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"stepping out on my own"
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy New Year peeps!

Had a busy New Year Eve this time round - first up, woke up bright and early and headed to Kranji Countryside for a little walk, only to find nothing much there but the seafood at the restaurant there being the most interesting thing there. That and 'green milk', a drink made from some kinda grass called 'cow's grass' in Mandarin.

A tank-full of Octys

Super humongous fish - dinner anyone?



I'm supposed to be peeing in this pic but the stream of 'pee' isn't too obvious


Then we headed off to Sungei Buloh

Croc alert!



No crocs spotted this time, but tons of their relatives, the monitor lizards






A solitary huge bird on the waters



A huge group of small birds



Tree-climbing crabs



Gigantic Tiger Prawn... yummy...


And then came fishing at Tanah Merah, where we caught nothing but a baby snapper that was unfortunately killed when Dan was trying to get the hook out
Peaceful and serene place





Went back home to wash up and wash the car as well before heading out to Chinatown for dinner where we got slaughtered by one of the stalls - cockles for $18 anyone? Geez! Nevertheless, we had a fruitful and scrumptious 2nd round at Food Street where we had pepper crabs, gong gong (new-found love!), la la and sotong. Oh and of course, my all time favourite - ah balling!
After dinner and supper, we headed to Boat Quay for a little countdown celebration for the New Year. Stood on the wrong side of the river and could only manage to sneak the partially blocked view of the fireworks but nevertheless, it was indeed a big bang to the start of the year.



Next up, CNY!