Salmon sushi - Chookurella's favourite ♡
- Serenity -
He looked a little afraid but at the same time so cute all puffed up!
A sense of pride and confidence
Not an everyday sight to see
Small but detailed
Perspective
Another puffed up bird :-)
Warmth glows in the distance
Touch
National Orchid Garden
The young and protected
I've always thought Orchids looked liked heads tilted in curiosity
Defined roots
Planted
Together
Admiring the flowers
Wisps and blurred dreams
Another Orchid with an amusing face on it :-)
A little bird showering
Calm
I woke up early (as I had planned) and got ready to go to
Botanical Gardens for a casual solo walk-and-photograph session. Just then, I
heard thunder in the distance and in a minute it started pouring like crazy. My
mood was ruined and I just lay in my bed not knowing what to do. I decided to
watch the rest of Disney's 1973 Robin Hood and wait for Chek to finish his
exams.
We bought Quiznos back for brunch and began our day watching
the Germany vs. Brazil highlights. It is crazy how the score ended up to be 7-1
when Chek and I were guessing it would be about 2-0 and 2-1 respectively.
Though I am super elated that GERMANY IS IN THE FINALS, I also feel really bad
for Brazil. The match just had to show scenes of children crying and the
players crying at Brazil's loss. That really got me. I hope they stay strong!
After that we proceeded to watch "Shaun of The
Dead". Rotten Tomatoes gave it 91% ratings so I assumed it was a really,
wonderful, awesome, crazily exciting zombie movie. However, it was really just
okay! Maybe because Chek and I could not understand some of the British humour,
but on the bright side we know what not to watch again now, haha!
We parted ways at Bishan MRT and I finally got to go to the
Botanical Gardens! At first I thought I would probably walk to the Symphony
Lake and head back. Low and behold, I walked through the entire Botanical
Gardens, hahaha! Today is the first time I visited the Orchid Garden and I am
really glad that I made that decision! I spent almost two hours inside there
just walking, admiring, and photographing my surroundings :-) I feel that for a
student, it is extremely worth it to pay $1 to be able to view such beautiful
plants. I was really agitated by the lady who sold me my ticket though. I told
her that my NRIC picture had peeled off from my ez-link and she gave me the
most judgemental look in the entire universe like (ఠ ͟ಠ) "are you for real? Do you expect me to believe
that?" Anyway, once I got my ticket and entered, my negative feelings
almost instantly disappeared because I was really enjoying myself :-) Inside, I
saw this lady sitting down alone with a drawing block and a paint set. She just
sat there for a very long time and painted the plants and flowers in front of
her. I thought that was really cool because she had a passion for painting and
she would actually go to places and just soak in the atmosphere and enjoy
herself. That's what I am trying to do and become, someone who can just enjoy
life and hobbies, not caring about what others think.
As I mentioned above, I spent almost two hours inside there!
I was pretty amazed myself. Probably because I was really engrossed in taking
picture, hehe. It really helped calm my soul, I feel :-) I'm glad I made the
decision to move my lazy butt and go out.
After that, I went home and dearest mum bought delicious
biryani rice with lamb! I read some pages of a BBC Knowledge magazine before
starting to edit the pictures I had taken for the day. I fell asleep halfway
but woke up at 3am to watch the Argentina and Holland match. After knowing that
there would be a free screening of the event with cute, comfy soccer ball seats
at Novena, I wanted to go! I really hoped that the place would be empty but to
my surprise all the seats had already been taken up and the other areas on the
floor were slowly filling up as well. :-( Sitting on the floor for the first
half was really painful, plus the boring game did not making it better.
However, it was still a great experience nonetheless to watch a football match
amongst strangers, hearing them shout and cheer for the teams they supported.
At half time I went home to watch the remaining game on TV,
and still the score stayed at 0-0. It was such a stark contrast to Germany's
crazy win the day before. Being too tired, I went to bed and woke up to find
out Argentina won in the penalty round against Holland! Glad for Argentina and
I really can't wait for the Finals :-) Just praying it will not end up like
this game, haha!