Recuperation Part II
We were joined by Min Huey at Bedok MRT station. Helped Michelle carry her guitar and took a few shots (as usual) of our group on the train.
When we arrived at HarbourFront station, we waited for a few more of our CG ppl--Cclia, Bel and Ome. Some of them went to buy the $1.80 chicken rice at the store conveniently located near our waiting spot; others went to super dog to get their "dogs".
Left the cool comfort of VivoCity and waited at the bus stop (blardy humid) for bus 97 to bring us to Hort Park (which I had been wondering the whole time what the heck was it). It was literally hot when we went there; I was sweating furiously under my cap.
The bridge that we climbed on was an interesting architecture. It reminded me of those old Sonic games in which Sonic had to speed across those pathways filled with rings. It was of a similar concept, except that there was no rings or TV sets. The linkway up the sky was quite narrow and we could actually see through the bottom of the walkway; we were like several storeys up in the air :S
By the time we travelled the whole 2.7km, dusk was already approaching. With bellies growling and feet itching from mozzies, we hurriedly made our way through the darkening path. After a few group shots and some cars that sped past us, we managed to ascent to our final destination for the night: Hendersson's Waves.
It was beautiful at night. (one day I might upload the photos). We scaled the wooden bridge (one of them commented that it looked like a worm). Just like the earlier trail, we were like close to 20+ storeys "suspended" in the air. Finally settled down at a convenient resting point.
We began our picnic spread of chips, salad (prepared earlier in the afternoon) and other munchies. All the while, our backs were leaning on the side of the bridge, with the cool night breeze caressing our bodies. Cclia and Michelle began to strum the guitars, playing some hymns. With good food, great company and nice music, it was life! :D
I reclined my back, slowly resting as I downed my ju hua cha. Ahhh. Time must have passed by extremely slowly. After a long time, we reluctantly left our camping spot and made our way towards Mount Faber, passing by a few couples snoggling, petting and what nots along the way. (still on the same Hendersson's waves)
Followed the signs and along the way to the top of Mount Faber, we stopped by to admire the night scenery of the lit buildings, which appeared quite small to us. Had to ask a security guard for directions at the top of the hill before we began our descent, passing by an apparently ATAS place known as Jewel Box.
On our way down, we came across a few telescopes that needed gold coins to see anything. We did not linger there for long, being the cheapskate SG (ok me only). Almost horlanded, as we chose to follow the road instead of going down this wooden flight of staircase (the staircase was kinda dark, since there was no lamps along the way). Turned out that if we had walked down the dark staircase in our descent, we could have reached Vivocity faster. Thankfully, after encountering a few friendly Ah Tiongs, we navigated our way back to civilisation.
It would be good if this adventure had ended. Alas, it did not. After a quick visit to the loos, most of us bought some drinks at 7-11 (Bel had bought a chocolate cake at Bakerzin, which was sinfully ******ic). Lazed around in the humid play area outside, sitting near the water area at the rooftop on Vivo, before we really had to make our ways home. Somehow, we unanimously agreed that we don't want to spend our nights as vagrants on Vivo..though I do not mind going back to Hendersson's Waves to enjoy the night breeze....ahh...if only I have a lover at the moment.