The Quest for the Perfect ExerGame

Having been in Singapore for couple of days now you would have thought I would have got the hang of the light rail (MRT) system. Owing to a small but significant navigational error on my part I got off downtown one stop earlier than I had planned. I emerged above ground to be greeted by a “new” river! Where did that come from? It is not on the map that I have! Can’t be very good map this!

As I scanned the terrain, I noticed a bridge that we had crossed the day before (albeit in daylight) whilst been taken on a guided tour by a colleague. It then began to dawn on me that the reality I had constructed was at odds with the ground/river in front of me. Contemplating the alternate reality that I was in fact was not where I had planned to be and that the reason was that I didn’t get off that the stop that I thought I did.

I could see the towers of Suntec City in the distance and thought for a moment about striking out cross-country so to speak. However, despite being dark, it just wasn’t getting any cooler, so I quickly dropped that idea. It was therefore serendipitous that I was able to take in the last night of the Singapore River Festival. The place was buzzing with street performances and people walking everywhere and enjoying the spectacle. Everywhere was lit up along the riverside and there were junks (boats) with colored lights on the too. The water taxis where zipping around all over the place (free rides).

It was a bit of a photography fest with every available vantage point occupied by at least one serious snapper. In the absence of a tripod I had to improvise with street furniture in order to avoid camera shake on long exposures.