Good grief, can it get any hotter?? The day would have been perfect but for nearly melting outdoors. I mean, breakfast of bak chor mee and kaya toast at 6th Ave, then a meetup with the Lohs on Sentosa followed by drinks at Wine Co on the boardwalk with Rishad and Shefali coming along too? It should have been idyllic had we not been nearly flattened by the heat.

Just as well that it was too hot, I guess, since Sentosa is completely overpriced and we dropped a bomb for the kids to try the Mega Zip and luge. Becky and I sat in the shade at Trapizza and watched with a glass of wine in hand. Ran fortuitously in Gillian Koh with her kids there so I got to say hi to an old acquaintance.

The excessive heat was matched only by the excessive drink, I think. By the end of the evening at Wine Co, only good sense and the children's horrified expressions saved us from topping it with bak kut teh at Keppel. The kids were so sticky when they went to bed but too tired to bathe that I dusted them all over with talcum powder like sugared donuts. It never got cool enough to be pleasant, really. You just wish you had a portable shower with you all the time.

Only poor Ethan had to leave for tuition at 4.10 after just one luge ride. He never dares to complain either.