Dinner at Minori Japanese Restaurant

We went to Minori for a Japanese feast.
Their buffet has been one of my favourites
as there's free flow sashimi!





















Guarding her chawanmushi - her
favourite Japanese dish





















Chomping on chawanmushi





















I've finished dinner, can we go yet?

Gosh, who taught her to pose like that?!?!

Gosh, who taught her to pose like this?!?!
None of us did actually.
I wonder where she learnt it from...

Karyn's first hospital trip

Poor Karyn had been having a fever that subsided and came back, on and off, for a couple of days. Subsequently, when we thought it had finally subsided, she started having diarrhoea. That got us very worried as she hadn't been eating much and had been slightly less active than usual.

Thus, at about 9 o'clock in the morning, we decided to bring her to KK Children's and Women's Hospital.

We didn't have to wait long before it was our turn at the triage. The nurse took Karyn's temperature, asked us some questions and gave Karyn fever medicine as her temperature was high again. Then she ordered a blood test for Karyn before we were asked to go to the cashier to make payment.

After that was done, we sat and waited for our turn for the blood test. I started to prep Karyn mentally for it. Told her that there'll be an injection and it'd be a bit painful but she'd be okay.

I think that mental prep talk really helped as the blood retrieval process was a breeze. When the nurse jabbed Karyn's finger and did some squeezing to get the blood into a test tube, all Karyn did was a wince and a gasp. And it was over and done with. All within 2 min. As she put a plaster on Karyn's tiny finger, the nurse praised her for being such a brave little girl and gave her a sweet. Not that she needed it.

She did kick up a little fuss and wanted to remove the plaster. However, I managed to convince her to leave it on or her finger would be bleeding. Actually the trick was me telling her to keep it on and show her Ah Ma that evening. Somehow, that prospect seemed to interest her a lot and so, she stopped asking to have it removed.

When we saw the doctor, he examined Karyn and asked some questions. He said that it was probably a viral infection with two options: admit Karyn for observation or we go back with the electrolytes and monitor the situation.

We decided on the latter as we figured none of us, and especially Karyn would be comfortable at the hospital. We could feed her the electrolytes at home and if her diarrhoea subsides, she'd be okay. If it didn't, then we'd have to send her back again.

Back at home, we fed Karyn the electrolytes religiously. It was quite a tedious process, she had to drink 30 ml every 15 min, followed by 30 min and then 45 min. As it is, Karyn's not the kind who likes drinking water. And to get her to drink that much at one go was quite a challenge. But for some reason that day, it was a breeze! Perhaps the electrolytes taste better than plain water.

Over a couple of hours, the electrolytes seemed to have taken effect. Karyn was back to her usual active self again. By late afternoon, her diarrhoea and fever really did subside. We even managed to bring her out for dinner.





















See, I have a plaster!















Who cares?























Act cute pose

Water fun at Vivo

Read some mummies' blogs about them bringing their
kiddos to the various water playgrounds in the major
shopping malls. And hence, decided to bring Karyn to
try out the one at Vivocity.














Improvised the container that was originally
used to hold her snacks into her water toy.





















See the glee on her face

Tokyo Part 3 - Disneyland, here we come!

Waiting for the train to Disneyland

Mickey on every carriage!

Mickey on the handrails!
















The maddening crowd of hundreds waiting for
Disneyland to open
















People literally running in when the gates opened

Karyn dozing off after spending much time queuing to get in

Poor Karyn really does need some sleep
















Stage performance which we waited almost half an hour for, in order to have a seat.
















Karyn bobbing to the music
















Up close with the dwarfs
















The finale with all the Disney characters






















Toon Town - the most toddler friendly town in Disneyland





















The Baby Centre in Toon Town - where there are staff
to help you dispose of diapers after you've changed them!
















A most unreluctant model
















The 1st ride that we went on - "It's A Small World"





















The 2nd ride that we went on

Mickey leading the parade

Fascinated...

Peter Pan

Not easy getting a shot of Karyn with the parade
in the background

Midway through, Karyn wanted to be the
photographer

Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty

Princess Belle from Beauty & The Beast

And of course, Cinderella

Minnie Mouse on the last float of the parade

Not "taking in" the parade as she
was busy "taking photos"

Can you believe she finished the entire
cup of fries all by herself?

Chip or Dale?





















Daisy Duck





















Donald Duck





















Minnie Mouse





















Act cute

Tokyo Part 2 - Chiba (in which Disneyland's located)

(Post-dated)

This was the view from our Hyatt Regency Hotel bedroom - Mount Fuji.

Karyn woke up rather early.
She must have known we were heading to Disneyland that day.


Tucking into a sumptuous lunch upon reaching
Sunroute Plaza Hotel, one of the official Disneyland hotels.


As we had missed the early morning coach service from Hyatt Regency,
we had to take a cab that cost us a bomb - more than S$200!


Check out Karyn's rosy cheeks!


Slurping up the yummy pasta


It's delicious, want some?


Posing for the camera after a filling lunch


Outside the Disney store at the hotel


Playing at the hotel playground whilst waiting for our room


Where are you heading, my dear?


View from our hotel room


Zooming in on the Cinderella castle


At Ikspiari, the shopping centre next to Disneyland



It seems more like Paris than Tokyo, doesn't it?


What's with the flowers?


The super yummy sushi place at Ikspiari


This was what we had. Better than Singapore's!


Chawanmushi - Karyn's staple food in Tokyo.
Other than her Wang Wang milk balls and pasta, chawanmushi is all she ate.