Nice day to get sunburnt

Still sleepy from the night before (Mummy and I went to watch Ninja Turtles!), we wake up one Saturday with screams of 'Mummy! Daddy! Wake up! Go beach oredi!'. Eyes still half-closed, our little monster pushes us out of bed at 9.30.

So we wash up, pack our stuff and get dressed, amidst Ah Ma's incessant nagging. 'She just recovered from her cough, hor, so why you bring her out, blah, blah, under the sun so hot, blah, blah, better don't come back sick ah, otherwise have to take medicine again, blah, blah'.

So we pack the whole troupe into the car, have some breakfast and we're off! Headed to our usual spot near the sailing club where it's less crowded and found a nice tree to set up our stuff (three straw mats and a little mini tent for Vel). Vel and I head out to the beach to play with the sand, but a short 10 mins later, I buay tahan 'cos the sun was so bloody scorching, we move our little sand play under the cooling shade of the tree.

We got bored after while, so we brought Vel into the water and just sat there to get slapped silly by the waves. Didn't last long too 'cos she got quite freaked out after a while and scurried off back into the security of her little tent.

So it's back to the lazing around on the mat. We wash Vel up and give her some milk to keep her warm, but after a while she says she's hungry (she takes after her Daddy's dietary habits) so Mummy whips out her yummy lunch of porridge with pork ribs. Me, I just laze there and look up at the sun through the trees (a weak attempt to, er, suntan my face) and it soon lulls me into a short nap.

At about 3pm, we decide to head for home. Vel is tired while Mummy and I are chao tah, beginning to feel the stinging sensation of our sunburn. And besides, the gray clouds were looming. But not before we swing by Marine Parade to pick up some stuff for our BBQ tonight. Heheh! True to my rheumatoid afflicted knees, it rains REALLY heavily by the time we leave. So much for the BBQ...