovoltaic cells that harness solar energy which can be used for some of the functions of the Supertrees, such as lighting, just like how trees photosynthesize; and collection of rainwater for use in irrigation and fountain displays, exactly like how trees absorb rainwater for growth. The Supertrees also serve air intake and exhaust functions as part of the conservatories' cooling systems. - Wiki
As we walked out of Texas Chicken dinner, I snapped this stunning night scenary with Marina Bay Sand in the background. We will be back.
This picture did not do justice. If you have the skills, you can take good pictures using crappy iphone camera. How I wish I have some skills to take good pictures.
Maybe we should stay one night here for my birthday. What say you darling?
To sum it all,
Garden by the bay, surrounded by Marina Bay Sands with view of Singapore Flyers, Marina Barrage and soon to be Garden by the Bay satay club... is a nice place to chill out.
Just exploring the place can set you back 2 to 3hrs especially if you plan to visit the 2 conservatories.
Bring insect repellent. I did not get any bites but my husband did :-)
Go to the Garden By the Bay website and plan your visit. There are a lot of interesting places there which we've yet to visit. We only manage to visit small part of Heritage garden.
Come in comfortable walking shoes, bring your own sandwich or food. The foodcourt is really crowded and the restaurants not cheap.
Buy cold drinking water from the supermarket or 7 Eleven from marina bay link Mall. It's hot and humid and you need to dehydrate yourselves. Toilet is very clean so don't have to worry bout needing the loo.
