Married; with two kids and one wife, to me time alone is a luxury. The past week, I have actually been staying at the hospital's accomodation rather than makng the 2 hour journey per day back home. Partly to recover from the previous busy weekend, partly to save on fuel but mostly to avoid travelling on the could-be-dangerous motorways where accidents happen daily.

Sitting and eating alone *sigh*

However, I find staying alone a fight against boredoom. I always miss seeing and playing with the little cheeky ones and food always doesn't taste as nice eaten alone. To occupy time, and the weather being so nice, I thought it would be a good idea to explore the outdoors.

I decided to buy dinner and eat it outdoors. There is a field or garden outside the hospital, where the helicopter pad is located. The place is called "Pocket Park".

I followed the yellow brick road and found wonders

Eating outside was so serene. I tend to have these secret hideaways throughout the years. In high school I'm not sure whether even O-K noticed I used to sneak away at weekends or during the afternoon prep hours with a (text/)book. I used to study behind a building just at the perimeter of our school. I studied anatomy under a tree by the beach in Terengganu during a summer holiday in Malaysia, and at university I frequently studied microbiology at the park. Eating dinner outside really brings me back to those years.

Walking further onwards, I was surprised to find shy rabbits scampering away.

Usagi san

I was even more surprised to discover a beautiful little lake. Teaming with frogs and tadpoles at various stages of metamorphosis. Infact, most of the lake surface was covered in frog spawn. The tiny creatures do look slightly hideous. Some of the tadpoles had two legs, some had four with long tails.

Self portrait

My Solero and Book

Zoom and you probably could see the tadpoles

I spent the rest of that evening taking pictures of everything, lapping up a Solero (favourite icecream) and reading Earthsea.

Panoramic view of the lake