The weather was so nice! Luckily it did not rain until we get on the MRT back to RVR.
We rent bicycles and rode along the coastline, under big trees. Weilong, one of our friends, managed to learn to ride a bicycle in half an hour that day, which must be a great progress in his life, haha. When he was learning, we were just all waiting for him to manage this skill.
My buddy and I then rode very fast, talking and laughing. She showed me the Bedok Jetty, where a lot of people fished and camped. Another impressive view she showed was the Bougainvillea Garden. That kind of flowers were commonly seen in Singapore but I had never seen so many kinds of different colours of them.
My buddy told me that she often went to the garden to see the whole view of this park. It was her own personal experience but not something special about the tourist attractions. However, I appreciated her for her guide, for her telling me about her feeling about this park. I think it is meaningful to learn about how a local Singaporean view the scenery around them, view their daily life and their country.
She also explained to me why the MRT station of Runos was above the ground: it is near the reclaimed land thus it is unsafe to dig deep in the surrounding places. The same condition can also be seen in other places in Singapore.
One more thing my buddy shared with me was that she is a half peranakan! I wrote an essay about how to preserve peranakan culture in Singapore and I am really interested in this issue. She told me how long-living her great-grandparents are(two of them are over 100 years old!) She told me she succeeded a kebaya from her grandmother for she is the eldest granddaughter.
That whole day was about talking, bicycling and laughing!
P.S. I received a beautiful gift from my buddy but somehow I did not how to use it.
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