So Friday night most of the group went on on a night safari. SO MUCH! The first thing we did was take a tram ride around the zoo and listened to the tour guide talk about the animals.. in a very interesting way. Apparently hippos are cute, sloth bears are sexy, and if you get a personal tour guide, you can have "very intimate... intimate... intimate... intimate... talkings." She was very nice though! After that, we went to see one of the shows. Do you know what it feels like to have a giant python wrapped around your body? No? Well, let me tell you. SO FREAKING COOL! She asked for a macho man volunteer so OBVIOUSLY I had to volunteer. Out of the whole crowd we picked me! At first I wasn't nervous at all. Just super excited to do it cause I've always wanted to. However, as I got closer and the longer she made me wait, the more nervous I got. Finally, they instructed me how to hold her and they wrapped her around me. And then... the left me on stage with her alone. Needless to say, we had a very intimate moment together. Her tail caressed the inside of my thigh as my face brushed against her beautiful long body. Yeah, it was pretty strange. haha. But awesome all at the same time. We also went to the bat cage and I've decided I will have a flying fox when I grow up. :) Afterwards, we all just headed back to our dorm seeing as it was late and we had to wake up early.
On Saturday we took the long anticipated trip to Pulau Ubin, a little island off the shore of Singapore, a little island off the shore of Malaysia. lol. We all rented $5 bikes for the day and broke off into little groups to go exploring. Ananda, Nicole, Chris, and I started out on the east side of the island and went through the wetlands, sat out on some rocks looking at the ocean, and (unsuccessfully) attempted to crack open a coconut. Unfortunately, on the way back, the chain on my bike broke. Can you believe that? The chain on my $5 bike broke? Ridiculous. Mind as well have bought the $4 bike. lol. After riding my bike 2.5 km with one foot on the ground, we got back to the main place to exchange my bike and get lunch. As usual, LUNCH WAS AMAZING! Nicole and I split a plate of Black Pepper Sauce Ostrich and rice. Mom, you're probably thinking "What the heck. He's eating better food than I am! Why am I sending him all this money?!?" Well, good news, it was $8. $8 FOR AN AMAZING OSTRICH MEAT LUNCh! So good. Towards the end we mixed it with Ananda and Chris's ginger chicken and onion. Even. More. Better.
After our delicious meal and digestion period, we prepared to head out to the east side of the island. The trails were absolutely beautiful. It was exactly like what you see in the movies. Over looking the ocean and a beautiful quarry, the paths were just amazing. However, that was the blue square trails. Little did we know what we were in store for when we got to the black diamond trails. Let's just say, it was a good thing I had a first aid kit and those bikes are not made for extreme mountain biking. However, it was such an awesome experience. We really got to push ourselves and experience something that none of the other groups did. I'd definitely go back and do it again sometime. You definitely bond with people when you're stuck biking over rocks, mud, and ants for several hours. Oh yeah, ants suck. Hardcore.
Finally after we made our way out of the forest, off the island, and back to civilization, Nicole, Kerri, and I went out with Yong. Let's just say... Yongston the third is an amazing glucose father with superb taste in drinks and eating establishments. :) (You probably have no clue what any of that means) Oh, and taking a taxi through the drive through at McDonalds is so BA.
So that was my weekend. Pretty dang awesome. However, now I must return to the studying portion of studying abroad. Two essays and a test this week. Wish me luck. ^^v
No comments:
Post a Comment