A quiet week

After a quiet weekend with many kids away due to Chinese New Year, I caught up with Peter, Libby and Eric for dinner in Kovan. Most of our regular haunts were closed because of CNY so it was a simple meal in the local hawkers.
Monday's walk was Bukit Timah to Thompson Road Plaza, which Laura measured on her stepometer at 13km, so we were all hungry by the end of it. The only suitable eating establishment we could find was Wang's Cafe...for all you Wang lovers out there!!! only in Singapore.

Monday night was a MAE outing to Mortinis bar in the Mandarin Oriental. Their specialty is flavoured martinis and I can certainly recommend the lychitini and the chocolotini, but 1 of each was certainly enough. We finished off with dinner nearby at Gluttons by the Bay.

 

In our recent P4 classes we watched an episode of Wallace and Grommit in which Shaun the Sheep was introduced, so Kathy, Helen and I were inspired to see the recently released Shaun the Sheep movie. It was very funny but we did get a few odd looks when we bought the tickets as we were the only people in the entire theatre. 

Emperor in NEX at Serangoon

We have been seeing many of these Emperor costumes during CNY as they bring good luck, while the LIon Dances frighten away the bad spirits with the racket they make. Lion dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume. The lion dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other Chinese traditional, cultural and religious festivals. 

Peter was the inspiration for Friday's walk so June, Jo, Peter and I did a familiar walk in reverse...ie AMK to Bishan. Eric caught up with us on his bike as we walked through Bishan Park before lunching at a hawkers in Bishan.