Learning from Nature
Here we are, at the end of another year. Workwise, it is a time for relaxation and rejuvenation, and we are thoroughly grateful for the blessings of our home in Singapore. For a year and a half, we have been living in a condominium complex called the Cascadia, along Bukit Timah Road. Apart from the amenities in the condo compound itself, its location is excellent. It takes just a little over half an hour for me to get to my workplace by bus, which plies the residential areas along Bukit Timah Road, Sixth Avenue and Holland Road. We're connected to downtown Singapore via the nearby KAP and Sixth Ave MRT stations. But most of all, I am grateful for the leisure and serenity offered by the nearby park just a short walk away from the bustle of Bukit Timah Road. To keep the description short, the park is basically a large rectangular field (Holland Field), bordered on all sides by roads. A park connector runs along one side of the rectangle, in parallel with a monsoon drain that runs jus...