on the first day of new year

I told people that I went back to campus on the first day of Chinese New Year. Their responses were along the line of "WTH?!" Nah, I am not that hardworking (neither do I love my university that much).

On the first day of every Chinese New Year, my family would indulge in some family time ourselves in the form of outings. It could be a trek in the forest, a trip to an island, and this year we went to the Southern Ridges. We didn't go for the whole Southern Ridges. Started at NUS Science Faculty car park (still a park right?), we went to Science Park, then Kent Ridge Park, ending at Hort Park. Our lunch was nice nasi briyani at Alexandra Village Food Centre.

I guess it was nice to soak in the wilderness when most of the time in the year we are drown in the concrete world. Sitting in Kent Ridge Park, looking at wild squirrels play (we saw 4!), enjoying the colourful flowers at Hort Park, it's just different from the crowded florist at Thomson Road or Sentosa Flowers. I don't particularly like crowds.

I am very tempted to talk about the mechanical mirrors at Hort Park, but I'll just leave it here this time.