The kids woke up early. They knew it was their mother's birthday and were well behaved throughout the day. For Daddy, it was the usual case of spending the day without any plans. The ultimate element of surprise is to have no plans and no expectations.
The first surprise of the day came right after the adults woke up. We discovered that the "Jungle Book" show was to start in 1 hours time. Everyone was on their toes and left the house with only 15mins to spare.
The second surprise was that we did not miss the show nor were we denied entry despite being late. The show was OK for me but i felt that the performance was rather commercialized. The actors were trying too hard to interact with and please their audience. I like plays (especially those from fairy tales & books) to be outright raw and innocent.
After the show, we had lunch at a Japanese restaurant nearby and we went to buy a birthday cake right off the shelf in a cake shop across the road.
The third surprise of the day was that TT had wanted a strawberry short cake but i thought it would be more exciting to let fate decide and TT always ask for the same type of cake every year. But to my disappointment, fate was meant to be, there was only one cake available on the shelf and it was a strawberry short cake. TT got to try macaroons for the first time in her life too!
Right after, we went home to put the kids to sleep. The adults went out again to shop for a birthday present. We bought a portrait lens at Cathay Camera shop near Peninsula Plaza and TT simply love the effect of the lens. As usual, practicality was the way to go for almost every birthday for TT and i felt bad about it.
We went home, picked up the kids + Gigi and headed for a nearby seafood restaurant beside Labrador nature reserve. The food, i thought, was disappointing and we did not celebrate the cake cutting ceremony at the restaurant (there were too many people around)... TT had fun snapping away with her camera using the new lens. (The photos were all taken using the new lens)
We held the cake cutting ceremony after reaching home and took lots of photos....It was an eventual day, though short of anything special for TT, i hope the kids & TT had fun.





