Outing

This afternoon we decided to go out as staying at home in such a fine weather is a waste. We had lunch at MacDonald first as kids wanted to eat fast food. After that we decided to go lane Cove Nature Reserve but along the way, I changed my mind and said that I would like to go Manly beach.

Joe mentioned that yesterday's newspaper reported that the sand at the beach has been eroded due to heavy rain and high tides. Well! The more we should bring them there to see what is happening so we changed our route and drove to Manly. Took us more than half an hour to reach but we were lucky to find a parking lot there. It's free of charge for 2 hrs.

Channery refused to wear a diaper so she was looking for a toilet. We could not find one in time so we took off her pants and let her urinate in a diaper instead. After that we walked to Manly beach. The sight was not beautiful. We went there this summer when My mum in law and wei yi visited us and it was very beautiful with white sands. Now we could see that the sand has been eroded and we could see stones lying on the beach only. The stones were placed there by the council to prevent sand erosion. Somehow it kinda worked as those areas behind the stones were still quite intact.

children insisted on playing on the little space cornered by the council and got themselves quite messy. We decided to go to a nearby lookout and off we went. we could see the North head, South Head and Middle head at Tania park. Scenery beautiful and children were happy to be out in the open. There was an icecream van so of course they have icecream too. We realized it was a lease free park as there were many dogs running around.

While the kids were playing, I received a call from Hong. Told her I would call back as it was definitely cheaper if I called her. We talked for quite some time and it was really nice to hear from her. Joe's phone gone flat and then I called again using my phone. Kinda wondered how life will be like if I am in Singapore. Really have been missing on a lot of things during our absence.

Came back to cook dinner as it was raining and we still have some left over chickens the night before. Easy dinner for me so I am not complaining. Eating out sometimes cost too much. 1 plate of chicken rice will cost us $8.50 here. Well! as compared to Singapore, the price is rather steep right???