Re-exploring the explored

In my previous post, I mentioned about how tired I feel while doing those routine things. On Saturday, we planned something extraordinary out of nowhere.

We have been living on McNair Road for 1.5 years and all we know is the Boon Keng MRT, the Sheng Siong supermarket, Bendeemer market and a few bus stops within walking distance. What we did not know is what lies deeper within the neighbourhood.

Eventhough it was raining, we still ventured out after grabbing a quick breakfast at the hostel. We followed our instincts and walked around the place. The best way to explore Singapore is by feet, and there was no fear of getting lost cause any bus can take you to the nearest bus interchange.

In the end, our 1.5 hours journey on feet ended and the map below shows the (estimated) path that we took.

I traced out our route in 3 colours based on 3 stages of the journey. Purple: sunny with slight drizzle. Green: Heavy rain. Red: Drizzle once again.

This monkey tried out the playground near Bendeemer Sec.

As we trailed along the Park Connector that ends at Bishan Park, we ended up on the overhead bridge near St Andrew’s Secondary. Bringing to you, Saturday morning traffic, Live.

For the first time, 2 of us wore ponchos. And who would have guessed that such a beautiful solid metal structure exists across the river between secluded HDBs.

Once a while, we stopped to enjoy the scenery (but there’s not many places with nice sceneries in Sg) and decide on where to head next.

We thought that this is an Indian temple but it turned out to be a Buddhist temple. This is a huge temple but strangely it was empty yesterday morning.

After the walk, I can reaffirm that Singapore is really cramped. There’s not much personal free space, but the good thing about being compact is everything is so close to you.

Here, it’s normal to have a highway just behind your house. Back home in Malaysia, if a highway is to be built just behind someone’s backyard, the house owner will protest like crazy as if cars will go through his house daily.

More about Saturday soon...