Bkt Jalil Park again.

Last weekend, my mom was back again, to meet my nephew and niece from Bangkok who were here since ... some time ago.

We spent time playing Wii, swimming and strolling at Bkt Jalil Park, our 2nd visit since the Go Go Green event ran by the kids' preschool.

This time round, we checked out the rest of the park and I find that I really love the place. It's just beautiful and a good hangout to chill (in this case, heat up) with the family. It was a pity that we went there quite late, about 6pm, as were taking a long time to get out from the house due to the hot weather. Hence, by the time we took a big round, time was already getting late and the sun was about to set. There was still a children's playground we haven't seen yet.. our next target!

While guiding the kids to bend down, getting ready for a race, suddenly my sil ran scrambling away. I thought "WTH! Cheating in front of the kids?" Then, we saw that she spotted a bill on the path in front and she found RM50. What a lucky day indeed! Of course, we were discussing to report police or not and surrender our (it's ours already!) "finding", and looked around to see if there's anyone looking for his money... for about 2 secs? And we hurried away and thank God for sponsoring our dinner that night. But we did leave something else for other people, and it was a ball, not any ball, but our FAVORITE ball. OK la, we are fair, aren't we?

During the walk, I had this thought in my mind. Why aren't there any business entrepreneurs at these parks, renting bicycles for these joggers or park-ers? I think it should be good response. And they could also provide some leung-cha, i-screams, kuih-muih, special services, I mean, those are what I would be happy to pay for at that time. In fact, cyclists for young and old can enjoy some simple traffic rules in the park.

I remember when I was young, my parents used to take us to DR Park to cycle on Sunday mornings. There was this bicycle kiosk, renting out bicycles cheaply, and they have tricycles, bikes with training wheels, bigger ones, and even larger ones. And that little area has proper roads, equipped with traffic lights, gas station, road signs etc. The slope was THE challenge for us kids. Going up the slope would be so "killing", and coming down would be so "heart-pumping". I think I never managed to conquer that fear. Ahh.. some simple family activities, in fact, was already available during our time, but not now. What a pity.


(Pictures taken a few years ago at DR Seenivasagam, Ipoh on a cheerful morning)