Pierce Resevoirs

After the interesting trekking i had yday, i decided to make my way back to visit the pair of Pierce Reservoirs today. While the Lower Pierce park is very accessible to the public, the Upper Pierce park is located right in the middle of the Central Catchment Area. I drove along the narrow and curvy Upper Thomson Road, piercing through the jungle, before finally reaching my destination after 10min from the main road.

While the Lower Pierce Park is beautiful, the Upper Pierce Park is splendid and magnificent. And there is this large patch of grass slope (see pic) that tempts ppl to lie down, relax while enjoying the scenery.

As a Singaporean, I feel quite ashamed to be oblivious of these wonderful places that are located right on my homeland. Fortunately i managed to 'discover' them now. They are really v good hideouts.

Saw a few anglers (right spelling?) by the bank fishing. Witnessed a scene whereby an indian retreive a big and fat catch that has unfortunately been hooked onto his fishing rod. The poor fish was struggling and jumping around, but despite its effort, it couldnt escape from its wretched life. I wonder what will the karma of these anglers be. I was reminded by a story: During Buddha's time, he sometimes feel headaches during meditation, even at his old age. This was a result of his old karma many lives before. During that life, he was a kid 'happily' enjoying hitting the heads of some fishes with a stone. And this karma was ripened even after he gained enlightenment (pls correct me if i am wrong).

On the other hand, i am very glad to see many young parents bringing their kids to the reservoir parks to enjoy the lazy sunday weekend. Engaging children in healthy outdoor activities is indeed much better than bringing them to town for shoppings, movies, or even watching tv or playing computer games at home. I could see many young children happily running around the grass patches, some fascinated by the turtles in the waters, some happily kite flying etc. Good choice u parents have made!