Something Hot !!!!!!

On a Bright evening 4 of us decided to go to Sembawang Hot Water Springs.

I obviously take the camera so does another person. Panasonic Vs Nikon Is it ? She takes a Water bottle and is fully excited about the hot water springs ..Expectations were high.. Never before had i seen a hot water spring .. maybe a hot water shower daily ...haaa haaa haa ..so four of us march under the bright sky ..As we walk beside the prohibited and fenced Military Area ...me leading the troop.. suddenly there is hue and cry .."Come here Come here i will show you something" ...It was a Millipede. She was so excited about it . We touched( actually troubled ) the poor Millepede and it cuddled into a 'Chakalli' (A Spiral shaped snack famous in southern India!! ) . I moved it to the side and she asks me "Why ?" so i told her "So that nobody stamps it!" ..and we continue our march. She walks with me holding my hand . Then along the fence of the prohibited area there is a Gate which doesn't mention anything about the Hot water Springs ..but i assume it is THE place and we enter ..then again come a question "Why are we going here ,we are not supposed to go here ?" ..I tell her ..rather try to scare her that "Come we will see the military area and we will see how they shoot " .She gets scared and pulls me back saying "No i don't want to go " .. Then i tell her "No i was just kidding !! " . There was a path with bushes on both the sides ,a family was coming with all umbrellas in their hands .. Then there was a man with a cage which he had covered with a cloth and he was whistling ..i think he was catching birds ..anyways we passed him and proceeded ahead ..What do we see.. A big area ..A big brick building in between ..but where is the so called Hot water Spring ?? No Spring at all...All i can see is a squarish fenced place ..Chairs hanging on the fence ..lot of buckets ..People sitting on the chair and their legs inside the buckets ..and Taps ...Hmmmm... So hot water comes from those taps.. How do we confirm ? Obviously put your hand ...Heeeee heeeee .. Yes indeed it was hot !

So what big deal ..Hot water comes in my house also .Y should i walk all the way to see this.. He says Let's taste it and see.. "Hmmmmm ...Its tastes Sulphur" .. I see him and say "Is it ?" ( I have never tasted Sulphur :) ) ..I don't taste it .. So what next ? Follow the crowd ..Take a bucket ..fill it hot steaming water and dip your legs and sit . They did try it .I was busy capturing the smoke from the tap ..But i was left changing the Shutter speed and Aperture ..Couldn't get the Smoke :) .. Water was too hot ...How to cool it ? Idea ..Remember how they cool the tea in the Chai (Tea in Hindi ) shops in India ..Pour it from a greater height .It will get cold ..the same method .

Time to go ..Empty the buckets. keep them upside down ..and we are going back ..The Bird catcher is still trying to catch the birds ..I wanted to click his photo but he looked a bit scary ..I did see a nice bird sitting in his cage. Tried some macro shots with bougavillas ..but i need to practice more ..I capture few shots of the Sunset as we go ..

As we walked back home both of us were hungry ..Plans were being made to boil the egg and eat . Two eggs and three people ..what an injustice.. So what is to be done ...so there is a suggestion from her .. "I have an idea ..you and appa share one egg and i will eat one egg " ..Aha !! Smart kid ! Rest of us laugh at that as we wait to cross the traffic signal...