Bishan Park - One

If you do not get down to doing things you never will. In life, we are just so busy with too many things. Not that other things are more important so it is really a matter of priority. I used to live quite near to Bishan Park and have been there but not as often as I would like or could. Always working late with two young children didn't help. 

When I relocated I have visited the place but it was long ago so I needed to check out the old place. It is now named Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park (River Plains). On this day we could only cover one half of it. 

The Park has been transformed. It is now like natural terrain.

Even a banana plant and its flower took its place.

These huge benches could easily take two adults lying down on a picnic or if seated two little ones could fit in.

Streams run all over the place. Lao Tzu said: "One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others." 

"No stream rise higher than its source. Whatever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learn of life." - Frank Lloyd Wright.

These were formerly straight and boring looking canals. 

"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us and we only know them when we are gone." - George Eliot.

It cuts across Bishan housing estate and the park.

The water level can rise up to 3m as you can see.

It was quite well utilised. There is a place for people to bring their dogs to and many were playing frisbee, etc. I saw a group of men playing volleyball. They have tied a net across two trees. 

There are many species of trees. NParks must just ensure that after a long time, even inclement weather that wreaks havoc do not uproot these trees that they may crashed.

You'll see ripples in the streams and fishes swimming around.

The water can rise and have all these on the slope swallowed.

This spot is very popular as the water is shallow and children could wade into it and try their hand in catching small fish.

There is a monument too.

We came to a bridge where others there stood around to watch too. Lots of tilapia. 

Surprise! We even spotted a Gar which was not small. We saw it from the top of the bridge.

The Cat fish around here are big.

We spotted at least a couple of Haruan that were quite big.

This is the bridge for fish watching. The fish gathered around here because I believe sometimes folks will feed them. 

I didn't know these plants could grow so tall and they are like mangroves.

The park where the wild boars were sighted or known to have attacked someone must be on the other side nearer to Pierce.

When I saw this rock, it reminded me of a place in Toa Payoh at the far corner of the then bus terminal. There resided three rocks, each probably 3-5 times the size of this. Some times, it would be the meeting place for me and my friends. We sat on top of the rocks and watch the world went by.

There are restaurants and spas here too.

"Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blending and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams, of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life." - John Muir.