Sunday 16 April 2017

Back to the Modern Day and Beyond

Does anyone recall our visit to the Muckleburgh Collection?  Can you believe that was three years ago?!


While we were in Norfolk, I thought it would be good to revisit this marvellous museum where Tiger and I spent a whole day carefully looking through every piece of equipment.


Strangely, this time it took us a little more than 2 hours to go through the collection, and we even spent 45 minutes at the cafe to have lunch!  Maybe it took us much shorter time now because:
  • Tiger is bigger now so he can read faster, walk faster, and
  • his interest in military history has moved past its peak from three years ago.
In any case, I am glad I was able to fully support his interest back then and gave him all the necessary exposure that he craved.

From the (slightly) historical military vehicles at the tank museum, we moved on to a modern luxury brand saloon car assembly plant.


 It was a fascinating tour of the Jaguar assembly plant, seeing the robotic arms at work.  No photos were allowed in the plant, but you'll get a good sense of what it is like from the video below:


However, I am more intrigued by the incredible corporate turnaround of the brand:


While we were not running around, we managed to do a bit of potting while enjoying the lovely spring flowers that in bloom.


Meanwhile, Tiger is devouring a new series of sci-fi books -- yes,  he has finished reading all the Star Wars books we can find.



He is now moving on to Star Trek.


According to Tiger, Star Trek is more relatable because the story has earth as the anchor planet for the crew -- a planet that Tiger has some familiarity with.  Despite this, Tiger remains a big Star Wars fan, along with his best friend at school.

The boys are currently in Wales enjoying their boys-only, male-bonding trip.


This gives me plenty of time for the much needed me-time, hence my able to write two blog posts to provide some catch-up news to all who are interested.  A few more days of peaceful and quiet time for reflection before I go back to the relentlessly frantic stress of work. 

2 comments:

  1. Hello Hwee! I'm so glad to see that you and Tiger are still making time for plenty of outings, gardening and reading despite your busy lifestyles! Thank you for sharing with us. Enjoy the rest of your Easter break. :)

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    1. Hi Lucinda!

      Thanks for taking time out to read and comment. Don't let the blog fool you -- I'm only able to appear so relaxed and leisurely these few days of the long weekend while the boys are away. On most days I'm just about coping.... :-)

      Hope you're all having a good Easter!

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