A journey to Fort Canning Mountain plus my buddies.

Dearest Jiawen and Xuelian,

Happy to write my diary like a letter for you!
Miss you so much!

Here I would like to express my heartfelt attitude to you for companying me until the end of my stay in NYJC.

I really feel great fortunate to have both of you as my buddies. You did a lot for me, most special of which that could always be in my memory is the journey to Fort Canning Mountain

 

 

 

 

At the beginning of our journey, Jiawen send me a small gift.

Jiawen, I really appreciate your delicate hand-made gift  - the little card with your wishes and my name. You say that people will encounter many friends in their whole life, however, few of them could be remembered. But you told me that you would always remember Hongting, Tongtong and me.

Dear girl, we would always remember you too!

 

Then, time comes to the Fort Canning Moutain.

Though it was a pity that Jiawen was not in the same group as I was, spending time with Xuelian was as well a great momery there.

School appointed a wondeful guide for us. Do you remember him, Xuelian? The happy grandpa in red.Could you remember he told us he was 85 yet we thought he was 58? Haha...that was a sweet misunderstanding, wasn't it?

 

After that, during our journey, our happy grandpa introduce us many herbs whose died body actually were used in the daily life but when it came to their living form, we could not recognise. One special thing is the nutmeg. Remember what surprise our guide gave us? Yes, he brought us a package of nutmeg for experiencing the herb more vivid ! I liked the taste of nutmeg, however, unfortunately, my stomach stopped me from trying more pieces of nutmeg. Whatever, our guide really taught us a lot in the Fort Canning Mountain. I appreciated him very much.

 

 

When lunch time was around, Dr.Pang is so nice that he offered each pair of us S$ 15 for having lunch. Dear xuelian, you introduced me the eating habits in Singapore and your favorite food. I could still remeber the ice cacang! Also, I still do not understand what it sounds like cachang but without an "h" in it! English and Malaysian are confused, aren't they?

 

 

Dear friends,  time spending with you seems too short, and I am looking forward to our next dinner together, next next lunch together, and next next next lunch .......HAHA.....

 

 

Wish you good health and happiness!

 

Regards,

Dong Yibing