Kiikiikins: a day in the park

A few weekends ago, on a lovely and sunny Saturday afternoon, a few (many!) of us gathered at Duryu Park for a picnic in the name of Bea and Debra who were having a joined birthday celebration. Debra is South African and Bea is from England. Of course, this means the picnic brought in crowds from everywhere. The bliss being that the majority, were all people with those awesome UK accents; a lovely backing track to the calmly eventful day.

I took pics for only the parts of the day when I wasn't running on my hands in team wheel barrow games, or winning egg relays (yep!).

Pic descriptions ABOVE the pics this time ^^

I got lost on the way to the spot (coz this park is gigantic) and thought I'd snap away so I didn't look as confused as I really was. You know, play it cool and act like you're just walking around looking for picture opportunities and not for your friends who you've been trying to find for the last 30mins :/ So these are old Korean men who are known for spending their afternoons under these structures playing some sort of board game. Looks like serious business. Always.

And never forget to even snap up the cool bathrooms with leaves creeping all over them. Sure way to not look like a lost loser who also snaps away at toilets. Hmm.

South Africans chatting away. That's Wilma.

The Commonwealth troops.

Raquel looking so puuurdy!

The Koreans who sat near us must have been a tad frustrated by the Queen's kids' chatter. Shrug

Melt, serenading the crowds. People go all out with their party tricks, huh?!

I hope you find this pic interesting, coz I hoped you would. Korean Orea packaging (that says Oh-Rae-Oh) and the infamous rip off of Kit-Kat. Kicker. Ah, I love Asia.

Chitsi, goofing so hard, ~~my bad photography skills~~ the camera couldn't bare to focus on her. Artistic, I say.

Something was VERY funny. I missed it :(

Check THAT couple pulling out all the stops for their romantic day in the park. A little net thing to make sure no insect comes between them. Ncaaar!

Bikes for hire at the park. Cute, neh?

Chits and I... unashamedly posing.

And some tree appreciation. NoHippie.

Once we felt like the mature and calm chit chat was enough, a few of us enjoyed some team games and relays. Chits was my partner and it is with pride that I announce our victory in the egg and spoon relay. Unfortunately, people only like to take pictures of your losses and never your victories, so here are the snap of defeat (from Debra's FB):

Piggy back fail.

The WORST! Look how the other team was already on the way back while I was hating my arms for their weakness. Deep sigh.

Stop laughing.

After all of that, I went to Chitsi's place (she lives nearby) for some yummy chick pea curry and rice and good conversation (as always). She then headed downtown for the picnic's after-party which I was too tired to attend. But first. A photoshoot in the subway station.

Awesome shoes courtesy of Chitsi's awesome taste. The reds she gave to me coz they were too big for her (for ONCE, a plus to having big feet. Shoes from Indonesia!).