timing is everything .... and this time we didnt get the timing right....
just brought both boys up to hongkong to visit daddy ... and goodness me - it was a 10 day training camp for us!!!
first - Weather Timing
this must be the worst week to go hongkong as it was super hot and super humid!!!
nick nick when he is hot / warm / sweaty would be uncomfortable and start to cry ... and iggie under the hot sun (without our trusty car in singapore) literally melted away into the stroller and refused to walk any step or go anywhere.... not even to the downstairs clubhouse or swimming pool.
the only day we got him to be excited about going to the pool - the pool was closed due to "Storm Warning"... which baffled me coz it was blazing hot sun outside .. no sign of STORM ????? where was that weather station - in DownUnder Australia?????
and the other pool was closed for maintenance during that time!!!!
timing ... just wrong timing to be away from cool singapore ....
second - Growing Timing
nick nick is close to 9 months old ... and seem to be teething for the longest time.
iggie had his first tooth when he was 4 months old.... but nick nick has been crying, biting and drooling non stop for the past 4 months ... and this week had to be the crucial week when the first tooth was pushing its way out of his tender gums ... and nick nick cried, screamed - literally screamed til his voice was hoarse .... and each episodes of his crying / screaming / kicking would last no less than 30mins ... and each episodes repeated itself every other hour .... even through the night .....
timing ... just wrong timing to be away from his usual home singapore ...
third - Crowd Timing
on our last trip to hongkong with the kids, we purchased the annual disneyland pass ... and iggie went there for 3 times ...
this time round we decided to venture out there on a Tuesday (a work day and non school holiday) ...
but it was horribly crowded!! the queues were no less than 30 mins and each ride would last no more than 3 mins... under the hot sun and with no shelter and spent all your time queuing .... iggie was upset ... nick nick was hot and teething ... we all couldnt wait to get home .... and with no car ... it was another long MTR ride having to change 3 trains back and walk from the station back to the apartment ....
timing ... just the wrong timing to be crowding with hundreds and thousands of other people ....
so timing .. everything is about timing .....
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I am so sorry to hear about how things just seem to go wrong for you, especially during a time when you have to handle 2 young kids in a foreign land.
Then again, better get a taste of the worst now, then to realize this possibility later when you decide to move over. Too late then!
yup!! but its more the family time .. i already told PAPI - iggie had the highlight of the trip .. its the HK tram ride ... that plus the MTR rides ... those were the highlights ... :)
so told PAPI dont worry .. iggie enjoyed himself enough ... to want to go back to HK ... just got to find a way to fix the "space" problem.... :P
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