Saturday, June 10, 2006

Day 1 | Singapore | East Coast Park

...So, I slept in the afternoon...such a deep, relaxed slumber...and woke up rejuvenated. Somehow, I've never had this feeling - "...she woke up feeling disoriented. These didn't feel like her sheets....".

So anyway, I digress. Took a quick shower and we all headed out to what is knwn as the ECP. You guessed it - the East Coast Park. The agenda: A walk down the length of the park and roller blading.

Now before I go on with what happened - remember this - I haven't skated since 1990 and this is roller blading we're talking about.

SO, first I walked the length of the park on the walkway. The breadth isn't worth mentioning because it's only about 200 m wide. While coming back to where I'd started from, I decided to walk on the beach area of the park, with warnings from my father and brother to not get my feet wet. !!!. Anyway, I walked down the beach looking at the lights on the horizon. Someday, I'll write about how good lights make me feel. Reached a really beautiful spot at one place and stood there, looking at the waves run to the shore and break against it. Stood there and allowed the romantic in me to take over and thought about the perfect date on a beautiful beach. Stood there smiling...

...Till my niece called out to me for roller blading. AAH! Here we go...All strapped up in mean looking roller blades, I set out, with hopes of flying in the face of the wind, feeling it brush past my upturned face. Two minutes later, I was on my backside in a rather ungainly fashion. I thought to myself..."and she flew against the wind, till she felt something hard on her backside. Oops! It was the earth come up to meet her, rather than the wind kissing her face!" In times of embarassment, I can sometimes think of some really humorous things! :D

I picked myself up - bruised pride and backside - and gave it another shot. Did fairly well for another 10 minutes, with my niece proclaiming how proud she was of me. She spoke to soon. But this time it wasn't the earth coming up to meet me. I humbled myself and reached out to her. THUD!!! Straight down on my knees. Thanks God for knee-pads.

Well, that was that for my roller blading experience of the day. Don't know if I want to really take my relationship with this lady called Earth any further. I think I'll stick to her being at a safe distant.

Tomorrow morning it's time for swimming. Need to build a relationship with Mr. Water, after all :)

Till then, I'm off for some Gobhi ki sabji and roti.

You enjoy....

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Friday, June 09, 2006

Singapore - Day 1

.....And I'm here!

The flight was so SO bad...but then that was to be expected with Indian Airlines. There were these 3 morons - friends clearly - who kept laughing racuously throughtout the flight. And apart from these breaks, I slept throughout the flight - getting up only to eat.

And then I stepped out at Changi....phraji, Changi airport bara hi changa! :) My mother was impressed...and boy, if she's impressed - has to be something else.
Reached the immigration line to a sour looking old man, and of course made him smile. Couldn't have seen a sour looking person early in the morning and left him just like that now, could I have? Got the immigration stuff done, ventured over to duty free and got an eyeful :D till I met my father's eye....didn't shop any, but have my eye on this amazing bottle of Chivas Regal.

Claimed baggage and walked out the airport to a waiting brother and a sexy, sleek black Tri-Star. He stays about 20 kms away from the airport and the drive was a really smooth one. I asked him to play the tour guide and he started off with showing off the perfectly manicured trees which form an umbrella over the road. Singapore has what is the east coast on one side and the west coast on the other. DUH! :) I shall write more about it whenI go and see more of it :D

AAH! now to the eventful part. We reached home and of course there was the swagat committee standing there - bhabhi, my niece and my bhabhi's sister. So we did all the jai ram ji ki's and the hugs and kisses and started picking up the luggage - we traveled really light, by the way: only 10 kgs per person...when we get back, it will be a different story altogether of course! So anyway...we're picking up the luggae - me, my bro and my niece. Picture this in slow motion, I'm leaning over to pick up a bag. I've now pcked up the bag and am standing up straight, when suddenly I feel something making contact with my beautiful lips. And about a moment later I see stars. I wonder who could have made THAT happen. Apart from my bro n my father, there aren't any handsome men around. I looked up straight into the sharp end of a mean looking black umbrella!

About a minute later I could not contain myself and had tears in my eyes. They were tears of pain, dammit.

But i'm not going to let a small accident spoil my trip. So, I'm now looking at myself in the mirror. I, my friends, have a sexy pout! I shall put up pictures when I start taking thm. For the time being...I'm off for a long soak in the bathtub- while it rains outside on Singapore.

Ciao!

posted by ShaluBhuchar @ 9:25 PM 0 comments