Thursday, May 17, 2012

Ritz-Carlton Staycation! - Day 1

Ever since we held our wedding at Ritz-Carlton, we have been mesmerized by the wonderful hotel. So years later when we came to know of the Marriott Vacation Club membership and that Ritz-Carlton was a subsidiary of Marriott, we signed up and haven't looked back since (or at least I haven't... haha)

So now that we had points to spend and weren't really looking for an overseas vacation, we decided to settle for a staycation at Ritz-Carlton Singapore instead. So after Mummy Chan's hardwork, we managed to book a room and will be checking in on a Friday and checking out on a Monday afternoon.

So the day came for us to enjoy our family trip to Ritz. Mummy took a ½ day leave and went over to Ritz first to check us in. So while I was busy slogging away at work, Mummy Chan happily rested herself in the comforts of Ritz's first class service and recharged herself enough to make her way to Universal Studio Singapore @ Sentosa to get evening tickets for us to catch the fireworks show. When the time came for me to leave office, I rushed back home to get Renzo changed and this little poopersaurus had to pick that very moment to exercise his little bowels. So Mummy Chan wandered around Sentosa for a little longer than planned but eventually we meet up just in time for a simple dinner and a little trip to the candy store before the show.

For most people, USS meant gravity defying carnival rides and cam-whoring with life-sized cartoon characters with disproportionated head-to-torso ratios. But for us, we prefer the evening serenity and cool breeze and a simple walk down elaborately decorated streets where everything (store fronts, statues, and retro American muscle cars parked just about everywhere...) just seems to be shouting out for your attention. Fireworks being fireworks was a joy to watch and it being Renzo's first, he wasn't too accustomed to pyrotechnics being something that Daddy and Mummy Chan would approve of, constantly reminding us,"Fire is dangerous, so must be careful" and "Fire hot hot! Renzo don't like fire". A few fireworks did catch his attention, mostly those that shot into the sky and exploded into what seems like little golden snow flakes that gently glitters as it made its way back onto earth.

Did manage to take a few pics with my phone camera, but nothing that does justice to the fireworks display. In fact, one of the picture may be convincing enough for one to think that USS got hit by a terrorist attack.

After the show, we made a quick exit before the rest of the stampede came upon us and we quickly hopped onto a cab and back to Ritz for a good rest so that we are full rested.

Stumbling back into our room, we were pleasantly surprised by the scenic night time view from our room. The kind of urban skyline decorated by streetlights meandering the tarred river into as far as the eye can see. Peaceful and serene.

And all this time while we were absorbed by the view, Renzo made his way into the bathroom and attempted to climb into the tub, eager to start the first of fifteen bathtub soaking sessions (about 4-6 a day i think... -__-'). After which we settled down and all went to bed, where a funny little comment from Renzo had us laughing and smiling to ourselves the entire night. As we dimmed the lights and lower the window blinds, Renzo looked around this comfortable but unfamiliar environment and whispered to us so softly that we couldn't catch what he was saying.


"Mummy~," he'd say... "where is the ..."
"What did you say Renzo?"
"Mummmmy~ where's the ...."
"Renzo, louder~!"
"MUMMY~ WHERE IS THE KITCHEN?"

Hahaha... The written version of this episode simply does not inject the humour that made us literally laugh out loud. Apparently through Renzo's little eyes, every proper "house" has to have a kitchen... preferably stocked up with his favourite bananas, soya bean milk and yogurt.

So we all laughed ourselves to sleep that night and was more than ready for Day 2 of our Staycation!

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