Sun, Sand & Sea

I like the sea...
The waves...
The mystery it holds at it's depth...
Large fishes, small fishes, corals, half decomposed corpses etc etc...

Ling had a wakeboarding session with her cousin (Janice) yesterday.

I woke the sleepy Ling at 5.30am and went to fetch Janice.

After they boarded the boat, I hanged around Marina Country Club.

Firstly, the fishing pond...
Began as a swimming pool for kids then modified into a super mini sized fishing pond.
Or should I say pathetic?

I was there for the first hour, watching some hopeful anglers casting again and again towards the holding net area. All of the paid fishing ponds I'd been to, the 'hotspots' are always around the holding net.

All were using ultra-light spinning gears with lines not exceeding 12lbs.
Anyway, none caught anything during my hour's worth of observation.
No baits were even stolen.

This reaffirmed my dislike for such paid fishing ponds.
I'll stick to my illegal but free freshwater luring.
That's where the real wild monsters are.

Saw a few familiar fishing boats at the berth thinking that it has been quite a long while since I last went offshore...

Lunched at Hougang and off we go to East Coast Park.

Kann, Kiki, Colin, Maricar.
Ling & Joe.
Me.

The last time I took a shoreline walk was with Ling at Labrador Park.

This time is different:
Our hands are locked in each others'.

Followed Kiki around in her little pink Mini Cooper.
Initially, she seems to have trouble correcting the car's steering.
After some time, she got better.
Ice cream treat for her.

As I look out onto the beach where Ling and Colin are, I see happiness.
I felt an unknown bliss...

Saw a nearby breakwater and wanted to walk to it's top and look out into the far distance.
But I resisted...
It will make me think of Billy...
Not this day... This is a day of happiness.

Ling's amazed by my polarised oakley.
Everthing seemed so clear under the glaring sun.

Ling's unlike most other women.
She is not pretentious.
She's not afraid of the sun or getting tanned.
Most women out there thinks they're white/fair and take great pains to maintain that.
But actually, most are in an unhealthy yellow.

Anyway, I felt calm and relaxed walking side by side with her following Kiki's motorised toy car.

Caught Kiki peeping at me many times.

I'm not really a 'children's person'.
Kids cry or hide behind their parents when they see me.
I see fear in their eyes when they look at me.

Not Kiki...
What I see are curiosity and shyness rolled into one.

Until the point when she got cranky again...

We went to Kann's place and relaxed for awhile.

Ling & me headed off to 112 Katong.
Kann and Kiki joined us shortly after.
We watched 'Madagascar 3'.
Kann's treat.

Ya, I know... It's a cartoon... Quit your laughing, Pearl...
Many 'firsts' ever since I'm with Ling...

After the funny cartoon, Kann's got something urgent cropped up and left.
Ling & me plus little Kiki went to Katong Mall to buy some toothpaste for kids.
While on the way, Ling patiently explained to me on why kids these days need special toothpastes.

She left me and Kiki alone in Joe and walked in to buy them.

This is where the funny part starts...
Every question I made, I paused for a short while, giving Kiki time to absorb.
After awhile of silence in Joe:

Me: (putting on serious face) Now that there's no one else, let's talk.
Kiki: (silence)
Me: Ok?
Kiki: (nods head)
Me: Is Yiyi (Ling) pretty?
Kiki: Yes.
Me: Is Mommy (Kann) pretty?
Kiki: Yes.
Me: Uncle Ken handsome or not?
Kiki: Yes.
Me: I know you like me right?
Kiki: (silence)
Me: You like Uncle Ken?
Kiki: (looks away) Yes.
Me: Don't be shy lar. We are both adults. Let's be honest.
Kiki: ......
Me: (leans over nearer) Next time you want to look at my handsome face, just tell me straight. Don't bio until like that. Uncle Ken is used to pretty girls looking at me all the time. Ok or not?
Kiki: (looks at me and nods head)
Me: Yiyi coming back anytime now. We shall stop here and continue next time.
Kiki: (gives wanna cry face)
Me: !!! Oui!! Don't cry lei!! Later Yiyi thinks I bully you then jialat liao!
Me: (quickly whips out my phone and starts showing her random pics)

She got engrossed with the pics and resumes 'normal' face.
Heng ar...
I put away my phone and true enough, Ling came back.
Phew...

Tears are indeed women's best weapon...
Sent Kiki back home and this is the end of the whole episode...

Kann took a very nice pic of us at East Coast Park.
She didn't realised tagging Ling on facebook will expose me to Ling's entire friend community.
Turned out to be a false alarm...

Should I be relieved or disappointed?

Nah......