Savouring the "picnic moment" with friends from Japan, Spore, HK & Msia :)


Just the other day my friend asked, "Wanna go for a picnic?" I thought for awhile.....man, when was the last time I've ever heard that phrase??? Well, back home we hardly ever thought of having a picnic...except for having seen people picnicking along the highway with 'nasi lemak', 'karipap', and 'air bandung'....hehe!

But actually, picnic....can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors, ideally, taking place in a beautiful landscape. Formerly, picnic meant a potluck, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table for all to share. The first usage of the word was traced to a 16th century French text, describing a group of people dining in a restaurant who brought their own wine. A theory has it that the word picnic is based on the verb piquer which means 'pick' or 'peck' with the rhyming nique perhaps meaning trifle. Interesting eh?

So, inline with the defination and the origin of the word picnic, we each brought a dish.......we had Rach & Kim's Super Sandwiches, Winnie's Peach Crumble, Claire's Salad & Cheryl's Curry Puffs! We picnicked at the beautiful Botanical Gardens with lotsa green.....So, it was a relaxing afternoon just rekindling the 'picnic moment' which we hardly do back home on a bright & sunny afternoon, with cool breeze.....aaaahhhh.....that's what picnic is all about.