One morning in Botanic Gardens

Botanic Gardens is now prettier and more lush than it was many years ago. There are more open spaces, nice walkways, special pavements for wheelchair-bound people and parents to push their stroller-strapped kids and definitely beautiful greeneries and flowers abound everywhere.



My NUS friends invited me to join them there with their families and so I did. Zai and As each brought their three children along, each of us coincidentally has one daughter. We managed to get a nice spot near a gigantic tree to enjoy the shade. As spread the mat on the ground while the dads repositioned the quite heavy garden bench to share the shade with us. As took out marker pens and coloured papers for the children to draw, Zai shared her snacks with us while I passed around my bite-sized carrots which I'd packed from home.

That morning was sunny but unusually breezy so imagine the cool air that brushed our faces as we had fun catching up with one another while our children played with the ball and dug the soil to see earthworms. Our children had a great time in the open field.



Later, we also strolled at the periphery of a lake where there were two white swans and a duck drifting quietly at a secluded corner. I'm not sure if they are the same ones I saw when I went there in my teens. One thing I'd hope the authorities of the place would do is to erect a fence around the lake to prevent accidents. Half the time, I had to stop the children from standing too close to the edge of the lake lest they end up in the lake themselves. The lake is quite deep so I don't know what's stopping the authorities from having a fence.

For lunch, we ate at the BG foodcourt. This is the second time I ate there. The place is definitely more comfortable than the then Taman Serasi Hawker Centre but they have lesser halal food choices.

Nonetheless, we had a nice time and we'll definitely go back there for more fun and relaxation amidst fresh air and lush pretty greeneries.