Happy 10th Birthday, Faye

We had an advanced celebration last Saturday in SM Mall of Asia. Her only request was for Kyla (her favorite cousin), to spend the day with her. In fact, we could just have stayed home, and I’m sure she wouldn’t complain, for as long as they’re together. But still, we opted to take her out, and we decided to just spend the day in MOA. Too bad, Earvin had classes so I told him to just go straight to MOA after his dismissal.

We initially planned to watch the Alice in Wonderland movie (I will accompany Faye & Kyla, while the others will watch another movie since my sister-in-law had free movie passes for four), but we decided against it, because the two movies had different schedules.

Then someone suggested going to X-Rider which was located on the ground floor where Cosmic Kidz was also located. Fee was Php100/person for a 3-minute 4D adventure. You get to choose the adventure that you prefer: forest, jurassic, car race or roller coaster. Faye and Kyla chose Forest adventure. Izah and I chose Jurassic adventure. I was trying to convince Faye to join us but she didn’t want because she got scared when she watched T-Rex movie in Imax with her Kuya Jeje. She said she just kept on removing the 3D eyeglasses that she was wearing because she was scared of the big dinosaurs that were suddenly popping out of the screen.

It was a fun experience, I even enjoyed it myself. A monitor was even installed outside where you’ll get to watch what was happening inside the booth — though not the movie, of course, but you’ll have the chance to record on video the facial expressions of whoever is inside. When I asked Faye how it was, she said she didn’t remove her 3D eyeglasses anymore, she just closed her eyes whenever she was scared. Kyla was cool because it wasn’t her first time there.

After enjoying X-Ride, we had some ice cream before letting them choose another place where they want to play.

We then decided to go for a stroll at the back of MOA — unfortunately, we missed the sunset! There were lots of people enjoying the cool breeze of Manila Bay, and it was such a relief to see lots of families preferring to go for a walk outside than inside the Mall.

The kids tried Wow Balls, it’s like a Zorb experience, but instead of going down the hill like in Boracay, the ball was floating on the water for 10 minutes, and it was a steal for Php50. There was a very long queue, I think it took almost an hour before it was finally their turn. When they got out, they were sweating profusely and Faye said she almost couldn’t breathe because she felt suffocated. But then, I think it was because they didn’t just lie down and relax, they really enjoyed themselves and did some somersaults inside the ball.

After this, it was time to unwind, and what’s the best thing to do but to ride the carousel. Imagine seeing a Grand Carousel beside the sea! It was relaxing and gave them enough time to cool down.

Then of course, we all got hungry, after all, it was already 8:30pm! I think we weren’t just hungry, we were starving! So, we headed for Mannang/Mann Hann — which unfortunately was packed and we had to wait for 30 minutes before there were available seats for us, fortunately, we were allowed to order our food even while still waiting for a vacant table, so we didn’t have to wait long for our food to arrive.

After dinner, Kuya Earvin arrived, and then their other cousins also joined us for a short bonding time.

Faye enjoyed herself so much, she even said, it was her best birthday ever!