We’re all getting fat. To remedy that, my husband decided to bring us all for a hike up Bukit Timah hill. That in spite of my son’s fear of monkeys. (They attacked the little one once because of the bag of fruit and nut he was clinging on to.) Those critters may be cute but they can be very aggressive.

It was 6pm when we got there. Realised that

Kids freaked out. Hubby insisted we go all the way up to the summit for our picnic. The walk seemed longer than normal. To lighten the mood, my husband played catch with out kids. Or rather, he teased them and got them to chase him up the hill.

A few tantrums, squabbles, bottles of water and chases later, we were at the peak of the hill. Our favourite place. Air’s fresh and cool up there. Peaceful.

We spread out the mat, had our snacks and drinks and made our back down the hill.

Monkeys saw the bag of unfinished snacks in my older boy’s hand and.. after the last monkey attack, I wasn’t taking chances. Swung my bag like a sling to shoo off the monkeys and ordered my kids to go into the car. Monkeys here get very aggressive so avoid letting kids walk around with bags of snacks or plastic bags. Monkeys go for the smallest humans.