Confused by the Sky

Some days earlier, Rebecca & I made plans to meet at Changi Airport T2 to buy some simple food stuffs from Cold Storage, before heading off to the nearby beach near the airport, for a quiet evening picnic.

This has been quite a memorable spot for us coz we don’t often go there (it’s a bit out of the way) & the last time we went there for an evening picnic, we were almost attacked by several crabs coming onshore during the high tide! And these crabs aren’t just one or two… they came ashore in groups!

I could recall that it was relatively dark & yet both of us could detect movement around the sandy shore, coz there were quite a number of crabs making their way towards the shore! If I remember clearly, I even tried to fend them off using an umbrella or something… before Rebecca & I decided to pack up & go, before that spot became more infested with sea crabs!

Anyway, we made plans to visit this place again this late afternoon. Yet this outing didn’t work out due to our confusions about the sky. Seriously, it must have been quite sometime, since I got so confused over the pending weather.

Before I left the house, I looked out my toilet window to check if the sky was grey. If so, we would need to think up a back-up program. But the sky looked fine, so I walked off to the bus stop. Upon reaching the bus stop, I took a look up at the sky & began to notice some grey portions of clouds. But I messaged Rebecca to tell her what I saw, but agreed to meet up at the airport first, before making our final decision about tonight’s plan.

As I traveled in the bus towards the airport, I noticed that the sky was clearing & Rebecca messaged me that the sky is clear at T2. After reaching & eventually scouting around & buying some non-messy food stuffs from Cold Storage, we went to take the bus to that nearby beach.

Alighting from the bus, the sky looked quite fine still & both of us were glad. We started walking to our usual spot where we would lay out the newspapers. Btw, we prefer to newspapers than straw or plastic mats, coz newspapers can use & then immediately throw away, lightening your load by quite a lot! Heh heh heh… I enjoy traveling light!

Upon reaching that spot, the sky seemed to suddenly get darker. It was weird coz there we were, just finishing laying our newspapers on the sand & we looked up finding ourselves right in the middle of two sides of the sky! One side dark & the other side clear. Despite thinking for some time, we still didn’t know what to decide.

As if the sky gave us a reply to our thoughts, suddenly Rebecca began to feel light raindrops… a few moments later, I felt them too. Being in the middle of these two differing sky outlooks, we decided to stay a little longer & see how it goes. Looking around us, other families & couples were also sitting around, trying to figure out what plan of action to take.

Soon, the raindrops began to get a little heavier, so Rebecca & I packed up our stuff, threw away the newspapers & quickly walked to the bus stop… while on the way, brainstorming on where’s the next best place to go… especially since we had so ‘much’ food to eat.

Upon nearing the bus stop, suddenly the rain stopped & the sky began to clear a bit. It couldn’t have been because we had walked very far, coz we hadn’t… & we were walking in the direction of the darker side of the sky. So the fact that the sky seemed clearer now, could be a sign that it might not rain afterall! But drats… we already threw away our newspapers!

So here we were, sitting at the bus stop, eating a packet of dried cranberries, while waiting for the bus to come. We eventually decided to eat our picnic food at Rebecca’s house, but this bus doesn’t go there, so we decided to flag for a cab. Then we realized that this particular bus stop is so far in, that no cab would normally drive in. So we had to wait for the bus, then alight near my house, then take a cab from there to her house.

While on the bus, we were still wondering if it was a mistake to throw away our newspapers so quickly. Then Rebecca accidentally brought up the topic about eating ‘Sen Mian’ at the hawker centre near her home & it got me all tempted to forgo all the picnic food that we bought & feast on two bowls of delicious minced pork noodles! Aka ‘Bah Chor Mee’… =)

Alighting from the bus, we crossed the road to flag a cab. The moment after stepping onto the pavement, a black crow started to swoop by Rebecca! Rebecca screamed & frantically moved away, leaving me stunned at why this black crow would want to do something like that. Right at the next very moment, that same black crow flew up from behind, clawed Rebecca at the top of her head & flew away! Rebecca screamed loudly & started to run away, covering her head with her hand! I was stunned & didn’t know what to do! That black crow attacked so fast & from behind, such that both of us were in a state of shock! It was a horrible experience for Rebecca & her head hurt quite a bit. Hey, fancy being clawed by a black crow?! Grrrrr…

I told Rebecca to wait at the bus stop, while I moved ahead to flag a cab. A few times I looked back & saw Rebecca still covering her head with her hand, looking so afraid that the black crow could come back & attack her. Seeing her the way she looked, I didn’t know whether to smile in amusement or hide my smile.

As I waited for the cab, suddenly it began to drizzle again. Argh! What’s with the weather? Why can’t it make up its mind! Thank God that we quickly got a cab & Rebecca was so relieved to get out of the rain & away from the dangerous black crow. That crow deserves to be shot! Huh!

Rebecca bought two popiah & I bought two packets of minced pork noodles back to her home. I feasted on my noodles, while she went to shower off whatever germs that were on the claws of that vicious black crow. Hey, it was her first time getting clawed by a crow leh…

And you know what? After coming back to her home, the sky never did rain! Seriously, I don’t remember when was the last time I had gotten so confused by the weather! We practically wasted 2 & ½ hours going there & back… & in the end, ended up being right back at her home. Sigh!

So instead of having a picnic at the beach, we had our dinner, watched the VCD ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’, snacking on our picnic food, played PC games, observed her hamster, etc. The most amusing part was when we decided to lay out all the food stuffs that we bought on the living room floor & take a photo to remind us of this strange weather that had created so many blunders for us. When we had laid out all the food, we looked at the small pile of food & started laughing & laughing! It was so comical because both of us had the impression that we had bought a lot of food, but actually there wasn’t much! In fact, Rebecca commented that she wondered if we would be even anywhere close to being full, from eating this small amount of food stuffs! *Laugh*… it was so funny… =)

The whole evening went well even though the VCD ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ wasn’t exactly very nice… both of us agreed so. But it was a memorable time spent together… & all started because of the weather. Hahahaha…