eye eye Monday

I woke up wondering how short the night's sleep was and it's a Monday already!? The weekend was over even before I'd say 2hrs plus of Harry Porter was such a disappointment. Texted Phil to make sure he's up for school as it starts for him today and knowing my man's sleeping habits, I'd to double make sure he is really up and out for the 8am class.

I began to realise that my left eye stings. In the bathroom, I almost screamed at my reflection. Red and swollen left eye scared me even more when I noticed something like torn lens in the whites. I tried to wash it off unsuccessfully. Panic kicked in. Headed for the doc and enjoyed a day's worth of medical leave. I thought I'd hate this Monday. I probably only dislike it for spending quite a bit on taxi fares, grocery shopping, medical bills and a new pair of spectacles. Intended to study for my exams but rested the eyes by napping.

Exams are right up in two weeks. I only have two papers to deal with this time which I find, rather comforting. Business Finance and Stats will keep me occupied with the calculator. I prefer Stats cos I usually manage to attend the lessons and the tutor kept me interested in this subject. BF on the other hand, is my least fav. I even received a warning letter for my poor attendance. Due to work commitments, I'm usually lost in this subject. We had two tests on BF and I didn't get really terrible results which made me sad. Despite my average knowledge, I believe I'd improve and clear these papers. I call this, 'motivation is a friend of hope'.

rain, queue, durians, rambutans, cycling race in Ubin

We finally visited my fav island again. Although the intention is to fly Ophelia's kite, cycle and look out for durians since it's THE season, we realised this trip will be different the very moment we joined the long queue at the ferry terminal. There is a cycling race going on in Ubin. Who knows if we would also be caught in the race?!

Eager me and Ophelia were excitedly imagining the possibilities. We rented our rides from my regular uncle who always charge us lower and headed to our makan area where we picnic away while waiting for papa to meet us.

















We went cycling with lighten load. I'd never want to cycle carrying a big bag of food prepared from home, among the cyclists who were furiously racing. Shasha got her first durian.





It was as if to race for who finds the freshly dropped durian against the other visitors. I really wonder why these people can find bags full of durians and rambutans when we found only 4, I think. None by me, of cos.. I was busy snapping pictures and cam whoring hehe. Sudden downpour caught us by surprise while we were cycling. Managed to get shelter at a resident's house.






I miss hearing the rain on the zinc tops. Watching the rain water the flowers and lush greenery simply brought smiles to my face. So pretty! I didn't see any rainbow after the rain. As usual, Ophelia and I joked and reminisced.






She was happy flying her kite cos the wind was strong and it flew higher. We were definitely surprised again when the queue for the bum boat is super long!



Managed to cam whore before it rained again!!!









haha there.. we were getting drenched while queueing patiently. We joked about people going on MCs tmw cos of he rain in Ubin. I was hoping to be one of them hehe..

Science

Phil suggested to check out the exhibition of Da Vinci, The Genius. It highlights were "Mona Lisa Secrets Revealed", "Vitruvian Man", "Anatomical Studies", "The Codices" and "Father Of Flight". The inspirational works of Leornardo da Vinci-inventor, scientist, anatomist, engineer, artist and architect. Just when was your last visit to Science Centre? As for me, it was at least 13years ago!














Upon reaching the bus stop, I was all so excited! Cos I saw MacDonald's! Phil and I made our way to the crowded fast food outlet. Having paid for our value meals, we struggled to locate empty seats as there were so many of them being chopped. I used to think that the typical Singaporean ways of reserving seats using umbrella or tissue packs are oh so not gracious. Until i came to this outlet where parents effortlessly got their tots to chop seats while they queue, I was thinking it helps bringing tots around, provided they can sit proper and not fight among themselves over toys. While enjoying my brunch, I continued to observe the madness of families and even more children coming in. I even realised the cashier over charged us and Phil got back $3.55 before we left the family-oriented business.

We decided to get admission tickets for Science Centre, The Genius and Sea Monsters,an IMAX Movie. I enjoyed the prehistoric adventure which the movie recreates a vision of history's grandest ocean and follows the life of a family of long-snout Dolichorhynchops. Along the way, they came face to face with wondrous beasts. The travel back in time to the Cretaceous period, 82 million years ago introduces us to amazing paleontological digs around the globe to uncover the science behind the unexplored world of "other dinosaurs".

Phil wanted to try the egg milk curd from Rock Cafe. He was given the almond flavoured instead and I complained even when my man tried to convince me that he was enjoying the wrong order. The staff gave us a free replacement and happy Phil had two servings for the price of one.

We headed for my threading before meeting up my dearest Ophelia. The irony of this brief meet up is.. we didn't take any pictures! I was looking forward to cam whore with my new do.. if you haven't notice already!