Kent Ridge Park with Host Family on Deepavali

05/11/10 is Deepavali, Indian festival of light. Today, Roger and Shee Cher with Zhong Kai took Vibol, Seiha and me to Kent Ridge Park, one of the Singapore National Park, located near NUS.

Kent Ridge park is located on the hill. Roger drove us to the top. We could see one of the most important hubs of Singapore. Roger explained us how the system of loading and unloading containers works. The hub is controlled by computer system that can analyse the order of containers to be loaded to and unloaded from every ship in order to avoid messing up.

Then, we walked across a very long canopy. Along the canopy, we could see some special kinds of trees on the two sides. It gave us a good view of islands and mountains (pulau and bukit). It used to be the battle field between the British and Japan during World War II.

After that, we went to the war museum, but it was not opened to the public during that time. We just took photos from outside.

About 6:00, we left there for dinner, but it was still early. We took a walk around Holland Village. There are many restaurant and food stores, both local and foreign. We went into a Korean restaurant, but the environment was not satisfied, so we changed to Thai restaurant, Thai Express. The food I ordered was black pepper soft-cell crab. It was very tasty.

It was not the end of our outing. Holland Village was once the title of one of the Singapore well-known dramas. It was about Coconut-juice rice, called Nasi Lemak in Malay. Because I have never eaten Nasi Lemak, Roger bought 2 boxes for Seiha and me at a store nearby.

It was a nice trip and celebration on Deepavali. Thanks to Roger and Shee Cher!