Overnight cycling

Our overnight cycling from Sunday to Monday began at Terence's house in Hougang. We reached his house around 10pm and lazed around for a while. Planned the route also. Hougang -> Pasir Ris -> Changi Village -> Changi Coastal Road -> East Coast Park -> City -> Vivo -> Little India -> Serangoon -> Hougang. Before that we drank some 100 plus (isotonic drink), so it'll help our bodies to heat up hence we won't get cramps so easily.

Hydon, Tedmund, Terence and me.

Wasn't sure how long we could cycle so we didn't plan that far. At 11pm, we left. Cycled along Tampines Road towards Pasir Ris. Passed by Ikea.

Then we cycled along Pasir Ris Drive 3 passing by Downtown East. New indoor ferris wheel!! And whats the view from the ferris wheel? A carpark.

Turned left into Loyang Avenue. And at 12.30am (Monday) we had our first rest at a coffee shop at Changi Village. Called Airfield Cafe? Just had some drinks as we didn't wanna have heavy stomachs. All of us still felt we could keep cycling for another full day. But there was still much more to come...

Pet dogs belonging to the coffee shop. They must be leading a happy life there.

At 1am we left Changi Village and cycled along Changi Beach. Passed by Changi Ferry Terminal. And thats where the super long Changi Coastal Road journey started. Its just beside and parallel to Changi Airport and I think its like one of the longest and straightest road ever in Singapore. Its almost 6km. At 1.20am we started cycling along this road. And we exited it at only around 2am. Was super long and our bottoms were beginning to hurt so badly! Through out the whole trip I kept telling myself that I have to change my lousy seat. Goodness it was the killer. We had to stop once along the way to rest. And also to see some planes land and take off. The jet engine sounds were loud but awesome. Photo below is with flash.

Without flash.

After cycling along the long Changi Coastal Road, we entered East Coast Park, which itself is almost 12km? But halfway at 2.30am we went to eat at macdonalds. There were still so many people up and awake at this hour. Not surprising though, cos its a public holiday. At 3am we left the mac and continued down East Coast Park. Passed Niccoll Highway. Over the bridge. Passed Suntec City and Marina Square. And we reached the Singapore Flyer at 3.45am. First time seeing it for real after its completion.

After resting for 15 minutes we then left for Vivo City and reached at 4.45am. It was very windy and relaxing over there.

At 5.45am we passed by Woodleigh MRT (still closed to public). And at 6am, we reached back at Terence's house. AT LAST!

All shagged but feeling great!

We treated this night cycling as a practice for our upcoming NTU bike rally on 1st June. Our night cycling was 60 km and we covered it in 7 hours. The NTU bike rally will be 128 km, supposedly covered in about 12 hours. Haha. I better go get a good seat!

Updates on Channel YOUTH Chuan Hoe

Hello people, here's a brief update about what's going on with the youth.

1. We've started a youth blog, which is only accessible to the youth, obviously. We use it to brainstorm on ideas for upcoming social + meetings, as well as to rant on anything.

2. We have regular "Patriarchs & Prophets" study sessions conducted by Olivine on weeks which we don't have Pathfinder (namely, 2nd and 4th week). We study 1 chapter of the book each lesson.

3. We're having more social nights these few months, and our most recent ones are: Soccer with Balestier Youth and kite flying. We're still trying to liaise with the youth from other churches. Adults are invited to join us, of course.

That's all I guess. It hasn't been very long since we've started this ball of happening stuff rolling, so we still need a lot of support! Meanwhile, please pray all of us!

Thank you for joining me on Channel YOUTH Chuan Hoe, please tune in for more updates!

Mezzanine Floor Changed

Last Sabbath, 12th April 2008, we noticed that walls and a door had been erected on the mezzanine floor in front of the staircase. I realised how useful the small space created around the entrance of mezzanine floor can become when you need it. Shawn and Kenneth attended our church service and I was notified to conduct Bible study with them. The big room in the mezzanine floor was used up by Janie to study the lessons with Florence. I used the space available outside the room to share the Bible lessons with the 2 boys. Praise God for the extra space. Anyone in favour of putting a small air-conditioner there?

Christopher

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