Since staycations has been our official way of celebrating birthdays in our family, we booked ahead for our sons' birthdays. Last May, we booked a stay at Hilton Garden Inn for our 3rd son's 3rd birthday. We, however, didn't anticipate that there will be a lockdown plus it coincided with Ramadan time. We planned to drop by Philippines Embassy for some transactions but we learned they are closed! Lesson learned that we should have checked the schedule first before dropping by. We also dropped by … [Read more...]
A LOVELY STAYCATION AT A LUXURIOUS STUDIO UNIT IN JEBEL SIFAH
When my birthday was coming up last month, my family & I were thinking of how would celebrate my day. I thought of trying something different as the the usual staycations at hotels in Muscat. I have heard of Jebel Sifah from an Omani colleague in my previous workplace. I overheard she said it is a nice place around 45 minutes away from Muscat. I heard it got a beach, swimming pool, hotel and bar in the place. I researched and found the information of the hotel, the Sifawy Boutique Hotel. I … [Read more...]
DAY PASS AT SHANGRI-LA BARR AL JISSAH RESORT & SPA
Disclaimer: This is a late post Last March when Covid 19 was still like foggy distant phenomenon (cases were still few in Oman & social distancing was still an alien vocabulary), we drove to Muscat to Shangri-la Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa to celebrate Howell's 4th birthday. Howell has always been a water-baby. He has celebrated most of his birthdays with a fun day swimming in pools: Wild Wild Wet for his 2nd birthday & Adventure Cove on this 3rd birthday (both in Singapore). To keep … [Read more...]
ADVENTURE COVE FOR FYNN’S 2ND BIRTHDAY
Last March, we celebrated Fynn's 2nd birthday. Yes, our curly charmer turned 2 years old this year just in time to be big brother to Baby Zeke. Last year, we celebrated his 1st birthday at Wild Wild Wet. This year, we chose again another water adventure for our active water baby. We decided to have a day of fun at Adventure Cove in Sentosa Island. Before we headed out for our water fun, we had lunch at Chili's in Resorts World Sentosa. Chili's is a family-friendly chain serving classic Tex-Mex … [Read more...]
NAJ’S SINGAPORE ZOO BIRTHDAY
Naj just turned 3 years old two weeks ago. We initially planned for a trip to Kuala Lumpur but my husband's work schedule won't allow so we thought of other ways to celebrate Naj's birthday beside throwing a big party. And we thought, hey why not a trip to the Zoo! He can identify animals now and seen animal cartoons on TV. He would love to see the real ones we are sure. And we were right! He and Fynn had a fun time at Singapore Zoo. How to get to Singapore Zoo Coming from the East, we … [Read more...]
FYNN’S 1ST BIRTHDAY AT D’RESORT AND WILD WILD WET
Time indeed flies so fast. My 2nd son has turned 1-year-old. Yes, Fynn is now 1! We wanted to travel to Kuala Lumpur for his birthday but I have work commitments. So we opted on a small birthday party at home on his birthday and extend his birthday celebration on a weekend by having a staycation at D'Resort and a fun time at Wild Wild Wet. For his actual birthday, we made spaghetti, fajitas, and lumpia shanghai. We also got Ikea Meatballs bought by our housemate. Of course, we have to have … [Read more...]