Changi Village - The Old Man & The Sea
Life is precious. Especially the adventures and fun we have and of the people who have touched our lives. A man can be destroyed but never defeated. There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. Ernest Hemingway told a story of the old man and the sea. Changi to me is like the old man and the sea. I recalled our younger days of going to Changi which seemed so far away as there were few highways and going by bus takes ages to get there. The laid back old world charm is still evidently strong today. It is the only place in Singapore where the birds flying and cackling freely above are green parakeets and white cockatoos that fly to and from Pulau Ubin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKeGQNxjNOA On a lucky day, you can spot migrating big birds. I caught sight of three huge birds recently and walked as close as possible to take a shot. They were hopping sideways on a branch. The only birds that do that are Hornbills and Toucans. What's the...