Pulau Ubin Adventure

Yesterday, Elsa, Kelyn, Nana, Stanley, Edwin and I went to Pulau Ubin.

At first I was kinda reluctant to go there since

I already went there with my cell group mates about a week ago.

The stiffness from my overexercised muscles has barely disappeared.

On top of that, many of my friends couldn't make it.

Either they had another plan, or had gotten home to Indonesia. LOL

But then I think, why the hell NOT.

I'm going home in less than one week anyway.

Why don't give ourselves a good trip to remember before :)

So I agreed to be waken up early (can hear birds twittering) at 6am.

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After making ourselves sandwiches and bread with Nutella,

we took MRT from Clementi to Pasir Ris (such a looong way to go).

Then we continued by bus to Changi pier.

There were thick clouds and even drizzle when we're waiting for the bus.

I prayed all the way for the weather gotten better for us later.

We arrived safely at the pier, and it's not crowded at all.

In fact, there's only around six other ppl there.

(oh, by the way Elsa's boyfriend, Stanley, didn't go with us.

I thought he turned off the alarm. LOL.

It turns out he DID wake up, but then went back to sleep =_=)

Waiting for the boat

After a less than 10 minutes boat trip (yes, that near!), we arrived at Pulau Ubin.

The view of Pulau Ubin's beach

We rent bikes. Two double bike for Nana-Elsa, and Edwin-I.

One single bike for Kelyn.

We haven't go too far, when Edwin playfully release his handlebar

when the road were sloping down.

Of course our double bike shook and fell.

Edwin got his toe wounded, but I was free from any scratch (miracle!)

Elsa and Kelyn, who saw me from afar,

said I instantly jumped very very high when the bike start to fall.

We made a stop when we saw a beautiful pond.

We just had to take picture there. LOL

L-O-V-E (with legs) hahahaha

Beautiful, isn't it?

We continued cycling until the route end.

Take a rest on a check point hut.

By the time we're started to got bored, Stanley arrived.

So we decided to cycle back to the starting point

and continue our journey to the other side of the island.

On the way back, Nana who's riding by herself, fell off from her bike.

She got more serious injuries than Edwin before.

Thankfully we met a guard with emergency tools.

He gave Nana wet tissues to wipe her wound and bandage.

On check-point hut (before Nana fell)

After meeting Stanley, we decided to return the rented bikes

and instead took a shuttle bus to the end of the other route.

(I've biked there before.

And the road is longer and bumpier than the previous route.

Add up the possibility of rain, we're good to go by bus. LOL)

Around 15 minutes by bus, the car path ended and we need to walk from there.

We saw a viewing tower.

I don't know how many feet it is (I'm not good at making approximation)

all I know is, it is TALL.

We're all panting and heaving when arrived at the top.

Good thing Edwin had brought his tripod along with his camera.

We're taking many good photos there.

The view of the sea, tall trees, the breeze.

They made the hard climb worth while.

Edwin and Stanley flew a kite. But the wind blew it away. LOL

We continued our journey to the wooden pathway above the sea.

Thanks God it's raining before,

otherwise we've been burned by the sun by then.

We stopped at the hut in the center of the path.

Resting, eating our bread, taking silly photographs.

Most of all, we laugh :)

U-B-I-N

I wasn't trying to jump off the fence, if you're curious. LOL

I got hold of the twigs, while Edwin took this picture.

(Hey, how come a tree could grow with its roots under sea-water?)

The wooden path leads us to the shuttle bus pick up point.

And while waiting for the bus, we bought canned drinks from vending machine.

(No, we're not confused by the signpost.

It's for photograph purpose only. LOL)

The bus came and took us to Pulau Ubin pier.

But before we left the island, we decided to taste some delicacies of the island.

Hahaha. No, I think, we're just hungry.

Spicy fried octopus, oat-meal prawn, cah kangkung, lemon chicken (special for Edwin that doesn't like seafood. haha)

The same way we came in, we left Pulau Ubin by boat.

At the boat, all tired and sleepy.. and oily! haha

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That was one of the most memorable trip in my life.

I was so thankful that my friends kinda 'forced' me to go.

After the trip, yes I was exhausted and tired and smelled like fish and sun.

But I also smiled a lot. Laughed a lot. Took a lot of good pictures.

The most important is..

I've spent great time with my dearest house mates.

♥ Love you all ♥