Sentosa is really not very interesting these days. That’s our conclusion after playing tourists at the island yesterday.

Gosh, it must have been donkey’s years since I’ve last stepped foot on that island as I was obviously unaware of many developments. It was the first time we drove in and I was curious as to why we were charged for four tickets at the entry since Gavin can enter free. “Three adults and a car,” said Zu. Oh, the car needs to pay too. *Bleah* I also forgot that the monorail isn’t in operation as I kept telling Zu that we could take the monorail around. And I realised yesterday that Fantasy Island has been closed for a long time. So the island is really not happening because even the gigantic merlion is just sitting there being repaired.

Anyway, midway through our trip, I kind of regretted going there. Gavin was creating a scene as we will gearing to leave the Underwater World. The same thing happened at the Musical Fountain. The boy just wanted to stay there eternally. We had to lug him away while he was still whining and crying. And because he was obviously upset, we had to shelf our plans of chilling out at the beach pub, which I was hoping to be a saving grace for the trip.

After leaving Sentosa, I suggested having dinner at Ichibantei at Robertson Quay but was half worried that the boy would crank up again. Fortunately, he was an angel at dinner time and it was a good thing I prepared his fave fried bee hoon for him. At least we managed to chill out here with some Asahi beer and chashu. I must have been really famished because after slurping up my order of Tonkotsu ramen, I decided to eat one mouthful of Zu’s Oyako Don but ended up eating a bowl of it. I was even eyeing Ana’s Ishiyaki which looked delicious, because it came served in a hot stone bowl.

We have been thinking of bringing Gavin for a short trip but his behaviour yesterday isn’t exactly encouraging. To ensure less hassles, I guess we would have to find a place with lots of water features and a restaurant that can whip up nice fried beehoon!

Got chided by Godma when I told her about our trip to Sentosa cos I should have checked and realised that that place is undergoing reno.