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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