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This morning, I attended 'Cycle 350' with Jasper, Qing Xiang, Wei Lin & Sylvia. An event organised by the Mazarin Programme students (a group of elites) from my school, it was meant to be an environmental cause, though not very obvious. The objective of the event was to reduce participants' carbon footprints through cycling for 2 hours or so, but the irony was that we did it in East Coast Park. Which didn't make much of a difference. I mean, do people even drive in parks?
Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the event. The weather was perfect - temperate & mildly bright, and the route the participants cycled on offered a fair share of spectacles. For example, there was a point during the event where I cycled along this canal hidden among rows of trees; the water was a vibrant emerald green which gave off a brilliant sparkle in the sunlight. It was truly a piece of heaven, given the fact that it was Singapore. I never even believed that such places would exist in where I live, at least not until today.
From East Coast Park, we meandered to Changi, where we cycled along the route opposite the Changi Airport runway. The breeze was light and the sun not too strong, making it enjoyable to look at the planes taking off and landing. Not so hearing the blaring noises involved, though.
From Changi, we rode back to the park. By then it became a relatively painful ride since prior to the ride back I have been sitting all the while. In fact it was terrible; my butt felt as if it was going to split any second.
Despite that, I didn't regret participating in the event. The event T-shirt looks great and in one way or another, I did manage to bond with those friends whom I never really talked to back when we were in secondary school.
Qing Xiang & I before the event.
Decided to go to PP for lunch after the event. Walked along the same long route we took when we went to the park, where we ended up at Victoria School. We boarded the bus thinking that we would reach PP in no more than 10 minutes, but we were horribly wrong. Half an hour passed and we were still 'trapped' in the bus, because there was a car accident which caused a major traffic jam. The bus literally moved at the pace of a snail, spending 10 minutes outside Eastern Lagoon, another 10 outside Victoria JC, and another 10 outside CHIJ Katong Convent, and a final 10 outside Tao Nan School.
We arrived at PP only to eat at KFC. The meal stunk of cheese fries (as usual), but was alright if not for the fact that I spilled some Pepsi on my shirt. :/
Rushed off to Tampines 1 to meet Amira, Cally & Michelle after the meal. Did a little bit of homework at Manpuku (a pathetic 10 questions from the Redox tutorial), then went off to Suntec for church. Today was Family Day and so some of my cell group mates brought along their families, though I didn't really manage to introduce myself to them.
Dinner with the cell group was at Kallang Leisure Park. Initially I planned to involve myself in the fellowship but I ended up doing some self-reflections. Disappointed in how I myself wasn't able to demonstrate friendliness to the people around me. Was also let down by the ignorance of some people, and the oversensitivity of others. But yet again, I don't want to end up in the situation where I only show care to a person just because he shows care for me.
Tsk, I'm such a wimp when it comes to these sorts of things. I'll just let it rest, school's giving me enough of a headache already.
Tomorrow's stay-home Sunday.
Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the event. The weather was perfect - temperate & mildly bright, and the route the participants cycled on offered a fair share of spectacles. For example, there was a point during the event where I cycled along this canal hidden among rows of trees; the water was a vibrant emerald green which gave off a brilliant sparkle in the sunlight. It was truly a piece of heaven, given the fact that it was Singapore. I never even believed that such places would exist in where I live, at least not until today.
From East Coast Park, we meandered to Changi, where we cycled along the route opposite the Changi Airport runway. The breeze was light and the sun not too strong, making it enjoyable to look at the planes taking off and landing. Not so hearing the blaring noises involved, though.
From Changi, we rode back to the park. By then it became a relatively painful ride since prior to the ride back I have been sitting all the while. In fact it was terrible; my butt felt as if it was going to split any second.
Despite that, I didn't regret participating in the event. The event T-shirt looks great and in one way or another, I did manage to bond with those friends whom I never really talked to back when we were in secondary school.
Qing Xiang & I before the event.
Decided to go to PP for lunch after the event. Walked along the same long route we took when we went to the park, where we ended up at Victoria School. We boarded the bus thinking that we would reach PP in no more than 10 minutes, but we were horribly wrong. Half an hour passed and we were still 'trapped' in the bus, because there was a car accident which caused a major traffic jam. The bus literally moved at the pace of a snail, spending 10 minutes outside Eastern Lagoon, another 10 outside Victoria JC, and another 10 outside CHIJ Katong Convent, and a final 10 outside Tao Nan School.
We arrived at PP only to eat at KFC. The meal stunk of cheese fries (as usual), but was alright if not for the fact that I spilled some Pepsi on my shirt. :/
Rushed off to Tampines 1 to meet Amira, Cally & Michelle after the meal. Did a little bit of homework at Manpuku (a pathetic 10 questions from the Redox tutorial), then went off to Suntec for church. Today was Family Day and so some of my cell group mates brought along their families, though I didn't really manage to introduce myself to them.
Dinner with the cell group was at Kallang Leisure Park. Initially I planned to involve myself in the fellowship but I ended up doing some self-reflections. Disappointed in how I myself wasn't able to demonstrate friendliness to the people around me. Was also let down by the ignorance of some people, and the oversensitivity of others. But yet again, I don't want to end up in the situation where I only show care to a person just because he shows care for me.
Tsk, I'm such a wimp when it comes to these sorts of things. I'll just let it rest, school's giving me enough of a headache already.
Tomorrow's stay-home Sunday.