We participated in OCBC Cycle with family last weekend. It was another fun opportunity for families to bond and encourage kids to be sporty 🙂
We first participated in OCBC Cycle in 2016, read our experience here.
Ocbc Cycle with Family
OCBC Cycle was a two days event at Singapore Sports Hub. Saturday for young families and Sunday for individuals (23 and 42Km).
There were carnival activities at event venue, some fun stuffs are related to bikes, and smaller kids are fascinated with bubbles.
At the appointed time, we got into our race lane and get ready to roll off. Boon Yee and Boon Xin were supposed to be in two different age category, but I managed to combine them into the one session (save on logistics, and it would be more fun to cycle together).
We have Xander and Winston from BlogFather to join us in this section.
Overall, the event is very well organised. No rush, and everyone file to the front in an orderly manner. Parents were smiling and chit chatting with the kids as we cycled slowly, some would inevitably be in race-mode.
The road was wide enough for everyone, but some of the road marshals were standing too close to the lanes.
Fortunately, the dark skies did not pour, we were very lucky as the weekend had a thunderstorm forecast! It might be a different ending if we are all soaked 🙂
It was a fun and easy 20 min loops for us.
Well done kids, time to upgrade your bikes for 2018. Boon Yee was complaining that our pace was too slow and he confidently ride infront and overtook us once.
As the kids were warming up in the carpark before we start (maybe too much rounds(, Boon Xin struggled to compete the last 2 laps.
But she persisted to cross the final line, and earn her finisher medal 🙂
Love this photo from David, look a bit like OCBC Cycle poster :p
We would like to thanks OCBC for the Fun invite. Many families enjoyed the riding opportunity. You may read more about OCBC Cycle Family category (Mighty Savers) on their Website and Facebook.
Do pop by our 2016 OCBC Cycling here and more stories on our blog tag “Cycling” and Instagram hashtag #skbCycles
We will share more about Day 2 OCBC Cycle Family (with my No1 in 23km) soon. Meanwhile, you may wish to read up how Dana (Life’s Tiny Miracles) did in her sole category 🙂
Johor Mount Austin is only 30 min drive from Woodlands Custom. This “enclave” has plenty of food and activities to keep you busy for 3D2N.
We love the relative quiet neighbourhood (compared to KSL or City Square), Mount Austin feels relatively safe for us and our car.
We have shared our favourite food joints (food ratings) and GPS in post below, with additional links to our friend’s recommendations.
One of the recent discovery is Japanese goodness “和樂屋 Warakuya”. We first noticed this corner eatery is always packed, with queues forming even before restaurant is open. Although it looks classy, the price is very reasonable, and most importantly food fresh and Instagram friendly 🙂
We will definitely visit again to satisfy our cravings for Japanese cuisine.
We usually stay at Prince 33, which is even nearer to our favourite food haunts. Our family do not require any elaborate rooms, just a simple bed and shower would suffice, we seldom linger in our rooms :p
For those seeking more wifi and creature comforts, you may wish to explore nearby Airbnb options, just cross the road to our usual Mount Austin eat and shop street 🙂
3. Airbnb Premium Studio (link)
(GPS 1.560998, 103.779004)
Spacious and with a pool, simple basics for a comfortable stay.
We were there last Dec to celebrate No1 (Wee) and No3 (Yee) ‘s Birthdays.
Glad to have Heng family with us 🙂
Beside plenty of food and cafe choices, there are much fun activities in Mount Austin for a relaxing 3D2N. We blog about Austin Heights Water Park recently (link). You can do ice skating and “bouncing ” too.
4. Austin Heights Water & Adventure Park (4.25/5)
(GPS 1.560447, 103.775236) Facebook
Johor Mount Austin ice skating
Ok, not real ice, but we still had Fun :p
We would consider arcade in 5. Aeon Tebrau City (GPS 1.548643, 103.793924) as part of our fun activities too 🙂
There is a Hua Mei at Mount Austin, 5 min walk from Prince 33. You will find decent coffee anytime. Toast for breakfast, Mee Siam for lunch. Hainanese chicken chop for dinner, cheap and good.
8.Restoran Hua Mei (华美) (The original store is in JB)
(GPS 1.561792, 103.776993) Facebook
Hua Mei chicken Chop
If we can only recommend one breakfast spot, it must be Gim Cheng dim sum! We always try to stopover when we visit Johor Mount Austin, alas this place is often packed. You can find carpark space behind, but there is no table space! Do consider tabao 打包 🙂
More photos of Mount Austin can be found on our Facebook album (link and here). Do pop by our blog posts about Mount Austin, Permas Jaya and Bukit Indah.
We have reviewed more Johor Mount Austin restaurants from the following posts:
-Restoran KKJT (蒲种上汤街, 3.25/5)
Steam fish is popular but we did not know how to appreciate, the zhi char (煮炒) dishes are so so but over-priced.
(GPS 1.565045, 103.778000)
–JWC – Just Want Coffee (3.75/5) – Slightly pricey, but we love the Instagramable industrial setup, cheese cakes and latte
(GPS 1.548983, 103.775746)
A few other “popular” stalls which we did not not try, do research their Google reviews for reference.
-Grandma Kitchen 外婆家乡小菜 (Bukit Indah has a new outlet)
(GPS 1.559728, 103.773679 )
-Kassim, Indian Halal
Nice prata, Briyani and tandori, walking distance from Prince
(GPS 1.56216 103.77835)
