Monday on a beach is like no other Monday

My timetable this semester is nuts. We start classes early but end like really late in the evening, with too much breaks in between. So, on Monday, instead of rotting ourselves at the same old cafe for 4 hours to wait for the next class, we decided to do a mini road trip. Ok, more like a drive about since we didn't get out of Melaka. But the talking, gossiping, singing along to the radio in the car, it almost felt like a road trip.

We drove into the city and had lunch at this fantastic Japanese restaurant called Wa Zen. Food was great, and everything feels so Japanese.

When we are all stuffed, we got into the car and drove to the beach which is at the other side of the city. 

Once my bare feet touched the sand, I was reminded again of why I love the beach. It has been too long since I was at a nice quiet beach. Pattaya in Thailand was too touristy for my liking. To stand on the beach and let the waves crashed into my feet, is heaven. We saw kids swimming in the ocean, and IF we brought extra clothes to change, all of us would have jumped in without a second a thought. It is THAT inviting, on a hot Monday afternoon. And the smell of the sea breeze, is the sort that makes you want to take a deep breath from time to time to savour it.

We didn't bathe ourselves in the ocean, but we totally let ourselves go at the playground on the beach - having 3 little girls looking at these 4 grown-ups sitting on the see-saw and swings, and went all hyper and excited. It's great to be a kid again. 

We even wrote our names on the sand. 

An afternoon with great friends on the beach, is as good as a hectic Monday can get. 

Mayyie