National Day celebration

Every year without fail, we would head out in search of a suitable venue to catch the National Day fireworks display. This year, we chose to camp out at Marina Barrage.

The Marina Barrage is Singapore's 15th reservoir, and the first in the heart of the city. Overlooking the Singapore Flyer and the financial district, the Marina Barrage offers wide, open recreational space, lush greenery and breathtaking scenery.

In view of National Day celebrations, we even applied Singapore flag stickers on the faces on all three toddlers - Chloe, and her cousins Anthea and Vera....

By the end of the evening, we were generally disappointed as our view of the fireworks display was unfortunately blocked to a large extent by the 3 hotel towers of the upcoming Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resorts........but the company of family members and other enthusiastic patriotic Singaporeans more than made up for it. And to those planning a similar outing at the Barrage during next year's National Day - be warned, the traffic is horrendous when you leave the place.

Chloe and Miky

My mom always told me that the way a child looks changes quite a fair bit as they grow up. Looking back at some of the older photos, I couldn't agree more !! Just look at the past & present photos of Chloe and her friend Miky (Michael & Taky's daughter).........I can barely recognise little Chloe....