photographsky - macritchie reservoir

the skies were pretty clear today...


clear skies

so my dad and i decided it would be nice to take a "stroll" (more on that later) at:


macritchie reservoir park

after we finally parked the car after going a few laps around the carpark, i told my dad the story about how i warped the car's antennae while parking, which is why it can only retract half way. this is more or less the same expression he had when i told him about the long scratch on the driver's side of the car, and about running the red light...


stern dad

so, we finally headed down towards the "stroll"...


macritchie bridge


macritchie 1


macritchie 2


macritchie 3

along the way, we came across some aborigines of macritchie...


macritchie monkey

there was one monkey that actually stole a water bottle from this ang moh kid, and climbed onto a tree with it...and then when the ang moh mother came running to get it back, the monkey actually threw it onto her head...damn hilarious...too bad i didn't get a picture...i swear the monkey was laughing his furry head off.

anyway, back to the "stroll". my dad finally revealed his plan of bringing me to macritchie:

dad: 要不要赛跑？(wanna race?)
moby: huh??? 不要啦！我只想要散步... (no lah! i only wanna stroll)
dad: 老人家才散步...年青的男人要运动运动! (strolling is for geezers...young men must exercise!)
moby: huh???
dad: ok...bye bye! *starts running*


dad jog / race 1


dad jog / race 2


dad jog / race 3

pretty soon, my dad was running so fast that even my camera couldn't capture him...maybe also cuz he was on the other side of the reservoir already...


dad jog / race 4

i decided that i had to start running too...in case he kena attacked by monkeys or some other creepy crawlies...but i just couldn't catch up...it was really a race!!! when i finally caught up, we faced a fork in the road...


fork in the road 1

we decided to take the road less travelled. =)


fork in the road 2

then as we were finally strolling, my dad decided to entertain me with some stories about his trip to the states (he just came back 2 weeks ago)...and how he went to this dock somewhere in maine...and caught this etc, etc...yeah, yeah...riiiight...


fisherdad's tale

my dad wanted to show off his photo taking skills too, but that failed miserably when he included me in the picture...hahaha...


macritchie sky

so he passed the camera back to me, and i started taking the real stuff...


macritchie sunset 1


macritchie sunset 2


macritchie sunset 3


macritchie sunset 4


macritchie sunset 5

my dad decided that it wasn't time to go home yet...cuz he still wanted to exercise some more!!!


dad sit-up 1

very fast again...


dad sit-up 2

he was doing so many that it was starting to get dark...


dad sit-up 3

the sun had almost set by the time he was finished...


macritchie sunset 6

after that, we went to feast on a bowl of BIG prawn noodles each at adam road food centre...$10 a shot...and if you add as much chili powder as i did, it'll be more happening than any tequila crap selling at the same price...

anyway, all in all, it was a really enjoyable "stroll". bonding with my dad...something that i haven't really had the chance to do as of late. i've been too busy feeling sorry for myself, making excuses and ostracising my family. this should become a more regular thing...in fact, my dad asked me to go "hiking" next week...i wonder if i should bring my hiking boots or my sprinting shoes...maybe i'll bring my mountain bike along too, just in case he meant triathlon...haha. =)