No more blues

Monday blues? Not for me today. I got out of bed early (way earlier than I normally do for work!) and went to the beach with my mom. We walked the length of Bedok Jetty and met an old family friend who was fishing. While my mom talked to him - a fellow retiree of seventy - I looked out to my right, and there, rising like metal fingers in the morning light, were the buildings of Shenton Way and Tanjong Pagar. That won't be familiar territory anymore. And it made me glad.

I turned back to the water. The sun was strong and made the water clear (as clear as it can get around Singapore), so clear that I could see hundreds of tiny fish swimming energetically near the surface. A ship was slowly moving out to sea. Birds wheeled above - okay, crows, not pretty birds. A small wind was blowing.

Later, my mom and I stood in the water and let the cool waves gather round our ankles. We picked shells and found four live 'remis' - they're very much like mini clams, and as they lay in my palm, one tiny white shell lifted open. I freaked out (read: shrieked) and it quickly shut itself.

It was a good morning. Best Monday I've had in months!

Posted by Monoceros at July 14, 2003 10:09 AM