East Coast Commune @ Marine Cove

Cycled today at East Coast Park, this time towards Jumbo Restaurant etc direction. Shortly reached Marine Cove, and decided to have breakfast there. Choose this place called East Coast Commune.  Staff mentioned that it is a relatively new cafe around 3 weeks. Ambience is quite nice - bright, open spaced,  and high ceiling. Has nice interior decorations too.

Ordered the sourdough chicken sandwich (SGD11) and a cup of Long Black coffee. Quite nice coffee. Sourdough bread seemed to be a little too burnt, and also a tad too sour, as it covers the taste (sweetness) of the other vegetables. Chicken meat is quite tender.

Cycling Trip to Jurassic Mile @ Singapore Changi Airport

 It was a fun workout, on my newly acquired Carryme bike. Started to accustom to cycling after 8~9 years of not cycling... When reached East Coast Park, sad to see the East Coast Food Village will be out for renovation till March next year (if I remember correctly). Made a few stops as soon as I felt uncomfortable, so the overall journey is quite smooth. And also good opportunity to capture good views on my phone camera...

Reached the signage to go to Jurassic Mile after some time... not that long in distance actually but I had only 8 inch wheels so was longer time...

Reached the entrance of the Jurassic Mile! As it was a week day, not many visitors were there...

Good to have nets to protect from flying golf balls, but the net also made the view a bit fuzzier..

I wonder how the snail got up to such height...

"I got my teeth back!!!!!"

Sister-in-law suggested on whatsapp can go to Hub and Spoke, so I venture off, with a distance of about 2.2 km (+ -) to cover, to explore what might be there...

Super hilarious dinosaur...

Had an expensive brunch, total about SGD17.90... Maybe should have tried their local food type... seemed cheaper, but its ok, still not too bad... More important to enjoy the atmosphere to dine... But the birds there are super bold, they are not afraid of people, so maybe better to dine indoors...

Off to journey to search for MRT.... and finally found after walking long long time... Remember to go to LEVEL 3, easier to walk to MRT... I think...

Carryme Folding Bike Bicycle

My early Christmas present that I bought for myself.  I recently chanced upon a Xiaomi folding bike that looked very compact, and it ramp up my biking wants suddenly. Then realised that is an electric bike, which I think is not so "multi-purpose" when using it as personal transport in Singapore, with the recent cooling down of PMD (electric ones) on footpaths etc. Bicycle still remains the top of choice if one wants to use it on walkpaths, roads etc, and no need to register or such. Then I started searching for folding bikes on the internet, while the bad memories of a fake A-bike I bought many years ago came back. Chanced upon this Carryme, which claimed to be 1 of the lightest folding bike (I think Hummingbird folding bike may be lighter) and compact. What captures my attention is the small wheels and walking-cane-looking fold up mode. This means I no need to carry it but can trolley (roll) it around when folded. Nice to have when walking around at places that cannot cycle. Also, I wanted to try to go to Jurassic Mile but realised that "hiking" to the place may be a bit too time-taking. So after a day of deliberation, I decided to buy 1.  Sadly the red and dark blue colour are out of stock, so opted for the sky blue one.  Cost GD999 which is pretty expensive for a bicycle with so small wheels but hey, this is but a fraction of my money saved from not travelling this year, so is pretty ok.  Plus, the dsmall wheels and single speed means I will have a better workout when using it, nice... Took some time to readjust to cycling, after an absence of about 8~9 years... Maybe if can use for good, I may consider to stop using car and instead cycle to MRT station and to work next time... though rain is still a major consideration....

Kusu Trip 30th October 2020

 Went on the annual Kusu Trip last month... sort of a short getaway trip from work, after a few months of long, continuous and super tedious stress... Let the picture do the talking...

Did not realised there is such a tree despite numerous trips to this island...

Please do look out for these little millipedes while walking, if possible, and not to trample on them. There are a lot of these on the ground in Kusu Island especially near and behind the food centre. Perhaps do avoid touching or picking them up too, as they may release cyanide as self-defence, not very sure. Again, my most sincere appeal, please do avoid stepping on them while walking, as much as possible please, thank you thank you.

I remember last time long ago when there was no food centre, some people will sell food and beverages at a super costly price. I remembered 1 time when we ordered 4~5 plates of steamed fried beehoon (no ingredients) and about 3 cups of black kopi-o (black coffee), it cost SGD20+. And that was about 30 ++ years ago. So was very glad to see this food centre being set up, with the price so much much more affordable (SGD 3.50 char kway teow fried on the spot and SGD 3.80 for the "Good Fortune" coconut drink). Sadly, due to the COVID-19 situation, the place is not as bustling as previous years...

Also visited the Singapore Maritime Museum, but will not post pics as quite lazy already.