Go-Go Bambini

The greatest luxury in life is time.

Juggling between work and family, it always seems as though there is so little time left for ourselves to pursue the things we enjoy doing. Children often can’t wait to grow up, but in retrospect our growing years as kids are probably the best in our entire life. Time was aplenty and life was to a large extent worry-free (except for those school examination periods).

Play-time used to mean hanging out with friends doing silly things outdoors (and because they were “silly”, I’m not going to mention any of them here.….haha). Kids in this day and age (especially in Singapore) go through a lot more pressure/stress whilst growing up – perhaps due to the significantly higher expectations that parents have of them. So what should parents do to offset this additional stress? Well, they can try taking their kids to Go-Go Bambini at Dempsey Hill!! At least that is what Clare and I did (haha……as if Chloe is under a lot of stress….).

Go-Go Bambini calls themselves the “premium indoor children’s entertainment centre”, offering active pay-for-play in an air-conditioned environment for children aged 0-11 years. It has an enormous custom-designed interactive playscape that promotes active play such as climbing, sliding, bouncing, balancing, crawling, etc. Parents themselves can either spend time at Café Bambini or the Nail Spa, both located within the same premises.

As you can see from the photos below, Chloe enjoyed herself. At the beginning, Chloe felt some apprehension due to the new/unfamiliar environment but after about 10 minutes she was back to her usual joyful self. Clare and I accompanied Chloe as the three of us manoeuvred through the various obstacles – I’m glad I made it through in one piece…… all I can say is that Go-Go Bambini was never designed for adults !!! haha…

At one point, Chloe was playing hide and seek with a little boy….. and it all appeared nice and cute until it suddenly dawned upon us that Chloe would one day grow up and experience her first “puppy love” !! Parents who have daughters tend to worry more about these things. If I had it my way, Chloe wouldn’t even start dating until she is about 20 years old !!!

After spending about an hour there, we decided to call it a day. On the way out, Clare turned to me and asked “When are we coming back again?” – at which point I almost fainted. I suppose the appropriate answer would have been “As soon as my back hurts less dear”…. Hahaha!