home sweet home :)

yes and im back frm pulau ubin!!! went there on 23rd to 25th. i must say that is a life that is so peaceful and away frm the hectic singapore! minus away those mosquitoe bites, i think i reali love the life there. u dun see cars zooming by every road u cross, only the some vans driving some tourists frm one end to the other end of the island; u dun see people walking ard in fast-paced steps or rushing for their work. all u see will be people walking ard leisurely, cycling ard and enjoying every minute that they have in their everyday :) is not a long stay there and i think most ppl wouldnt choose to go pulau ubin when they can go to other countries and islands. but is always nice to spend time at an island far frm the bustling city and spend some time with the nature and slow down the steps to admire wat beauty the nature has given us :)

Day 1

met up with rongrong at changi village to have our lunch tgt before we set off for our ubin trip!:) by the time we finish our lunch and walk over to changi point ferry terminal, it was already ard 1pm? was just a 5min walk across the road to the ferry terminal and once the uncle saw that there is ard 12ppl waiting to take the boat to ubin, he will then set off immediately. and just nice there were already quite a few ppl waiting there and the two of us just nice made the number for the boat. so we set off towards ubin! heehee...it was a bit rocky initially and i sort of quite scared of it cuz i dun like the viking-ship-heart-sink feeling:P so held on to rongrong quite tightly. haha...it got better awhile and i soon begin to enjoy the ride and the scenery more than take notice of the rocking boat:) took some pictures and less than 15minutes we reached ubin! woots!! it was so near an island to spore, but it just feels different when u step on it. while we waited awahile at the information kiosk for ah huat (the driver whom we called to pick us up to celestial resort) to come and fetch us, we took the map of the celestial resort that we are goin frm the information kiosk!:) and by the way, ah huat uncle is the driver which the resort suggested that we can call him to pick us up frm the jetty to the resort. his name and phone number is provided online too and that's how i manage to call him in advance:) reached the resort in abt 5-10mins ride and we walked into the resort and saw alot of rooms. but it seems quite empty, no crowds ard but just some groups of ppl here and there. we managed to find our way to the reception area to check in, by the time it was nearly 2pm. and quite thankful was the sky slowly get dark with the gloomy clouds and not long aft we reached our room it started raining super heavily! and i swear it was reali very very very very heavy, tgt with strong winds and no doubt u will get urself at least 70% wet even with ur umbrella :P and it wasnt that bad if we do not have to leave our room but the thing was when i checked the toilet, it was leaking and quite badly. so no choice we had to walked back to the reception area and tell them we want to switch room cuz the room do not have any phone provided and i do not have the reception number to call. so rongrong and i walked back tgt using my umbrella and the strong wind just blew my umbrella (already quite old and cannot make it:P) outwards. so needless to say, we were both drenched when we reached the reception. plus there were already large puddles of water collecting at the pavement so even with a good umbrella lower part of our body will stil be wet :X the receptionist immediately gave us the key to the room next door, frm 206 to 204, and even lend us their umbrella, big and sturdy! haha...think such heavy downpours are very common to them :) so we walked back and transfer over. luckily there's one staff who came shortly aft, and we just have to return him the 206 room key and save the trouble to walk back on our own again. so it was bathing time aft tat and we slacked in the room playing monopoly deal all the way until dinner time ard 7, when we walked ard the resort and see where are some places we can explore and saw this small jetty where we camwhored abit :) then we walked to the hornbill restaurant which is inside the resort for our dinner :) it was a nice restaurant, just on the opp of rooms, separated by a river where there are fishes inside. can oso see the beach vb court frm there as well :) food served there has a variety too, both western and chinese food. we decided to try the western on the first night and the chinese food on the 2nd night. so i ordered fried chicken fillet and rongrong had chicken wraps, and top up with a fruit salad, prawn dumpling and two chicken wings!:) heehee...the food was nice! but we had to endure the mosquitoe frm attacking us and kill them before they land their mouths into our skin while we were eating our dinner:P killed 5mosquitoes each leh, wat achivement rite. was still telling rongrong i wan to kill 5mosquitoes in this whole trip and i did it over a meal-_-! it was back to our room for tv shows (all local channels available) then tidbit and monopoly deal and rongrong use his laptop to check the world cup news (but internet connection is super slow in the room though) before we rest for the night:)

Day 2

woke up at ard 8am in the morning cuz we checked with the staff the previous day wat time is breakfast served and they told us was 730 to 10. wanted to have it early oso so that we can leave for chek jawa which was on the other side of pulau ubin frm our resort. we packed wat we need into rongrong's bag (water bottle, tidbits, our valuables, insect repellant etc) and i carried the big umbrella in case the heavy rain came uninvited suddenly again. we took a map frm the reception the night before and checked with them how long does it take if we were to walked there and she told us ard 1hr. being adventurous (and rongrong dun wan to take double bike cuz he nv tried before and i was not confident to cycle on the stoney roads on my own:P) so we walked all the way to the chek jawa with the only map that we have:) but it was not too complicated cuz it was just a long road down, just keep walking and walking and walking. but before we set off we had to applied insect repellant and it is a MUST BRING thing when u come to pulau ubin for hiking trips k! haha...cuz in the midst of walking, we took some longer routes instead and ended up in this sensory trail where we seems to walk on areas which like walking into forest like that. not that secluded as a forest though, but enough to hold alot of mosquitoes!!! Zzz...both of us were being attacked a few times lor, and i even killed like 2 or 3 while there were still attacking me and enjoying my blood-_-! slapped them and i can see my own blood lor. we had to stop again there to spray insect repellant again. and luckily aft spraying it reali helps to deter those blood suckers frm attacking us! wahahaha....so we walked walked and walked, feel alot alot closer to the nature through this walk and by the time we reached chek jawa it was already 11plus liao. took a break at the information kiosk inside chek jawa and bought cold h2O drinks there to replenish, cuz my bottle was already halved even before we reached chek jawa. then sprayed more insect repellant before we continue walking into chek jawa. inside chek jawa the scenery was alot nicer than just seeing trees and green plants everywhere ard u. there's this tower where we climbed up and have a great view overlooking the big sea and could oso see spore, buildings which were so small frm the distance we saw them. took pictures there and enjoyed the breeze and that was where our only map flew down the tower and landed somewhere beyond our reach:P so nvm, rongrong's theory, "Just walk, sure can go back one." :P haha...aft which we walked on the trail (wooden platform) into the coastal broadwalk (sth like tat) where it feels exactly like walking inside sungei buloh:) could see some hermit crabs there, big spiders and other life forms which u nid to look in closely before u can spot them easily. then aft tat it links us to the big sea where the wind there is super shiok aft walking so long and me sweating profusely frm the heat:P again it was a long platform but this time round it was bounded along the sides so that u wun fall into the sea. enjoyed the sea breeze and camwhored abit before we walked to the last viewing gallery where they showed us what kind of species of crabs or other live forms we can find in chek jawa. frm there there's again another platform out into the sea, like the jetty at east coast park, where me and rongrong do jump shots there! haha...rongrong din wan to take the jump shot one, but aft much persuasion he gave in! heehee...but he jumped without giving me any count, luckily i managed to take a quick shot of him still in the air but he complained that was when he was coming down:P haha...dun care, ask him jump again he dun wan so we made do with it. haha...went for a toilet break just next to the gallery there there's a toilet and there's toilet paper! haha...actuali nth big lar, but i was quite surprised cuz i went in with the thought that i have to use my own tissue paper leh, and the cleanliness of the toilet (plus with toilet paper provided) it was thumbs up! haha...aft tat we walked back to the information kiosk there and rongrong bought another can of drink before we set foot back to our resort. it was again another long way back, but this time round we din walk the sensory trail but took the shorter routes instead. so saved alot of time and blood (in case more mosquitoes attacked us again:P) without map this time round, but it was ok cuz once we cross a pavillion, there's always a map there to check our spot. but we did walked some wrong routes and u-turned. but is ok, cuz we see some scenery which we wun see it if we din walk the wrong way :) but i must say it was reali quite tiring and my feet (the boney areas) start to ache abit aft all the walking. heehee, but with rongrong ard, managed to tahan till we finally reached the resort! haha..during our walk saw quite a few groups of students, think shd be jurong sec, they having their (npcc maybe?) camping at ubin most probably and they were carrying even larger bags and water carriers while walking. think quite tiring for them under the hot sun too. by the time we reached our resort it was already 230pm. wooots! back into the resort was heaven, cuz i immediately went over to the hornbill restaurant to buy more cold drinks to replenish while rongrong walked back to the resort to boil more water cuz we wanted to just have instant noodles (which we brought over frm spore) for lunch. but before we go bathe we decided to head down to the beach vb court! haha...yes, very tired liao but we din wan to dirty ourselves again aft we bathe so we decided to play awhile first then go back to bathe and eat our late lunch. but while playing i seriously walked super slow to pick up the ball cuz i was quite tired already and my legs are giving way :P initially my movement was very slow but slowly slowly as we play it gets better. haha...but still we din play long cuz both of us was reali very tired liao, so we went back to our room to bathe and eat! at least din waste the effort of rongrong for borrowing the beach vb frm soowen and then bringing it to ubin :D so it was bathing and eating tht noodles and munching on more tidbits (again we brought frm spore one) and monopoly deal before we take nap! haha...so tired can! just knocked off aft lying on the bed for awhile:P in the end we nap till ard 830pm before we go out to the hornbill restaurant for dinner. but wat's shocking follows. the restaurant was closed liao! still quite early for dinner rite, but yes, they were closed liao. so no choice we had to go back to our room and eat on the last packet of tidbits that we were left with and tahan through the nite without proper dinner. but luckily both of us din feel quite hungry aft the late lunch with tidbits in the afternoon :) and then it was watching soccer at 10pm! :) haha...din noe the indonesian channel will telecast soccer lor, was just nice when i tuned to that channel in the morning tat day when there's a repeat telecast of the previous night match. so we managed to watch the match of Slovakia against Italy and it was the first time watching soccer with rongrong! haha...luckily it was quite a nice match (at least for a noob like me:P) with many exciting shots frm both teams but we both thought italy could do better. ended at ard 12am and i was all ready to slp :P haha...the next game at 230am, and both of us decided to take a nap first then wake up to watch, but of cuz, i din manage to cuz rongrong saw me slping so soundly that he din wan to wake me up even though he promised he will :) haha...so he watched himself while i slept :P

Day 3

woke up at ard 718am in the morning. was quite awake by then liao, but to continue slping is still possible of cuz :P haha...off my alarm before it sounded at 730am so that rongrong can slp longer:) i washed up and wanted to take my bath when i heard the thunders and then shortly the rain followed. so in the end din bathe first cuz if we walk to the restaurant to eat will end up probably lower body drenched again. so i brushed my teeth liao, wake rongrong up and went over to eat our breakfast aft he washed up too :) same american breakfast as the previous day, but i still enjoy it cuz i just love to eat such american breakfast :D heehee...then we walked back to our room for tv shows and monopoly deal and rongrong continue to play my itouch hippo blast before each go bathe and pack our stuff to check out by 12. din reali feel like goin home though, even though i dun have to suffer any more mosquitoe bites tat often, but i would soon have to say goodbye to the quiet and tranquil atmosphere in ubin and head back to the bustling little city. we decided to have our lunch at the restaurant to make up for the dinner we missed the night before :P haha...so we order chinese food! saw quite a few tables eating fried rice so i ordered fried rice while rongrong ordered seafood mee soup, tgt with braised beancurd (cuz no sambal kangkong) and black pepper beef! slurps!!! the food was damn nice leh! can fight with spore's tze char stalls lor. shall organise some trips in future to go back to the restaurant there to eat! :D and then, it was heading back to the jetty (again called ah huat uncle to drive us back) and waited for awhile to make 12 ppl for one boat before we left the island pulau ubin..... :)))))))

a very nice trip spent there, though there may not have nice shopping centres to shop ard, but the nature that u get to experience there is something which is quite worthwhile. and i think is definitely one of the places that u can go to spend some quality time with ur love ones, spend time talking to each other, enjoying each other's company in that small little island :) at least it is for rongrong and me :)))))))))))))))))) photos on facebook! :)




is not the place u go, is not the things u do, is who u r with that matters.................... :D