12-14 Sep 2008

Superstar Aqaurius

12 Sep
Once again this year, we celebrated Ash's birthday by going on a cruise, since our original plan for Tokyo Disney was pushed back to October.
To avoid the long queue at check-in, I did a city check-in 2 days earlier, so on Friday, we just had to proceed straight to boarding. Immediately after checking into our cabin, Ash's first task was to check out the bed. Viv suspects why she enjoys going on cruises and hotel stays is not because she likes the idea of it, but more because she likes rolling on the beds ! Since this was our 2nd time on a cruise, we were a little more savvy, we dumped the bags in the cabin and headed straight for the restaurant for dinner - typically Singaporean !

After dinner, we spent the time exploring the ship, checking out the other restaurants, where the swimming pools were, and what time Bingo was the next day...haha. At 10pm, we proceeded to the Stardust Lounge to watch a musical celebrating Hollywood movies. Despite it being way past her usual bedtime, Ash endured as she especially enjoyed watching the lead character who was playing the Mask....she calls him the "funny uncle".

13 Sep
The day started with a buffet breakfast at the Mariners Buffet lounge. After that, rest of the time was spent taking it easy and participating in the various on-board activities. One such activity was lantern making. During lunch, we were given a special treat, a live-performance right at our table-side.


And how can Ash miss the all important swimming !
Later that night, Star Cruise celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival with moon-cakes and chinese tea at the top deck.

14 Sep

All too soon, we were heading back to Harbourfront, so as the Aquarius approached Singapore, we chose to spend some time at the top deck enjoying the sea-breeze. Unfortunately Ash wasn't in the best of moods, so it was tough getting good photos of her.