{"id":5528,"date":"2013-05-13T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2013-05-13T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T02:59:46","slug":"just-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Just ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5530\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6523\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6523.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Clear skies?\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6523.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5530\" alt=\"Clear skies?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6523-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6523-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6523.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The weather report said it was going to be thunderous showers in the late morning to early afternoon. Fortunately, HAH NO RAIN!<\/p>\n<p><del>No rain until a drizzle but only when I got back home.<\/del><\/p>\n<p>That meant that <a href=\"http:\/\/joelynalexandra.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joelyn<\/a> and I could go cycling at Pasir Ris! BECAUSE IT KEPT RAINING and we couldn&#8217;t do much outdoor things lately.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5529\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6517\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6517.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Our biiikes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6517.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5529\" alt=\"Our biiikes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6517-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6517-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6517.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And thus, we rented bicycles! $8 each for two hours at the rental shop near Downtown East, towards the park. We had no idea when the shop was open but lucky for us, it was! I took down the timing, it&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Monday to Friday, 11am to 6pm <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Saturdays, Sundays, public and school holidays from 10am to 7pm<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And off we went! It was around 10am but there were quite a lot of people playing around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6537.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5535\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6537\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6537.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Some group activity thing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6537.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5535\" alt=\"Some group activity thing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6537-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6537-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6537.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were some orientation camp things happening. I don&#8217;t know, people were sailing on a board over these balls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5531\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6525\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6525.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cycling awaaay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6525.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5531\" alt=\"Cycling awaaay\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6525-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6525-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6525.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes you just need to cycle around. Go have a looksee around the outdoors. Do activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5532\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6528\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6528.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"On we road!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6528.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5532\" alt=\"On we road!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6528-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6528-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6528.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I learned that from Downtown East, I <em>could<\/em> cycle all the way to Pasir Ris Park since it has connectors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5533\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6529\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6529.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A stable&amp;#8230;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6529.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5533\" alt=\"A stable...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6529-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6529-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6529.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Past the stable&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6535.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5534\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6535\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6535.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A playground!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6535.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5534\" alt=\"A playground!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6535-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6535.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Past the playgrounds! I remember this rope thing. But back then I remembered it was red, now it&#8217;s a faded brown. Apparently the other playgrounds are all hoarded up and are being upgraded until 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Huh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4DckN4Q8k6Q?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And thus we rode for 2 hours. Really, that was quite a long ride be sure to have a bottle of water with you for hydration. In any case, it was just lovely to finally be out and about. When I was a kid, the route seemed so long but now, it feels much shorter.<\/p>\n<p>Was it us or did they &#8216;upgrade&#8217; the park with less cycling tracks? I doubt the latter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5536\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/img_6538\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6538.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"And that&amp;#8217;s Jo&amp;#8217;s leg.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6538.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5536\" alt=\"And that's Jo's leg.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6538-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6538-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6538.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the best part is always after the ride, you can chill out and have lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather report said it was going to be thunderous showers in the late morning to early afternoon. Fortunately, HAH NO RAIN! No rain until a drizzle but only when I got back home. That meant that Joelyn and I could go cycling at Pasir Ris! BECAUSE IT KEPT RAINING and we couldn&#8217;t do much &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/just-ride\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Just ride<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"SarahBot: Just ride http:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-1ra","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-1ra","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5545,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/5545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}