Our May Day Outing

May 3, 2008 Leave a comment

Yes, yes, yes…you guys saw the "water hamster-capsule" that freaked Elkan out last week. So, this May Day, we brought Elkan to "Zhongshan Gardens" to try the "land hamster-capsule". Hate to say this, it IS the same OUTCOME.

Before we put Elkan inside this air-vessel, he was very excited and persuaded me to buy the tickets. When I bought the ticket, Elkan said "Daddy, you go inside, I roll you outside." I wished I could too. My fat ass was too big for the hole and I struggled a little while just to get my fat body inside. Once inside, the operator walked over to us and hinted in a nice way that this capsule is for kids (of course, I know that cos I can’t feel that "bouncing on air" feeling – I was sitting flat on the ground!). Anyway, there is no way we can get Elkan inside. And I have to tease him with toys and candies – eventually, Elkan went in, tried 5-seconds and started wailing. What a shame.

 

Later that evening, we met "Team EFG" (Echo, Francis and Grey) for dinner. After dinner, we decided to let our 2 kids run wild in the indoor playground. Francis and I went in to accompany our boys. Grey is certainly a big bully and he got into a small fight with a local girl. He punched her face and she was yelling at him. When she turned her head away to complain to her mother, Grey punched her at the back of her head. Ouch! Her mother came and dragged her away. Elkan sensed the commotion and was standing far away, trying to get himself away from "trouble". (Anyway, Grey had punched Elkan on the face many many times – and Elkan never fight back once. Talk about being…ahemm.. Gentleman.)

 
 

The boys had almost 40 minutes of fun. Francis and I were sweating in our pants, trying to chase after them. For father and sons, it was a great 40-min bonding time for us. What about the ladies? Well, they certainly dun look as excited as us.  (See Below)

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