Our Lil Angel, Gabriel: Gabe Rolls Overboard

We took another short trip on the weekend, this time to Osaka. Coz Terry needed to pick up a car. So we went to Osaka via Shinkansen....but we forgot that it was a holiday in Japan, so extra crowded and we didn't get reserved seat tickets. Ended up standing for about 45mins. Until a very very helpful, kind and generous mom offered me her daughter's seat. They ended up sharing a seat...it was the nicest gesture ever. I'm not sure how many people would be willing to do that, myself included, especially when you paid for the seat..

The journey took 2.5hours and by the time we reached and got the car, it was 4pm already so not much time to go anywhere. We went to the hotel to check in and then headed off to Namba Parks mall to have dinner and walk awhile. Beautiful mall. We were pretty tired and headed to the hotel..now this hotel is called Toyoko-inn. And i have to say, it was one of the worst stays EVER!!! Awhile after we slept, the aircon suddenly stopped...we thought it konked out...but the power light was still on...so we tried pressing some buttons etc...then after like half hour stopped again...i could not sleep at all and had to kick Terry to ask him to do something...then realised the damned aircon stops when it reaches like the desired temp...but it doesn;t come back on for like 10mins and by then it's hot!!! This happened every half hour or so and i was about to go crazy. I slept only at 3am and even then not well..Urgghh so pissed. Bad luck.

And the double bed was a bit small, so abit crampy with Gabe's feet in my face. So scared he would kick my nose....

Anyways, next morning poor Gabe got hurt..sigh....i was in the bathroom and Terry was looking after him. Next thing i knew, i was coming out and heard Gabe cry..saw that Terry was holding him...and somehow knew he had fallen off the bed...poor Gabe had a bad bruise on his lower right eye..he fell face first. He cried hard for about 2 minutes and then was OK. Thank goodness. Poor Terry had such a fright. See, that's what you get for not watching closely.

Ahahah, Gabe was KING for the whole day, with Terr apologising many times to him..and even let Gabe tear tissues and throw them onto the floor.

All bruised up...

Breakfast after the fall....

Yummy Starbucks at rest area

Gabe treated to choc cake by daddy

Daddy buttering up to Gabe....

We left Osaka after brekkie and headed off to Himeji to go to this safari. About 90km away. At the safari, you drive your car past these gates that have different sections , home to lions, cheetas, tigers, deers etc. And after that you can park and sit the cable car down to the petting area where you get up close to tamer animals like kangaroos, monkeys, birds. Quite a fun experience.

Yup, fun it was though my heels weren't so right for the outing...we finished the safari and headed off to Kyoto so that our journey back to Tokyo next day wouldn't be too stressful with such a long distance to cover. This time, umm..we stayed at Toyoko-Inn...AGAIN....but this round, we got a deluxe double room with 2 double beds!! And it had a nice sofa area....pure bliss!! Aircon working remarkably well...slept like a baby, even Gabe slept so well, he woke up at 6am only to drink milk...yay!!!