Sunday, October 23, 2005
Hello!
Hello hello! I am not a bug. Anyway, we should all go Pulau Ubin one day, it's so rustic and seems so totally anachronistic after living forever in urban areas- but that's where the beauty is!
ODAC's adventure race was very fun and we were supposed to get first but the organisers did not like us trying to be too smart and gave us time penalty for hitching rides on lorry. Our team had me, zenger, poon xuhui and tricia (who couldn't make it cos she was sick!) And of course our facilitator who encouraged us to cheat: smElly.
After running around ubin we just slacked at this old style kopi store which of course brought out the kopi boy in kopi boy. Sipping pseudo tiger beer and tsingtaos (actually green tea in tiger beer and tsingtao glasses) and listening to 60s oldies playing in the background is just such a soothing experience. You can just watch time slow down and the world go by.
We also managed to hitch rides, my first ever hitchhiking experience! It was on this old smelly lorry but the uncle was very kind and let us hop on and we stood and felt the wind in our hairs. Of course taller people like me and poon had to be wary of low branches which threatened to decapitate us as the lorry zoomed past with us standing upright on it. Elly had no such worries understandably.
We also met with a bunch tanglin sec people who were having this amateur biking lesson on pulau ubin and we (me rather) had a run in with them, but there was no love lost.
Rambo was station master and he helped us abit hehe. Constructed a hammock using some knots which rambo taught us and we dumped smelly in it.
Although we clocked in the fastest timing, we were deemed to have cheated by hitching a ride so we got related to 3rd place which wasn't too bad, except when you consider the fact that prizes were awarded to the top 2 teams. But all is well! We were very happy to have hitchhiked anyway, and we we still had a sumptious dinner at Changi Village kopitiam where kopi once again felt right at home. We were abit worried about the transexuals who would prowl the place when night falls but we were lucky to avert such meetings, although i accidentally called the drinks stall auntie an uncle.
13A had a no guys team which came in a very commendable second. Humans people are just good la, can't be helped.
In conclusion, i think that pulau ubin is very fun and cheap (cool sampan ride cost $2 inclusive of sea breeze) and bike rental with advanced gear transmission set us only a mere $3 back. This is the REAL island life, love it! We should all go there one day together, and try to find the elusive wild boar which i failed to spot this time. Lastly, Famous Five + smelly are the best group even though we cheated.
huanna ate breakfast @ 4:47 PM
