A Stroll & A Coffee with Choya

The dog still has to be walked, so I take her out for short pee breaks, and longer morning and evening walks. She's still got her pack walks scheduled, and those relieve me of a lot of uhhh... extra walking. I'm still testing negative and feeling fine, but I have decided to avoid the gym and eating in air-conditioned places, and I really shouldn't be meeting people without a mask either.  

The man is feeling much better. However, he shouldn't be gallivanting about town with double lines showing strongly on the ART. What the man can do, is to stay in a bubble. He would mask up, leave the mask on, get into the car and drive us to where we want to go. Then he'll pick us up after that. 

Took the dog to walk at Duxton Plain Park today. She was very happy strolling around. After the night rains, the morning was cool. She sniffed around loads, didn't bother the 20 chickens roaming around the area, found a corner and promptly plonked herself down to chill out. She didn't want to walk anymore. She just wanted to sit down and watch the world go by. Okay can. I sat down with her for a bit. After all, I had cleared my morning — there wasn't any calls to take or papers to clear. Not till next week.

Then it was a toss up of whether to stroll to Nylon Coffee or cross over to Keong Saik Road. I didn't need to top up granola; I wasn't going to eat anything anyway. But I wouldn't mind a drink. A coffee. I avoided coffee for almost a week because I didn't want caffeine to interfere with my sleep or over-stimulate my sleep-deprived body. One coffee this early in the morning would be nice.

Crossed the road via the underpass to Keong Saik Road, and stopped at Keong Saik Bakery for a coffee. The bakery's bakes aren't quite to my liking. It's too fusion! LOL But I don't mind its black coffee, a.k.a kopi-o-siu-dai. They do coffee like the local coffeeshops, but without the condensed milk. 

The bakery's three outdoor tables sit smack in the blazing sunshine from 8.45am to 1pm. There're literally two seats at the pillars that are somewhat out of the sun. But on cloudy days like this, it was rather lovely to sit down and chill out. With my hat firmly perched on still. There were no one else sitting outdoors, so I picked the seat I wanted. Choya sat for a bit away from me. Whenever she does that, I have to make sure that she isn't blocking the aisle and I always use a leg to place it near her to warn people not to step on her tail or her paws and snoot. Thankfully, after a while, once she's done observing her surroundings, she would change a spot and scurry under the table. There she will remain for the rest of the meal/coffee. Perfect.