Last sat, wifey and myself woke up early at about 540 am to prepare ourselves to bring her dad out for a walk.
It has always been my father in law’s wish to walk from his home to his workplace SPD at Tiong Bahru and all along, we were not confident that that is something possible. ( in our mind, we were worried about the traffic, weather, and if we can cope )
Since it’s his birthday soon, we decided to let him try fulfilling this wish of his.
Thank God that the weather was perfect on that day. The late night storm which stopped in the morning made the air really cool and comfortable for our walk.
As dad took one small step at a time up the slope towards SGH
and than headed left along a walkway and across an overhead bridge
we finally reached his destination, together.
Like what Neil Armstrong proclaimed when he first set foot on the dusty surface of Moon on 21st July 1969 "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." I would like to believe that maybe somewhere deep within my father in law’s heart, his self belief grew a wee bit more with each action of placing one foot ahead of the other and trudging doggedly through the 2 hours of walking
*after the walk, we had breakfast at Tiong Bahru Market and walked around a little bit more before heading home as the sky threatened to rain again. However, the weather continues to hold, so we brought him to have his long overdue haircut (barber threw in free shaving, eyebrow trimming and plucking of nostril hair for free as a complete birthday package… haha isn’t that nice? that would normally be a $68 package at Jean Yip)
At night, I brought wifey to Marina Square for dinner. It has changed so much since the last time we were there and there is now a wide array of dining choices at the entrance of the mall ( it is called Food Edition, I think) . Wifey also took the chance to have a picture taken in front of the oh-so-familiar One Raffles Link , her former stomping ground which apparently still holds a fair bit of nostalgia for her, awww...
We had a simple dinner at the foodcourt that night and then went across to stroll along the bay (saw a tourist playing with a gecko off a tree, how brave is that??) and then sat down at the amphitheatre, sharing a cup of corn and listening to a couple singing some songs before taking the bus back to rest.
On Sunday, we had lunch with Eugene, Jac and Emmanuel, Judy and David at KFC after service.
Wifey had some fun time playing with Emmanuel before going over to Bugis with Liyin while I had a comcare meeting. In the evening, I went to join Matt and Mick for their soccer training. It was surprisingly tiring playing with the bunch of kiddos who seems to have boundless energy.
At night, we managed to book our air tickets to Bangkok from 22-28 Nov . Bringing wifey for a retreat during our wedding anniversary. Sweet!
It has always been my father in law’s wish to walk from his home to his workplace SPD at Tiong Bahru and all along, we were not confident that that is something possible. ( in our mind, we were worried about the traffic, weather, and if we can cope )
Since it’s his birthday soon, we decided to let him try fulfilling this wish of his.
Thank God that the weather was perfect on that day. The late night storm which stopped in the morning made the air really cool and comfortable for our walk.
As dad took one small step at a time up the slope towards SGH
and than headed left along a walkway and across an overhead bridge
we finally reached his destination, together.
Like what Neil Armstrong proclaimed when he first set foot on the dusty surface of Moon on 21st July 1969 "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." I would like to believe that maybe somewhere deep within my father in law’s heart, his self belief grew a wee bit more with each action of placing one foot ahead of the other and trudging doggedly through the 2 hours of walking
*after the walk, we had breakfast at Tiong Bahru Market and walked around a little bit more before heading home as the sky threatened to rain again. However, the weather continues to hold, so we brought him to have his long overdue haircut (barber threw in free shaving, eyebrow trimming and plucking of nostril hair for free as a complete birthday package… haha isn’t that nice? that would normally be a $68 package at Jean Yip)
At night, I brought wifey to Marina Square for dinner. It has changed so much since the last time we were there and there is now a wide array of dining choices at the entrance of the mall ( it is called Food Edition, I think) . Wifey also took the chance to have a picture taken in front of the oh-so-familiar One Raffles Link , her former stomping ground which apparently still holds a fair bit of nostalgia for her, awww...
We had a simple dinner at the foodcourt that night and then went across to stroll along the bay (saw a tourist playing with a gecko off a tree, how brave is that??) and then sat down at the amphitheatre, sharing a cup of corn and listening to a couple singing some songs before taking the bus back to rest.
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| A Selfie on the way home... giving Mr. Baey a run for his money. oops.. |
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| you're not gonna have this egg tart unless you give me some kisses...muhahaha |
Wifey had some fun time playing with Emmanuel before going over to Bugis with Liyin while I had a comcare meeting. In the evening, I went to join Matt and Mick for their soccer training. It was surprisingly tiring playing with the bunch of kiddos who seems to have boundless energy.
At night, we managed to book our air tickets to Bangkok from 22-28 Nov . Bringing wifey for a retreat during our wedding anniversary. Sweet!
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