Pasir Ris Park / Pasir Ris公园

昨天，突然收到了香寄来的照片，勾起了我对这段往事的回忆。具体已记不起是哪一天了，只记得那是在今年新年之前，香约我去Pasir Ris公园骑车。说实在的，我在新加坡那么久，可还真不知有那么一个公园的存在，反而是香比较厉害，这已经是她第二次去了。我们先在地铁站旁的购物中心里吃了点午餐，然后就乘车去公园，哇，还不近呢。
这公园很大，骑了很久，总算是基本都到齐了，景色蛮不错，还提供烧烤台，满有度假村的风格，不远处是一间新开张的海鲜小食馆，价格不算贵，味道也还可以，服务嘛，麻麻的。我们叫了一个螃蟹米粉，一个清炒芦笋，已经忘记是多少钱了，应该是每人不超过三十块吧。吃到一半，香发现米粉中有一根头发，她生气地叫来了服务生，“这头发显然不是我们的，我的头发是黄色的，她的是卷的。”但服务生还是耸耸肩，表示没办法。“如果这事发生在日本，整餐就免费啦。”
没办法啊，这里是新加坡嘛。

Yesterday, I saw the photos posted by 香on Facebook. It reminded me of the time we spent together at Pasir Ris Park. I can’t remember the date except that it was roughly before the Chinese New Year. She suggested that we could go there to ride our bicycles. It’s seems a shame that I have lived here for such a long time without ever knowing that there was such a place. For 香, this is already her second time of visiting. First, we had our lunch at the shopping mall near the MRT station, then took a feeder bus to go there. It’s still quite some distance.
The park is really huge. We spent a few hours there. It was beautiful seaside with coconut trees. There were also many barbeque pits also. It had the feeling of a holiday resort. There was a seafood restaurant there. The prices were not very expensive and the taste was not bad. As for the service, well… you know what I mean, this is Singapore. We ordered a crab bee hoon and some fried asparagus. I can’t remember how much exactly. I believe it should have been less than S$30/person. Half way through eating, 香found a hair inside our bowl. She called the waitress over, “This is not ours, as mine is yellow color and hers is the curly hair.” The waitress shrugged her shoulders, said nothing except sorry and walked away. 香 was not happy. “If this happened in Japan, the meal would be free.”
Well, what to do? As I mentioned above, this is in Singapore.

Pulau Ubin Excurtion/乌敏岛远足

10月27日星期一，这天是新加坡的公共假期Deepavali，与友人香约好一起去乌敏岛。香在东京出生并长大，从未见过这样的原始森林，我也有7，8年没来这里了，偶尔来这里走走也是满有趣的。
12点半左右我们在丹那美拉地铁站碰头，然后乘坐2路公共汽车至终点站樟宜村。在那里的一间海鲜馆吃了午餐，然后坐船到了乌敏岛。
到了乌敏岛后，我们各自租了一辆自行车，5块钱直到6点。由于好多年没骑了，又加上乌敏岛地势不平，忽高忽低，没骑多久，就在一个上坡处摔倒了，到没摔痛，只是摔脏了裤子。骑了一阵子，便下起了瓢泼大雨，没办法，只好到一个亭子里躲雨。和我们一起躲雨的还有6条狗儿，这是我第一次与狗儿做近距离接触，它们都很和善，一点不具攻击性，香兴奋得喂起狗来，狗儿们虽然争先恐后，但也互相礼让，刹是有趣。

等到雨差不多停了，我们决定继续我们的探险。这时我发现我的自行车已倒在地上，我学着香的样子，也拿出一张面巾纸准备擦拭，这时旁边一位帅哥，示意我停下来，他拿出一块白色的布，然后帮我擦起车来。他的同伴男友们开始嘲笑他，让他要电话号码等等。他不好意思地揭示说是他弄到这辆车的，然后那些人又说继续呀，要不要去海里吧不洗一洗继续擦。结果他还真去了，那些人又说没想到这家伙还真去呢。我倒觉得如果是我弄到了别人的车，我也会帮人想办法，但怎么说来这是个不错的人，否则完全可以否认，因为我根本就没注意到我的车是怎么倒的，我从始至终没朝那个方向看过，要保持沉默太容易了。也正因此，我会记住他。

Oct 27th is our public holiday, Deeparvali. My friend 香 and I decided to go to Ubin Island. 香 was born and grew up in Tokyo. She had never seen a tropical jungle before. I haven't been there for about 7 or 8 years. It was enjoyable to again visit Ubin Island. We met at Tanah Merah MRT station about 12:30pm. Then we took bus No. 2 all the way to the terminal station -- Changi Villiage. We had our lunch at a seafood restaurant there, then went onto the island by a bumboat.
We both rented a bicycle after we arrived. It cost $5 until 6pm. It was a bit challenging since, I had stopped riding bicycle for many years and besides the landscape was uneven, hilly and not flat. Not long after we started, at one hill slope, I couldn't make it and fell. I was not hurt, only my pants got dirty. After a while, a torrential rain started. Fortunately, we quickly found a pavilion to shelter us. There were 6 dogs there as well. This was my first time to be so close to dogs (I am scared of dogs). Luckily, they were very kind and not at all aggressive. 香 was so excited, she started feeding them with her fried seafood rice bought from that restaurant. Though they were all eager for the food, they still kept their manners. It's indeed very interesting.
When the rain became just a sprinkle, we decided to continue our adventure. At this time, I found my bicycle had falling down and so did 香's. She took out one piece of tissue paper and started wiping her bicycle, and I also took out a piece and did the same. A handsome boy stopped me. He took out a piece of white cloth, and helped me to clean it. His fellow friends started laughing at him by saying why not ask for her phone number. He explained shyly that it was him who made that bike fall. Then they pressured him to go to the sea to wash his cloth and continue to clean it, which he really did. They were surprised and said that fellow really went for it. For me, if I were the one who made other people's bike fall, I'd also try to help. But anyway, He was a nice guy. He admitted he made my bicycle fall. He could have denied it but, he did not. I did not know what happen to my bike at all. It's very easy just to keep quiet, which he did not do. For that reason, I'll remember him.