Bottle post #2: Pulau Ubin
Recently I went Pulau Ubin for an overnight recce thing. It was with Charles, Rahul, two ex-primers Ivan and Darren (Daryl's Bro) and one Officer/new teacher at VS, Calvin.
It was rather scary at night in Pulau Ubin, what more with all the ghost stories that Calvin told us. We basically explored the place in an apprehensive manner, constantly scared, but to the point till we were so numbed to the feeling that we stopped being scared. The other three liked to look at funny stuff, like abandoned wells and what nots. We occasionally talked about dota along the way as well.
The nice part was when they showed us the place where Calvin and Ivan had their previous experience. We went in, from the path, and went in quite deep, and tried to find the bowls they were talking about. We found one half buried, and digged at it, filled with suspense. It was just an ancient pottery bowl thingie. The spooky thing is, where it came from. We walked out and saw a couple more bowls on the way out. If you know the Bedok Reservoir ghost story you'll find it spooky.
After all the walking, we soon became more tired than scared. The bags made our shoulders sore, and when we finally finished at the open space near the entrance of Pulau Ubin, we settled down. Talking about dota till everyone slept.
We woke up early the next morning, and went to the jetty to wait for a boat. We thought they wanted 12 people (max capacity) before they could take us, and we waited for around 1 1/2 hours! Finally some guy asked us whether we wanted a boat, except we pay double. We could have left earlier except we didn't know we could! Argh.
Came back. Bought the nice nasi lemak for breakfast at the hawker centre, went to VS. Camp meeting, went home.
I felt very itchy before church, and during church. After church went I went home, I was free to scratch myself like mad without anyone looking, and I did. And I regret it. I woke up this morning with rashes all over; must be due to sleeping on the dirty open space in Pulau Ubin, made worst by scratching.
Thats why I'm staying at home today, and not going to cell group. Sigh.
It was rather scary at night in Pulau Ubin, what more with all the ghost stories that Calvin told us. We basically explored the place in an apprehensive manner, constantly scared, but to the point till we were so numbed to the feeling that we stopped being scared. The other three liked to look at funny stuff, like abandoned wells and what nots. We occasionally talked about dota along the way as well.
The nice part was when they showed us the place where Calvin and Ivan had their previous experience. We went in, from the path, and went in quite deep, and tried to find the bowls they were talking about. We found one half buried, and digged at it, filled with suspense. It was just an ancient pottery bowl thingie. The spooky thing is, where it came from. We walked out and saw a couple more bowls on the way out. If you know the Bedok Reservoir ghost story you'll find it spooky.
After all the walking, we soon became more tired than scared. The bags made our shoulders sore, and when we finally finished at the open space near the entrance of Pulau Ubin, we settled down. Talking about dota till everyone slept.
We woke up early the next morning, and went to the jetty to wait for a boat. We thought they wanted 12 people (max capacity) before they could take us, and we waited for around 1 1/2 hours! Finally some guy asked us whether we wanted a boat, except we pay double. We could have left earlier except we didn't know we could! Argh.
Came back. Bought the nice nasi lemak for breakfast at the hawker centre, went to VS. Camp meeting, went home.
I felt very itchy before church, and during church. After church went I went home, I was free to scratch myself like mad without anyone looking, and I did. And I regret it. I woke up this morning with rashes all over; must be due to sleeping on the dirty open space in Pulau Ubin, made worst by scratching.
Thats why I'm staying at home today, and not going to cell group. Sigh.
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