first day, monday. got everything ready, rush rush. i was still packing my bag in the morning and the chalet was in the afternoon. took a taxi there cos i had to carry the idiot 6kg bbq pit. and, how wonderful, it rained. :p so the 4 of us got wet walking from the reception area to the chalet. luckily the rain stopped later. duan hui and sumi decided to go to bedok to buy more supplies. so me and poh lin were left in the chalet. clean the place a bit, play a bit. that girl is a connect 4 pro. anyway, we got tired of waiting so we went for a walk. as we were returning, i got the news that people were starting to arrive. and we were far far away from the chalet. so had to, sort of, rush back. we stopped by the shop to buy ice cream first. anyway, went there, zaidah and group and mei xiu were there. so opened up the chalet and started to get ready for the bbq. found out that there wasn't enough stuff to make the drinks (ribena), so zaidah, mei xiu n group went out to buy ice and stuff. mean time, poh lin started the fire, duan hui and sumi got back and we got stuff ready. it was a blast!
we planned a surprise belated birthday party for poh lin. since we couldn't get a cake, we got ice cream instead. kinda weird i guess. but all the guests managed to get a bit of ice cream. like dessert. sumi said that poh lin was so touched by it that she was tearing. pity i was carrying the ice cream and couldn't take pictures.
sumi brought sparklers. the mj crowd went out to a dark spot of the beach and played. so fun.
still feeling high, we went 'wading' in the water. :D after the guests left at around 11pm, the 4 of us cleaned up and got ready for bed.
see poh lin's hair dryer in the corner? she was having fun disturbing the rest of us with it. the toy tigger was poh lin's belated birthday present. ain't it cute? all 4 of us were fighting over it for the whole chalet.
but too excited to sleep, we played uno until 3+am. duan hui wanted to talk xing shi. but we were too hyper to talk about sober things. when we finally decided to turn in, me and duan hui couldn't sleep cos sumi began sleep talking very loudly. sigh.
next day, tuesday. poh lin had to go to ntu for her med check. and i had to go home and get my battery charger for my camera. we all woke up early to see the sunrise but unfortunately, the sky kept getting brighter and brighter without any definate sunrise. anyway, after bread and butter and milo breakfast that sumi made to make up for her sleep talking, me and poh lin set off. i was making for the underpass near vj. but couldn't find it. (i would later find that it was actually right outside the reception area) so we crossed a overhead bridge to the main road. poh lin went to paya lebar mrt, i went home. at home, showered, then decided to sleep a while while waiting for my batteries to charge. and i overslept. anyway, i went back after lunch.
went swimming in the afternoon. poh lin had gone kayaking. my first time in the pool in 6 years. not too bad experience. and i realised that what i had learnt was the free style. and that is supposedly a difficult stroke. surprising. i mean, i was just pri 3 when i learnt. and i didn't know the supposedly basic breast stroke. :D haha! anyway, duan hui wanted to get into the pool but couldn't cos she didn't have a swimsuit. so me and her changed clothes. first time me wearing clothes without bra. gosh. interesting experience. i decided to go back to the chalet to change cos i was dripping wet. poh lin came back from kayaking. they were trying to teach duan hui how to swim. and for a first lesson, it wasn't too bad.
after swimming, went back to prepare dinner.
that fire duan hui made was so hot!!! the satay stick burst into flames when we first put it on. the wire grill was sagging from the heat. we had to change it to the new wire. i'm sure it's the only time when people bbqing had to wait for the fire to cool down before cooking. so we had to eat a lot of burnt, uncooked food. cos the outside would burn while the inside would still be cold. yuck. we sat outside to eat dinner. there was this stray cat that was sitting there, mewing with a pathetic look. aiyo.
after dinner, we decided to go bowling. and book bicycle. embarrassing moment, i fell off a stationary bike. seriously. i was getting off and somehow i lost control of the bike and the thing fell over and i fell over too. ;p got two very painful bruises on my shin. ow! anyway, bowling. first time bowling for real. quite fun. of course, lots of gutter balls. so excited when i finally hit something. poh lin and sumi were neck to neck, just one point apart. i can't remember who won. sumi i think. duan hui was taking her own sweet time, posing/pretending to pose with the ball. lucky we were far away from the other bowlers. they were so pro. while we... less said, the better. no pics here cos so difficult to take pics at a bowling alley. only got pics of people's butt.
it was after bowling that things got a bit bad. there was a quarrel between duan hui and sumi about cycling. from my understanding, it was a misunderstanding. but they were very upset over the whole thing. and our anticipated night cycling and sparklers part 2 was canned. the two of them were not talking and it was very very awkward situation. me and poh lin became mediator, sort of. at least, in the end, the two of them had a heart to heart. me and poh lin were sitting downstairs watching late night "band of brothers" on tv and eating longan. very tired but couldn't go to sleep cos the two of them were upstairs sorting things out. i don't know what happened upstairs. i don't want to know. but i'm glad that they made it up. by then it was already very very late. don't know the time but it was single digit hours of the morning. duan hui made us play a game of uno with her. she kept making noise, playing with the hair dryer, the music speakers...until we gave in and played with her. one game only. we all desperately tried to end the game so we could sleep.
we slept very well that night. so well that we all overslept. we were supposed to get up at 6 to see the sunrise and have a leisurely macdonalds breakfast and morning cycle and slowly clean up and pack. but we all slept until 7.30 when sumi woke us up to tell us we overslept. the sky looked kinda threatening. strong winds and all. we were wondering if we should still go out. what if it rained halfway? poh lin was going to go and buy back for us. but we decided that it wouldn't rain yet. so we all piled onto the bicycles and set off. i didn't bring my camera and i regret that.
why did i regret? cos when we were on the way, there was a beautiful rainbow in the sky. it stretched all the way from the horizon on the sea, across the sky to the flats on the other side. a genuine full rainbow. beautiful. i'd never seen a rainbow like that in singapore.
went for our morning cycle after breakfast. didn't have much time though. the sea looked so mysterious. so foggy. reminded me of priates of the caribbean. adventure on the high seas. the mist was hiding some ships from view. we went and stood on the sea wall on the way back to the chalet. the wind was so strong, like in england lake district. it was drizzling. or was it the sea spray? anyway, that was a magic moment. i wish i had the camera. but too late to regret. one ang moh fella was smiling at poh lin cos she didn't tie her hair and she was cycling with hair all over her face. i think he was so amused.
well, had to rush back. returned the bikes and went back to clean up. had to clean the bbq set. packed up and cleaned up the best we could. wished we could stay longer. it was fun. maybe next time we can go overseas together. looking forward to that one. :D
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i thought that some of the pics were dated wrong. cos the bedroom pics and the first bbq were supposed to be on the same day. but realised that cos it was past 12am, the camera considered it the next day liao. :D so no error with the dating.
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