14052011, Saturday - 15052011, Sunday

Disclaimer: There is nothing to learn about me in this post except the fact that i enjoyed myself whenever I'm with my family. There may be boring parts and events that don't make sense to you in this post cause it's just what happened on the family gathering.

I woke up at 7:30am on Saturday to make my usual sausage cheese roll since everyone always wants the cheese rolls whenever we have a gathering or going for a picnic. I don't mind though, it's pretty easy.

So yeah, i finished the whole large batch of 30 sausages in about one and  half hour, and it's was barely 9am when i was done so i kinda went back to sleep for a little bit.

Fast forward.

We gathered at Linsy's house to group up and just to get all the things in the car. When i was there, half of the people weren't ready. They're always like that though, that's why i always come later than the time they asked me to.

Anyway, long story short, they were late. VERY late. It was a weekend and the weather is pretty unpredictable the past few days, and we're going to the beach. It is always packed during the weekend, and everyone's gonna be wanting a shelter just in case it rains.

So after we sort out all the transportation and after all the things are put in the car, we were on our way. Haha well, Wan, Linsy, Rehan and I anyway.

We took a cab to Changi Point cause Wan was hungry and we wanted to get some paper plates and plastic cups for the food. We wanted to order a birthday cake anyway cause it was also a birthday party for my Mother and Kak Effa.

Got a table at one of the food centres over at Changi Point and we finished eating when it started raining. We suspected that the others who took the car haven't reached to the destination yet and they obviously haven't found a shelter so Linsy called them.

So Linsy called Kak Yan and asked them where they were and started this whole story how we're already at Changi Beach Park and there's no empty shelter in sight, and that we also got drenched in the heavy rain. Haha it's cute cause all Kak Yan said was, "Well, what do you want us to do about it?". Oh, i love my family.

So while waiting for them we went to get some things for the picnic and ordered a cake to celebrate Kak Effa's and Mother's birthdays.

After getting all the stuff, the four of us went to Changi Beach Park and saw them pulling in the carpark. Woohoo, carrying heavy things in the rain are so fun.. NOT, especially when i'm wearing some frictionless flip flops. I was making the most noise during that time cause i almost fell twice! Haha, wouldn't that be a sight. Not surprising though since i am such a klutz.

So, anyvanhoozle, we found a shelter and everyone just started settling down. The boys were building the tent while the girls are sitting down and talking over a very cold cup of fruit punch.

It was dang humid, even when it was raining, the sun was up. It's crazy the heat wave in Singapore lately. I had on tons and tons of sun block on the face AND the body. Sun is my worse enemy, only cause i don't like getting tanned.

There was so much food. I'm pretty sure Linsy's mum thought we were going to war or something. I am not kidding, she cooked so much food that she can pretty much feed a whole army battalion.

I am gonna say hi to everyone who is still reading this post at this point of time. You guys probably have no idea what i'm talking about. This is just me rambling about the family gathering.

By evening time all the family were gathered but we ran out of ice. Dang it, i know, of all times! It was majorly hot too. So Kak Effa, Kak Yan, Linsy, Rehan and I went to Changi Point to get some other supplies and ice, and also to take the cake we ordered. It was actually for Kak Effa but she didn't know that cause i said it was for Mother.

We had two cakes. Haha, was a miscommunication between Kak Yan and Linsy. I think Linsy told Kak Yan to buy it and then someone told Linsy to buy it and they didn't really confirm with each other and both ended up buying it. It was all good though cause there were so many people at the gathering, even though only 4 families were involved.

Okay so the five of us were at Changi Point and Linsy had to pee and we went around to find a clean toilet. Seriously, the toilet deserve their own blog post for the amount of filth they carry.

We got to this bakery and i had a sweet tooth craving and i saw all different types of puffs and eclairs and Kak Effa was literally just blocking me and stopping me to get any. So we stopped at Subway to have my forever craved for peanut butter cookies and a huge cup of drink shared between the 5 of us. Linsy finally found a toilet she could go to without having to hold her breath.

Yeah. another story for next time.

We got back to the camp site and gave everyone their drinks. Other than ice, we bought some coconut juice, sugar cane juice with lemon and some hot drinks for those who doesn't like cold drinks. We decided for the two birthday girls to cut the cake and everyone got a slice, or two, since there were two different cakes because of the misunderstanding that was told above.

We ate a lot, we talked a lot. Once there were four conversations that were happening concurrently. A whole lot of shuffling going on. Haha it was funny cause not all of us were able to shuffle. Aunt Maz, Kak Effa, Kak Yan and I continued dancing to some random songs even after some of them have went home.

I had the best work out that week! We were so sweaty and our cheeks hurt from laughing so hard. It was mad fun.

Linsy slept a little bit earlier than all of us, but she was looking for food when she got up. Hilarious face ever! Haha she'll sit in front of the food section and was looking around and she said she was making up her mind on what to eat. That's how much food we got. It's crazy.

By night time everyone was pretty much bloated and tired. I had a very bad heart burn and i couldn't breathe cause i can literally feel my lungs going cold. Must be all the sugar cane juice with lemon i had. I had like 3 of those and lots of fruit punch.

So, the guys was fishing and almost all the ladies were asleep except Kak Effa, Lylie and I. Lylie was looking at the guys fishing so Kak Effa and I talked about a lot of things and planned for events with the snoring of the others in the background.

i think about 3am, Kak Effa and I went in the tent to try to sleep. I couldn't sleep AT ALL cause the mosquitoes were feasting on me. I couldn't stand all the itching so i went out of the tent. The mosquitoes then feast on Kak Effa, and she too went out of the tent.

I think by this time Kak Yan was awake cause she wanted to pee badly. I accompanied her to the toilet, but oh hell no, it was so dirty that we held in our pee. Kak Effa went back to the tent and ignored all the mosquitoes cause i think she was pretty sleepy.

Kak Yan and I were still thinking on how to relieve ourselves from the torture on the almost bursting bladder. Kak Yan's hubby volunteered to drive us all the way to Pasir Ris just for the toilet. We took the opportunity to pee as well as wash our oily faces.

It was the best wash EVER. Haha you think you'd never appreciate a clean public toilet huh. Well, i did. I appreciated it so much, and the cooling water on my face that i almost cried. Haha, well yeah, i'm a drama queen.

We went back to the campsite and Kak Yan had supper while i just sit there trying my best to sleep but i couldn't cause my wind pipe was pretty much stuck.

I think i slept for a little bit but i got woken up every ten minutes. Cik Nah woke up and talked to me, and then she told me to accompany her to the toilet to take a shower. My mum then woke up and talked to me, then yeah, i just couldn't get to sleep.

I think i finally get to sleep at around 7am, for half and hour cause everyone was already awake and making so much noise. I am a very light sleeper so i can hear everything even though i am asleep.
I woke up and we all started talking about our childhood, about the old days when our parents were younger. We also tell ghost stories. Haha we didn't do it at night cause Changi has a very dark history and there's been a lot of ghost sightings there.

I had fun. I think we all had fun. Oh, we had a weekend cat. We named her "Latchmi" cause it was a black cat, so we assumed it's Indian. Haha, Rehan is a crack up for coming up with the name. The cat just hung around at our campsite so we decided to adopt her for the weekend. Hehe 


We don't have family gatherings often, probably once in three of four months so when we plan for one, we really make full use of the time and catch up.

I really had fun, i wouldn't change anything. I survived the public toilet! Haha yay me.

I reached home at about 1:30pm, almost 2pm and i showered. Best cold shower EVER, and then went to bed. I slept the whole day plus half of today. Even have the time to power nap and i'm still sleepy.

RIDICULOUS!

So, if you readers have read the whole post, i wanna say you better stretch now just in case you get knots in your calves.

Have a lovely day, gorgeous people!