Hi 5 Circus

Hi 5 from Australia is here from 31 August to 9 September. They were playing at the Singapore Expo. Bryan is a very big fan so we decided to bring him to watch it. Now although it says on the banner 'tickets from $38' in reality, the decent seats are actually $68 and $88 a pop. It's insane. And yet tickets are actually sold out. I called up SISTIC and asked if Bryan needed one of those incredibly expensive seats. It turns out that as long as he is happy to sit on my lap, he doesn't really need a seat of his own. That's a big relief. Now I still had to fork out $140.20. $2 of which consisted of their ticket admin fee. I don't really understand this fee. After all, I bought the ticket online. And the $0.20 takes the cake. It's the fee they charge for ME to collect the ticket PERSONALLY from the ticket counter. ??!!


Today was the day of the Hi 5 Circus show. We had gotten him the tickets to the 7pm show. Bryan was so excited. He was told that when mommy got home from work, we would bring him to watch Hi 5. So the moment I arrived, he rushed to the door and insisted that he should put on his 'nice shoes'. And he went straight to the car and wanted to be strapped in. He refused to get out even though I still had to have my dinner. He patiently sat and waited in the car in his car seat... until I was all done.

At the entrance, there was this big Hi 5 hand. We were lucky to be able to snap a picture of him on it without any interruptions from other children. There were also booths selling Hi 5 VCDs and other Hi 5 merchandise. Bryan wasn't keen on anything at the time. He didn't want the hat or Jup Jup. In the end he decided that he wanted that headband one with the flashing neon green lights.

Once the show started, Bryan sat on my lap and watch, entirely taken in with the whole performance. The seats were pretty ok. But the category A seats would have been even better. The Hi 5 team was onstage, singing and dancing in their bright coloured costumes. Bryan clapped along and waved at the right times. There were new songs and some old ones. It consisted of 2 halves of half an hour each and with a 20 minute break in between. At the end of it, after saying 'bye bye' to Hi 5, Bryan was a little disappointed to be going home. He wanted 'more Hi 5'. Then when we were walking out, there were people selling Hi 5 balloons so we got one for Bryan. I wasn't actually keen on getting it but he actually asked for it.

Now he is sleeping with the balloon in his room, tired but very happy. I really shouldn't spoil him too much. But this is a special outing for him. I didn't want to end the night with him being disappointed.