Kite Flying at Marina Barrage

I don't know why, but Cobby had a urge to go Marina Barrage to fly kite. Well, it was a very beautiful and sunny day, so went after Jolie woke up from her nap. The only kite we had was a crappy Winnie the pooh kite that won't fly, so we decided to buy a proper one at the store there. Everybody was buying kites with cool modern colours or with silly cartoon characters, but I spotted one in a corner with a big traditional print of a pink goldfish, and I knew that's the one. It's also the cheapest, I guess it wasn't very popular, which made me love it more.

Like I said, it was a very sunny and windy day, perfect conditions for flying kite, so as expected, the place was quite crowded. The wind was so strong that it didn't take much effort before our kite was airborne. But Jolie kept jumping up and down, wanting to fly the kite herself, so we locked the line and let her hold her kite. Look at her proud and happy face...

It wasn't difficult to fly the kite, the only challenge was to get it to go really high up. I keep working on it, but there was simply TOO MANY kites in that small area! So we ended up getting tangled with other kites quite often, so each time we had to start over again, frustrating!

Before we knew it, the sun was setting and it was time to go for dinner.

Just as we finished packing up the kite, Jolie found herself some new playmates. A bunch of teenagers were kicking a ball around and Jolie decided to join them in the game. I was worried that they may find her annoying, but surprisingly, they were very nice and let her kick the ball with them. So sweet! I'm so happy that my baby girl is so extrovert and sociable, and proud as can be as the teenagers exclaimed in surprise how well she can kick the ball.

As we sat and watch Jolie play, the setting sun was casting this brilliant colours over the horizon. At that moment I felt so at peace. I felt so proud and fortunate that my country is so beautiful, and that I was blessed with a loving husband and a wonderful daughter. At the moment in time, to me, the world was perfect.