3/1 Class Outing Sr 2
3/1 had an outing to Sentosa today, organised by Auntie Shiling (who's not an auntie of course). We met at HarbourFront MRT station at 9.30 am. James was the first to arrive, followed by Xianglong and me. The next 5 or 6 to arrive were all males. By 9.33 am, all of us (going today) were present except Veronica, so most of the boys (some went for breakfast), Peiyu and Kuan Yee decided to head to Sentosa first.
We left the station by the correct exit, but we didn't know at first which way to go. Initially going left on Quan Ming's instinct, we soon discovered our mistake, while I double checked the locality map at the MRT station. In no time we were walking along the Causeway to Sentosa with land breezes coming our way.
After paying for our admission tickets into Sentosa, we headed for the Monorail station at the Visitor Arrival Centre. We realized the guys who had breakfast were already there waiting, so we joined them in waiting for the Monorail. Our destination was the Underwater World station, where we would be able to head over to Siloso Beach.
After looking at the sharks and turtles at the Underwater World (they were swimming in a lake outside the attraction, so we didn't have to pay) we walked a short distance to Siloso Beach. It wasn't occupied with people yet, so we easily found a shelter to place all our belongings. Most of the boys immediately drew out a court and played soccer with Xianglong's ball, while a few others and the 2 girls went cycling. I took photos of the soccer match with Quan Ming's camera. The other girls arrived at the end of their soccer match.
At around 11 am, Quan Ming and I decided to walk from Siloso Beach to the neighbouring Palawan Beach, a few kilometres away, and to the bridge leading to the so-called Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. We left our shoes at the shelter and Quan Ming brought his camera along to take photos. We soon discovered the downside of walking barefooted; there was a stretch of tarred road that was not sheltered. Our feet were burning (I felt it more than Quan Ming, who seemed to have been able to walk more calmly). Along the way, we spotted a 7-Eleven and rushed in to get a Big Gulp. After we came out, we spotted ex-2/8 students on the Monorail and Wee Cheng and Zhi Yuan behind them, for whatever reason we did not know (they said they were leaving early).
We finally reached the Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. We hung out at the watchtowers on the island before heading back to Siloso Beach. The time then was already noon and the ground was scorching hot to any barefooted person. We then realized that by walking on the sand along the tarred road it would have been cooler. Trust us to be 3/1 students.
When we returned, some boys and girls were playing Truth or Dare in the water. Not too far away, just at the shore. Quan Ming, not wanting to get wet, declined, but I went ahead and just threw myself into the water. I was only asked one question, and that wasn't a difficult answer to make. We washed up and most of them decided to go for lunch at Burger King. The time was around 2.00 pm. Kegan and me stayed back at the shelter. We hung out there for about 2 hours (watching an Indian show in the making) before our lunch arrived. I had bread prepared beforehand so I only asked for fries.
After the gang came back we had a game of Captain's Ball. It was extremely fun playing in the sand. During our break in the game, it started to drizzle, then rain very heavily. We moved our belongings to a bigger shelter, but then the rain ended as quickly as it began. We then headed out to a soccer "field" a few hundred metres away from our hut to play soccer. I found I made a better goalkeeper than someone in the playing field (but then again, the goalpost wasn't that big, so it wasn't that difficult to defend). We stopped again at around 4 pm, when I started to feel a little stomachache. I couldn't engage in other activities for some ten to twenty minutes.
Most of us went to watch the sunset. Then we cleaned up (changed into new clothes for some) and headed back to HarbourFront Centre on the mainland, where Ms Ang was meeting us at foodcourt. I had Ice Longan which was extremely sweet (should have asked for less syrup), then bought a bottle of drinking water. We headed home at around 9 pm, some by bus and some by MRT.
It was another fun day, with most of us (including me) getting sunburnt. When I reached home, however, the dinner that awaited me was rice, fish (both of them quite okay) and pumpkin (yucks!). I dumped half of the pumpkin. Pumpkin ain't gonna destroy my happiness.
But then again, I was in the sun for so long I've turned down the aircon in my room to 20 degree Celsius.
3/1 had an outing to Sentosa today, organised by Auntie Shiling (who's not an auntie of course). We met at HarbourFront MRT station at 9.30 am. James was the first to arrive, followed by Xianglong and me. The next 5 or 6 to arrive were all males. By 9.33 am, all of us (going today) were present except Veronica, so most of the boys (some went for breakfast), Peiyu and Kuan Yee decided to head to Sentosa first.
We left the station by the correct exit, but we didn't know at first which way to go. Initially going left on Quan Ming's instinct, we soon discovered our mistake, while I double checked the locality map at the MRT station. In no time we were walking along the Causeway to Sentosa with land breezes coming our way.
After paying for our admission tickets into Sentosa, we headed for the Monorail station at the Visitor Arrival Centre. We realized the guys who had breakfast were already there waiting, so we joined them in waiting for the Monorail. Our destination was the Underwater World station, where we would be able to head over to Siloso Beach.
After looking at the sharks and turtles at the Underwater World (they were swimming in a lake outside the attraction, so we didn't have to pay) we walked a short distance to Siloso Beach. It wasn't occupied with people yet, so we easily found a shelter to place all our belongings. Most of the boys immediately drew out a court and played soccer with Xianglong's ball, while a few others and the 2 girls went cycling. I took photos of the soccer match with Quan Ming's camera. The other girls arrived at the end of their soccer match.
At around 11 am, Quan Ming and I decided to walk from Siloso Beach to the neighbouring Palawan Beach, a few kilometres away, and to the bridge leading to the so-called Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. We left our shoes at the shelter and Quan Ming brought his camera along to take photos. We soon discovered the downside of walking barefooted; there was a stretch of tarred road that was not sheltered. Our feet were burning (I felt it more than Quan Ming, who seemed to have been able to walk more calmly). Along the way, we spotted a 7-Eleven and rushed in to get a Big Gulp. After we came out, we spotted ex-2/8 students on the Monorail and Wee Cheng and Zhi Yuan behind them, for whatever reason we did not know (they said they were leaving early).
We finally reached the Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. We hung out at the watchtowers on the island before heading back to Siloso Beach. The time then was already noon and the ground was scorching hot to any barefooted person. We then realized that by walking on the sand along the tarred road it would have been cooler. Trust us to be 3/1 students.
When we returned, some boys and girls were playing Truth or Dare in the water. Not too far away, just at the shore. Quan Ming, not wanting to get wet, declined, but I went ahead and just threw myself into the water. I was only asked one question, and that wasn't a difficult answer to make. We washed up and most of them decided to go for lunch at Burger King. The time was around 2.00 pm. Kegan and me stayed back at the shelter. We hung out there for about 2 hours (watching an Indian show in the making) before our lunch arrived. I had bread prepared beforehand so I only asked for fries.
After the gang came back we had a game of Captain's Ball. It was extremely fun playing in the sand. During our break in the game, it started to drizzle, then rain very heavily. We moved our belongings to a bigger shelter, but then the rain ended as quickly as it began. We then headed out to a soccer "field" a few hundred metres away from our hut to play soccer. I found I made a better goalkeeper than someone in the playing field (but then again, the goalpost wasn't that big, so it wasn't that difficult to defend). We stopped again at around 4 pm, when I started to feel a little stomachache. I couldn't engage in other activities for some ten to twenty minutes.
Most of us went to watch the sunset. Then we cleaned up (changed into new clothes for some) and headed back to HarbourFront Centre on the mainland, where Ms Ang was meeting us at foodcourt. I had Ice Longan which was extremely sweet (should have asked for less syrup), then bought a bottle of drinking water. We headed home at around 9 pm, some by bus and some by MRT.
It was another fun day, with most of us (including me) getting sunburnt. When I reached home, however, the dinner that awaited me was rice, fish (both of them quite okay) and pumpkin (yucks!). I dumped half of the pumpkin. Pumpkin ain't gonna destroy my happiness.
But then again, I was in the sun for so long I've turned down the aircon in my room to 20 degree Celsius.
yours truly, tobias at 11:25 pm
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