on the not so sunny side of the street

Monday, June 30, 2008

Given to all the time difference and all... Well to help you get a feel of what it's like.. here i am in the morning of Monday and YOU have already experienced YOUR Monday liao... pretty mindboggling if I put myself into thinking about it really.

REALLY.

My ears are still popped. My flu's sorta phasing out. but turned dried bloodied. and this mrng i awoke to a dried bloodied sore lips. scared the daylights out of me LAH. i DO NOT want to know what that means.

and i know the main difference between here & sg. it's definitely gotta be the amount of LAND they own la. cos houses are super sparsely located. the air's way fresher despite the crazy number of vehicles you see on the road. My aunt's pad is sufficiently AWAY from the main town, so safe to say it's a helluva 45 minutes from any other developments. not that im complaining. the greenery is lovely lah. and their shops.. all single storied. and SPPPPPRRRRRRRRAWWWWWWWWWLING. haha. again, space.

saturday's pictures.

getting ready for St Jacob's Farm!

that's Alisa petting Shania next to Penny.

haha. betcha Alisa cldnt care less abt this sign!

view frm the outside

all smiles in the trolley

view frm the inside

love her skin, man

.chubbiest. chubby. chummbier.

one of the many horse-pulled carriages Mennonites ride on.

lovely horse. OH now i realised it. THAT's A COURTING CARRIAGE. implies the rider's generally a single bloke & if they usually ride these cos must be viewable by other pple. no hanky panky im 'fraid! smthg like our sports car, if you may.. hehe. RX 8 anyone?

an old sugar shack they process delicious maple syrup

wilfred, age 7 on the tractor!! age SEVEN. PRIMARY ONE!

saw them tall tress, reminds me of you Aliah. so this one's for you :)

a sample of a drilled hole to tap into maple sap.

a look on the evolutions about the tapping method.

outside the Martins' house, a young Mennonite couple with 5 young children.

syg, this is the cherry tree with the treehouse & the swing that you owe us. hehe

one of the three carriages they own. all's traditionally colored black with rubber wheels.

one of the other two carriages.. family sized one, i think.

yeah. we cldnt get in. so jst picts frm outside shld suffice lah..

the load of CORN for their cattle. belambak i tellya! and Toronto's corns are the yummmmiest. grilled corn rox ma sox!

the kid in front of us conveniently covered the Mennonite ladie's face, again. courting carriage...! the ladies wear this head covering as a form of practice of their interpretation of the Bible. smthg like us Muslims, no?

a shot of Nathan Kuepfe.. our charming (Progressive) Mennonite tour guide. means he accustoms himself to driving (but black only) cars and listens to music & plays video games unlike the Old Order Mennonites.