Of the Trip to the Side of the Road
Looking back,there have been too many entries on the so called,"thoughts".I guess i should update a little on my normal everyday life.Not that its much more interesting than before,but at least when i look back i know what i did.Anyway,today is Tuesday.Due to the Track and Fields Heats the afternoon PE was cancelled.Thank god for that.I was exhausted today for some reason.I guess it was Mrs Chua's voice.Monotone.And i found myself counting the number of people sitting in front of me.57 was the number i got.Pretty amazing huh?Anyway,after school i went home to prepare for the Geography outing to Sembawang.Well,Im not exactly looking forward to looking at rocks and trees and springs.However,any sort of lessons out of the classrooms and out of the school,is a good lesson.Therefore,i ate my lunch and got into my so called,"Beach Wear" and ran to school before the bus leaves.I got there early,and everyone was late.i wandered around the fountain and finally saw Samantha and gang.NKT came soon after in his everyday shirt and pants.The only differentce was the sandles he had,and the enormous bag he had on his bag.It was ridiculously big.Due to the sheer size of it,he swayed from left to right when he walked.It was hilarious.Reminded me of how William Hung left the hotel in Los Angeles when he was disqualified from the competition.And as for the rest,they were extremely late.Fine.About five minutes or so.NKT panicked on the bus,and started running about here and there,fearing that the bus driver might just drive off with half the class in the bus,and the other somewhere in school.I tried calling them,but apparently they were too busy running.Finally,NKT got everybody onto the bus and we headed off to Sembawang.The trip was pretty long,in Singapore's context.I got tired,and just stared out into the afternoon sky.The bus rumbled down the expressway,and for some reason the bus was vibrating unusually.I started thinking about the days back in Primary school,when i used to take school buses home.I took exactly the same kind of bus,and i had a lot of memories up there.Picked up a fight with my fellow "bus-mate" once.It ended quite tragically,for both parties.Anyway,while the girls chattered away at the back,i fell asleep with my head on the window.The bus suddenly stopped at the side of the road,and NKT rushed us out of the bus.We were expecting something like the Sungei Buloh,a place with parking lots and proper ticket booths.But no.There were no parking lots,no ticket booths,no pavements,no nothing.It was merely "The side of the Road" as the phrase suggests.So the class got off,and stood there,waiting for further instructions.NKT led us through a gate at the side of a long stretch of fence,which ran all the way down the road.We strolled down a long pavement,and as soon as we turned a corner,we came to a clearing.It was an empty lot,with concreted floor.A single red structure stoof in the centre of it all,and a shelter at the left corner of the clearing.NKT rushed up to the red building and said,"Here we are."Our jaws dropped.That,was in fact,the spring.Capped.Which means it was no longer able to spurt water from the ground like the hot springs in other countries.Honestly,it was quite disappointing.To see how nature's wonder got taken over by the will of men.Anyway,there was a gate at the front of the building,and hot air was flowing out of it.It smelled like something,until Rachel reminded me that it smelt like hard boiled eggs.We went to the nearby tap,and grabbed a basin each to fill them up with water.We measured the temperature of the water,and it shot up to a high of 55 degrees.As we clumsily carried the buckets to the side,we dragged stools along so we could sit on them,while the warm sensation crawl up our legs.Just as i was about to start enjoying the hot spring,i placed my feet in,and almost screamed.It was too hot for me,and it took me awhile to get used to the temperature.In fact,everybody had their feet around the brink of the buckles,scared of the water.Ants were crawling around everywhere,and mosquitos attacked WenLai and MeiLing.Thankfully,they had tastier bloody than us.We were saved from being fed on my mosquitos.NKY passed some tibits around as he explain the history of the spring.Half the time i was testing if the water was ready or not.We started playing the number game i mentioned last month in a certain entry,and the forfeit was to dip your feet into the water for three seconds.I lost.By the time i lost,the forfeit already snowballed to 20 seconds.However,my water was still boiling.It was really painful when i placed my feet in.Moreover,they were counting at 2m/h.It was pretty bad.My feet was numb after that.Damn it.But after that,my forfeit was cut in half and i managed to complete it.Anyway,the trip ended,and we got back onto the bus and headed back to school.I slept on the bus again.Shariffah and HanWei went home from there,so i took the whole seat to myself.Haha.There,dinner time.I am hungry,and tired.Signing out.

Song of the Moment---Renodia Piazolla Libertango by Yo Yo Ma