Singapore Garden Festival 2010
We visited the Singapore Garden Festival this afternoon, courtesy of Angelia. I was looking forward to exhibits as innovative as the last one in 2008, but was a little disappointed because it seemed to me that something was lacking this year. K, however, said that in his opinion, this year was better in terms of the quality of exhibits. When I asked him what he meant, he said that many of the gardens this year were landscaped so well that they looked exactly like what we might find in nature. I guess we just look for different things – I liked 2008′s exhibits because they were more designed and less “natural”. The kids also seemed to have more fun previously, although they did enjoy looking at all the different plants and vegetables in the Supermarket Garden.
I took some photos with the Ixus, but can’t share them right now because the USB ports on the Mini are wonky and won’t recognise any of my devices, including my iPhone. K is working on his comp so the photos will have to wait. In the meantime, here is a photo of us, taken by Angie.
One of those rare family photos where everybody is smiling with eyes open.
While waiting for K to reappear after he scooted off in search of things to look at while Ally and Zoe did batik painting, I bumped into Mrs Saro, who used to be deputy director of resource development at HPB. She looked really well. When I asked her how retirement is treating her, she told me she is keeping very busy travelling to Australia to see her kids, helping friends with their businesses, and doing enriching things like taking art lessons. I hope that if and when I retire, I will be able to stay productive and happy like she is. And it was very nice to see a familiar face from my old workplace again.