Why the title of this entry? Haha ... its because on a lot of our carefree Saturdays, we tend to take the bus (& train) to have our breakfast, in the neighbourhood (coz we can't drive). But all that will change, with the new announcement this week, that all OPC car owners can drive ALL DAY on Saturdays & the eves of the 5 major Public holidays, starting end of Jan 2010. Hooray! Its about time man! I've always found the 3pm time (rather stupid) coz its neither here nor there ... duh! But of course, there's a trade off right? We need to pay slightly higher road tax, which I see as a small price to pay ... to be able to use our car on all Saturdays of the year. We really can't wait for it to come true ... don't understand why they have to wait till Jan next year though. Oh well, can't complain ... just gotta bear with it, I guess - grin grin!
One other clue ... Hubby was carrying the smaller blue haversack (which is now unusable coz we just broke the side buckle recently). If we were driving, I would probably be hauling the smaller pink carry-on for Ryan's stuff (plain drinking water & his trusty supply of milk). Oh well, Saturday or not, you can see us bright & early ... catering to our boy's (many) whims of his eggy prata, for his usual weekend breakfast.
Waiting patiently for our prata supply to be ready!
Don't you think that Ryan smiles ... just like his Daddy?
After filling our tummies, we headed down the escalator. The photographer Mummy thought that it would be a swell idea to get some pics of her two boys down the flight of moving stairs. It was made possible because the escalator was empty & rather long. They were both game for the shots, so that made it easier for me to catch them at their most natural. We decided to bring Ryan to the nearby arcade. We have , for the longest time tried to avoid arcades of any kind because we were very sure that Ryan will get "addicted" to them (which turned out to be right). Most times he will be extremely reluctant when time comes to leave but as a treat. we still bring him to these arcade (sometimes). 
A lot of times, its just to sit on the rides (no money or tokens involved) but of course, at times we cave in & allow some rides or games. I'm all for some enjoyment & games ... I just don't want it to become a norm or expectation that Ryan gets to play all the games that he wants. That's not what I want to teach my child. Its ok to play some games & such but if it becomes an obsession & an "obligation", that's where it stops being a "playtime" & becomes a tug-of-war of, if the parent wants to keep the child from throwing a tantrum, she has to give in to the kid's demands. I definitely don't want to go there ... nor do I wanna encourage free-play for all. I know I have to tread a very fine line of finding new experiences, giving my son a good childhood & trying to be a good-enough parent ... that's trying to find a balance between play & learn (especially when he starts going to school, next year). Well, I'm still trying ...
Posing on the car ride.
Ryan was wearing his new Bumble Bee watch (purchased at Toy's R Us).
Again ... posing at the carousel.
Nice horsey!
Banging on drums, with the sticks!
Singtel had a F1 car (which had a game installed inside the driver's seat) in the atrium. I guess its for die-hard F1 fans (not for muah).
Made Hubby & son pose beside the car.
Hubby looks tired ... errm, its still too early in the day to be tired but that little bundle on his lap, can tire any adult, without even trying ... haha!
I like this pic. Ryan looks forlorn, deep in thought as I "caught" his 
