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Heartland Explorer: Night Cycling 5

Written at Sunday, November 27, 2011 | back to top

26th November 2011 - Saturday

Event: Night Cycling 5 - The 'C' Route
Date: 26 to 27 November 2011
Duration: 10pm to 7am
Location: Woodlands CC to East Coast Park

wheeee!!~ Night Cycling is back, it's the 5th night cycling that the Woodlands YEC had organised. i participated in all except the 4th one which was held during May 2011. yes, because it clashed with my Sundown so i had no choice but to give up the 4th one.

and now, i'm back for the 5th one =D together with Edmund, Ginnette, Jeremy and Ting Yu, we gathered at Woodlands CC and wait for the start of the cycling.

seriously, this 5th night cycling was like a torture to all of us. as compared to the previous 3 times, this one was far more worse. i didn't and never think of going up the lorry for the previous times, but for this.. i really have the urge to dump my bike and sit up the lorry, waiting for it to drive me back to ECP.

BUT... i managed to endure all the way to the ending point.

all the bicycles

before the start..

ready to set off....

yay. finally time to set off at 10pm. cycled for 1 hour to reach our first pit stop at Kraji Reservoir. so far so good, still feeling fine. butt feeling okay, legs feeling okay, everything okay. still can continues haha.

Woodlands -> Kraji Reservoir (11.18pm)

Pit Stop #1: Kraji Reservoir

well, rested for awhile before setting off again. cycled for another 1hour to Jurong Point. we even travelled pass Cemetery, and there was once a very long down slope, i was cycling in full speed when my lanyard hanging my phone break and my phone just flew out and fell hard on the ground. my poor phone full of scratches now, luckily it was my old phone.

i had to do E- break immediately, luckily i didn't fly off lol. the speed was so fast that my bike and phone were a long distance away from each other. haha. anyway, shagged.. i already started to feel tired when we reached our pit stop. we dropped by at the McDonald's for a rest and supper. we were give 45 minutes of rest before going off

Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point (12.20am)

Pit Stop #2: Jurong Point

time to move on.... the cycling journey is getting more and more tiring. another 1 hour 30 minutes ride to our next pit stop at Pasir Panjang

Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang (2.20am)

Pit Stop #3: Pasir Panjang

and yes, now here comes the most hellish ride. i thought from Pasir Panjang, they will go by the main road, then bypass my house towards Vivo area and then over to Bugis, like the 3rd Night Cycling.

BUT NO... they went a totally different route. a more tedious and hectic route. we went all the way up to the Kent Ridge Park, seriously the route is long and curl and most importantly, it was going up slope. super long up slope, turning round and round up.

and this was the longest ride to our next pit stop, we took almost 2 hours to reach. imagine of cycling 2 hours non-stop.

Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang - Bras Basah (4.30am)

anyhow park the bike

pit stop #4: Bras Basah

so tired that we sat there and sleep. rested for like 30 minutes or so before getting the green light that we have to move on.

i am super duper tired. my legs and butt hurt the most. and i have to force myself to continue. we continued all the way till our last pit stop, somewhere at Geylang area. stopped at some random place, we don't care where are we, immediate jump off from the bike, sitting right infront of some shop houses and slept there. really, we slept for like 1 hour, it was around 6am that we finally took on our last journey all the way back to East Coast Park.

Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang - Bras Basah - Geylang (5.10am)

Pit Stop #5: Geylang
everyone started to catch back their sleep

and yes, it was around 6am that we were all asked to move on. the very last lap already, towards our destination at East Coast Park.

move move... MOVE. well, it was 6 in the morning already, it's getting more and more crowded with people started to leave for work, etc. transportation is getting heavy and we have to be very careful looking out for incoming traffic.

i tried my very last best to endure all the way back to East Coast Park, and I DID IT!!! it was indeed a very tough 9 hours of cycling journey. it's like an endurance test to me, forcing myself to complete it without getting up the lorry.

my whole body ached alot. my shoulder, my hands, my legs, my butt... and i lost my beauty sleep. we were so tired that we decided to head home immediately, don't even bother to have breakfast at Mac first. after signing off with the organiser, we made our way out to the main road in our so-super-no-energy-legs. Ting Yu took bus back as she lives at Pasir Ris, while the rest of us shared cab together since we live nearby to each other.

Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang - Bras Basah - Geylang - EAST COAST PARK (6.55am)

our cycling journey : The 'C' Route

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

Labels: night cycling

Audrey 23rd Birthday #2

Written at Saturday, November 19, 2011 | back to top

well, in celebration of Audrey's birthday again, with Feriae this time round. we decided to gave dinner at Clarke Quay area, because if later suddenly got people feel like going drinking or dancing, it will be the most convenient place. haha. just opposite only =D

but nah, after that the birthday girl don't wanna go, so after dinner, cut cake, photo, dilly-dally till almost midnight and everyone go home.

haha. just one step down and i'll be floating on the river...

dinner time...

Christmas tree xD

found a big spacious open area for us to celebrate birthday.

HAPPY 23RD BIRTHDAY TO AUDREY AGAIN!!!

eyeing on her cake =)

group photo yo!~

head shot

really a post with less word, and more pictures. haha. anyway, Happy Birthday to Audrey =D

Labels: birthday, celebration, Feriae

Audrey 23rd Birthday #1

Written at Thursday, November 17, 2011 | back to top

i'm on leave today. haha. just nice i'm able to join Audrey, Daphne and Lisa for morning dim sum at Toa Payoh Swatow Seafood Restaurant. well, highly recommended by Daphne haha. anyway the dim sum wasn't that bad, everything $50+. considered not cheap actually since we did not order alot. i can eat more delicious and better dim sum at Chinatown at a more affordable price.

but i have decided to bring my parent come here eat one day. at least try other places for once. haha.

Swatow Seafood

dim sum

polaroid at somewhere near Buona Vista

and next, went over to Buona Vista station to wait for Ginnette and Shalee. proceed over to some random zichar stall at Holland Village to have dinner there. and most importantly, to celebrate Audrey's 23rd Birthday.

haha. since we were with Audrey the whole day, we can only ask Shalee to help buy the cake first, and she ended up buying some long chocolate bread instead of cake lol. the shop owner told her it's highly recommended haha so she bought it.

hahaha. the long chocolate bread
HAPPY 23RD BIRTHDAY AUDREY
::actual birthday: 17th November (today)::

the foods which we ordered
the best food is still the prawn paste chicken wing xD

group photo

did some shopping at Sasa, before going to Starbucks Coffee to chill. i bought my favourite White Chocolate Mocha. testing out the nail polish which Lisa just bought from Sasa. yes, testing on one hand only. haha. we were like leading some tai-tai life huh!! hahaha

red red pink pink fingers xD

spamming of polaroid photos outside

polaroid NICE!~

last group photo

this was a pretty funny scene, we were squatting in the middle of nowhere where people keeps walking past us, giving us a weird look. hahaha. got so funny?!

left Holland Village at 11pm plus, took bus 61 BACK HOME =D

Labels: birthday, celebration, chill-out, dinner, HSS girls

November Gathering: Playnation

Written at Saturday, November 12, 2011 | back to top

yay, and our next gathering will be at Playnation. time to have some fun playing board games xD we went for the 3 hours package which include free flow of drinks and popcorn, from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.

time flies seriously fast when we are having fun. we only played like 5 games and it's time to leave already.

Playnation yo!

Do not leave your things unattended LOL

we took so many games out!~

well, first game we choose to try out this Chairs game. we have to try all ways to stack up these mini plastic chairs as high as possible. seriously, not that easy as some are round legs, some have one side short leg, etc. it kept falling down as the higher we tried to stack.

and next game, another stacking game, Uno Stacko. hahaha, we are pretty good in it though xD it managed to go up quite high.

CHAIRS

stacking of chairs and Uno Stacko.

next game, the best and most violent game - Uglydoll! hahahah. i love this game, a chance for you to whack your friend. we played until so rough, snatching of card, hitting the tables and hands, screaming of UGLY UGLY non stop. aftermath of the games, bruises and scratches on the hand, lol.

Uglydoll!~

next game True Colors, kind of boring to me. a game to see how well you know your friend, also can sabo your friend. haha. there's a card of questions, and according to the questions, we have to answer it who suited the answer the most.

True Colors

hahaha. this Jurassic Park is one of my favourite game. the aim of the game is to snatch the dog bone. lol. we have to exchange the number of card with whoever has the same number to exchange with, until we got all same colours. once we have all the same colours, secretly take one bone, and wait for the rest to realise the missing bone. last person to discover it will be the loser. hahha

Jurassic Jumble - Seize the bone

well, good times end fast. time to leave already, a group photo before we leave, and of course Polaroid photo since Eugene brought his =D

Polaroid photo

GROUP PHOTO!

polaroid

a group photo taken outside

and and and...
CHRISTMAS IS COMING SOON!!!

Labels: games, gathering