HIGHLIGHTS of my past 2 weeks :D
1. macritchie nature trail! monday 1 sept 08
entirely spontaneous, planned less than a day earlier whilst we were studying in church (where has become my most productive mugging place ever, save - sometimes - school).
met pearly in at 8 in the morning, took a bus down to the macritchie busstop to wait for eve. whilst waiting we sent seeyue a very typically-p-and-c(pearly and cheryl, not private and confidential)-fashioned birthday message that went something like:
"good morning seeyue. happy sweet sixteenth. heehee. stay happy, be merry, don't be cranky, be wacky. (which btw, seriously amused pearly and took us a lot of time to type, haha). we wuv you!"
not to mention, we added about 10 of the same SonyEricsson animated smileys, hit the Send button at the same time...you get the idea.
eve came, we found our way to the route leading to the tree top walk (which was our initial plan), but...
after allowing ourselves a few minutes of dismay and "ohmytianz are we lucky or are we lucky", we decided to go ahead on the nature trail anyhow (: talk about spontaneity. i love you two man.
so we walked, and talked, and walked, and talked, our conversations ranging from absolute randomness (heart-shaped leaves and 'backpacks are the new in-thing' and people and things), to deep issues like life,
environmental destruction, nature, God...
we enjoyed the silence:
stopped for a few self-shots here and there:
occasionally we sat at some of these benches to listen to the sounds of the forest, admire the greenery, soak in the fresh and crisp air, immerse in nature. and these were when we had our really memorable heart-to-heart talks and serious discussions (:
we got really fascinated over even the littlest things:
"take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints."
this one was especially well-phrased:
(to be uploaded - my com decided to hang >.<)
pearly and i have made plans to go ecotourism-ing one day(s). we're both geog students and hardcore nature-lovers, and proud of it :)) short-term plans are to hike up bukit timah hill, visit the primary forest section there, visit chek jawa, sungei buloh, walk along the kent ridge walk from vivo to dover, and of course, get to the treetop of macritchie :) yayy pearly i can't wait!!
some hilarious moments include our discovery of eve's bimbo side xD
"how do they manage to water all the plants in the forest?"
pity i can't remember the other 2 really really retarded comments/questions she raised. (haha i love you cuz.)
and some attempts at artistic shots haha!
(again, to be uploaded...)
it was the awesomest way to start the holidays. nature, silence, 2 of the best companions in the world, time away, time in tranquility. i think i've talked about this in my shorter previous post already, so enough on that :) on hindsight, we didn't miss anything not going on the treetop trail. after all, we could always - and we will - go after exams :D
in the end, what could've been a less-than-an-hour's walk turned into a near 4h walk (: just because of all the stops.
(more photos here - this is more of a note-to-self haha don't mind me.)
after that i brought them into our school - windy benches! - to mugg. and i was reading about Global Structural Landforms but could hardly concentrate, heh. anyway, eve's shot of our school canteen made me miss the school compound over the holidays. hahaha.
and now, i have to pause for dinner. i might not be back that soon to continue this post but that's 1 major event in my life recently. there's looooads more! i will be back! ((:
this one was especially well-phrased: