While lord Surya (not the shady actor from Tollywood, Chennai - Surya, the Sun God from Up Above) is away holidaying on some beach in Bali, lord Varuna decided to make the most of his weekend here in Singapore!
As Nitika is in India, I spent the weekend catching up with a couple of friends over luncheons, which have been due for sometime now! As Amol & I were sitting at Raj, trying to finish our over-ordered meal, he suggested a trek around Macritchie in the rain.
Well, much as my calfs & thighs staged protests, I let my veins do a Tianamen square & quell the protests! I had to given that the recent fitness test in office had exposed the last months of laziness by showing a +3 kilos vs. last reading.
So, off we went, trotting thru the freshly lushed, boggy underbushes of Macritchie. And once the heavens opened, our fate was also pretty much the same :). And as I was getting drenched, my mind wandered off to my childhood in Mumbai.
Oh, the smell of the rejuvenated earth after the first rains, the vibrant dance of the waves, the swaying of the trees to the winds. What a thrill it was to goto Marine Drive after school to quite literally soak in the rains! This was only the 2nd time I let down my guard & went prancing in the rains (given my nose's over-eagerness to start leaking!) in Singapore - the first time too was on a trek in Macritchie. And what untainted, unbridled joy... Boo too all you Europeans who dont like the rains :P.
Back to the present - my nose held up to the deluge alright... watay pleasant surprise! As a result, I am currently enjoying a relaxed, easy Sunday evening watching the Olympics rather than sniffling & douzing a dozen handkerchiefs away to the washing machine.
Oh and on the thought of the Olympics - I have concluded that watching Rhymthic Gymnastics is the only thing that can match up to the joys of fooling around in the rain. The Russian & Belarussian belles were simply sensational - it was more ballet than gymnastics. And boy, are they pretty! (It's no secret that I am a devotee of Russian nymphs :) ).
The only thing missing in the weekend was Nitika, 2 cuppas & some good-natured riling thru the F1 race over Ferrari vs. Mclaren. Hope you get a chance to enjoy the Mumbai pitter-patter while you're there Niks!
As Nitika is in India, I spent the weekend catching up with a couple of friends over luncheons, which have been due for sometime now! As Amol & I were sitting at Raj, trying to finish our over-ordered meal, he suggested a trek around Macritchie in the rain.
Well, much as my calfs & thighs staged protests, I let my veins do a Tianamen square & quell the protests! I had to given that the recent fitness test in office had exposed the last months of laziness by showing a +3 kilos vs. last reading.
So, off we went, trotting thru the freshly lushed, boggy underbushes of Macritchie. And once the heavens opened, our fate was also pretty much the same :). And as I was getting drenched, my mind wandered off to my childhood in Mumbai.
Oh, the smell of the rejuvenated earth after the first rains, the vibrant dance of the waves, the swaying of the trees to the winds. What a thrill it was to goto Marine Drive after school to quite literally soak in the rains! This was only the 2nd time I let down my guard & went prancing in the rains (given my nose's over-eagerness to start leaking!) in Singapore - the first time too was on a trek in Macritchie. And what untainted, unbridled joy... Boo too all you Europeans who dont like the rains :P.
Back to the present - my nose held up to the deluge alright... watay pleasant surprise! As a result, I am currently enjoying a relaxed, easy Sunday evening watching the Olympics rather than sniffling & douzing a dozen handkerchiefs away to the washing machine.
Oh and on the thought of the Olympics - I have concluded that watching Rhymthic Gymnastics is the only thing that can match up to the joys of fooling around in the rain. The Russian & Belarussian belles were simply sensational - it was more ballet than gymnastics. And boy, are they pretty! (It's no secret that I am a devotee of Russian nymphs :) ).
The only thing missing in the weekend was Nitika, 2 cuppas & some good-natured riling thru the F1 race over Ferrari vs. Mclaren. Hope you get a chance to enjoy the Mumbai pitter-patter while you're there Niks!
