Ubin Redux!

Met up with my Fuego mates at 8.30am today, instead of the arranged 8am (I was way way way late...), for the trip to Ubin for cycling! Actually supposed to meet up with Chee Hau and Kent at Changi Jetty Ferry Terminal at 9.15am, but due to us having to buy some supplies for the trip to Ubin, we could only meet them at 9.45am.

And it was only around 10.30am that we had our breakfast done and ready to cross over to the island which is still green and nice. Proceeded to rent our bikes from the shops there, and Mark was 'coerced' to go to Ubin with us as he had joined us for breakfast, so why not Ubin? Haha.

The problem was he wasn't so much of a good rider, so initially we got a bike each, but the situation wasn't good enough to warrant a "Move-Out" signal, so Junjie got a tandem bike to pair with Mark. Power rider, in fact. This is because the routes which we are going are bound to be tough for the tandem bikers, as they are mainly dirt tracks with uneven terrain, so definitely the tandem bikers would need more skill and more butt 'meat' so as to take in the bumps along the terrain.


Before it all starts...


Moving off!


JJ & Me! Plus! A pair of fingers!


Anqi, Weili & Xiao Wang!


JJ & Mark coming in!


Moreover, it rained right after we left the Basketball Court, so we had to seek immediate shelter from one of the huts. The rain lasted some time, and we ended up talking cock under the shelter and playing games to pass the time away.


May the power of the fingers combine...


After the rain had subsided a bit, we decided to carry on and proceed to the Eastern side of the island, near to Chek Jawa. And we ended up getting dirty backs due to the mud which just keeps splashing upwards. The lack of the mud-guard at that time was obvious.

And only Jinyao had the mud-guard, which meant that his back was much more cleaner than ours. Haha.


Talk about dirty backs


Closer view


Taking a breather


Kent injured after doing a lil' too much drifting...


Nice view


Group pic!


Anqi & Me


So moving on, we managed to make it to Orchid (which sells drinks) and back to the hut which we were before, so it ended up as a loop in total. We pushed further down to the Quarry, which was in the central side of the island, and the terrain there was much better for most parts of the journey.

The view was also great, passing by not 2 but many quarries and bridges, as well as passing by the OBS campsite. Also, we passed by a path lined with many rambutan trees, as well as the Ubin Thai Temple!


Ubin OBS


Best quote :)


Such stores are common on Ubin ;)


Ubin Thai Temple


The nice-looking signboard


The Quarry


We've reached!


It was a fun and shack day, but it sure did not end at Ubin. We ended the trip at around 6pm and we made our way back to mainland trudgingly, after washing up and having a change of clothes.

Then, it was dinner at LJS @ TM, where we just sat there and continued talking, with a couple of interesting convos going on. Haha. Scandals flying in the air. I think this is a trademark of our OG. Plus the fact that some of us seem to have hearing problems in the OG (lol!)

On the way back via train, dang....I was so so so EXHAUSTED! But, it was a great, fun day ^_^ Fun like these, should last...

Current Mood: Exhausted