The slower outdoors

I woke up at 6am this morning, not due to insomia but due to the urge to go for a morning ride on my bike from woodlands to yishun, down to mandai and back to woodlands. I started at high speed, intending to return home drenched in sweat, with undrainable lactic acid accumulated in my calves. It was indeed fun riding fast and cutting through the cool morning breeze, un-aerodynamically. Furthermore, riding at high speed was justifiable especially along the dark paths beside sembawang airbase, as the imagined ghosts, werevolves and vampires won't be able to catch up with me. It was until I reached mandai that I was compelled to slow down as I thought I shouldn't just zoom past these places without capturing them with my 2.0 megapix nokia 6288.


Dawn. Along Mandai Road, a place where we always take for granted as our cars zoom past at 100km/h


The peaceful seletar reservoir


Penguins + Grass?


Mystery revealed! Reminded me that I've never been to the zoo for many many years.


And a good reward gave the day a great start!

Cycling with a group of friends is filled with laughter and joy, you will never feel lonely with the great company. Cycling alone is a journey of contemplation and discovery, especially when you go at a slower pace, you see things you never noticed before when you are in a car zooming past it. At times, go slow to see the world go by.