Chinese New Year 2021 Day #3 – Punggol Waterway Park
Yes, I skipped a day. I won’t bore you with that one as it wasn’t really monumental. We decided to go to the cinema to watch one of the latest kid flicks. I swear Fred Quimby will be turning in his grave over this ‘remake’ feature film, Tom & Jerry. What a shocker. Worst film I have ever seen and a slur on what I used to watch when I was Jude’s age with my Sis and Granddad. Shouldn’t be allowed. Anyways the kids enjoyed which was the important thing. So that’s what we did yesterday. A lazy day. Lay-ins. Lunch at Jewel Hawker, the film and then dinner at Ma Maison for some superb pork Tonkatsu – home and bed early. That really was it haha. Plus this bloody shoulder is still ‘reducing’ my desire and ability to have fun…
But, today is a different story. Today we decided to go exploring somewhere new again. Off we go to one of our new favourite places on Red Dot, Punggol. Have you been? You really should try it. Coney Island, Punggol Settlement, superb restaurants in pop-up container ‘villages’ – it is really uber cool and a should visit in these Covid times of finding new shit to do and keep the kids happy. And that is today’s agenda and why we did this;
Chinese New Year 2021 Day #3 – Punggol Waterway Park
Firstly let’s be having some Daddy-Pedia; Do you know what the word ‘Punggol’ actually means? In Malay, it means ‘throwing ing sticks at the branches of fruit trees to bring the fruit to the ground’. How about that? That right there means that this area has a history of being a fruit-growing district and/or potentially a ‘market’ for wholesale fruit growers and sellers. Love it.
This place is built around a section of Punggol Waterway and is located along Sentul Crescent. It interconnects to 3 other park areas too via park connectors, I wonder if we’ll get chance to see any of these today; Punggol Promenade Punggol Point Walk, Punggol Promenade Nature Walk and Punggol Promenade Riverside Walk. It is also segmented into four different themes: Nature Cove, Recreation Zone, Heritage Zone and Green Gallery.
Funnily enough, we could not find one of those ‘themes’, but despite that, we had a blast. This is stunning. Green landscaping right through the middle of HDB-land. Playgrounds, wildlife, adventure bridges and the like all the way along from coast to coast. We ended up at Coney Island and a short walk to Punggol Settlement for refreshments and a delicious dinner. What a day.
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First to lunch! Have a look at IsLifeaRecipe.net for the full review of the restaurant – suffice to say loved it here. Sister restaurant to Fat Po that I blogged already. Our new favourite suburb, so up and coming and so cool – it is Punggol. Love it!!!
And then post-lunch, a little additional tax-ride and we are at the WaterWay Park. It’s like a coast-to-coast green-belt right through the middle of a massive and modern HDB complex. I’d say nicer than our condo. Super-modern. Beautiful scenery on your doorstep. The mosy-cool shopping centres I have ever seen – watch the video. And access to island hopping and many, many nature reserves. Quality!!! Plus soon to be Technology College & Smart Suburb in the process of being built – WOW!!! But, for now, we’re just enjoying a walk along this stunning bit of greenery real-estate.
Full-family with me today for this explore. It’s hot and humid today folks, and we did get a little smattering of rain. But note; Nature. No Electronics. Walking. Holy Trinity achieved!!!
Some of the best playgrounds I have ever seen including this off-the-charts acoustic giant-wok things – watch the video. Best playgrounds EVER…
Massive swing, big enough and strong enough for all the kids. Nice. I even bust my arm up more to give this a bloody good swing and spin. Watch the video as it was funny to see who has motion sickness from the kids…
For once Jude Jude is the tallest in a photo with his siblings. The advantages of finding Hobbit-sized seating areas…
About 4.5Km in now and we reach one of our favourite cycling adventure locations on Red Dot… Coney Island is behind the gang. We love it there. Really strange to see all fir trees not jungly, tropical trees. Nearing the end now and a much-needed refreshment stop. Just down this path is Punggol Settlement and restaurants and bars galore… I think they all look rather refreshed, happy and very healthy. Job done Dad!!!
Jude Jude clearly thinks that that 5Km walk has built his muscles up, bless him. He looks like a baby sparrow with no feathers…
Dry t-shirt on and now he thinks he is in a K-Pop Boy Band as he grooves along to the music…
A wee wanders downstairs to The House of Seafood @ Punggol Settlement as Wifey & #1 wanted to test out their claims of being #1 Award-Winning Crab (funnily enough both agreed it was the best they have ever had in 13 years of living here…).
We did our little family Zoom here with the UK and Japan. Great to see brothers and Mums and Dads all over the planet, and to see them all safe and well, despite lockdowns.
Love this restaurant. Classic wok-fried Chinese food and lots of it. We all walked out very smart, as according to Uncle Roger if you slather stuff in MSG you will get more intelligent. As the light drew in all these twinkly light came on, the canopy was drawn back, there was a bustle of people and right in front of. us was the sea and Pulau Ubin & Malaysia. We love Punggol.
What a cracking place Punggol has become. Fast-approaching one of our mist-visited suburbs in Singapore. It is just awesome and has so much more stuff happening too. Watch the video and see the SAFRA club there too. The action was now taken by #1 to get his membership and get some benefits from doing NS as that place looked incredible. Chinese New Year 2021 Day #3 – Punggol Waterway Park was just a brilliant day. Lunch at midday, a lovely 5Km walk, refreshments and then a great dinner. Home for 2000 and bed for the kidlets. Perfect. No iPad/iPhone, fresh air, family laughs and conversation, nature, and exercise. All the things Wifey and I wanted them to have today. This is a must-try in our country lockdown list for Red Dot – ENJOY!!!
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