反朴归真的Good Friday

I think my wish for a little magic in our lives came through on Good Friday.

We had an outing with NJ's cousins and their kids to an place (which does not have a formal name) as it was just a deserted stretch of beach with sea waters on both sides. The raw and unspoilt (read minimal human intervention) quality of the place took my breathe away. And when my mobile registered Maxis connection instd of M1, I know while I am physically on SIngapore land, my spirit had soared somewhere else!

It was an amazing adventure.

The ride to the place was a thrill. I was always a fan of SUV and its off road power - ever since the I attended a Michelin trade event years back when each of the invitee was given first hand experience of a variety of driving on the road. From the racetrack renault (ala GrandPrix at a whizzing speed of 100miles per hr) to off road adventure up the incline and down into the waters on the SUV, I fell in love with the tough SUV.

And we had the "safer" version of that on our ride to that magical beach. We were all packed into Wee's Rover, and En was laughing and giggling everytime there was a huge bump. On our ride there, we saw the aeroplanes land and take off, and En was fascinated. Then as the vehicle turn into a beaten track, with wild dogs chasing us along the way, i was reminded of the days when I was young and we took taxi to visit my grandma's house in the kampung.

The beach was amazing. To me, it is like Bali but better...No one else was around, and no discernible building in sight, the breeeze was wonderful, the water was clear, and the sand was good. There were sea shells to be picked and one could walked along this narrow strip of beach that had water on both sides.

The kids built sandcastles, played in the sad (that was En's first play of the sand) and in the end, all the kids ended up in the water with their PaPas.

That was En's first experience at swimming/ playing in the sea.The 2 hrs sped away and before we know it, the kids are hungry and tired, and the sun was setting. En was grabbing at the food when we went back to the mat, and there was no need to fight or cajole the kids into having more food. And then En sang his way home. While he was previously shy with Wee, when we came back, he actually smiled at Wee even though Wee was making his usual faces at him. Maybe that was what socialising was all about haha!
Maybe having boys (or more boys since cousin's family has 2 boys and a really athletic gal) is a tad different from having girls. The activities will be more active and adventuresome. At least I can imagibe when we travel the next time, we will be doing all the gung ho stuff and they will love it.