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Finally A new Post! No inspiration however, just boredom.
This last week had been a pretty good week, I guess I’m taking a break from tough times now.
Still, thinking about the work I have on hand is enough to turn me blue.
There is still so much investigations left to do and it’s not moving.
A huge evangelistic event upcoming and I’m really uneasy about how it is progressing.
This Sunday the YFers are going to cycle in Pulua Ubin but I have not finish planning yet! In fact, my recce was not really successful. Think I’ll go Ubin alone this Wed. Work needs to be done. Sometimes, I wished for a buddy that can be present at times like this to go all out with me.
Oh wellls, talking about Pulua Ubin, I had a really great and fun time last Saturday. It was a really pack day and I was running high on adrendaline the whole time. (Mostly Due to Lack of Sleep) It started on Friday, when I was the Duty Officer of the Battalion. Being the Duty Officer, I know I will have a lack of sleep…which I did. The Morning started with an insane rush to 3 places. Thanks to mother who chose to live apart. Thankfully, the taking over officer, came early an I was able to have a 30 minutes headstart against time.
I was really jumpy the entire morning and my temper was real bad. I have to remind myself to solve issues calmly. I had a unexpected problem when I attempted to print the map of Ubin. Somehow, my laptop decided not to detect the printer. I tried solving the issue but ended up breaking my cup. My Favourite Cup! After a few really needless curses, I cleared the mess, and abandoned trying to print the map. Time was short…or at least to me. I arrived exactly on time; meeting Amandaz on the way. And then spent the next thirty minutes waiting for the late comers. Now…I really don’t appreciate this. Still, It’s a wedding I’m about to attend. Jacob, my Campus Crusade Mentor’s Wedding. How can I not feel happy?
The Wedding was really sweet and nice, spiced with Jacob’s usual antics. My only regret was being unable to stay to eat the refreshments and to take photos with my friends.
Rushed to Tenah Merah MRT from Toa Payoh MRT where I redenvous with Shi En, Clarence and Amandaz. Gordon my brother had dad to drive him to changi village. Clarence ran a little late, I was getting nervous due to the shortage of time I had on hand. This was worsen when we had to eat at subway. Now…I am 1 hour behind scheduled time.
This trip was really special because, Shi En, Clarence and Amandaz have never been to Pulua Ubin! Haha! If we have more time, I wanted to show them so much more. We recced the east side of Ubin. Ok…not the entire east side but enough to know that Chek Jawa had some renovation going on! So, This Wednesday, I must go and recce Ubin again. Who’s freee? hahaha
The group was caught in the rain while cycling. At first I was dismayed, I didn’t intend for everyone to get drenched. The nearest shelter was also really far. However, the rain washed away the problems and i remembered that I’ve asked God for an opportunty to walk in the rain on facebook about a week ago. 28FEB. There is something about the rain that lifts up my mood. I was really really happy. God is really sweet =]. The Group took shelter under the trees and thankfully there is 2 umbrellas. Shi En and Amandaz spied a english gentleman sheltering alone a few meters away. I was requested to asked him to join us. He did with a big smile. The Rain lasted for a good 10 -20 minutes? During that time, I played in the rain and join in the chat with the english gentleman.
He happened to be from Man City. Much to Amandaz’s delight. When the rain stopped, we bid the man city chap good bye and head back to the jetty. Lots of photos were taken. Clarence and me took turns to be the photographer. Amandaz’z camera was drenched so we dare not use it. Shi En told her to put it in rice. Wow…that’s something new. Got to test it out one day. So! pictures are taken from Clarence’s awesome IPhone! It was about this time when I finally got back my feel of freehand cycling! =]! Cheers Cheers! I remember teaching my crusade mates to free hand….hahaha….good old times.
Back to the jetty, we explored the beach. Almost fell off the slippery stones in the area. That however did not stop Clarence and Amandaz from hopping on to the rocks, taking really scenic photos and having difficulties getting off the rocks. Hahaha. Shi En then went on to build a village of snails. The Snails…the colourful onces however, did not share her vision of a village so they went crawling off the village and they do crawl fast! Shi En, undaunted, continued to consolidate them. Hahaha…sounds dictatorish ah? We had a good laugh and we head off the the huge rock and the end of the beach for our final photo shoot! It was slippery and we were half expecting to fall into the sea. Hahaha!
Gordon spotted interesting seaweeds which someone hoped would shrink when you touch them. Hahaha….Just like Avatar. However it did not shrink. There was also a huge and weird foot print on the sand.
After the posings and snappings, we finally head back to singapore. We had some really good chicken rice suggested by Gordon before heading back to home really satisfied with a weekend well spent. I wish people will stop polluting Pulua Ubin. the amount of wild life there seems to have significantly declined.
Way before this, I had a great dinner outing with Audrey, Sally, Joshua and Ginette. This too was a trip of great fun!
We met to eat at this Ramen Store which my Tudi Nut and I found while scouting for food. The food was good and we had lots of laughs. shared my New Zealand Chocolates but they were really too sweet! I should have gotten the other Chocolate. That was really really nice. Audrey was the first to arrived. I arrive 2nd and spent some time chatting to her about Winnie. She gave really good advice but I don’t think I want to reconcil anymore. I had thought through about it and decide no. Thanks Aud still…glad to have an awesome friend like you around to watch out . Ginette came third and joshua followed shortly. Hahahah…I always think that they are an item. hahhaha. (Joshua’s so gonna kill me if he reads this =p) Our VIP was Sally. Wait…VLP Very Late Person. We redenvous with Sally at the Movie area because Ginette wanted to take photos with posters. It was then we also planned to look at cameras for Audrey. She wanted a Toy Camera! Hahaha. The trip to the Ramen Store was kind of excited. Ginette and Joshua were missing half the time as they are running about ahead of us. Hhahaha…now you see why?
After a long walk, we reached our destination and dig in to our Ramens. After we had our food, we headed to a weird shopping centre to look at cameras. Yeap! We saw a group of guys playing some trading card games. The weird thing is the Cards are all pictures of animated girls. What kind of game is that? Otaku?
Then we all head to somewhere nostalgic. The Arcade. We watched Audrey and Ginette hit the Dance Dance Revoluation Machine and the Juke Box. It was quite a sight! We had Great fun and Ended the Day.
That’s it for now! Tada!
