Ryan's first flight

Brought Ryan, Dear and MIL to Bangkok last week for Ryan's first ever flight.

It was a long awaited break for Dear and a new experience for Ryan.
Though it did not go as smoothly as we thought, it was still a good learning experience for both me and dear to make better preparations for the upcoming Taiwan trip.

Ryan's many firsts on this trip:
1) First ever Flight on airplane. SQ 976!
2) First ever taste of ice cream - Freshly Freeze
3) First ever ride on Porsche - Boxster
4) First ever visit to a shrine - Erawan
5) First ever steamboat - MK Gold at Central World


Points to note:
1) Keep excursions short and near to the hotel so that Ryan can take proper naps in the hotel, preferably after every 3 to 4 hours of walking.
2) Water seems to be a problem - Packaged Singha distilled water seems to be hard water. Stick to a tried and tested brand so Ryan will not reject drinking it.
3) Baby seats in restaurants in Bangkok is not like SG, where almost every place uses the standard ikea high chair - probably invest in a good seat pouch that converts an open chair into a baby chair.
4) Fungi infection - Ryan is sooooo cute that everyone wants to kiss/pinch his cheeks, resulting in fungi infection on both cheeks - need to bring along fungi infection cream and reduce cheek contact with strangers.
5) Retire on time every night! No more late return to hotels at 10pm. Ryan wakes up at the same time every morning, so late returns means shorter sleeping time for him, which turns him into a grumpy baby.
6) Mummy's hook is infinitely useful!
7) Always bring along a backup small umbrella.
8) Ryan loves bath tubs. Look for hotels that provides big tubs for his every day fun time/bath.
9) Streamline the baby bag further.

Happy 16th birthday to Ah Di

Ah Di will have turned 16 years old today if he is still around with me.

Still love him loads
Best dog ever

U must bless n protect your young master from above!

Ryan has turned 1 year old

Time really passes so quickly when u r having a good time.
Just celebrated Ryan's birthday over the last weekend at Downtown East Chalet, with friends and relatives turning up in droves to celebrate the event.

Next week will be Ryan's first ever flight, to Bangkok for a 4 day vacation.
Kinda like a prelude to the longer 8 days vacation coming up in Oct/Nov in Taiwan.

He is getting cuter and cuter by the day.
Hope that he will always be happy and love daddy & mummy as much as daddy & mummy love him :)