Ice cream treat

Dad treated us to ice cream after our short walk. Greedy mom and I chose the big waffle cones for our ice cream :)

Playing with my Olympus camera at Punggol Promenade

It was quite hot when we reached Punggol Promenade before 11am this morning, but that didn't stop me and sis from snapping away with our cameras while mom and dad were armed with umbrellas :) The photos were taken with my Olympus E-PL1 with the normal 14-42mm lens as well as another Olympus OM macro (50mm, f3.5) lens and adapter.

Walk @ Labrador Park & my big breakfast

This morning, I went for a walk with 3 friends @ Labrador Park. I've been there some years back with Joan and Harry her dog. The park looks more spacious and bigger than in the past. There may not be many flowering plants but some parts of the park are quite scenic.

I had breakfast @ home but I always have space for more food. HM brought us apples, roselle and butter cake and we had that towards the end of the walk.

We headed to Vivocity and ate at Toast Box. Of course, I could resist taking kaya toast and teh c kosong :)

Pretty flowers in the park

Mom spotted a few chive-like flowers in the park. We also saw some dragonflies which were a welcome sight, as we haven't seen them in the park for ages.

Sky and clouds

I really like taking photos of the beautiful sky and clouds :)

Treetop walk with friends on Vesak Day

It's always nice to explore a new place with friends. On Vesak Day, we started our walk at 7.30am from the Venus Drive carpark. Besides fresh air, what I like about nature walks is seeing interesting and beautiful things along the way.

Man-made objects :)


The beginning of the trail


Sunlight streaming in


Almost nearing the bridge


The bridge where one can only move forward. You can't change your mind and turn back.


Beautiful sky


Below the bridge


Me on the bridge


Emma was with me too, in my haversack most of the time. I returned Pink Magic to SP and SP let me doll sit her another doll, Emma :)


After the bridge, there were more stairs. The walk was a good workout :)


SP brought along Cloud too :)

You can read about SP's coverage of the walk on her blog. She has provided links to NParks about the treetop walk and the map of the trails which are useful info, if any of you are interested to do the walk.

More of the sky above us


And my companions
In colour and sepia :)


We were initially concerned that the walk would be too tough for the 6-yr-old kids. But they managed very well and walked ahead of us, chatting away and holding hands :)

They were building a castle from the rocks and pebbles on the dirt path.
The planning stage


And the execution :)


They also picked up some branches and pretended to be old man and lady. Haha.


We saw a skink for the second time on a log.


It took us about 3 hours to complete this 7.2km walk. It was a good thing that we started early. By 10am, the crowd came in and the walk was no longer peaceful. It was almost like a shopping mall minus the shops and aircon.

We went to the Casuarina Curry Restaurant for pratas, murtabak, kuay teow, lassi and tea. It was crowded and we waited for about 15 mins or so before getting a table. The portions seemed huge but we managed to finish almost everything :)


After a nice walk and good lunch, the next best thing was that there were still the afternoon and evening to do other stuff :) I blogged about my Hong Kong trip that afternoon. hee.