Osong Ligaw: Osong Ligaw goes to Punggol Park and Cheng San Public Library

When you're in Singapore, every move costs a lot of money. Whenever you need to go somewhere or do something, you need to make sure you have a cash ready for that.

Except my human.

I dunno if she's absolutely poor already or she's just creative to kill her boredom, but she actually manages to find things to do in Singapore that do not cost her anything at all.

My human is a nature buff. On our walks, especially when we're lost, she loves to stop and look at the flowers or try to pet a random feral cat. Or eat food.

My human enjoying a traditional "Muah Chee" for the first time. She went for thirds actually.

Muah Chee - glutinous rice flour coated in a mixture of sugar and finely chopped peanuts

As I was saying, my human is nature buff. It broke her heart when the planned trip to East Coast Park did not push through because of the crazy weather that day so she decided to head to Punggol Park.

Of course, Punggol Park is nothing compared to East Coast Park, but visiting Punggol Park will not be a disappointment. This park has facilities to cater both the young and the old like many parks here in SG.

Large trees like this give joggers some shade

Towering trees welcome the visitors of Punggol Park

Visitors can do a lot of activities at Punggol Park like barbecuing, cycling, exercising, inline skating, and if you go really morning, you can join the locals for some Tai Chi. There are also several exercise equipment for the adults. What is more exciting or relaxing is that these equipment face the pond.

Unfortunately, my human is not a fan of exercise (and it shows on her *ehem! weight) so she dared not try any of these exercise equipment. Yes, these are actually free for everyone so it's like going to the gym for free!

Of course, Punggol Park is kid-friendly and it has this huge jungle gym, swing set, and sand box for kids to enjoy. Benches are located near the area so Mums and Dads can simply read a book or eat while their cubs enjoy.

Watching them human

You may also try fishing at the pond here at Punggol Park.

Fishing - for compliments!

Besides going to the park, my human has discovered that the nearby mall in our area has a cozy public library - Cheng San Public Library. Yes, it's a public library inside the mall. I think it will be a great idea in the Philippines, too.

Cheng San Library is open from 11 am to 9pm and is free for local and foreigners alike. Unless of course you decide to borrow a book - which my human did not do. It was very comfortable reading inside the library and everything is on your reach!

It has a rich collection books featuring *Singapore collection, *General, *Koleksi Melayu, *Magazines, *comics, *CD-roms, *Health and fitness, *Travel guide, *Cookery, *Fiction, *Computer and IT, and *Parenting among others.

However, the more exciting part of Cheng San Library is the Children's Section. My human is guilty to have visited this part of the library more often. In fact, books in the Children's Section comprise of almost half of the ENTIRE collection of Cheng San. It also features books in four languages: English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.

~Not to mention, this section of the library also has the most comfortable seats!