mornings at pasir ris park

when ivy and ida were younger, before they started going to school, i used to take them to playgrounds,
beaches, gardens, places of interest and shopping complexes to let them enjoy the outdoors and to widen their experiences.

i was teaching in the afternoon session at ghim moh secondary and on mornings when i was free, i would drive ivy all the way to pasir ris park to play at the 'enormous playground'. we would reach there at about 9.30 a.m. at that hour there would be very few children using the facilities. i would usually be back by 12 noon when i would make my way to school to report for work.

on some weekends, we would have a picnic at the same park. we usually had chicken curry, bee hoon and fried chicken wings. we had a domestic help then and she would be with us to help keep an eye on the children.

i also remember taking them to catch 'longkang fish' at the drain near the novena mrt station and the tan tock seng hospital. the water in the drain was fed by a spring and the place have had fish since my kampong days.