Universal Studios Singapore

This is the make-up trip to USS.

First thing that caught the kids' eyes - the huge minion statue.

Being a Monday, the park was not extremely crowded. But there was still a crowd, lots of tourists.

What caught Daddy's eyes - the pretty drum set. 

With both kids still so young, we didn't try any "scary" rides. In fact, we did only rides with maximum waiting time of 5 minutes. The most adrenaline-pumping ride we did was the "Accelerator" which reminded Nadine of the Mad Tea Party ride in Disneyland.

The last time we came, Nadine refused to do the Pteranodon ride. This time, she still needed a bit of convincing before she got on the ride. But once she did so, she totally enjoyed herself.

Here's the ultimate coincidence - we bumped into Mummy's colleague from the Philippines, who is on holiday in Singapore with her family!

Outside the Lost World, was this very realistic velociraptor. Nadine was too scared to take photos with it, but gamely took photos of us with the roaring dinosaur. Aaron held on to Daddy very tightly!

After being out in the hot sun for a while, we went to watch the Shrek 4-D show, to rest our feet and get some air-con comfort!

Then we proceeded to Madagascar. Aaron wanted to do the boat ride, but Nadine kept saying that she did not enjoy it the last time. She could remember that there were some parts that were dark and spooky, and we got a little wet. I was amazed that she could remember all that!

So after the carousel ride, she cleverly said, "ok, we've done the Madagascar ride. We don't need to go on the boat ride already." But no, we went on the boat ride anyway. Had to teach her that it cannot always be what she wants. She has to sometimes give in to others.

And we made sure that we sometimes go with her wishes too. So after the boat ride, Daddy brought Aaron to do the Treasures Hunters ride - another ride that Nadine didn't want to do, coz again, she remembered from her last experience that she was scared by the snakes. I couldn't remember anything.

While she can be whiny and stubborn at times, she can also be very "guai", especially when she's given instructions beforehand.

I'd told her and Aaron at the beginning of the day that they both can buy only 1 item from the park, at the end of the day, before we leave. She didn't bug me to buy anything throughout the day. And when we were at the shops, she did not argue with me about the things that I refused to buy for her - cookies that were too expensive, bracelets that were meant for adults, and coffee mugs that were not suitable for children. Daddy's theory - because we always explain to her our reasons for saying no, and because she's not deprived. Love it when she's so obedient!

Aaron was very "guai" too. The Treasure Hunt ride had a waiting time of 45 mins. Of course Daddy was not going to queue for it in the hot sun. All the more because Aaron was really tired, and was going to doze off anytime. Daddy told him that the wait would be too long, and said we'll come back another time. And Aaron just said "ok" to Daddy. No whining. 

USS is really a very small park, and having been here twice within 7 months, I don't think we'll come back anytime soon. But hopefully when we next come back, the kids will be old enough to go on more exciting rides!