Welcome to the Paradise

我是天空里的一片云.... if only I can escape from the busy and crowded urban areas, away from all problems and complex human relationships, away from all sufferings.

Welcome to the Paradise - A movie about American Japanese living in fear during WWII. Coincidentally, the place that OWY and me visited today is also a WWII battle ground (Kranji). On the shoreline between Kranji and the causeway, it was said that the Japanese soldiers tried to swim over to Singapore but was stuck in the mud and oil slick released by the Allied troops from the nearby Woodlands oil depot. The first waves of Japanese troops were burnt when Allied troops set fire to the oil. - Must be a very sad scene.

This place also reminded me of a place during my army days. My buddy and I were torpoing at Mandai when we chanced upon a beautiful body of water (believed to be the Mac Ritchie Reservoir), surrounded by very large green patches of grass and trees. The place was so serene, neat and clean that my buddy and I spare no chance in taking a 2hr afternoon nap after accomplishing our mission early. I guess I could nv go back to the place again, cos firstly, its impossible for the public to gain access to it, and secondly, i dun think i can recognise the way there.

Kranji was just as peaceful and serene (look at OWY dipping his feet in the waters by the rocks). It happens that both of us are suckers for such places. If not of the previous night that i spent at his room without having a proper sleep, we would have spent a longer time by the water enjoying the peaceful surroundings. And talking abt last nite, it was really quite interesting that we were lying down and talking cok till the wee hrs, till I cant remember wat were the last words from our months before we dozed off unknowingly.

CK. Gan, an old BS friend, was telling me over the phone jus now that in life : When you have the money, you have no time to spend. When you have the time to spare, you have no money. How true! All of the sudden, I feel i have so much time to spent over the past 3 days, but I feel the financial pressure.

But Kranji is a very nice place, free-of-charge some more. Even on a p.hol like today, the place is not congested or infested by the typical inconsiderate + noisy singaporeans. There is a even a ridge that ppl can walk all the way abt 100m away frm the shoreline towards the direction of Johor. Paradise, welcome to the paradise.