Renzo at Daddy's workplace

Chinese New Year is just around the corner and I need a haircut and we managed to book only a weekday 5pm appointment with Angie, our trusty home-based Hairstylist. Considering the fact that staying at home and reciting Tang Dynasty poems have been Renzo's routine for quite a few days now, we decided that it is time to bring Renzo out to the great outdoors and see more of the world.

To get my haircut, I'd have to travel to Kallang and since it is just a couple train stations away from my office, we decided that it'd be fun to bring Renzo to my office to meet my colleagues whom many have never seen Renzo in person (only from this blog) and of those who have seen him, it would have been at least a good three to four months since their encounter.

Bringing baby out is always an encumbering. First you have his milk powder+milk bottles, then the diapers and extra clothes, then his toys and rattles, then his raincoat and jacket, then his stroller and pillow, and the list just goes on and on and on...Nevertheless, after months of training, packing the above become a breeze and we set out to my office on Renzo's first MRT train trip.

He was a good boy on the train, sitting comfortably in Aye Aye's lap with eyes darting left and right as absorbed the scenery through the windows of the train cabin, never making a single noise throughout the half hour journey. We reached my office around 3pm and had a warm greeting at the reception by my counter colleagues. And as we made our way deeper into the office, Renzo grabbed the attention of more and more people. Renzo seems to have this liking for a particular colleague of mine, Joanne. Might be because of her long hair, might be because of her large eyes, whichever it is the sight of Joanne makes our little boy flash a megawatt smile.

We left the office and made our way to Marina Square to grab some items for Renzo and also to shop for some clothes for me at Domanchi (which dominates over 50% of my wardrobe). Nothing much to highlight on the Marina Square shopping trip except that they do have quite a comfy Baby room between the Gents and Ladies for diaper changing.

Left Marina Square and reached Angie's right on time for our haircut. We frequent Angie's place since a few years back, even before we were married. And after Feli and I tied the knot, Angie and Feli have had many conversations related to starting a family as Angie have been wanting a baby of her own as well. Blessedly, Feli got pregnant and brought a happy Renzo to this world. Before we leave Angie's place, she played with Renzo and bit and Renzo high-fived (is there such a word?) her on many occasions, drawing laughter from all of us.

It was about 6pm when we left and it was the peak hour where office workers left work for the day and the train would be packed full. Fortunately, there was a direct bus from Angie's place back to our's but it would mean a 90 minute journey. Eventually we settled on taking the bus as the crowd would be unbearable and if Renzo started a screaming fit, it might potentially be disastrous. We hopped on the bus and were glad we chose so when we saw Renzo dozing off almost immediately after we got a seat. Poor little boy, must have been such a tiring day of entertaining us adults and seeing the world beyond the boundaries of the four walls at home.

Many more trips to come my boy... Many more trips...