lach:
i love jap food too! but all that carbo ah...def adds to the waistline.
I frequent Keyaki (pan pacific) for the weekend buffet. Shiok!
another cheaper place is Hanabe at Crown Centre, next to Coronoation PLaza on Bukit Timah Road.
the food there is not as fresh as Keyaki, but its still fresh (know what i mean?). Its ala carte buffet like Keyaki also.
Keyaki is abt S$50 per head for the weekend buffet, Hanabe is abt S$25 per head for weekend lunch buffet.
YYP:
thanks for your tips, i also took those points into consideration. However i think Dean should be slightly easier to manage since he'd already be 16mths by then.
My only worry is that i am preg with #2 again by then; if so, i may just have to bring forward the trip to my 2nd trimester so that i can have a vacation before the kid comes.
Actually i am not particularly fond of japan, i like AUS, US and Canada alot more. BUt i only have enough frequent flier miles to redeem a ticket to Japan; besides the flight to US is alot longer.
Jap food should be ok for Dean, since its mainly rice based and quite asian to a certain extent. Tokyo is only 1 hour ahead of us, so there shouldn't be any jet lag. Taking all these points into consideration, i am opting to stay in tokyo for 10 days so that i can take it real S-L-O-W ....
Disneyland: ACTUALLY i love disneyland, but i think dean may be too young for it. nevertheless, i will still go to tokyo disneyland so that mommy can enjoy herself. hahaha
you're right tho, i plan to bring dean to disneyland HK when he's abt 5-6yrs old. It will be another mega holiday, together with his twin cousins.
Oh yes! i want to go to perth too!
but i am reluctant to pay the $200 airport tax and the higher exchange rate now. I used to enjoy AUS and NZ when their currency was lower than ours ... everything became more affordable!
A cruise is not a bad idea. I brought dean on a 3d/2n cruise when he was 5.5mth old. Relaxing, but there's really nothing much to do on board apart from eating and gambling. I'll tell you more if you're really keen on going.
LL:
trip to Bintan? u sure?
i think it may be quite hard to organise such an outing, esp since someone needs to book ferry tickets, hotel etc. Too much hassle.....
i think a gathering at botanic garden will be just as fun!