Monday 26/1/2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
My mother woke me up at around 8am. Why would she do that? It was a holiday. Then I remembered that we were going to East Coast Park for a picnic with my aunt. I quickly jumped out of bed and rushed to get prepared. I brought along an extra t-shirt, underwear, and swimming shorts just in case I feel that I want to go swimming.
After fetching our aunt , we proceeded to East Coast. We had a hard time finding a nice spot to set our mats as the beach was cramped up with people, especially Malays, camping at the beach with tents. As we passed by them, it seemed that we were at a Malay
kampong. We finally managed to settle under a shady tree.
After getting settled, me, my siblings a.d my cousins got changed into our swimming attire and went for a dip in the sea. It was so salty and cold. We played a few games in the water and got really drenched. We eventually got bored and looked for something else to do. We then went to a rock formation near our place. There we found some fishing lines being casted. We had a look around . Soddenly there was a really bad stench, like a roting smell. Then we found out that there were two dead fish out lying in the open. They really smelt bad. Out of curiosity, we took some sharp sticks and started to poke it to see the innards of the fish. We could not as the scales were too tough to be cut open. Instead the innards started to come out of the anus. Upon seeing that, we stopped and threw the fish into the sea. It was too disgusting.
At around noon, we had some lunch of fried noodles, barbecued chicken and sausages which we barbecued there with some charcoal. The chicken was fantastic with the smoky taste of the barbecue. After some rest, we decided to go for another dip in the sea, which we got tired of eventually. Then I came up with an idea of digging a hole in the sand. My siblings and cousins agreed to it as we had nothing else to do. Using only plastic cups, bowls and our bar hands, we started to dig. We dug until ou hands were sore and our fingernails were dirty with sand. We managed to dig a hole so big it was as high as my stomach. All of us were tired and decided to clean ourselves.
As we proceeded to the toilets, we knew that the toilets were going to be full and dirty judging from the crowd. The toilets were as we expected. They were disgusting. We had to bathe in the open air toilets. And even its floor was covered with dirt and mud. I did not have a good shower just a quick one with some soap. As I changed, I found out that I still had some sand in my shorts. I just ignored it and changed. By the time I finished changing, it was already 5pm. Time flies so fast when I am having so much fun.
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Hafiz
