Sunrises, sunsets, kayaking and other adventures
Our friends Shan and Desmond were inspired the other day. Let's do a gourmet kayaking trip, they suggested. That is, load our kayaks full of provisions and drinks, and paddle from Singapore to Pulau Ubin, and cook up a storm there. Desmond, a professional cook by training, was more than up for the challenge. His …
We rang in the new year with relentless rain. Literally, from the first day of the 2021 till pretty much last Thursday, it poured buckets everyday. Heavy, pounding rain that lashed against our windows, along with howling winds and startling claps of thunder and angry flashes of lightning. We ended up cancelling all our outdoor …
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I barely took any photographs with my cameras this year except on my phone. Once Covid shut down all travel, we mostly just hunkered down at home. So since March, all our exploration has been local, or virtually, via books and movies and TV shows. I managed to read 61 books to date this year …
Brought my friends' kids out for a socially distant paddle up Sungei Api Api. We'd gone once a few weeks ago, and the winds and currents that day were really challenging, especially for first timers. Today though, the sun was out and the winds much calmer, so with much more confidence, we decided to venture …
Month 9 of no overseas travel. Every time I start to feel remotely sorry for myself though, I think about how lucky we are to be here in Singapore, where the government has managed to get the virus under control especially when compared to the (non) responses of some other governments. Except for the trying …
My company gave us Friday the 13th off, as one of the 6 "wellness" days they'd designated for the remainder of the year, as a response to the burnout some of us was feeling from the extended global lockdown courtesy of Covid-19. We made the most of it - 8 of us got together to …
I'd been seeing pictures / videos of friends seemingly surfing in Singapore right before the Covid shutdown recreational activities. When things reopened up again, I asked one of these friends what / where / how they were doing it. Turns out, there's a new (to me) sport of wake surfing. Like wake boarding, one is …
The tides didn't line up with when we wanted to go out to explore the mangroves of Pulau Ubin. Rather than wait another weekend though, we decided to venture out anyway. Even if we couldn't find a river to cut through the island, it still would be a great way to get in some fresh …
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We've plenty of days off to clear, since we are still stuck in Singapore, so last Friday, we took it off to explore the Southern Islands of Singapore by kayak. The Southern Islands, comprising St John's, Kusu, Lazarus, and Deringer, are just a short hop away from Sentosa. We used to row to them weekly …
With Covid cases flaring back up in countries that had already eased restrictions, we are resigned to the fact that for the foreseeable future, we will be stuck here in Singapore. A friend reminded us the other day though, that it's important to find pleasures where we can, otherwise life will be miserable. True that. …
