i went hiking..

.. last week. and let me get some things straight. hiking is NOT fun, it is NOT exciting, and it is NOT (very) interesting.

i was proud of myself though. aching, yes. exhausted, true. but i survived the gruelling 10.9 kilometre trek through the rough (?) terrains of macritchie reservoir trail all the way to bukit timah hill. along the way we saw trees, trees and more trees; a site with broken down houses; creepers (moving and non moving) and were accosted by several dozen monkeys - two prides of them, one in the jungle, one basking along the road. the first pack happily posed for pictures; the second were lazily grooming and i got almost-attacked by one cheeky fella. it was a bit scary when he bared his teeth and acted like he was gonna bite, but i bared my teeth right back and stamped my foot before turning tail and scooting off.

J bullied me! i duno what came over me to agree to a ten km hike. not only did he push me to complete the whole track, threaten to abandon me in the jungle when i said i can't go further, lead me through mud and sand and blood sucking mozzies.. he also got us lost, amazingly not in the jungle but in HDB suburbs He also brought me to SPCA.. fifteen minutes after it was closed for the day. and we took the wrong bus and had to walk and walk and walk. and this is on top of the hike. i was so tired, i was half laughing and/or crying and he had the cheek to smile beatifically.. and he wouldn't even let me sleep in the bus.

well sue me for falling for his harebrained schemes. don't get me wrong, i don't hate him - though i've said that to him often enough, usually when i'm dead tired and caught in the middle of one of his bright plans. nah, i'm fond of the stupid guy. but i swear, the next time he tries to pull off something like this on me, i'll kill him.

and to my horror i find myself suspecting it's gonna happen very soon.. J now wants to climb bukit timah hill and explore the quarries.. stay tuned for the next update if so.. and don't say i didn't warn him..