Hi Brenda and Buttons,
I see! No wonder you gals find it so hard to go.... It's easy to say "dun laze in bed", but it's hard to execute yah? I have trouble getting out of bed early on weekends too! Buttons, actually my helper doesn't do all that much. We brought Clarence to Botanic Gardens pretty often before the helper came too. Maybe you can pack in the FM powder and diapers the night before? The next morning you can grab the hot water and 2 milk bottles, and you will be good to go.
If you are still bfg, then maybe will be easier?
But really no need to bring baby to Botanic... Anywhere outdoors where baby can have fun is fine!
Our babies are at the stage where they are intensely curious about everything and anything, so it's a joy to bring them out. Cannot wait to see little Arianne and Jovann at the KM trial!!!
L''Organic sounds so chi chi and upmarket!!! Gosh! How to pronounce that??? Heheheee.... me very sua-ku... Thanks! Must check that place out!
My mom prefers the Jasons at TM to BRP these days.... But I find Jasons darned overpriced leh.... Anyway, she has lotsa time on weekends, so she will pop over to Vivocity's Giant for organic food as well.
Hi Nedlands,
Thanks for posting the links to those nice nice toys!!!
Hi edksd and msapple,
Yup yup!!! Four Seasons ALSO tried to sell me the enzyme drink the last time I was there. They started by telling me all the actresses who imported it from Japan (such as Huang Biren, Zoe Tay, Wong Li Lin) and how they all swore by it after drinking it. Anyway, I just told them that I am not interested and I haven't heard of any of these actresses... who are they??? Haha, that drove the poor sales ladies at the cashier nuts and got me LOADS of odd stares from the rest of the eavesdroppers around the shop. Then the 2 ladies changed tack and said that all the Japanese moms LOVED it, and they can show me all their written testimonials (written in Japanese, mind you). Then I was like - In the first place I don't understand Japanese, and in the second, anyone could have written it. (Anyway, I guess by then 80% of the shoppers were eaves-dropping). Anyway, I guess they also reckoned that they should clarify and redeem themselves, so they changed tack AGAIN and said that they could provide me with the contact of this Japanese lady who is willing to come forward and share her experience.... Basically her first daughter was not on enzyme, and she had skin allergies and was often sick. The younger son on enzyme is never sick and never had skin allergies. Hence the enzyme drink is not only beneficial for me, it is also good for babies 6 months and above and it PROTECTS the baby from getting HFMD. So I countered that if they can show me research reports from credible insitutes such as Harvard Medical School or MIT that such enzyme drink, when taken over a prolonged period of time, is truly beneficial without any side effects, I will be interested. After all, the Japanese lady is only one sample size.... any credible research must be carried over a sizable population under controlled conditions and external factors.
I guess they almost died.... It was not their lucky day to have met me, and I am almost afraid that I am blacklisted the next time I return.... I like the shop and the items they sell, but not their hard-sell tactics in pushing for the enzyme drink.... The drink may be truly good, but their selling technique truly sucks.... Just my 2 cents' lah.
too bad didn't use the steriliser hahaha.
