www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

There is something special about Changi Village. I have featured CV on a few occasions on fishing, visit to Pulau Ubin, hotel staycation and the hawker food here. When we used to visit Changi as a child it was a place so far away it seemed to take forever to reach as the infrastructure and even the bus services were so different then. Changi Village besides being so laid back, is a place that evokes nostalgia. The good old life of days gone by. It is the only place in Singapore where you will find countless numbers of wild parakeets and some cuckatoos giving you the bird's eye view of human life below them. There are also the occasional sightings of hornbills from Pulau Ubin. A couple of friends stumbled upon a place for a meal which inevitably led to beer. One thing led to another and then we have four. We found ourselves at Jacob's Cafe.  Air-conditioned setting on the inside lets you get comfy while the open space outside in a laid back setting gives you al f...

I went overseas recently on Vesak day. Yes, over the sea to a place which is a home away from home. Sometimes, I would just try to do something that I have never done before or was last done a long time ago. I have been to Changi many times when young and also camped at Pulau Ubin with friends near the Outward Bound School. This time, young and old, we packed our bags and left for Changi to checked in at the Changi Hotel which is now styled more like M Hotel in town. It is a cosy hotel with a good restaurant where guests enjoy discounts on food and free parking. The wonderful thing about Changi is its laid back and natural rustic charm. Where the large, open, public car park is surrounded by the hotel, residences, shops, hawker centre and the sea, you will find something special in the air. It is the presence of birds, mostly parakeets not ordinary ones with a few cockatoos too as you c...