We had a wonderful mini excursion at East Coast Park yesterday evening. It was a last-minute unplanned thing so we didn't have any beach gear with us. (We wanted to go to the zoo but it was kinda late then.)
The weather over at ECP was great - sunny (yet not too hot) and breezy. I haven't been to ECP during the day for quite some time and I was surprised it wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be. Anyway, we were happy to discover a short stretch of shady beach just next to the Bedok Jetty. Ying Ying had loads of fun walking on the sand and watching the waves rolling in. There were a couple of families with young children playing sand and Ying Ying kept looking over wistfully.
Though she didn't get to play with the sand, she got to see many other things. Like real aeroplanes soaring into the sky. (We always hear planes flying in the area where we stay but never got a chance to see them.) She got to see a few dogs on walks too. We met this really cute 4mth-old golden retriever who just swam in the sea. He was very obedient and would sit and stay at his owners' commands. Ying Ying wasn't scared of big dogs at all and kept trying to walk nearer so that she could... put her hat on him. -_- (Ying Ying loves dogs just like we do and she would always go "woah woah woah" whenever she sees one. We would probably to get one for her when she gets older.)
We then walked the entire stretch of the Bedok Jetty and she got to see people cycling, roller-blading and fishing (though I don't think she completely understood what fishing is). It was around 7pm at that time and we got to watch the sunset and the moon in sky (she wasn't so keen on the sun - kept pointing up to the moon instead). There was preschooler standing near us and it was so obvious he was listening in my conversation with Ying Ying. Cos when I said, "Look at red sun - it's going down!" and he would turn and look at the sun. Then I said, "Look at the crescent moon above us!"and he would turn to look up at the moon. When I said, "Look at the sun again, where it is now?" and he would turn back to look again. So farnie...
To sum up, it was a happy outing with so many sights and sounds for Ying Ying to experience! It would be just so perfect if we could do this everyday. I told hubby we must really consider moving to Marine Parade in future. And he agrees with me!
On our way back to the carpark, hubby caught sight of the all-time dreaded carpark attendant. The auntie-in-white was fast approaching towards our car so hubby took off immediately. (He usually walks pretty slowly by my standard.) Luckily, she was kept busy with issuing tickets and did not manage to reach ours in time. (heheh) In fact, she was in the midst of issuing a ticket to a car parked next to us as we drove off. Phew!! We would surely have gotten a fine too if we were late by say, 10 seconds. What a close shave man!!!
On our way back to the carpark, hubby caught sight of the all-time dreaded carpark attendant. The auntie-in-white was fast approaching towards our car so hubby took off immediately. (He usually walks pretty slowly by my standard.) Luckily, she was kept busy with issuing tickets and did not manage to reach ours in time. (heheh) In fact, she was in the midst of issuing a ticket to a car parked next to us as we drove off. Phew!! We would surely have gotten a fine too if we were late by say, 10 seconds. What a close shave man!!!
Shortly after, we saw a long row of cars parked on the double yellow lines near the hawker centre. Now you tell me, which one constitutes a more serious offence - parking on double yellow lines or overdue carpark coupons?????
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