No, not Paul the famous cephalopod, which is unbelievably hard to spell, I might add!
Yes the blog is due for an update! I realised that I often like to read old posts.. It helps me remember wot went on in a specific time of my life (:
So, I wanted to upload some film photos... and then realised that I had uploaded some on Facebook which I didn't blog about. M's octopus that is (:
The thing is, we went to the Marina Barrage one day...
It was months ago, perhaps in January or February.
I can still remember the potato salad and tuna sandwiches that Hanh made (:
That's Hanh, with my camera (:
And M, finishing the potato salad. So very yummmmmy....!
Well this was all back when it was just a jc friends gathering (:
And we went there to have a picnic and play Scrabble!
Hehe, that's the super cute drawstring bag I got for the Scrabble tiles so I wouldn't lose any! Two are missing already.
Doesn't this remind you of There's Something About Mary? The part where she put something in her hair...
We saw loads of kites being flown.
Speaking of which, kites are like everywhere in Singapore now! I see them in Boon Lay... I heard West Coast and East Coast Park are full of them too... Not to forget Barrage of course (:
It just reaffirms my thinking that Singaporeans are all followers. One person can do something, and then everyone will follow. We're like a bunch of silly sheep, to be honest. Silly Singaporeans.
And then just as we were leaving, we spotted this really cool kite!!
with an extreeeeemely long tail (: which M happened to find really really cool!
Okay now skip forward a few months, to May, where during my trip to Haikou with the girls, I spotted the coolest kite ever!! It was soaring in the sky. And it had EIGHT tails.
Fine, tentacles.
Of course, I thought of M (:
It was crazy expensive (especially since we were in China, but given that he likes huge kites - with tails - and diving / water, I thought the octopus was perfect!)
*Let me warn you first that this is a very long post (or at least photo-heavy!)
Our first outing was to West Coast Park (: Which Jo recommended as a very windy and popular kite-flying spot. Back when there weren't many kites in Singapore yet, for when we went, the park was empty. There was no wind. The weather was scorching hot. And our kite wouldn't fly - unless you count running around and dragging the kite in the air, flying.
So instead we sat on the mat and burnt ourselves.
For we were waiting for the elusive wind to arrive... which didn't, we sadly realised after more than an hour in the sun, far from the shade.
So we played the uke instead :D
Our next attempt, was at the Barrage. A place where we previously saw many kites doing what kites should.
This time, Beverley, my best friend in Canada came along! And I made my version of potato salad... which was not as good as Hanh's, let's leave it at that (:
Unrolling the kite!
M looks optimistic (:
But, while everyone's kite flew, ours was only content to fly when being dragged around.
Personally, I thought it was too overweight. It was HUGE! And heavy.
The two happy and still-optimistic people (:
Unfortunately, happiness was short-lived as the weather turned gloomy.
I played the uke while the two tried hard (:
Then they gave up and we had our meal!! I can't quite remember wot I made, it wasn't memorable ): I should stick to baking.
Bev learnt You Are My Sunshine on the uke!
Unfortunately the kite didn't fly that day either...
Apparently nothing dampens their spirit (:
Well!
Matthew kept saying that third time's the charm (even on our first attempt) and I remained sceptical.
We went to this large, correction, HUGE empty field somewhere in Woodlands. Follow the kites and you'll find it (: Oh, and police car, which gets called often to get rid of illegally parking drivers (:
Was M running around while that kite stayed in the air?
Was he?
*TADA* no running involved!
Haha. The field was much too muddy anyway, there was much waterlogged areas, that we had to watch where we tread.
The wind kept dying though, although it was quite strong most of the time. That's me getting the kite up!
It would mostly fly far, but remain low.
Once it got pretty high though!! :D Happy!
I guess third time really is the charm (:
And that ends the story of M's octopus (:
Stay tuned next, for scans of film slides taken during the first Barrage outing. Their oversaturated. But I love them!!
