Yawn Gai Gai: River Safari

I am quite a fan of cute stuff, so I literally jumped at the chance to visit River Safari cos there were Tsum Tsum being plastered around the area. Best of all, if you finished the Bingo, you will get a luggage bag tag. If I were a friend of the River Safari, I might have gone every week in December to collect all the luggage bag tags. 

In term of aesthetics, I think the Mickey and Minnie Tsum Tsum was the cutest, but we missed it. So I settled for my favourite Disney character of all time - Stitch :D. Pss, the other merchanise were sold at a pretty affordable price and the old tokidoki merch even had a nice discount. If my new house wasn't on its way, I might have just bought the store down. Hehe. 

Just to share a bit more, at most station you would have to take a photo doing specific poses. It is really difficult if you are coming by yourself. But, generally, everyone is pretty helpful and we got quite a few good photos. Some of the tsum tsum feature aren't actually Bingo points but they were so cute, I was like let's waste time on it. Hehe.

Being excessive as usual, I even wore a tsum tsum on my head. Some dressing advice, try to pack light and wear shorts/pants because there are quite a bit of motions if you wanna clear your bingo points (i.e. jump shots). It was raining that day, hence we had to lug around our umbrella cos I packed light using my Ecosusi Bag (Read more about it here!). River Safari is 90% sheltered, in retrospect, we could have taken a a risk and not bring the umbrella. 

Apart from the Tsum Tsum standees, there is not much additional attractions at the River Safari. The pandas and red pandas still holds our affection. In a desperate attempt, I tried to take a selfie with the red panda. I was a bit bummed that my camera choose to focus on me instead of the red panda. T.T

If haven't been to River Safari, one of the star attraction is also the river ride. Personally, I find the ride quite tranquil. It might be quite slow and boring for some people cos there isn't much animal action at the riverbank. But since you paid for it, you must as well go on the ride since it is free. Hehe. 

It has been quite a while since I last stepped into River Safari so everything seems pretty fresh. I was quite excited at this "new" arena where you get to catch monkeys and mousedeers? roaming around freely. We spotted a preggy one that is due for labour soon. But guess luck wasn't on my side and I didn't get to witness the birth for myself. T.T Overall, this was still a fun break with the Hubs. Can't wait for more fun times, although quite honestly sometimes going out too much drains me. Hehe. 

New Favourite Bag: Ecosusi

This is a bit borderline showoff-ish, but heck it, I really want to tell the world how much I adore my new bag. A few days back, this little baby came in the mail. I was so excited for it because I saw many positive reviews on it. I am quite pleased to see that it is as it look on the website.

Nowadays, I am quite a fan/ sucker for leather products whether they are shoes or bags. In the past, I would have gone for bags that you hand along your arm or shoulder. However, I tend to have aches when I carry such bags (maybe cos of the sheer amount of items I throw into my bag), so now I have swapped over to backpacks! And my latest collection is from Ecosusi.

For this design, they had quite a few colours and I settled for a maroon colour cos it is trendy...and partially cos I have too much blue bags. Hehe. Despite its tiny size, I was very impressed with the amount of space and compartments it had. I could throw in my vanity pouch, house keys, pencil box, wallet, a book and an umbrella even. FYI, didn't even use up all the space I had.

The bag came with 2 straps so you could either use it as a sling or a backpack. For me, I was very sure I was going for a backpack and I think the design looks better as a backpack. But of cos, you readers may share a totally different aesthetic sense from me. :P

So far, this is my go-to causal backpack for days I don't need my laptop. If you are looking for a laptop bag, psss, Ecosusi also have quite a good selection of them. And male readers, don't fret cos they also have bags designed for you guys. Personally, I would classify Ecosusi designs as smart chic, with a vintage vibe. For such bags, usually the price goes a lot higher. I do feel that I did get quite a steal at their price-point. 

Also, I have to highlight the quality of the bag is superb. Ecosusi just surpass any already quite high expectations I have for them. :D You will definitely be seeing a lot of this baby plastering around my future LOTD posts. Between you and me, I hope they pick me to become the first ever Asian ambassador to try and review their collection :P