Thursday, 29 December 2011
22 December, Thursday

My posts are late and not in chronological order heh.
This is the second time I'm going to a chalet and also the second time I'm visiting Ubin again.
However, this time Ubin seems to be a little.....empty compared to the last time I been there. Maybe it's just my memory playing tricks on me or it's just because the whole secondary three cohort was there. Heard from some of the residents there that some of the people who were staying in Ubin decided to move to the city.

It's really nice to be in touch with nature again and also be in the company of Kairos + Rhema and few new people as well! Not used to cycling slowly (unless I'm super tired and can't take it anymore) but it's nice to slow down once in awhile and cycle around Ubin, carefully avoiding potholes and mud puddles. Unfortuantely, my bike broke down though. A case of a horribly off tuned rear deraileur that went into the spokes of the rim rendering it broken. Got to thank Le Fa for helping me scooter my bike back to the shop (he says he has longer legs so it's easier for him). Thanks!

Played a card game called Citadels and OMO I NEVER KNEW A CARD GAME COULD BE THIS FUN. This just owns Monopoly Deal or Uno hands down!! There's also this game called Bang! which comes in a pretty cool bullet case but I got addicted to Citadels. Heard it's also a great game with many expansions. Cool!

Went trail cycling after that. It has been a very long time since I cycled a trail because of A levels. Not sure if the trail has a name or I just forgot but the difficulty level is comparable to that of T15. After some uphills we were rewarded with an amazing sight that is this lagoon:


The pictures don't really justify the lagoon very well. The amazing thing about the lagoon is that the colour of the water is quite strange. Strange yet beautiful. Tried my best to recreate the colour in photoshop but I think it's not accurate enough.



There were accidents but thank God they were not major. There was one crash where two bikes got stuck together and amazingly the riders were not harmed!

We all later had some fun after the trail drifting around in some empty space. Good times good times. It reminds me of the time in secondary two where Me Justin and Zhi went around drifting on our bikes. Can't really do it now cause it's so expensive to ruin my $100 tyres =\

Soon it was dinner and thank God again that we were able to find a shop that is still open. Apparently the other shops closed early. Reason? According to them, there's really no one to sell food to after dark. Dinner was quite uncomfortable cause the dogs kept coming close to us sniffing our food. Comfort zone invasion!

It's a good thing I brought lights and that I also asked Zhi to bring lights too. Ubin is REALLY dark after the sun sets and it is indeed dangerous to ride without any lights at all. Still, the night ride is quite enjoyable and fun! Couldn't say the same if I were to be alone however...

Overall the trip was enjoyable and I wouldn't mind going again!