8 Jun 2014
A trip to Palau Ubin had been realized after a long time of planning. Most of us decide that 8th Jun to be best possible dates as Jun is the school holiday for most teenagers, and attendance may even be lower if the activity is set in July and beyond.
For those who don’t drive, we decide to meet up at Jurong East MRT at 0615 hours. As most of us were late, we can only depart at 0640 hours. We reached pasir Ris MRT around 0745 hours plus 15 minutes of bus trip to ferry terminal

After a group photo , 20odd of us is being split into 2 groups to take a boat (10 mins ) to Pulau ubin. After reaching , we took our barang barang ( much less than the things we need to carry during the st John trip ) to the nearby chalet ( not as far as well).

After we settled down , we were being split into 3 groups ( initially from 4 groups), but some cant make it in the last minute, so we cut down on 1 group. I was with one of the group led by Zhi Hui, and with there are ruixiang, deming, maoru, shengliang and yanling.

After a simple breakfast, we started walking to the bicycle shop to rent a bicycle to cycle to Chek Jawa. The trip wasn’t too difficult as it took us around 45 minutes, except some up-slopes were pretty difficult to cycle and we need to come down from the bicycle, and push thru it. Down-slopes were more easy but more dangerous, and we got one casualty falling down (Li min), fortunately, it’s wasn’t too bad as there are only some scratches.

At Chek Jawa, we had a game of Treasure Hunt. We supposed to see some pre-taken photos of scenery, and find them to take the photos again (total of 20odds photos). Most of them relatively easy except the photo of 2 stones (we took some time to realize the place). For my thought, Chek jawa had improved a lot since the last time (11 years ago)

After the game, we cycle back to the chalet to have lunch and some outdoor games.
For lunch wise, we were given some raw ingredients to cook (suppose to cook 4 dishes) and judges will compare which groups have the best food. We managed to think thru and come out with 5 dishes instead. With Ruixiang cooking most of the time, I guess he should be cooking for a quite a well at home

After lunch, we have some games in the canteen area for 2 hours (using some beans or ping pong ball)


After the games, some of us went for kayaking. The boat rowing wasn’t as scary as I thought and the waves were pretty so non of us actually capsize in the sea. I managed to join Gouliang in a 2 man kayak. Controlling the kayak prove to be very difficult as we cannot turn left or right freely, and traveling in a straight line prove to be as tough and we turn left or right most of the time , totally out of our control

After a one hour kayak, we had a bath, and settle down for BBQ. The food was pretty ok but amount wise a little too much in so every one have to (tabao) some back home

Finally around 2045 hours, we pack up and left the island
Looking backwards, the trip was very good thanks to the effort of the organizers (guiping) and those who organize the games (Ruixiang / Gouliang / Jin quan / deming)
Lastly, some minor thoughts. World cup 2014 is finally here, I managed to watch the Brazil vs. Croatia match on channel 5. I unable to watch the other games as I cant find any effective live streaming on the net and the coffee shop below my house didn’t telecast any live matches. Fortunately, one of friend managed to find me a hand phone app, so I can watch one tonight (Germany Vs Portugal)
Looking forward for this world cup, I still hopping that Asia teams could shine and any of the 4 teams to progress into the next round. It’s quite disappointing for Japan and Australia to lose in the first match, hope that they could bounce back in the second one.
God bless every time, all the time