Visiting Marina Barrage

7/20 Went to the barrage for a long overdue sun appointment.

No adventure will be an adventure without hiccups, to alight after Satay by the Bay means to press the bell immediately after Gardens by the Bay.

The bus stop is just 1m after the Satay by the Bay sign board, and it is the last bus stop before it loop back.

We trekked 15mins under the scorching sun resulting in unbalance sun burnt, I had a bad burnt on the left side where the sun was rising.

Which made me hoped I had worn the iconic blazer.

(不怕热死) 

We were quite early and choped the shaded area under the shelter.

We have to have food.

So we potluck!

Food overload as usual, have to bring some of them back.

Then we did some sport, to fly kite like every Singaporean when they visit. But the kite TF prepared is a special kind that is hard to lift.

Mission Kite Flying : FAIL

So we do photo shoot!

Brought the tripod and the remote, idea was to play DIY photo booth. But they are not the creative lot and by this time we were getting surrounded and squeezy with the teenager neighbours, we were outnumbered.

BAAAAMMM, Lingee didn't hold high enough.
 

TAKE 2

BAAAAAMMM, Lingee pass, but got photo bombed.

Take 3, impossible, as everyone had already lost control.

So what say we let Photoshop save the day.

The best reason for owning a tripod.

Mission Photo Booth: Satisfy

What is a barrage by the way?

It is our dam, and some water purification system, to produce NEWater.

Found a family having 2 kites similar to ours, and thought we could observe them and learn to fly, but they didn't succeed either.

The barrage is the latest hotspot for kite flying, which I don't understand why, it is usually cramp with the evening crowd. Maybe it was because before development, this area had always been the top kite flying spot as it was a vast land of grass.

Most people also choose to have their photos taken here, Graduation photos, Bridal photos, Family photos. Well, this area is like the most expensive patch of reclaim land in Singapore.

I should have flown the dragonfly that day when our kite didn't fly, like my parents did when they were young.

(As if you dare to catch one.....)

This eagle was the most successful kite that morning, though it did land a lot of times too.

We thought it was a real eagle at the beginning and we were secretly observing it by ourselves, forgot what made us open up and finally realised it is a kite.

Lastly we have our desserts!

Cakes for the July babies.

Weather was too hot and some cupcakes tasted weird already.

Instead of waiting for "autumn" to return,

why not we arm ourselves with water guns for a fight instead?

Haha, anyone game?

新谣

6/7 去观赏了《新谣分享会》

我没赶上新谣时代， 新谣退火的时期我也才十多岁，但是对新谣并不陌生 。

在电视和收音机上听过。

特别是毕业期，最夯的就是 《细水长流》。

我熟悉的还是女声版，听到男声版时还以为是新的。

不过原来的男版真的比较有味道。

无论翻唱几次，歌词的内容都很感动，能让我回想到学园时代。

比起之后一些比较情感的，校园类的歌比较入我心，毕竟是谁都有经历过的。

想起和现在的死党

如何一起 papia (打拼)，度过战战兢兢的课堂，Stay Back & Rubbish 的地狱。



新谣不只是歌，是回忆，是不会落寞的。

歌词不深，意思浅浅，却触动人心。


惋惜的是，我们的华语程度真的弱了。这种诗意之作很难再在这红点复兴了。

赢了世界，却输了根。

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用一个星期来画九颗头！讲真的画自己都没那么难。

有几度想放弃，画到手都要残废了。

这些都是 照片+印象 描出来的，不满意的请不要打我！

本来想用简单的特征来区别：

1。眼睛 - 却发现一个个眼睛都同型！
2。脸型 - 也是都一样特征
3。下巴 - 以为会有人比较没下巴，结果是我的最短！一个个的又长又尖，所以现在每个都有下巴。

快被逼死了。

其中有人是用绰号，也有是之前开过的玩笑。
重复： 不要打我！

兔子：  很难在脸上画乌龟，下次有机会我再补画！

各自认领你们的大头吧！

那么辛苦画来，要再用还是很难，I need to simplify things!