Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

We went to the Singapore Airshow 2010 yesterday.

All four of us.

We hopped on the free shuttle bus from Changi’s Terminal 3 early in the morning, and were basically there for a good three hours.

And it was a REALLY HOT day.

We left our DSLR at home and traveled light, bringing along just our Canon Ixus 970IS.

Here are more photos!

[Were offered lots of pamphlets at the entrance but we took only what we needed. Didn’t wish to contribute to unnecessary paper waste]

We went to the Airshow two years ago too! (click HERE to read my post on it).

Vai was 1.5 years old and Anya was not even 4 at the time … and compared to our experience yesterday, it was more ‘inconvenient’ then simply because the kids were way too young, I think.

This year the kids are older and it was better for us. And I came more prepared too.

Hats, sunnies, an umbrella and sunblock cream … checked!

Water bottles … checked!

Snacks and pasta for lunch … checked!

The weather was REALLY REALLY HOT yesterday, and so the kids and I went to the air-conditioned trade exhibition area while Wilson and his friends went to see the planes and jets.

[I like this shot! Hehe. This photo and the two shots above this one were taken by Wilson]

There’s a Butterfly Garden in there (exhibition by Changi Airport), and so we checked it out too! (Took photos with my camera phone. Yet to download those!)

I was most impressed with one pilot who happened to walk by, stopped to approach Anya and Vai (who at the time were busy with their bags while sitting on the carpet) and gave them an apache and F-15 pins! (I learned afterwards that apparently such pins are collectibles and can’t be ‘bought’ out in the market!)

I took a photo of the kids and him with my camera phone, but I forgot to ask for his name and which fighter plane he’s about to fly at the aerial show! DUH!

We sat on the HOT ground while waiting for the aerial show to start at 11.30am.

So.

How’s the Airshow, someone asked.

Well. To me, the overall crowd control and management was MUCH MUCH better than two years ago! Everything was in good order, ie. how the shuttle buses were arranged, the walkways, the queues, etc. BUT, I wasn’t totally wowed by the aerial show. I guess we all looked forward to more aerial acrobatics, with more than two planes up in the sky. Wilson wasn’t too happy about the ‘missing’ black knights as well.

And what can you do when you’re not that interested in the happenings up in the sky?

You can always bring along a little journal and pen down your thoughts on it! Which was what Anya did yesterday!

She wrote in her own words some 3 to 4 pages of what she thought and saw that day.

I like.

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[Extra Notes]

– Drink lots of water and put on some sunblock. We felt ‘heaty’ after going to the Airshow, but we’re at least not sun-burned nor dehydrated

– Expect quite a lot of walking (and queuing, if you plan to take photos on the planes) at the Airshow

– Other recommended things to bring along if you’re coming with little ones to the Airshow are:

> Umbrella
> Hat
> Sunblock cream
> Sunglasses
> Snacks and perhaps, lunch
> Water bottles (I froze two milk packets overnight and it was nice and cold when we drank it at the Airshow!)
> And of course, a camera!