Pasir Ris Park

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This is Pasir Ris park... the one I mentioned on my previous post. This scenic spot is a couple of bus rides away from our place. Free entrance... free camping grounds... you can bring food... it's quiet and relaxing.

The first time I went here was for Tonjun's birthday. We rented bikes for a couple of hours and exercised before pigging out. hehehe The second time was to prepare for our church group's fellowship. Both times, my feet hurt from the exercise.

My ideal visit to the park would be... to ride a wagon big enough to comfortably fit me... then someone would tow me all over the place so I could take pictures without hurting my poor feet. My wagon would have food and drink stored in it too and an umbrella to cover my head when I need to. ^_^ Simple lang diba?

Singapore... so far so good

I've been here for nearly six months now and I'm glad to say I've settled in... more or less. hehehe I wouldn't be here if Janice wasn't here... I'm not brave enough to venture out on my own... and she literally took me in. After the initial confusion on learning to find my way around, learning to hear the language and finding food that I can stomach... I am enjoying my stay.





My first hurdle was finding my way around. I am good with directions and could probably find my way back to a place where I've previously been. I've never been good at commuting... I grew up in Bacolod and never went anywhere there that took me more than 30 minutes from home... longer than that and it's considered FAR. For Singapore, if it takes me more than an hour to get anywhere, then that means I took the wrong route. On my route going home, I usually walk through a plaza going to City Hall Mrt. It's not well lit but many people use it as a shortcut... I enjoy walking there because the lights up ahead really looks pretty and when you look up, you can clearly see the night sky.


Now about the language barrier. People here speak english, although it's not the same as what we are used to. My problem was not about understanding their english, it was more like hearing their words. Even when I moved to Manila, I had this problem initially... I don't know if it's the same for everyone else but to me a language usually comes with a certain pitch. Some word's pitch are too low or high to what I am used to and I think my brain just cancels them out as noise. hehehe So something like "Do you think you can come around 3 pm next Monday" would sound like "_ you ink you can _ around _ p_ _ Mon_" or something like that. Eventually, I learned to listen... hehe and even if I can now hear full sentences... sometimes I still don't understand.

Food... uhmm... I don't want to talk about food... other than am on a diet now and thinking about food makes we want to binge. Oh... beware of Kaya toast by the way... I was eating that regularly and the doctor told me a teaspoon of Kaya is equivalent to one Roti Prata (Some sort of Indian FRIED bread). My food tripping here made my blood pressure go up and am now on a low salt low fat low carb low taste low low low low diet.

On a brighter note... if you want to relax and just hang out by the sea... beach parks are just a bus or taxi ride away. It's not Boracay, but it's got sand, sky and sea... when you have had enough... you can easily commute home to your comfy bed. I've been to Pasir Ris Park twice already and it's really nice.