it's been a long time since i've taken a long walk alone. being back here in singapore just doesnt afford that opportunity as often as i like. which is why one fine day (night) i decided to do just that, to take a stroll home from town. i started from lido to be exact, and what went thru my mind at that very moment was probably along the lines of "how long will this f*ing thing take?" ahwells, i just thought it might do me some good. so off i went. =)
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within the first ten mins of walking, i passed the site of an accident. i was so lost in my thoughts that i only saw the cars when i ran across the road to the centre divider. the dark coloured bmw (i tink) had flames licking the bonnet. but i tink no one was seriously injured. moving on...
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without planning ahead, i was running thru my head which route i shld take to get home. which route would be shortest, and least scary! hehe. after newton, it became sort of like an urban bashing where i just headed in a general direction, making detours as and when needed. which saw me end up in someplace called kent rd, followed by rochore and finally someplace i could identify with, farrer park mrt! =P
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then came the long stretch of serangoon road to upper serangoon road, passing potong pasir and the cemetary near (the yet un-opened) woodleigh mrt. =S as i walked on and on, temptation to give up just kept invading my thoughts. but i figured, do it once and do it well. as with all things in life, if you try so hard and just give up halfway, how do you answer to yourself? i cant. so i didnt. and i wont. and true enough, i reached home in less than 2hrs 30mins. =)
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true, this might seem totally pointless and uncalled for, but it's times like these that gives one time to think (for me at least) and times like these that helps put things in perspective and strengthens resolve. hehe. if nothing else, it let me remember how it was like to walk the whole night for gawd-knws-what-reason while in the army, wishing that i could just stop and rest. and also, never to do it again! =P
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nevermind the bit when i was nearing home going past the old parry primary, dark compund and eerie looking trees, from which i heard rustling noises when i walked pass. spine-tingling!!!!
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to me, life could have been much worse, knowing that there are people who'd have to walk these distances daily.
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"at the end.. a lil worn out.
but also just a lil clearer ...
on what needs to be done."
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game for some walking? count me out for the immediate future willya. =)
after almost 3 weeks frolicking in the european sun, my fren has finally decided to return home! lol. he departed then on this one way crazy-assed dream to go visit a dear fren and in the process happened to cover quite abit of europe. =P and after all the travelling? how glad he was to be able to have two plain pratas and a teh-o peng at what he'd consider more than a bargain. oh how expensive it is to travel... =S 
it's been a long time since i've taken a long walk alone. being back here in singapore just doesnt afford that opportunity as often as i like. which is why one fine day (night) i decided to do just that, to take a stroll home from town. i started from lido to be exact, and what went thru my mind at that very moment was probably along the lines of "how long will this f*ing thing take?" ahwells, i just thought it might do me some good. so off i went. =)
post peak party. 
