"Oh...! Where is Pulau Hantu? Malaysia ah?"
Nope.. I did not meet any hantu. I met lots of ants and houseflies though. It seemed as though we, my CG, were rare species on that island!!
Yes.. Pulau Hantu is one of the 63 islands in Singapore. (Sorry Penn.. I gave you wrong info!) Down south near Pulau Bukom where Shell is residing.
Anyway, we met at West Coast Ferry on Saturday morning to catch the 9am ferry from Kanlian services for Hantu island. Er.. Due to some glitches, our boat trip was delayed for about 2 hours. Heehee.. I shall not reveal what was the delay due to!
Boat trip there was quite an eye-opening experience. We passed by quite a few oil refineries and a few small islands that are undergoing reclaimation. I am not sure about the rest but for me, I am sure in awe. I just love sitting outside at the deck of the boat feeling the wind against my skin. Thinking back, I remember that I actually asked myself - What if I have decided to stay on as an Engineer? Would I take on such jobs? i.e. To travel from Singapore to the little islands to work. Hmm... *shrug* No idea.
Upon reaching there, we saw many cleaners who were clearing up the trees. There were maintenance on that small little island!!! Well.. I smiled a few smiles (knowing that we may be the very few rare guest on that island) then walked North towards erh.. Bukom? We set out the ground sheets and all then ah-huh! Fun started!
What did we do?
- Pumped an inflatable boat and went boating.
- Swam
- Sabotaged Zann & Penn
- Built a Sand-cake (secretly) for birthday gal, Zann and birthday boy, Eugene.
- Tied a yellow ribbon on the palm tree. We sew the initials of our visitors whom we are hoping to shared Christ with on the ribbon. The idea was birthed from the Yellow ribbon project where ex-convicts are given 2nd chance. Likewise in the kingdom of God, we will be given alot and alot of chances from God for eternal life. =)
- Dyed Eugene's hair!!! Gosh.. This one I stress sia.. I dunno what colour I was dyeing. 2nd time dyeing for someone's hair and 1st time for a guy!!!
- Dug a hole, built a fire with solid fuel & charcoal & starter (kiasu) to cook instant noodles over a mess tin
- Celebrated Zann's and Eugene's birthday on an island off Singapore with 2 muffins, lotsa sparklers
- Played Truth/Dare for the first time with CG. Interesting questions asked but I thought I got away quite easily. PHEW!!!!
That's all for today. Am tired. Basically, I personally felt that I met my objectives for this trip. My main objective was really just to S.L.A.C.K.! And boy...! Did I slack! I told myself - Do not think of work. Just play. Let my hair down (not much though) and just be a kid. Oh yah.. I played so much that I forgot to "control" the tanning process. Now, burnt. Heee..
*yawn* Nightz..
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