2D Zine On-Site Research

Initially, I didn’t really know where to start.

I read up that Yishun is known for its extensive bicycle lanes and hence decided to follow the trail of stray bicycles.

After awhile, the trail is lost, so I decided to take photo of bicycle-related things. (Mostly signs)

Then, we reached the reservoir near the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

And walking further down, we chanced upon these stationary bicycles.

They have a tube connected to the reservoir in front of the railing, in which spouts water if you pedaled hard enough. (credits to my brother)

” Nikki faster leh, tiring sia!” LOL

According to a blog online, it is supposedly used to water the plants, which is unfortunately pretty ineffective due to the limited amount of plants reached. Mostly the water just hits the soil near the reservoir.

#theytried

Just thought this was pretty cool

Continuing the chase of bicycles.

Random tree that looked kind of like a foot

Tried to incorporate something interesting  in the same picture as bicycles.

This is quite cool cos it looks like a family photo for the bicycles haha

Unfortunately, I got into trouble for taking photo of when a bicycle passed the police station, and had to delete those photos. 🙁

SECOND TRIP

This time I researched online a little first so I’ll have more direction.

Saw the interesting interactive green playground and went to check it out.

Might include the wobbly houses at the front page, showing the quirky Yishun trait.

Next, decided to check out the Chong Pang market area since it is said on an online Singapore Forum to be the area of weirdest happenings.

Ermmm, just kind of found a small food centre which is kind of disappointing but its ok! Because it’s on the way to our next destination, the only hot springs in Singapore!

Took our chance and bought some eggs and cup noodles at the Giant there.

Adventure time!

Lots of fences cos its near the military camp.

I think I kind of caught a glimpse of this on TV so I wasn’t really surprised when it’s just kind of a place with taps that provided hot spring water. The red brick cordons off the actual source of the water for safety reasons.

The friendly uncle there told us to just take any one of the many pails lying around for use.

Filling the pail! I saw online that people used it to soak your feet so I was just blindly following it.

Misadventure of the egg. RIP (2017-2017)

“Cooking” 4 eggs.

Also lent a few of the chairs around and waited for both the egg and water to cool enough to dip my legs in. The uncle told us it was going to take super long (which it did) and we could speed up the cooling process by pouring the water teh tarik style. We tried but ultimately resigned to waiting because it was too heavy to continue for a long time.

Finally decently warm to soak! But it kind of reminded me of my NPCC(Uniform Group) times where I had to stand under the hot sun in my burning black boots. Haha but I guess it would be good for the old people who suffer from arthritis.

Also the egg is half-cooked evenly and ready for consumption! According to my friend, its the ‘perfect yakun style’ half boiled egg, although I’m not a big fan of half-boiled egg myself. We didn’t cook the cup noodles because we are quite skeptical of the cleanliness of the tap, since the water is deemed drinkable.

So we kind of soaked our legs and ate eggs, watching birds eat rice the uncle threw on the floor until I suddenly got attacked by mosquitoes and called it a day.

All in all, quite a different experience although next time I should really apply insect repellent beforehand!

In conclusion, the on-site exploration has allowed me to experience the quaint neighborhood of Yishun, which is less of a wild dystopian town that the internet has made it out to be, and more of a quietly quirky place.

Also, having some destination in mind before visiting greatly increases the productivity of the trip since there is a particular direction.



















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