My sister and her boyfriend are both very fond of Mateo. They asked if it’s okay to bring Mateo to Star City as their birthday treat to him. They were actually considering that or a day of swimming but when we asked Mateo whether he prefers rides or swimming, he immediately answered rides.

To make everything more convenient, we scheduled it on the same day we visited the PAF museum. We had lunch in a seaside restaurant along Macapagal Avenue. Since Mateo was asleep even before we got to the restaurant, we steered clear of those with tv stands so that it’ll be quieter. After waiting for Mateo to wake up and letting him eat lunch, we all proceeded to Star City.

Unfortunately, several schools were having their field trip. Why they would visit Star City for a field trip bugged me endlessly, haha. In other words, there were many people inside but I think it wasn’t as crowded as I was expecting it to be.

Upon getting inside, the first thing we saw was this:

Mateo is a fan of playrooms like this in the malls. The one in Star City has a big space and lots of plastic slides and play houses so Mateo was ecstatic. Since it was his day, we let him enjoy it for several minutes. Afterwards, we tried coaxing him to try the rides. The thing with my son though, is that he needs his confidence to try out new things. If he’s not too confident about what he’s about to try, he will choose not to. So it took us several attempts to no avail. We tricked him into taking his first ride:

He had fun at the ferris wheel which slowly encouraged him to try other rides as well.