Dearest Phoebe,
We kicked off the year 2010 with the "coolest" holiday in HongKong. Frankly, Mummy was rather apprehensive prior to the trip as we never felt HK was a place for family travel especially with young kids. However, it turned out that the cool weather and the festive season made it the perfect holiday destination for us.
A few interesting incidents happened during this trip: Most would have expected HK to be the place where there would be no dietary issues since there is a deluge of 'Cha-Chan-Ting'. But this didn't apply to our little girl whose diet depends alot on japanese steamed-egg and western sausages especially when eating-out. Hence, on that evening, we braved through the chilling streets of HK in our windbreaker to look for your chawanmushi. And the funny thing is the Jap restaurants in HK didn't seem to know how to whip up the chawanmushi dish and we ended up with a sausage for you from 7-11 and that was almost 10.30pm by then!
While at Disneyland, Daddy was very sweet; he actually wanted to surprise you with a pooh-bear helium-filled balloon. Before he could do that, we were out from the store and we let you chose the balloon you like. Naturally you chose the pooh bear balloon. Unfortunately, we could not bring back the balloon to Singapore and we gave you a choice of releasing the balloon on our last day or deflate it. Even though you chose the former and was happily holding it with you on our last day, the balloon flew off as the string went loose. It was a pity as we would love to see you release it yourself.
Throughout this trip, you were carrying with you your pooh bear soft toy which you brought from home. You were carrying "her" and according to you, the pooh bear is your little sister and she is real! By the way, at our last Perth trip, you brought along another pooh bear soft toy too. Looks like this is your SOP for every holiday to bring a soft toy with you.
On our last day, we had breakfast with Disney Characters at the Enchanted Gardens restaurant.. Though very pricey, the experience was worth it. Like Eric Carle's Hungry Cateprillar, you gulped down two bowls of cereal, one glass of skim milk, one sausage, one french toast and one hash brown. Hours before our flight, you were so reluctant to go back to Singapore that you requested to visit Disneyland for a quick stopover. Needless to say, we obliged even though it was raining.
Being a full-time working mum, holidays like this really bring us closer together. Each time we see the smile on your face and your laughter, we know it is you that will make all our holiday destinations so special and so memorable.
Luv you,
Mummy.
