Travel - The JJ Twins!

February 23, 2015January 6, 2024

Taiwan (Feb 2015)

Taipei, Taiwan (Feb 2015)

JJ in TPE (19th – 22nd Feb 2015)

Type: Free & Easy

All smiles on the way to the airport with Mommy Koala and Peppa Pig in tow!

Kids don’t last very long in the flight and doze off after some movies and CHML.

Day 1 – Hanging out at Daan Park Playground

We pretty much spend half a day in this beautiful park!

Kids really enjoyed themselves scampering through the various parts of the very-well-thought-out-design of the play area which included the usual swings (with bucket seats for younger kids which Jo thoroughly enjoyed!), slides, and adjoining ramps and obstacles.

Only problem was because the play area was so huge, both Daddy J and Mummy J had to have eyes on the kids at ALL times, which was made even harder because of the intersections between ramps, slides and rope bridges… i.e. you’ll never know which slide either T1 or T2 would emerge from with all the other kids running helter-skelter in their skedaddle!

Day 1 – To the Taipei Zoo we go!

After breakfast we head off to the zoo!

The ONE card that rules them all. This MRT card was very handy and made train-travel very hassle free!

Commute from Daan station to the Taipei Zoo was seamless and scenic (towards the terminating station) and took a breezy 30 minutes.

Which way to go? Follow the crowd!

At the Koala enclosure getting acquainted with Nicole.

Day 3 – Back to Daan Park and lounging around the city and Hello Kitty Cafe!

Off to the mall and Hello Kitty Cafe! YAY!

Happy CNY at Sogo with Rody horses!

Day 4 – At TPE airport (Hello Kitty playground)

On route back to SIN on CA

December 30, 2014July 10, 2019

Jeju and Seoul Korea (Dec 2014)

Jeju Island and Seoul, Korea (Dec 2014)

JJ in CJU and ICN (21st -29th Dec 2014)

Good morning! We’re so excited about going to see Porroro that we couldn’t sleep a wink all night!

We get to Changi really early in the morning *yawnz* to catch our flight from SIN to ICN.

Changi celebrates a Disney Christmas 2014!

Jo and Grandma J en route to ICN!

Seoul

Korea Culinary institute – Korean Pancake Making.

Introducing Sous Chef Jo and Jon with Chef de Partie Mummy!

Seoul to Jeju.

At the Jeju Folk Village and Tangerine Farm.

Look Ma, black pigs! *oink oink!*

Mummy points out specifically to the sign on this house…

After like a dozen tangerines between the kids, we head to Jeju Land ATV park.

The boys went off to play and left the girls behind, only thing Jo could do was to pose with the yellow hard hat.

Jeju Island

Teddy Bear Museum

Jeju Trick Art Museum

And pick of the day goes to… the 2 adorable monkeys!

And the usual JJ pose…

Jeju to Daegu via OZ8122.

MERRY CHRISTMAS from The J Twins!

Its Christmas today and we head to CJU airport to catch our northbound flight to Daegu.

We have a little OJ and BYO Porroro and Friends play kit as IFE for our 1 hour domestic flight.

Pizza and Cheese Making in Daegu

Jon teams up with Grandma while Jo tags with Grandpa.

Our instructor flips it in the air.

There are also some very hungry farm animals outside which we eagerly fed! They must’ve smelled the pizza….

Daegu to Yongpyong

We arrive at the Yongpyong SKI resort and take the gondola up to the top.

At night the temperature drops to -12 degrees C!

Spot Jo among the snowmen!

We make an attempt at making our very own Olaf with BYO plastic carrot and Santa hat while Daddy is out night-skiing.

Next morning we try our hands at skiing… not before we make an attempt at our very own egg-Olaf at breakfast. Now kids, what did we say about not playing with your food?

After a while Daddy and Mummy leave us with Granpa and Grandma J who bring us to the kids’ play area while they hit the slopes.

Seoul

Highlight here would definitely have been the Jimjilbang!

For the ‘uninitiated’, Jimjilbang is sauna, spa, public bath and family entertainment centre all rolled into one!

Initially we were quick nervous about it having been told we had to change out into the Jimjilbang attire! After we got over our initial apprehensions (with much cajoling from Daddy that these were certainly not prison wear!) we finally consented. Jo had to go with Mummy to the littl’ girls’ change room and Jon with Daddy to the littl’ boys’.

There was an indoor playground, TV/Movie area and lotsa food – even waffles & ice-cream!

We’re starvin! I could eat a fork!

Didi, you have some…

And here comes the best part of it all… waffles and ice-cream!!! We lurve JIMJILBANG!

Next day we head to Porroro Park to meet Porroro and Friends!

Porroro Park is situated within Lotte World, which did-you-know happens to be the largest indoor theme park in the world! Anyways, PP is located on the same level as the skating rink. We take the elevator down 1 level and get our entry tickets!

We were so in hurry to get in to play we don’t bother with the photo-taking!

Mummy: Jon, stay put.

Jon: No mummy, i’m going down! Jo’s got my Porroro bottle!

*Jon leaps off instantly from Mummy’s lap*

Mummy: Oh dear… here we go again :s

*fight erupts*

Here comes da’ man himself!

Man of the house – little penguin Porroro! Well he doesnt seem too little here in person! Along with pals Loopy (the pink beaver), and Eddie (the orange fox).

Going into Porroro’s abode!

Guess what, there’s even a sandpit-play area…

Entrance fee was for 2 hours only and soon our time was up. We head out and back up one level to Lotte World and chanced upon some Dippin’ dots which Mummy instinctively introduces to us! Superb timing since we get to see the evening Parade that’s ongoing.

After a long day, we do the usual JJ pose.

Myeongdong

It’s super cold in Seoul today but the streets were bustling with tourists and locals alike (peddlers and bargain-hunters!).

Temperature was well below 0 degrees C and the grown-ups just kept walking and munchin’ away while us kids slept away in the cool…

Soon it was time to head home… ICN airport has a nice kids playground where we spent some time in. Suffice to say, we were all really exhausted on our flight back and fall asleep right on Mummy’s lap *ZZZzzzz*

Super Mummy carries Jon up front and piggy-backs Jo in the carrier.

December 31, 2013May 16, 2019

Japan (Dec 2013)

JJ in HND and KIX (22nd – 29th Dec 2013)

Type: Tour

Day -2

Daddy and Mummy rush T2 to the clinic as he had developed a fever with temperature soaring to 40 degrees C.

Dr Ker administers the usual suppository (we had been accustomed to the Voren/Voltaren “bullets” by this time) and the temperature subsides. Jono boy is drinking lotsa fluids and but kicking up a fuss in adamantly protesting the “fever patch” we stick up his forehead and back…

Day-1

Temperature continues to be in range of high 30s but no longer spiking to the 40s. We see this trending down but are still concerned as we were unsure about whether or not the trip would happen. Worst case, we would split the team up – Daddy to stay with Mutton boy and Mummy to travel with Jo and the gang to JP per plan. Bags are packed bearing in mind the 2 possible outcomes at this stage, with us scrambling on the phone with friends (Andy and Judy) to borrow a single stroller for Jo since we would ditch the twin pram if T2 wouldn’t be able to make the trip.

Day1

D-day arrives and littl’ boy still has a temperature, circa 38 degrees. We rush to the doc again in the morning and he clearly says “no travel”. Albeit disappointed, we head home and let Jon continue to rest. It wasn’t until 3-4pm thereabouts Daddy J makes the call to GO! as Jon was by now up and about in the house with his toys. While SQ636 wasn’t scheduled to depart until 2200hrs, we make a dash at (literally) throwing Jon’s clothes back into the suitcase… including the med kit, double iPADs (yes, I’m ashamed we were victims of the iPAD-nanny syndrome which could have accelerated Jon getting on prescription glasses by 6!) and of course his faithful Mummy Koa stuffling.

Soon we’re at the airport, and as soon as the plane was airborne, the nice flight attendants helped setup our bassinets and soon we’re sleeping like babies through the red-eye flight with no IFE, no drinks and no fuss.

Day2

We get in early to HND 530am the next morning… YOKOSO Japan!

It is Emperor Akihito’s birthday on 23rd December and its a National holiday in Japan!

We join in the festivities outside the Tokyo Imperial Palace!

I think the original plan was to visit Disney at Urayasu today but we chose to stay behind and take the day slow with Didi’s condition. Thankfully the fever had subsided by now, but we didn’t want to stretch him too much. Went to the hotel when it was time for check-in and pretty much had some snooze time to recover from the night flight. When we kids get up, we take a stroll outside to soak in the nice weather!

Day3 – Christmas Eve!

We pretty much take the day slow again and explore Tokyo.

Mutton is well enough and frolics around the mall while Jo is in the loo 🙂

Note there was a time Mummy was still about to carry us both! 🙂

Soon the kids are famished and what do we find ourselves eating in Japan? Ramen of course!

After more walking and walking, we head back to the hotel for family Christmas Eve dinner…

Day4 – Lake Kawaguchi Onsen

The next day we set off early for a long coach ride towards Kanazawa and Lake Kawaguchi…

Jo tags with Mummy for some girl-bonding time!

Arriving in the onsen resort to be greeted by Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel and a nice Kaizen dinner which Didi speedily slurps up.

Daddy: What language does Hello Kitty speak?
Mummy: Japanese of course!
Daddy: No, Hello Kitty has no mouth 😡

For the record, the kids did not go to the onsen, they were fast asleep already when Daddy J and Grandpa J went for their first attempt at the Japanese public bath with a small white towel and a BIG story to tell when the kids are older!

Day5 – Mt Fuji!

One of the most vivid memories for Daddy and Mummy (as they tell us) was a time they were both able to wear us in our baby sacks (aka our Baby carriers)! Soon after we learnt to scurry off on our own!