12.8.25 - Otak Prata

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Driving to my sister's house
Otah Prata an abomination


Sembwang hot springs back in the day

The running is going great guns. I have calculated and I have now run for 27 days. Not everyday, but 27 days nonetheless. I am now doing 100 sit ups and from today onwards I will swim daily. And I need to find out what I owe the club by way of absentee membership fees etc.

It has been a busy old time really.

Yesterday we tried otak prata. It was awful. I mean really awful. It was like a sausage roll otah. Where do these people get their ideas from? Then we went to the Sembawang hot springs. I can't QUITE believe that this concrete monstrosity was the way they decided they would go. Surely it is not beyond the wit of man to create a natural pool type place which allows people to use it so that it is accessible and natural. Instead we got this crazy area, clearly set up by someone who has not had any idea about how people use spaces like this. It was just dreadful. At least it was free. Also, weirdly, the place was not manned. Why was it not manned? There is scalding hot water coming out of the ground, surely there needs to be a warden on site. It's mad.

Also Lianne told me that people tended to just do things and not think about things like insurance. Sometimes I think Singaporeans are mad.

After that we went to some Japanese type cafe, followed by sleep and then I drove Ma and Pa to Jac's house. 

Ghin came along. It is our last week here. I don't know how I feel about this place still. It's a place which I really don't want to have to do with very much. Nevertheless my time here is something which I should consider, especially given Ma and Pa's circumstances. 


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