FIRST TRIP OF THE YEAR!

Currently lazing in bed, cursing the fact that I have less than 24 hours in Auckland before going home... It's almost 1 am here but, but but, it's only 7.45 pm in Singapore! #jetlagclub
But I am looking forward to the two more sleeps till I jet off for my very first non work related trip of the year!

I am excited for the spontaneity of it all; I have no set plans. I've booked flights there and back, and I have a sketchy idea of what I want to do. One sure thing I wanna do is to visit Citra! It has been a really long time since I saw her and I can't wait for the girly, bitching sessions!

Where am I going?

BALI.

I've been wanting to head there for the longest time. The closest I've been to Bali is the Ngurah Rai Airport. We fly in, and an hour later out.. back to our destination. I never had the opportunity to get out and have a looksee or head to the beach. I'd always press my face on the window, staring sadly at the blue water and white sandy beaches as the aircraft makes its way across the runway. Sigh.

NOW I ACTUALLY GET TO STEP OUT OF THE AIRPORT!

If only I could look this stylish travelling to places on Singapore Airline's business class. 

Sigh. Someday my prince time will come~

P.S. I post real-time updates on instagram so let's be friends at SESAMEBAGELS!

A Picture An Hour: Guides Camp

Wednesday,  5th June 2013

0500: Breakfast prep time while most Guides were still sleeping.

0700: Sunrise over the camp ground

0900: National Heritage trail at Bukit Brown

1000: A few horsies from the nearby Polo Club greeted us while on their morning stroll

1100: Something you don't get to see often in countries as urbanised as Singapore.

1200: To Fort Canning! 

1300: Lunch of flavoured bread, canned tuna, a variety of cereals and apples and oranges under a huge, old tree.

1400: YAs and their shoes.

1500: Because it was so hot, we resorted to this for a feel of air con from empty function room.

1700: It was starting to drizzle, so the Guides improvised a huge umbrella

 1900: Wen Hui with the yummy cauldron of chicken.

 2300: The guiders and their antics as usual.

Not exactly consistent... But I'll try again for Friday's campfire night. Hee!

What I Ate Wednesday: CAMP edition [delayed]

I've been in Guides camp for the past two days hence I am a little late in posting WIAW. Getting to the point, how often do you get to eat in mess tins?

When I was a Guide, we used to be given a few ingredients and what we cook using camp stoves powered by fossil fuels or a fire pit dug out from a hole in the ground was up to our imagination. This is what we call Outdoor Cooking. I used to have a ball of time with my Patrol out in the sun for HOURS trying to light the damn fire.

Kids these days are way too pampered, and dependent on social media to try and go out into the sun to have a little fun. A little bit of hard work made them weak in the knees and a little telling off sent them running for the arms of their mummies and daddies.

Thank God for my upbringing.

Food in camp these days are catered. These kids are lucky that they'd only been allocated a few hours out of their 5 days of camp for their Outdoor Cooking. The dinner above is catered from the school canteen vendor. It's just rice and one meat and one vegetable but they were yummy. Of course they'd be yummy because everyone was STARVING after the full day of activities in the sun without proper lunch.