40 Minutes

That's the time it took me to travel the distance from my place to Pioneer JC by bike on Thursday. Moderately brisk pace with minimal load. It's roughly 10.5 km according to the street directory.

This is comparable to the time it takes for me to walk to the Boon Lay bus interchange, wait for and take bus 180, then walk to PJC. The one time I took that bus (which goes along the same route as the one I cycle along), the journey was about 25 minutes. If I don't take a feeder bus, it's still a 10 minute walk to the school from the bus stop.

Will try to cycle to school when I can, once I figure out the necessary (where to park my bike, where to shower, shoes and clothing arrangements). Traffic and timing might be tricky. Should avoid rush hour. Weather needs to cooperate. Cannot be carrying much stuff when cycling.

Exercise is good for you. So is the feeling of overtaking a car.

New Bicycle

Aleoca Crossbreed X.5 700C 21 Speed Hybrid Bike, from Carrefour (Plaza Singapura).

Raison d'être: occasional commute from home to work and back so I have one more way to incorporate exercise into my daily routine.

Sports

The new stadium and sports centre next to our place is open! Went to take a look around the other day.A highlight of the place is the aquatic centre, which has a huge water slide. Great for the family.
Up on the roof there are two tennis courts. Good to know, though expensive to play.
Meanwhile, around the neighborhood... The MRT extension is taking shape...
And maybe one of these days I'll go try out the skate park near the PIE entrance...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

It's a national holiday, and I was supposed to do work, but felt really tired for some reason. But no matter, it means I'm refreshed to do work now, after I'm done with this post.

Just wanted to let the good folk out there know that while my bicycle was parked at Boon Lay MRT, the gel seat-cover I got was stolen, along with the seat-cushion for the rear seat I installed. The problem is that both of those were removable by fingers with opposable thumbs.

Just need to get past this weekend and the early part of next week and I can coast back to a sweet, sweet schedule of tennis thrice a week...

3 cents worth

It now costs me $0.65 to get to NIE and $0.87 to get back, a total of $0.03 more per round trip than it did last month.

Doesn't change the fact that I have an essay due today.

Virtual Tour

I've put up a virtual tour of our flat. Only lasts as long as I'm at NIE.

It costs me $0.64 to get to NIE and $0.85 to get back because Bus 179 performs a loop.

I have 2 short writeups due next week. More importantly, from the 25th of October to 2nd November, I have:

1. Physics assignment
2. Maths lesson plan, with background conceptualization
3. Research essay for Educational Psychology
4. Essay for the other Physics class. Essay comprises 90% of the grade.
5. "Student Centred Learning Package" (IT-based), with writeup
   
6. Physics lesson plan...

Help! I played tennis yesterday, playing later today, playing tomorrow evening as well.

"Passed" the floorball trials; from next week, there will be training on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings...

Which reminds me... work beckons!