A Date With Pinochio

20 Nov 2010 (Sat):

Woke up to a sunny morning. Hooray for we were off on a date with Pinochio this afternoon @ 2pm. Dragged a reluctant Daddy to breakfast & back to take a shower & get dressed. My mum came around 11am to pick us up. On the way, we were met with a heavy traffic jam & followed by a heavy rain.

Pinochio - The Musical.

Some of the cast members:

Joanna Ampil who played the blue fairy.

Gerald Chew who played Geppetto & the Fox.

Kaeng Chan who played the Cricket & Coachman

Dwayne Tan - the voice of Pinochio

and many others who played a very important part/role in this production.

Many of you knewed Pinochio very well. A childhood story that teaches us the important facts of life like it is not good to tell lies & fall into temptations. This is a modern puppetry show with a good cast of singing, dancing, props & enagaging the audiences into a world of lights, colours & fantasy.

I bought the tickets via SISTIC, a family package of 4, priced at $32.25/ticket. I spent a total of $141.20, including a SISTIC fee of $12.00 & handling fee of $0.20.

We went to Liang Court ( former Daimaru), near Clarke Quay for lunch since DBS Arts Centre is nearby. We decided to have it at BOTEJYU Okonomiyaki Japanese Restaurant.

Lionel & Rachel posing for one or two shots before the food comes.

Seafood Yaki-Soba which my mum ordered.

Ozkos & Mushroom Rice Set. Ozkos is a Japanese Pancake. You can choose either pork or seafood.

After lunch as we still has some time to spare, the kids rode on a kiddy ride & we took some time off to do a little window shopping. ( of cos we were just nearby & the kids were well within our sight).

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We met up with my aunt after the show & the kids slept all the way from River Valley to Tampines. We had an early dinner around six at Ding Tai Fung. My aunt ordered the Xiao Long Bao ( which she was craving for), wonton noodles soup, marinated pork chops & fried rice with shrimps for the kids. We went on another round of window shopping. The kids posed with some Pokemon characters.

Onboard yet another kiddy ride.

This is another musical production which i am thinking to watch next year. The Ugly Ducking - about a little duckling who looks different. Teased & ridiculed on the farmyard, he ran away, meeting a host of colourful characters & eventually discovers that he is not a duckling after all.

In the evening, Lionel went to his art class & we headed home for a rest & showered before i went to pick up Lionel.

That concludes our evening on the 20 Nov 2010. A tired but enriching afternoon.