Outing 14 Sep. '05Destination: Bukit Timah Nature ReserveMet at e mac. at KAP.. Had lunch and den set off for the nature reserve. Took a cab.. Taxi driver was nice. Allowed five of us in as it was a short journey. Wanted to take a pic. on a stone near e visitor centre but camera screwed up.. So we gaf up. Took one instead wif e tiger.. Decided to go on a detour first; to a granite quarry nearby first. On e way, dere was a 'playground'.. Naturallly we went to play and haf fun. =) We wandered on until we found a dirt bike track and found e quarry! Spent quite alot of time dere takin pics.. Group shots, individual shots for everyone and e scenery. We even had a short video-takin session, starrin sean, terrence and jonathan.. It was so hilarious! LOLZ.. Well, gettin back, we set off for our real quest; to conquer Bukit Timah hill. Mind u, not by e easy path but via e off-track way.. Sean and terrence set off as scouts first whilst jonathan, loon and daryl travelled at a slower pace (mainly to take photos of e tracks and e greenery). Used walkie talkies to contact each group.. Main highlight; saw three caves along e way. Jonathan, loon and daryl took a pic. dere together.. ;) Nth much but pics. and more pics. for e slower grp..Well, to make thins short, sean and terrence managed to find their way to e submit. However, jonathan, loon and daryl got lost.. Followin an old man, jonathan and loon walked straight instead of climbin a flight of stairs at a crossroad. Daryl was behind takin pics. as well but was informed by jonathan to take e same path as he and loon took. After a very long period and havin to squeeze wif huge crowds of sch children, they realized they were lost.. Jonathan and loon waited for daryl to find 'em before headin back. Poor jonathan.. Under e effect of medication, he struggled but was determined to scale e hill. After much sweats and rest periods, they reached the top of e hill together.. Took a short break dere. And took a group shot at e rock bearin e words 'Bukit Timah Summit' as a prove we've done it.. We're proud conquerors of Bukit Timah hill! Climbin down e hill was a breeze compared to goin up.. We den left e place, where we nt only had fun but also where we bonded closer as friends. However, the day's surprises ainT over yet.. We saw monkeys further up. So cute they were, esp. a small one wif a funny 'hairstyle'.. Took some pics. of 'em before leavin. Had pratas and milo and bandung 'dinosaur'.. Then jonathan left and the remainin three went to play pool at 'pool factor' until almost 2000. And dat marks e end of a great day.. =)
