Singapore: Waking Up Late!
Or how to miss the opportunity of a lifetime!
Sat 16 Apr 2005
31 °C
Argh!!! Today should have been fantastic - instead I spent most of it sulking about sleeping in and missing my one chance to visit Chek Jawa (the intertidal flats located on Pulau Ubin, the nature reserve/island off Singapore's North-East coast).
I was meant to wake at around 6am (those of you who know me realise how impossible that was going to be!) to be on public transport at 7 and on the island by 8am.
Why did you have to be up so early? The answer comes from the nature of the flats. Because they are below sea-level, viewing them requires you to be there at extreme low tides, which only occur at certain times (usually very early in the morning) and only on certain days of the month.
Instead of waking up, however, I heard my alarm (which comes from my mobile phone!) at 6, and chose not to do anything about it. It proceeded to fall on the floor (due to the vibrate function on my mobile shaking it off the table), at which point its battery fell out and the alarm ceased. I woke up naturally at 9am, and it took me a few seconds to realise what happened.
So...in conclusion. I have no decided to get a real alarm clock and make sure I stick to it. I can't believe, after all my forward planning etc..., that I missed out on this opportunity!!! Argh! NO MORE SLEEP-INS!!
On the plus side, I've just returned from coffee at Holland V with Mark. It was initially going to be movies in the city, but, try as we might, we couldn't get a taxi!!! I guess we just weren't looking in the right places. Happy 20th mate!
PS: If you're interested, I heard from Kristin (who did wake up in time) that it was very interesting. That is, aside from the kids who kept on stepping on starfish etc...! Damn kids!
