Nature Therapy

It was a great journey to the east on Tuesday, spending the entire day close to mother nature! :D I won a ticket to the Forest Adventure Grand Course at Bedok Reservoir and decided to give it a try. It was awesome being back once again after a year, miss the days of traveling far far away for canoe polo trainings there. The sky was incredibly beautiful with the saturated blues and cute fluffy white clouds floating around, simply brought a smile to my face :).

The obstacle course wasn't that amazing, it promised more than 2 hours of adventure but we ended it in less than 2 hours. Moreover the price for a student entry is 36 dollars, what an extortion. It was made better because I split the cost with Gina, thanks to my free ticket. There was a half hour briefing at the start, then we were more or less by ourselves to explore the 4 sites in the forest.

Each site were connected by a zip line where we do our "flying fox" stunt across. Only the 1st 2 which were longer were fun, the last 2 zip lines were too short and will be over in a blink. It was a little scary for me at first as I was injured by the steel wire of the zip line at KL before, haha. Later I realized it was no kick as the short distance isn't scream worthy at all.

Site 2 was the most challenging one as it requires alot of upper body strength and core stability. Everything there is so shaky and we're disadvantaged with short legs and arms. haha The above one is the most difficult for me as the logs are spaced so wide apart and there's fear of falling any moment. But we conquered it in the end! The subsequent sites were anti climax when compared to the challenging site 2. Maybe they should have put site 2 as last. Actually the area is so big they could have expanded the course and built much more exciting courses and extended the zip lines, etc. No wonder we were the only 2 visitors at that time, felt a bit cheated at the end, just not satisfied enough. Haha Nonetheless it was an interesting experience!

We decide to trek 1 round around the reservoir to feel better. Great sceneries, away from the hustle and bustle of hectic city life felt so great and we managed to "conquer" Bedok Reservoir. We also played swing and see saw!! Must admit that we're a bit too old for the swing, totally no stamina to keep the high momentum swing going! I didn't know see-saw can be so fun when you use your legs to kick up from the sand, it feels like flying! :D Heartwarming to see that a sandy playground still exist today, the kids there all look so joyful and carefree.

Next we headed to Temasek Poly for shower and dinner and we decided to explore the place thereafter. What a nice place to study in, so close to nature and the interior was quite beautiful too. Love the design school, they have students works pasted everywhere. That is so unlike our lousy ADM which don't seem to value our works as much.

Finally we came back to the reservoir. It got even more ravishing as the sun sets. The trees were illuminated by the orange glow from the sun and it felt like a magic garden.

I have always thought that sun sets in the east won't be as pretty as sun always set in the west. And I haven't seen one which is more beautiful than the ones at Tuas Naval Base. So touched to see the amazing scenery once again, the vast contrasting sky of saturated blue and orange with streaks of clouds that resembled a stairway to heaven, together with the crystal-clear reflected colors on the calm waters seem to make up a painting mater piece so mesmerizing. Just standing there to admire this natural phenomenon makes me throw all worries and woes to the back of my mind. I fell in love with the east once again! :D

Now I must rant!! haha. Results are out, and to my disappointment, my GPA dropped again. This is the worse overall sem GPA I've ever gotten which tipped at only 4.0 and pulled my overall down. I really couldn't understand why, I only took 5 modules, I dropped Canoe Polo, by right there should be an improvement and this is devastating. It was the first time I checked my results in the following morning, usually do so in the midnight once it's out. I regretted doing so as I was unable to sleep well the entire night even thought it was raining. When I logged in first thing in the morning, my heart sank. The worst disappointment came from graphic storytelling, a module which I put in all my heart and soul, much more effort than the rest and I've been pretty consistent in all the projects. I don't understand why.

For the rest, I kinda given up on viscomm modules already, always unable to score in those. Not that I've much interest in them. :p Why do ADM have to do this to me every sem? Stupid school, so glad I don't have to see you for the rest of the year. I shall start comparing standards when i study in Australia. haha On a brighter side, A+ for painting! :D I should really go into fine art right?