I've been living in Sengkang for 9 years and I don't have much to show for it, in terms of pictures. So I've decided to start documenting the area in which I live a little bit more, cos it really is a nice place and before it becomes totally built up, there are still a couple of empty field around which don't block the sunset views. This is one of them.
MJ stumbled upon a horseshoe pitching competition happening at our after-work-hangout-place, Bishan Junction 8. Usually while waiting for me to finish up at the office, he'll kill time at J8 until I pick him up when I'm done. So last Thursday, the atrium at J8 was filled with a relatively small crowd looking in earnest at people throwing horseshoes. This is an annual event organised by the Singapore Turf Club and it's been travelling round the malls since its inception in 2007. The aim of the game is to throw 3 horseshoes and get it hooked around a vertical metal rod pierced through a small area of sand. The person who manages to hook all 3 horseshoes advances to the semi-finals and then the finals. The eventual winner wins $2000! 
I guess I must be pretty out of ideas when I have to blog about rain. BUT today's rain was a little out of the ordinary cos my scenery was atypical. What started out as an ambitious cycling trip (I'd planned to cycle at least 30 km today) at East Coast Park turned out to be a non-event, with the exception of the rain of course. That ruined my plans to work off some of the plentiful food I've been having. The only good thing that came out of it was that I was finally able to say my $16 investment on a bike bag paid off cos it allowed me to carry my phone, camera, a few notes, ATM card and a 10 cent coin. The camera proved to be most useful today. The phone did not as it picked up the Indon signal and thus, my need to carry a 10 ct coin cos I didn't fancy making an international-local call if you know what I mean. Anyways, here's what a photographer stuck in the rain with a bike does when there's nothing else to do besides wait.
Those blackish spots you see in the sky are NOT dust spots, they're actually raindrops. Click on the pix and you'll be able to see some windsurfers in the foreground.
Besides the noise from the heavy rain, joining in the humdrum were two super puma helis, from the RSAF no less. Goodness knows why they were there.
I missed a good composition when it flew right above me, due to my unpreparedness, but they gave me a second chance when they circled and composed themselves right above the windsurfers and ships in the background. And then they were gone.
Testing of floodlights at the new Sengkang stadium, at the Sengkang Sports Complex completed not too long ago. The great thing about this place is the facilities I'm sure, but for me, it's more its 24-hr MacDonald's drive-in window that makes me happy right now!
I love the LRT structures that tower above the road. It makes nice geometrical curves but it's a bit hard to capture the train as well.
It was the latest craze at the office for awhile...but I'm not one who is likes to do 'groupy' things. I prefer to do it either alone or with no more than 2 to 3 people at a time. I'm talking about cycling of course. I've rediscovered the joy of cycling. I used to do it quite a bit when I was in college. I remember cycling around my mum's place at AMK and on a few occasions, I joined my cycling pal Sandra Klass on a food ride to Jalan Kayu for their famed roti prata. 
My $137 Selle Italia Lady Gel Pro saddle.
A hazy view of the city skyline from the Bedok jetty along East Coast one late afternoon.
My mother-in-law, my husband's mother, my daughter's popo, turns 60 tomorrow. We celebrated the big day in advance with a lunch at Royal China Restaurant at the Raffles last Sunday. We've been there before, thanks to Siu for introducing it to me. I'd probably never have stepped in otherwise. We ordered what we usually order and I think everyone enjoyed it very much. I think the kids might've made a tad too much noise, though I kept reminding them we were in a high class restaurant...yeah, like that means anything to them! Well the people who were about to settle down at the table beside us thought the better of it and moved! Only then did I realise that we were indeed rather noisy. But thank goodness it's not the type of place where one has to wear suits and is so quiet that you can hear the char siew drop on the floor. The sio bah, by the way, is deeeelicious! We had dim sum, roast meats, a very peppery and savoury white carrot soup, spinach cooked with garlic and served in a nice soupy base, some fried rice, dessert and we were stuffed after gobbling everything. It was a nice lunch which I'd hoped to work off by cycling at East Coast after that, but it poured and poured and I ended sleeping instead. Bah! So much for the weak attempt at losing weight!
M&M1 - The two rascal cousins, namely Megan and Max, doing what they do best, being mischeivous and feeding off each other. 
M&M2 - Still at it. They seemed to have the impression that whoever had the worse face would win a prize.
M&M3 - Finally, a decent pix. Don't they look alike?
