Saturday mornings is a time to look forward to. We've now picked up on a new bonding fun as a family -- biking. We are beginning to appreciate more the landscape of Singapore, the local hawker food, and more importantly, having a leisure time to stay fit.
We started our journey biking the parkway connector network (PCN) in Woodlands. After 3 years of living in the area, it is only now we have a close look at scenic Canberra going to Sembawang park, enjoyed Sembawang beach, witnessed Johor (Malaysia) sunset from Woodlands waterfront, explored the grasslands at Admiralty park, found the waterfalls at Mandai lake, discovered the hidden hot spring near Gambas road, and many more adventures as we pedal our way every weekend.
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| at Admiralty Park |
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| at Woodlands Waterfront |
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| at Mandai reservoir |
There's another catch to this - my hubby is the all around mechanic, anything with gadgets, machines, and tools is his "thing"...his cup of tea, his morning espresso :-) Truth to the matter is, just within 8weeks time, we've already changed over to at least 2 bikes each. The latest craze is Mr G.'s obsession of the folding bike!
Learning how to bike is a milestone for me, i have never been good at balancing my weight on two wheels. My biggest motivation is my son, EJ; he loves to bike and i want to be there to support him. Mind over matter is a constant struggle biking on a public terrain since fear comes first, my protective nature makes me shout to my son all the time to be careful on the road making me anxious and panic stricken. I am picking up life lessons too while learning how to bike. Here are a few thoughts that i painfully learned along the way (1) always look far and think ahead (2) the more you fear you will fail, you will truly fail! (3) no pain, no gain!
The goal this year is to complete the PCN in Woodlands (http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/index.php?option=com_visitorsguide&task=parkconnectors&id=43&Itemid=74) and it looks like we are ahead, we have 1 more trail to go before we complete the PCN loop. Perhaps we move on, traveling Singapore with our folded bikes, commuting through bus or MRT, exploring other park connector network. Further away is a dream to travel outside Singapore and explore other cities through our bikes. Hopefully by then, i would be a much better biking companion, I need to still learn. As they say, it is all about the journey and not so much the destination:-)
