Woodlands Town Gardens

This past Tuesday brought about the Hari Raya holiday in Singapore which, happily, meant a day off work for us. Adrienne was so excited about the holiday that she didn't want to miss a single second. She also didn't want mommy or daddy to miss a single second either, and as such woke us up before 6:30am to get the day started. We have slowly been figuring out that Adrienne is beyond the age where we can toss a stack of measuring cups in her direction and convince her that this is entertainment. Entertainment would likely pursue in the form of taking the cups over to our 'fish pond' and seeing what happens when fish water is dumped on to the living room carpet. And once she sets her mind on something, it is hard to persuade her to do something else. We find her curiosity is sometimes redirected more easily outside of the apartment. The plus side of this is that we have been forced to explore our surroundings more than our normal lazy selves might do. So this lovely holiday, we got up, packed a breakfast picnic, and headed over to a nearby park called Woodlands Town Gardens for a morning outing. 

Woodlands town garden is actually a very lovely park. It has a smallish man-made lake that is surrounded by a walking path and pagoda-looking picnic areas. There is also a small kids playground and a picturesque bridge spanning the thinnest part of the lake.  Following a leisurely breakfast, we took a stroll around the lake and hunted for rocks and sticks for Adrienne to throw into the water. Even though we planned this for Adrienne, I think Regis and I may have enjoyed it as much as Adrienne. The best part of the day, which you may have noticed from my pictures, is that the park looks suspiciously empty. I assure you that this is not an effect of photo editing (although we know that that can be done from THIS post; however, this in not a skill I have yet to learn). I believe I have told you that Singapore is an island the size of DC metro area (only 25 km top to bottom and 50 km across) and is called home by some 4 million people. We saw approximately 2 other people at this park the entire morning. The parks and garden website of Singapore claims the park is 11 HA in size. So using this information and some complicated calculus integrations, I have determined that Woodlands town garden on this particular Tues morning was population-wise the least dense place in all of Singapore. Now if that's not something to love, I don't know what is!