A while ago, I was complaining to JX that our dates/outings have gone stale. We barely have the energy to walk anywhere, or fight with the crowds at Chinatown, or time to smell some sea breeze. We somehow or rather always end up lazing around at home, thinking that the weather is going to turn for the worse. And then we'll just watch tv and then sleep in. And then feel grouchy at the end of the day having a perfect day all wasted away.
And I thought, this is NO GOOD! What happened to our sense of adventure? Going to Pulau Ubin to cycle? Taking a foreign bus and alight at a strange place and make our way around? Looking for cheap good food/groceries? Just being out in the sun/open?
So I complained. He listened, and within this week, we had a dinner picnic at Chinese Gardens and a LIVE international basketball match at the Indoor Stadium. HOW COOL IS THAT? (Though it isn't in the sun/open.)
But you know, plans being plans, they don't work out most of the times.
Our picnic, was supposedly to be like, well, relaxing and romantic - but it turns out to be a highly strung up meal eaten quickly and with wide eyes. Because, stupid Chinese Garden wasn't lighted at all.
I know it's kinda silly to still want to have our dinner there, in the shadows; but there wasn't any other place, and we didn't want to waste our efforts having make our way down already (to find in dismay, a sillouette of the tower in Chinese Gardens against the purple sky). There were bunches of people; guys; that we squinted out in the shadows - and we didn't like it at all. (You know, overwhelming numbers and being the group that can be easily succumbed don't make you feel easy... Especially in the dark.) But we still HAVE TO have our dinner there. So we made our way into the Chinese Garden, and found a well-lit concrete ground facing the toilet. And there, we ate our dinner, with our backs facing the romantic pond. We faced, instead, the roads that bypassed us. In case anyone comes by, knocks us out and steal our dinner.
And we updated each other constantly on the shadows approaching us, barely concentrating on what we were eating. How fun!!! It's like some spy game.
After we finished our dinner, we packed and left immediately. A little letdown, but it was the first time that we both laid foot/feet into Chinese Garden, and it was the out-of-the-ordinary-routine that put the spark into place. I left the shadows a very happy girl. :)
And LIVE basketball match on a Saturday night! I mean, isn't this like where a guy first asks a girl out on a date?
"Hey, I happen to have free tickets to this International Basketball match this Saturday night... Let's go together?"
Hahaha!! Cool! And I was anticipating hotdogs - but there were none. But... never mind that.
Summary of the match: Spain won Serbia Montenegro. And they are damn tall la. And there weren't cheerleaders (those I saw dancing out of sync are not counted) and no stupid-looking mascots.
Oh well, I can't wait for my next date!!! :D
Teehee...
And I thought, this is NO GOOD! What happened to our sense of adventure? Going to Pulau Ubin to cycle? Taking a foreign bus and alight at a strange place and make our way around? Looking for cheap good food/groceries? Just being out in the sun/open?
So I complained. He listened, and within this week, we had a dinner picnic at Chinese Gardens and a LIVE international basketball match at the Indoor Stadium. HOW COOL IS THAT? (Though it isn't in the sun/open.)
But you know, plans being plans, they don't work out most of the times.
Our picnic, was supposedly to be like, well, relaxing and romantic - but it turns out to be a highly strung up meal eaten quickly and with wide eyes. Because, stupid Chinese Garden wasn't lighted at all.
I know it's kinda silly to still want to have our dinner there, in the shadows; but there wasn't any other place, and we didn't want to waste our efforts having make our way down already (to find in dismay, a sillouette of the tower in Chinese Gardens against the purple sky). There were bunches of people; guys; that we squinted out in the shadows - and we didn't like it at all. (You know, overwhelming numbers and being the group that can be easily succumbed don't make you feel easy... Especially in the dark.) But we still HAVE TO have our dinner there. So we made our way into the Chinese Garden, and found a well-lit concrete ground facing the toilet. And there, we ate our dinner, with our backs facing the romantic pond. We faced, instead, the roads that bypassed us. In case anyone comes by, knocks us out and steal our dinner.
And we updated each other constantly on the shadows approaching us, barely concentrating on what we were eating. How fun!!! It's like some spy game.
After we finished our dinner, we packed and left immediately. A little letdown, but it was the first time that we both laid foot/feet into Chinese Garden, and it was the out-of-the-ordinary-routine that put the spark into place. I left the shadows a very happy girl. :)
And LIVE basketball match on a Saturday night! I mean, isn't this like where a guy first asks a girl out on a date?
"Hey, I happen to have free tickets to this International Basketball match this Saturday night... Let's go together?"
Hahaha!! Cool! And I was anticipating hotdogs - but there were none. But... never mind that.
Summary of the match: Spain won Serbia Montenegro. And they are damn tall la. And there weren't cheerleaders (those I saw dancing out of sync are not counted) and no stupid-looking mascots.
Oh well, I can't wait for my next date!!! :D
Teehee...
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