East Gold Chicken Lake, An Easy Fun Day

Yesterday is the first Mother's Day for 3 of us celebrating together and also is the first time in China.

Morning we went to the Science and Art museum to see the display of small samples of all the statues in Su-Zhou Industrial Park. Some of the statues I had already seen and recorded them with my camera, but some I still need to find out where they were located. They have two live statues displayed by real human dressed in white and Golden suits. I was annoyed when I saw visitors or kids trying to touch the live statues. Some parents even told their kids to joke on the statues. I told the visitors not to touch the human statues because it was very tough for them to stay still while people touching or pulling their clothes or hats. I could not understand why the museum workers could ignore those mischievous behaviors. Richy was afraid that somebody might punch me when I step out of the museum door. Anyway I walked out safely.

Winston pretended to be one of the live statues in display.

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Since it was hot now, we stayed home in the afternoon doing what need to be done. Then we went out to the east side of Gold Chicken Lake for a walk in the evening. The east side is not as crowded as the west side of the lake. However, I am afraid this peace may not last longer because the Ferris Wheel Fun Land would soon open and draw noisy crowds. The Fun Land was definitely not my favorite place to visit. However it was so close and I could not help but take a few pictures of it. It was really huge. They also had roller coaster and kids' bumping cars on the ground.

We walked until sun set. Took some more pictures and enjoyed the summer evening breeze along the walk. Then we saw water dance in a plaza surrounded by exotic restaurants. The water danced along with lovely music. Some kids ran in and out of the water, and so did we. Winston and I tried the outer circle and got out dry and safe.

Richy observed the water moves and thought the very center of the water fountain was the safest place to stay dry. So he ran in, but just after he ran in the water changed its dancing moves. He was stuck by the water wall. We could hardly saw him and when he got out he was completely wet. Fortunately, he could get in my extra-large long- sleeve shirt for a warm change.

To me, this was a very precious moment to see the change in Richy who jumpped into something without thinking at least 3 times (no matter at work or for leisure) . He used to be the one who stopped us doing something crazy, silly, and funny like this. Although he got out wet, I was happy to Richy so relaxed and having fun.

On the way home, Richy saw a Mexico Food Restaurant and we checked in. We ordered Fajita and assorted BBQ. The food was fresh and tasty but a bit greasy. We took a feast and ended our Happy mother's day.

After our stomachs were all full, we saw a Korean restaurant full of eaters. We supposed it to be a good one and checked the menu at their door. I sighed at the expensive menu but Richy said that was not so expensive. Ha, I giggled in mind with the thought that we might have the chance to sit inside next time.

散步金鸡湖（二）--湖西 West Gold Chicken Lake

午睡后，我们又去湖西溜直排轮，Richy用跑的跟在我和Winston後面，还得一路上负责照相，我们顺着湖西從北溜到南边的李公瑅，单趟就要花上40分鐘，一路上很多人在放风筝、骑双人脚踏车、踩四轮车、溜滑板，徒步和湖边休息的人最多，好一个浪漫悠闲的周日午后。

沿途我们也買了一个升级版的大风筝，当场就放了起来，新风筝很好放，一会儿就飞上天。

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我们玩到天渐黑才回家，阿嫂我早做好不外食的打算，两三下就把秘密武器端上桌備好晚餐了，看看我的醉鸡加卤蛋冷盤，是否很上相也很美味呢？

散步金鸡湖（一）---湖之北North Lakeside Statue

上次独自去金鸡湖北边發现金鸡湖另一面的美与悠闲，于是今日Richy和 Winston也一起过去走走。中午直接在湖边的金海华餐厅吃港式饮茶，上周吃壞肚子的陰影未散，很担心食物不新鲜， 本来我坚持不外食的，可Richy一直想试试传说中的金海华，只好抱着姑且一试的心情去试。还好，食物一点也不像Local餐厅，清淡不腻，服务也很好，Richy还试了苏州有名的碧螺春茶，结果午觉一直无法入睡。

North side of Gold Chicken Lake

This morning I walked along the north side of Gold Chicken Lake. The sun was bright but the wind felt cold. Some samll birds were picking food on the lake side and one seagal was standing on the rock to wait for its big feast in the water. I felt bad that my camera could not get any further for more detail.

Sunday in Gold Chicken Lake

We walked to the lake in the morning and came home at 3:30pm. It was great to play all day in the neighborhood area without driving.

Winston jumped from rock to rocks and walked in the water beside the lake. We took a boat to the central island called Tao-Hwa(Peach flower) Island and had tea in the island. The boat ran so fast. I was scared but Winston and Richy enjoyed the speed a lot. We had lunch in a Germany food resturant. The food looked great but tasted so so but the beer in the resturant was excellent.