Monday, 21 March 2011

Marina Barrage Day

Done with all the photos from the Marina Barrage~ Brought my new toy from the recent IT show for her debut and was quite happy with how the peektures turn out^^

So yes, my friends planned this gathering for my birthday which is soon to come because I cannot meet everyone on the actual day so they got it going first. The weather was actually quite gloomy with showers in the earlier half of the day and it was still pouring when they came to pick me up.

I was already thinking of contingency plans due to the wet weather and it doesn't look good for kite flying at all. BUT when we arrived, although still drizzling a little, we can see some sun. The group decided to go get some kites while waiting for the drizzle to cease.

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 Gloomy sky

We stayed inside the kite store for quite some time because there were so many interesting ones. Serene got a big Squirrel kite with Leslie and LQ & MY got a chee-na goldfish one. I looked around for quite a bit and this is what I got together with XJ after much considerations.

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Rainbow Jellyfish with LONG tentacles

The staff call it a rainbow squid but it was a jellyfish, ain't it? Anyway I'll call it what I want since we paid for it. We were told by the staff that the rainbow jellyfish is unstable in the air due to its small surface area but we decided to take up the challenge (mainly because I think the long tentacles will look damn nice in the wind).

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Kites from dinosaur years ago just need line plus the kite body & its good to go. But now we have to get kite connectors which are sold separately. It is actually a metal paperclip-like hook to "connect" the line to the kite which I think should come together with the line reel when we buy it. It was actually a compulsory item so no choice, we have to get it. wtf.

After getting kites we found a place to set up our base while waiting for Nyy & Moo. Serene brought a tiny mat from Japan which she was very proud of, that was for 3 pax max while we had 6. 

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Serene's tiny mat from Japan

Serene told me she feel embarrassed sitting on the mat but after looking at the other one they bought from the kite store, I think that I LOVE her mat ALOT!

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This is the couple & their $12 mat

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Monopoly Deal game

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Go for Glory! I won this game!

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There were 3 of these for some water campaign

Finally the weather cleared up, up the spiral slope we GO! Time to fly like a G6 our rainbow jellyfish~

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MBS in the distant

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Love the sky

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Setting up our base

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LONG tentacles (rainbow in the sky behind me)

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The flying Squirrel

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Oriental (*chee-na) Goldfish

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The BIG Bird

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Flying effortlessly

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The first & the last time we see it fly..

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Sunshine after the rain = Rainbow

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Height limit reached! Blardy jellyfish...

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Challenging indeed...

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The highest it can go

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 Hundreds of them soaring

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The happy kid

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Friends like to hide behind me when taking pics

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Squirrel down

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Warm sunshine, the clear blue sky, colorful kites & my friends = fun time! Ok I shall end the first part here. Too many peek-tures so I shall do the rest in another follow up post. Bye.

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