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Sunday, January 30, 2011, 5:01 PM

A special moment I enjoyed with my family.

Today, I went to Marina Barrage with my parents and grandparents at around noon. When we arrived, we saw a group of people entering the marina barrage. When we first entered, we saw a restaurant. We were already famished, so we went into the restaurant. It was quite packed inside but there were still a few tables, so the staff at the restaurant led us to our table. After sitting down, we ordered a 5-6 people set. Fried chicken, fried rice and others were included in the set. While waiting for our absolutely delicious food to come, a waiter brought a chicken porridge to the table beside ours, and the aroma of the porridge wafted to my nostrils. My stomach went grumbling. After waiting for about 5minutes, our food finally came. When my grandmother wanted to eat the fried chicken, my mother stopped her and explained to her that the fried chicken was oily and not good for her health. My mother was such a filial child that cares about my grandmother. After hearing my mother's explaination, my grandmother ate the chicken porridge. After that, she exclaimed that it was very tasty. Thus, I tried the porridge. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUSLY DELICIOUSLY GOOD. All the food was very nice and after we ate our delicious mango sago, we went to the rooftop of the marina barrage.

When we arrived at the rooftop of marina barrage, we saw people flying kites and having picnics. We found a spot and laid our picnic mat on the green grass. Although we were quite full, we still brought some sandwiches. Before we even eat, my grandfather and I went to take a stroll on the rooftop.

The scenery there was simply beautiful. We could see the singapore flyer and marina bay sands from the rooftop. While walking, my grandfather told me that the Marina Barrage is the 15th resevoir and to supply more than 10% of Singapore's current water demand. So, we could not always rely on imported water. Grandfather also told me that the Marina Barrage is part of a comprehensive flood control scheme to alleviate flooding in the low-lying areas in the city such as Chinatown, Boat Quay, Jalan Besar and Geylang. During heavy rain, the series of nine crest gates at the dam will be activated to release excess storm water into the sea when the tide is low. In the case of high tide, giant pumps which are capable of pumping an Olympics-size swimming pool per minute will drain excess storm water into the sea.
Wow. Grandfather really knows about everything!

After walking for about 10minutes, grandfather was tired. So my dad and I went to our car to get a kite from the boot. It was a diamond shaped kite. There were also lots of people flying different kinds of kites. Such as the shape of a centipede, and doraemon. The kites in the large blue sky were like birds, flying freely. My dad and I took turns to fly our kite, it was extremely fun. While we were flying the kite, my dad told me that when he was a child, he often flew kites with his malay friends, and would glue some glass pieces on their string that is attached to the kite and try to cut each other's string. He said that it was extremely fun and he missed those kampung days. Soon, my dad went back to where our picnic was, and my mum came to fly the kite. All of us had a very good time.

When we were tired, we went back to the location where we had our picnic and we started to eat our sandwiches. We had a whale of time. Time flies. And it was already 5pm. We packed up and left.
When i was in the car going home, I looked out of the window, and was deep in thought. I should cherish this kind of moment because my family could not have this kind of outing forever.