His actual birthday was on the 13th but he had an interview at DSTA at 3pm and I had to give tuition at 4 30pm. And after that we went for some coffee and cakes at Starbucks before meeting his family to have dinner at Chomp Chomp.
He was so ecstatic on the 12th awaiting his birthday that he couldn't concentrate on preparing for his interview. Lols!
Nice photo right! Lols. Thanks to me. Hahahahaha! Since Simba proclaimed to be King that very day, I volunteered to go to the counter and buy a cake and a coffee drink for him.
So here were New York Cheesecake and Vanilla Latte! I really don't mind drinking Starbucks coffee everyday if it doesn't harm my health and make me fatter.
Lol! Look like Chicken Little!
The staff in the background later went to our table and wanted us to take part in the Starbucks Challenge which is to have us taste 2 small cups of coffee and guess which one is the new coffee. Both of us got it correct. But I upsetted the staff by saying that the old original one was nicer. Jun Wen, as a gesture of politeness, said the new one was nicer. Lols! The old one have a stronger taste to it. Oops, I should be more conscious and alert of what others are thinking. Lols.
Still she recommended us to get a pack of the new coffee, Vienn, from Starbucks, which we didn't later on.
In the Starbucks at Nex, u may have to sit near the walkway where people just pass by u and may just poke u in your arm and say hello. It was what happened to me! I got a scare! :D
And on the 14th, I went to Marymount to pick the "king" up and we had lunch at Ajisen in Clementi before going to Farmart. :D
His way of saying hi to Ajisen.
I had to say hi too according to the Birthday Boy.
We ordered extra side dishes, which was rare cos I seldom and when we did, I couldn't finish and Simba had to gobble the rest of them up, which was a bad thing. The prawn sushi and the chicken wings were nice, you are welcome.
There was a lunch special menu. I had my Spicy Noodles for only $5.90!
And we waited at the bus stop opposite of Lot 1 to wait for the shuttle bus to Farmart.
Saw the advertisement from far and confirm that this was our bus stop.
Whil waiting for the bus, he asked me to massage his achy neck. Lols! I have never seen someone who is always complaining of neck pain!
He found another function for the itouch. It not only serves as a mini PSP for him, it now serves part time as a massager!
Last photo before the shuttle bus came. It was just a short ride there and at the end of it, Simba was saying thanks and bye to the shuttle bus driver when he said in a monotone manner, "50 cents please." Lols! We thought it was free since the website said it was!
And we reached. The boys who were in the same shuttle bus as us, came for the great food there. Lols! It turned out that not many visitors were there. And if they were, they were just there for the food!
We looked around and came to a realization that Farmart is a pretty small place. It wasn't as illustrated to be its website! Hahahaha!
Saw many retro stuff though. Like all these rides we used to take when we were kids. I would beg Mum for a 2nd ride and she will not allow! Lols! Younger bro and I could each have a ride only.
And I remembered vivdly there used to be this uncle owning a few kids' cars in Serangoon Central and everytime we went there, my brothers and I will each have a ride on them. Each ride costs $2. I will drive around, with my car wheels occasionally roll over some people's feets, which Mum and Dad didn't know and I kept quiet about it. Lols. But at the end of the day, Dad and Mum would say, "Wow, what a great driver you are!"
It's cool to have such encouraging parents! Lols! Although now I realize that they may have lied just to make me happier as a kid!
A tent for prawning. Prawning is an expensive hobby since it costs $12 an hour to prawn in the pool which is so dark that u can't see any prawn in it. And there's no guarantee that u may go home full from the prawns u have caught. Chances are, u may never catch any. I have never prawn before! So guys, let's go when I get my pay. Lols. There's also no guarantee that Simba may set the prawns free after catching them. I remembered he told me about his fishing experience, which he let go of all the fishes he caught in the end, and the fact that he left behind holes in the mouths of the fishes caused by his hook. Lols. Well... What can I say? I was talking to a person who flipped over the body of an insect so that it could fly again. (It was at first struggling to flip its body by itself.)
Jun Wen by the prawn pool. See what I mean? The water was so dark! Can't see any prawns in it. Drop your iphone inside and u can never recover it.
Although there weren't many live animals for us to see, at least there were some fake ones.
We came on the wrong day. The farm which we wanted to visit was open to the public only on weekends.
The shuttle who took us here.
The carpark.
There were a few fish tanks in the aquarium shop at most.
And a few locked up cats.
He had a great time playing with them. I recorded a video of him using his phone accessories to play with the cats. Show u next time if u are interested. Lols.
The cats were at first the least bothered with anybody until Simba came along. I must say he is good. They were intially just lying around enjoying the lazy Wednesday afternoon....
And Simba made them want to get to him. They became so active that I was so afraid. So afraid that they might just tore up the cage and run to him. Lols! They were crawling up the cage!
These cats are for adoption anyway. U can go to Farmart if u wanna adopt any. :D
Few chickens in cages too.
Lots of eggs ready to be sold!
It was sad that most of the shops were closed and some of them don't interest us. The farm was closed too.
But lcukily, there were plenty of farms and vegetations nearby. I told Simba that I would take him to the nearby Goats' Farm. Hay Dairies is the only goat farm in Singapore.
Also another old school thing. I really love this ride. Lols!
And that's pretty much it for Farmart. Quite a disappointment actually. But the good thing is, he finds joy in everything, he likes the cats alot.
Anyway, he likes all cats. He named all the cats in his neighbourhood, and plays with them.
We took a shuttle bus back to the Lot 1 bus stop and took bus 975. And thank God for Google map, we found Hay Dairies! They always say it's better to drive to places like the farms since it's at Lim Chu Kang and is quite inconvenient. I said otherwise since we are Captains of the Ship! Lol!
The entrance of the barn.
It was a pity that now we cannot get very near to the goats anymore, let alone buy grasses to feed them. The AVA (Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore) has disallowed any contact with the goats to prevent us from getting disease or something. It was no wonder we were the only visitors there. The boss used to look happy but that day when we passedby him, he looked so listless. :(
The goats were excited to see visitors! Lols! They were making sounds when they saw us. Saw the goats on the right? It was just sitting there on the same spot the whole while staring at us. But when we looked at it directly, it didn't seem to look at us since its eyes are quite far apart from each other while our eyes aren't that far apart. If u get what I mean. I thought it looked kind of funny and Simba laughed, saying that all goats are born with dead fish eyes (死鱼眼). This goat became Simba's favourite goat of the day.
This was the nearest that we could get to the goats.
Right between the 2 barns of the mother goats and the baby goats was a passageway for us to walk along and say hello to the goats.
Managed to get an zoom in image on some of them.
While they were making sounds like "Mehhhh", Simba made a response back to them. He was "mehhhh-ing" away. Lols!
Cute brownish black goat.
The staff maintaining the goats. They were very good audience. They just stood there watching their friend be maintained. Cute!
He wanted a photo with his favourite goat.
I had to take one with his favourite goat too. Lol.
Look at my newly shaped eyebrows. Lols!
And he wanted another photo of him touching the goat's nose. This was the best I could do. Lols.
Lols! Still in a daze!
After seeing the different varieties of goats, it was time to go to our next destination, the Qianhu Fish Farm. After I told Carine that during our last day in Taiwan last year, Simba frowned in every of our photos and has to flash this "bye" sign to everything, like the hotel door, the scenery, the airport etc, he began to do this frown and bye sign when we were ending my visit to some places. Lols.
I said bye too with a smile and Simba was accusing me for not being sad to leave the goats. -_-"
Okie, I admitted that I wasn't sad k!
Notice of the AVA on the locked gate for accessing the barn.
The sign we saw while walking to the bus stop to go to our next destination. We were waiting for the bus and got badly bitten by the mosquitoes. While Simba was able to resist the temptations of scratching himself, I was there busy scratching my legs and arms and he was busy stopping me. :D
We alighted from bus 975 as soon as we saw the sign that says "Qian Hu Fish Farm".
Which is this! We walked a long long way along the side road before finally reaching the farm. Tall trees sheltered us from the sun luckily.
Entrance of Qian Hu.
Qian Hu is an integrated "one-stop" ornamental fish service provider ranging from breeding of Dragon Fish, farming, importing, exporting and distributing of ornamental fish as well as manufacturing of aquarium and pet accessories and distributing them to local and overseas customers.
We bought drinks from this cafe and rested for awhile after the long walk. It was already 4 30pm and the last shuttle bus from Qian Hu would be leaving at around 6pm. So we promised to explore the place in a faster pace.
There were more visitors at Qian Hu, mostly guys taking the motorbikes there or families choosing the type of fishes they wanna buy.
We started our visit by looking at the Kois in the tanks outside the Viewing Gallery.
Kois with more attractive colours cost more. So sad, kind of judging the koi by its appearance. Lols.
So next time if u wanna know how rich a person is, go to his or her house and see the degree of the attractiveness of his or her kois.
I was taking note about what Simba was doing. He kept poking his head down near the waters of every tank.
Like this! And I discovered that he was blowing into the water to invoke reactions from the kois. Lols.
There was a lady using her hands to touch the kois despite the sign that warns us against touching them.
We also saw the biggest catfish! They don't move at all~
These are the stingrays. Jun Wen said they looked like pancakes, which I agreed.
Kois with long fins.
Ready for the viewing gallery.
His favourite type of fish is the Discus cos they looked funny to him.
Ehss....
The "pancakes" swim with wavelike movements. Cool.
They have to move with every part of their bodies swaying with the water.
He turned to me and said, "Hey, look at me!"
Then he swung his arms upwards with the fishes following the shadows. Reminded me of a conductor.
Golden turtle. So rare that it is so expensive. Costs thousands of dollars!
The colourful Discus.
The blue ones look so cool. Not bad to have a tank of colourful Discus in your living room.
It was puzzling on why he laughed to himself while looking at the dragon fish.
And yea, it looks rather funny.
It was swallowing its saliva all the time.
Nice! Him with surrounding tanks.
The zebra stingray. :D
The catfish that stays together lying on the brim of the tank. They look like burgers, don't they?
Then we went to Wheelock Place for dinner. Was inspired once again by hungrygowhere.com to go Cedele for dinner.
And we were entitled for a 20% discount off any main course on weekdays!
Was busy trying to savage my camera. Lols. My camera is spoiling. :( I have only used it for a year or so. I think I have overworked it! Oops.
The curry chicken flavoured pasta. He always chooses the main course with a "Chef Recommended" sign by the side. I think that's why his pastas always taste nicer than mine. Haha.
My crab pasta.
It was great. Thanks for asking.
Happy birthday Jun Wen! May he always look young, and find peace and joy in everything he does! :D
I wrote a birthday message for him on his Facebook Wall on his birthday:
"Happy 25th Birthday Jun Wen! May the years continue to be good to u and may this day bring u all things that make u smile. Wishing you all the best in life and great time forever! Each candle of your birthday cake took a gap of one year to fix on it. May your future become bright and brighter with increasing light of candles. Happy birthday! Enjoy! :D"
He was deeply impressed by the great depths of the message. I told him that he got tricked cos I got inspired by some Google search. Lols! How can I, without any help, think of something so deep like this?!
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