Almost every evening now Bren and I go for a run through either MacRitchie Reservior (10K cross-country/trail loop) or the Ang Mo Kio-Bishan park which has a variety of paved paths we can run. Two runs this week were quite eventful. The first was in Ang Mo Kio-Bishan park. I wasn't going into school until the afternoon classes and after school CCAs (co-curricular activities) so I decided to run in the morning. As I was running by the river that flows through the park, I noticed people looking over the railing down into the river bed. So I walked over to the railing as well and got to see this cute otter family making its way up stream! I mostly took videos, but here are some of the photos:
I mailed off the first set of postcards today too. I bought more stamps afterwards at the post office and this time the lady gave me "airmail" stickers. The first set of postcards didn't have airmail stickers so it may take 3-17 weeks to arrive by land or sea :)
On my way to grad school class on Tuesday evening, I stopped by the Botanic Gardens to buy a few more postcards (I read they had some pretty ones). I don't know if I'll ever stop being mesmerized by all the jungle roosters, plants and flowers.
Tuesday night when I got home from class, Sarah Marco and I FaceTimed! It was just what I needed--she is the best!
On Wednesday after school, Bren and I went on a run through MacRitchie Reservior. We decided to run it clockwise instead of counterclockwise like we usually do. I have the worst sense of direction, but I thought I that it was only a few fork (precisely 2 hah) so I should be able to handle it. Well Bren was a bit ahead of me and I got to the first fork in the trail and went the wrong way. I knew I wasn't really sure which way to go but I couldn't see Bren ahead anymore and picked a direction. It was the wrong direction. And I didn't really realize it until I was too far to turn around. It was getting darker and the jungle noises were getting louder. I come across an Asutralian couple and asked them for some directions to the nearest way out of the park and onto a road I could catch a bus. Bren called me back and was also still on the trail. It was legit a bit scary because I could hear, but not see monkeys and boards around me. When I made it to the road, I got off the phone with Bren who had made it to the edge of the jungle at that point too. I really do have the worst sense of direction and had ran about 5 miles in the opposite direction of our apartment. So I took a 40 minute MRT (two trains) ride home haha. Maybe next time I'll turn the right way...no gurantees though.
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