BBQ @ King's Park.
Before I start typing, lemme just wish y'all a belated Happy Mooncake Festival or Mid Autumn Festival, whichever u wanna call it. 2 of my uni friends invited me for a bbq @ king's park on Saturday. They have a tradition in Taiwan to have a bbq during mid autumn festival. Although it was on a Sunday, all of us had plans on that day, so we decided to have the bbq on Saturday instead. Weather forecast says " AM RAIN"... meaning only a few showers in the morning. So, at around 3-4pm, i drove to King's Park to meet the lot there. The sun started showing up, and was a good sign for us.... Or so we thought.... It's been a while since i last came to King's Park, and MY GOODNESS...the scenery is stunning as always. Flowers were blooming everywhere, and i got soo excited and decided to take a few photos first b4 meeting up with them. I have no idea what they are so I'll just show the photos.
Tony called me a few minutes later and we met up. Most of the bbq spots were occupied by other ppl, so we decided to had off another direction in search of more bbq spots. On the way, i took a photo of a view of the city from the top.
We walked...and walked....AND WALKED.... for nearly AN HOUR. Guess wad...The sun went to hide in the clouds, and drizzle started pouring on us, yet we continue to walk on a path that never seems to end...
We then come to a crossroad, and majority of us voted to take a right turn. The majority was CORRECT!!! and we were on the right path to the picnic area. Not long after, the sun decides to come out from the clouds. We were all happy and excited again.
AFTER NEARLY WALKING FOR AN HOUR PLUS!!!! we finally arrived at the picnic area!!! Luckily, there was only one family having a bbq around the area, and we scored ourselves a bbq spot. Usually, the picnic area would be PACKED with ppl during a weekend. But i guess the "AM RAIN" scared them off a lil...NOT US!!! we were all damp and hungry and quickly started bbqing.
*all of us getting excited. Rebecca, Danny, Michael and Chris*
*Michael doing the honour of opening the butter wrapper*
*Peri Peri Kebabs with courtesy of Tony, a.k.a HELLBOY of the day, cuz he was in red..so i decided to call him Hellboy*
*Pork marinated in soy sauce kebab also prepared by our hellboy*
*Shrimps, also prepared by Tony*Actually, we had heaps of food!!!! Initially, there was 8 ppl coming, but 2 decided not to come, so only 6 of us showed up. MEANING, we had more than enough food for each of us. There was also sausages, marinated chicken wings, hotdogs and salad. I only took a few pictures of the food cuz i was busy helping bbqing.
*Our tummies growling every second past*THEN!!!! THE WORST SCENARIO WE COULD EVER IMAGINE!!! THE ONE THING WE HOPE NOT TO HAPPEN, HAPPENED!!! The rain started pouring away!!! We all started running for shelter under a children's play area, leaving our food covered with plastic bags getting soaked by the rain.
*RUN FOR SHELTER!!! Cuz the planks had gaps in btwn, raindrops still dropped from the gaps. Danny went up to cover the area with big plastic bags, so that water wouldnt drop on us. We all then decided to take turns each to cook, and bring the food over once it's cooked. And we did. BBQing the rain wasnt our idea of "FUN"...
*Who said guys couldn't multitask huh??? xD*
About half an hour later, the rain FINALLY stopped...and for good this time. Our plan was to finish bbqing before it got dark, but the rain delayed us soo badly we had to continue bbqing in the dark. A few shots i took of the scenery around us
*Beautiful moon showing us her true beauty*
Eventually, it got dark and there wasnt any sort of light, except the moonlight. So i had to switch on the light on my phone and finish whatever that was on the hot plate. It was dark, quiet and no one in sight. We all just wanna finish bbqing and leave the place.
*Mobile phones can prove to be handy at times...*After packing up, we all decide to leave. But which way??? We say a few cars leaving our area, and all of them heading in one direction, so our natural instinct tells us that, that must be the way out!
*all of us still wet from the rain but excited as ever... It was like in a thriller movie!!! It's dark, there's no one in sight...you get this eerie feeling up ur spine...you just wanna find ur way out of this "labyrinth" EXCITING AND SCARY at the same time!!! =D*
*Moon still shining brightly*Half an hour later, we were finally out of the maze!!! Found out that we were close to the uni. So all of us decided to take a bus to city and decide what to do after.
*Traffic light junction*
*All of us waiting for the bus.....Where is the bus????? =\*
*Cars passing by us...*10 minutes later, bus finally came...
*tired from all the adventure...*After arriving at the city, Rebecca had to go home. The rest of us went to have bubble tea and played a few games of pool before leaving home. As for me....Remember that i drove to King's park??? so why am i catching a bus to the city then??? Well.... It took us an hour or so to get to the picnic area, which means it'll take me another an hour to walk back to my car... Walking in the bush in the dark?? Eerr... NO THANKS!!! SO, my plan was...
#1. leave it there and pick it up tmr morning...some how...
#2. Call my uncle up, hoping he can bring me back to collect my car.
At first, plan #1 was the best choice, cuz i din wanna bother my uncle. But i was scared i'll end up with only the body of my car left...So i continued with plan #2. I called my uncle, and this is what he said " Uurm...i have fren's over from malaysia...maybe i can pick u up from ur home later???" So i had to take a train back home. Moments later, uncle called up again "Cal, i think i cant drive..i had a few cups.... Where r u now???" I told him i was at the train station... then he goes "Uurm..i go fetch u now to collect ur car...i think i should be alright" He wasnt drunk or anything, just that if u get caught by the police to do a blow test, he'd be over the drinking limit.. So while waiting for him at the train station... i took a few more shots before ending my day...
The city can be a beautiful place at night... especially the train station.. Not long after, uncle came and my car was luckily still there. WAD A DAY!!! Havent had soo much fun in a while.. I think i should do it more often!!! =D
