fun @ east coast

doris booked a chalet at east coast costa sands resort and invited the jcgang to join her for some sea, sun and sand.

sl [wong], ky and i shared a cab there from clementi. eric arrived shortly after us. we just lazed around watching tv in air-conditioned comfort while waiting for janet and cayden. johann and diane surprised us by arriving before janet did.

doris, ky and i were just kitting up for our skate so johann and diane joined us on a rented “family” bike. that’s a tandem bike with a child seat right at the back.

janelle had been clamouring “bicycle, bicycle!” earlier. she seems pretty excited by it all since it’s her first time at east coast. i think she enjoyed herself very much today.

we skated/cycled over to bedok jetty. took a short break there to enjoy the sea breeze. we didn’t skate too badly considering that we haven’t been practicing for a few months. :) nobody fell. :P

after that we split up as we wanted to skate a bit more in the other direction while johann and family returned to the chalet. i was told later that janelle kept asking for “uncle mun yue” on the way back.

this is proof that nice cookies can buy your way into children’s hearts. :) haha…

dinner was at pasta fresca since we needed a big table and a child seat. unfortunately, it wasn’t one on the beach under the stars. after that, we bought desserts from the food centre back to the chalet.

i recommended my favourite cheng tng to eric and he likes it.

janet mentioned about cayden’s head being slightly big. the paediatrician will measure jason’s head at the next appointment to determine if it’s in the genes. then the talk went to cayden’s smelly poop.

doris wondered if that’s in the genes too. :) we couldn’t stop laughing... it was hilarious… haha…

we left at around 10-something. ky and i got a ride out to bugis mrt from eric since he’s going to pick tracy up.

and i thought i’ll be going home for a good night’s sleep…

skate @ east coast

went skating with my skate gang [doris, kl & ky] today after almost 1 month. doris' husband joined us since he's not working today. while bride-to-be, mx gave the skate a miss to stay out of the sun and to avoid any mishaps.

surprisingly, the weather was fine at east coast even though it rained heavily in the north and was drizzling at my place.

our kind driver, ky picked us from clementi as usual. btw, we only skate when ky is available to ferry us to east coast because taking the bus is so inconvenient. besides, we need his car to be our mobile locker to store our barang-barang. :P

got stung by mosquitoes while gearing up. hmm... i hope it's not dengue since we've never had any problems with mosquitoes since we started skating there for over a year.

2nd time using my new skates, kinetic 10.0 after getting it last month, cost me a small fortune. not quite used to it yet 'cos i'm feeling some tightness around my arch area. anyway, i'm still not fast enough to overtake our speed skater, ky who zoomed past on his velocity.

did our usual circuit from bedok jetty to fort road and back. the track was crowded near the mcDonald's area as usual. from experience, the kids, whether they're on bikes or skates, are a menace since they've no concept of "road safety" and for the sake of my dear life i always give them a wide berth.

dinner at east coast food centre... was stumped with what to order since my favourite prawn noodle with pork ribs stall isn't open and the queue for the satay mee hoon is exceptionally long tonight.

settled on wonton noodles since thomas was ordering. ordered rojak to share. had 2 bbq chicken wings, a fruit juice and a teh tarik as well.

ahhh... i'm fulfilled & satisfied. :)