BACK TO NATURE

BACK TO NATURE


Went to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve this evening. The weather was terrific and the air, fresh. There's always something magical about Mother Nature; though I could never pinpoint it out exactly for the life of me.

The rainforest feels like a treasure box, with loads of secrets untold and plenty of precious things to offer. The life, the buzz, the mystery, oh! It seems like it would happily dish out anything and everything that it has to offer, if only someone would just sit by quietly and reverently, and listen and observe.

The rainforest seems massive enough to easily engulf one in, but yet, big enough to offer protection. At the same time, it feels like trespassing on foreign territories and threading on forbidden grounds; disturbing the otherwise tranquil world of the rightful inhabitants.

The highlight of the day is that we caught sight of a big forest monitor lizard. It was stealthily climbing down the slope when it's cover was blown. It looks cute but grotesque. After waiting for a couple of minutes in hushed silence, the forest monitor lizard finally landed on the soil pavement; just a mere meter from us. I nearly had a myocardial infarction and died right there and then.

We continued exploring the forest, with a couple of cheeky little monkeys swinging overhead. The vast diversity of plants is simply overwhelming! The feeling of being near to nature is awesome; something different from the usual "concrete jungle" of modern, urban living. The sounds of birds and animals and insects and crickets. The sounds of dried fallen leaves crushing crisply under the sole of our shoes. The air was humid, but yet strangely cooling at the same time. The sun shone down sporadically once in a while, and parts of the forest dimly lit up; with the majority of the sunlight being shaded by the canopy. Beautiful.