SpongeBob Squarepants in Singapore

Yesterday was a very special day for Kristian because he was going to see SpongeBob Squarepants live in Singapore. The show is entitled SpongeBob Squarepants Live! The Sponge Who Could Fly! The show is supposed to run from 31 May to 6 June 2007 at the Singapore Expo Hall 3. We bought the tickets for yesterday, June 2, as it was a Saturday.

It was Kristian who first saw the advertisement on a big billboard. He shouted "SpongeBob, there!" in the car while we were driving along the Expo drive. At first I didn't understand why he shouted SpongeBob until I saw the billboard myself. And then he said "I want to watch SpongeBob in Singapore."

He was already feeling sleepy when we put on his clothes yesterday and was fast asleep when we arrived at Singapore Expo Hall 3. He was still sleeping when we got to our chairs. We tried waking him up but it doesn't seem to work until all the children made a loud noise. He looked very surprised seeing all the people in one big room then he realized that we were supposed to watch SpongeBob. So he stayed awake until the show has started.

He was very happy watching SpongeBob and would laugh aloud occasionally. It was a musical and we saw several characters like Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Sandy Cheeks, Eugene H. Krabs, Gary, Plankton, Larry T. Lobster and a lot of Jellyfish. It's just too bad that photography is not allowed during the show. All in
all, it was a happy show about making dreams come true that even adults will enjoy.

Kristian saw Barney live for the first time

It was around 6:00 pm, we were in Toys R Us store in Tampines Mall. We were with Ninang Bheng, her baby Mica, and Ninang Bheng's mom. Ninang Bheng's mom showed us a Toys R Us magazine showing Barney, BJ and Baby Bop having a concert in another Toys R Us store but not in the same mall where we are. The next free concert is at 7:00 pm and we don't even know where the other mall is located. So we quickly packed our things and get into the car hoping to make it to the 7:00 pm show. My wife called her friend to ask for directions to the other mall. Luckily she was able to contact her friend who incidentally is also going to the same place, and we were able to get the directions.

We arrived at the other mall a few minutes past 7:00 pm and the show has already started. The show is free so there are a lot of people and children but we were still able to get a good place to see Barney's concert. We watched the show from the side of the stage, the location is near the stage but we see Barney's side and back most of the time. At some point of the show, Barney and the other characters will move around the stage so we also get a chance to see him facing our way.

This was probably Kristian's most exciting day although he looked more shocked and confused. Maybe he's wondering why Barney is there right in front of him instead of watching him on TV. Anyway, he still looked happy and couldn't stop saying "Barney" on our way home. Unfortunately, we were not able to get near Barney to take a photo because we need to buy at least $30 from Toys R Us and have to get into a queue and only the first 30 customers will get the chance. So we just decided to take photos with Barney, BJ, and Baby Bop in the background having their pictures taken with other people. We did not even have our camera with us that time so we used our phones instead.