Took the day off together with Dear to bring the kids out to catch the rare solar eclipse.
It was a good decision.
Reached Bishan Park Macdonald's around 7.30am, when the eclipse was just starting.
Picked up a free solar filter from the Singapore Sidewalk Astronomy society that was supporting the event there. Ryan had a field day catching the view of the eclipse through the solar filter spectacles, through the filtered telescopic lens provided by the society, as well as our DIY home-made solar pinhole camera.
It was a pretty novel experience.
It wasn't a total blackout like what used to be shown on Chinese period drama as 天狗蚀日, but feels more like an unusually thick layer of cloud covering the sun momentarily.
Not observable by the naked eye.
Ryan could tell us that it is a "Crescent Sun".
Glad that he could have this educational experience at such a young age.
Afterall, this is the first time that his dad is catching a solar eclipse at the age of 34 years old!
Brought the kids to the grass field to play frisbee and boomerang that we had brought along. Ryan had lots of fun chasing down the frisbee and boomerang after their flight. Next step is to teach him how to throw them properly into flight.
Rainie had a great time walking around the grass field as well. Just let her walk and tumble on the grass, ignoring how dirty her clothes would get.
After bringing the kids back home and washing up, we brought them out to City hall again for another education trip - National Gallery of Singapore.
Didn't know that we had such an awesome art gallery, that is FOC to all Singaporeans.
The entire place felt more like we were in Australia rather than in SG. The kids had much fun playing in the kids arts exhibit. Best part is that, going on a weekday afternoon, there is practically no other visitors. We didn't have to Q at all, and had the entire place to ourselves.
Oh, it was a public transport trip as well, so it was LRT, MRT, bus all the way.
Applied for Ryan's child EZ link card as well, so he can now tap his own card to access the public transportation.
All in all, it was a really worthwhile and enjoyable day with the kids.
Can really see the joy in their eyes.
Should do this more often.
It was a good decision.
Reached Bishan Park Macdonald's around 7.30am, when the eclipse was just starting.
Picked up a free solar filter from the Singapore Sidewalk Astronomy society that was supporting the event there. Ryan had a field day catching the view of the eclipse through the solar filter spectacles, through the filtered telescopic lens provided by the society, as well as our DIY home-made solar pinhole camera.
It was a pretty novel experience.
It wasn't a total blackout like what used to be shown on Chinese period drama as 天狗蚀日, but feels more like an unusually thick layer of cloud covering the sun momentarily.
Not observable by the naked eye.
Ryan could tell us that it is a "Crescent Sun".
Glad that he could have this educational experience at such a young age.
Afterall, this is the first time that his dad is catching a solar eclipse at the age of 34 years old!
Brought the kids to the grass field to play frisbee and boomerang that we had brought along. Ryan had lots of fun chasing down the frisbee and boomerang after their flight. Next step is to teach him how to throw them properly into flight.
Rainie had a great time walking around the grass field as well. Just let her walk and tumble on the grass, ignoring how dirty her clothes would get.
After bringing the kids back home and washing up, we brought them out to City hall again for another education trip - National Gallery of Singapore.
Didn't know that we had such an awesome art gallery, that is FOC to all Singaporeans.
The entire place felt more like we were in Australia rather than in SG. The kids had much fun playing in the kids arts exhibit. Best part is that, going on a weekday afternoon, there is practically no other visitors. We didn't have to Q at all, and had the entire place to ourselves.
Oh, it was a public transport trip as well, so it was LRT, MRT, bus all the way.
Applied for Ryan's child EZ link card as well, so he can now tap his own card to access the public transportation.
All in all, it was a really worthwhile and enjoyable day with the kids.
Can really see the joy in their eyes.
Should do this more often.