This is not a joke; Punggol does look like this now.

To many, including my buddy Shaun who's featured in this post, Punggol has always been a land for when you have absolutely nothing else to do.. to not visit anyway.

Located in the north-east of Singapore, the neighbourhood is a part of the ongoing Punggol 21 plan to be turned into a residential new town. Because it's some old town part that was supposed to smell like fish, or something.

Now, there's one thing you should know about me - I don't care much about anything else apart from cycling and taking photographs. To say more about Punggol would require more research on my part, but that would absolve you of the chance of using Google. I cannot bring myself to take that away from you. Just know that Punggol is currently is part of an intricate network of cycling paths called the Park Connector Network designed by the government for cyclists

I could go on with a 5,000-word long post on what I feel about the lack of awareness for cyclists and the sport of cycling in Singapore, but that is another post for a different day. Now, we talk about a fun day of discovery for Youjin, Shaun and I. These buddies and I go back to our days in Mass Communication at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and they've made me incredibly happy by recently getting bicycles. So we celebrate by riding.

And so we begin our day with Shaun (@royalpenguin on Twitter) finally taking his week-old foldie on its first serious ride. Check out that smile. Pro-tip: Never go full retard and your smile will be fine.

Punggol Promenade. A mere 30min ride from where I live, and I only just found this place. Sheesh.

Scores of people just enjoying the view, not believing this is Punggol.

The view.

Who knew you could rent bicycles at Punggol? Who knew you could ride anywhere in Punggol without getting raped by the darkness of nothing?

The singlet-clad fellow is my long-time buddy Youjin (@thejin on Twitter) since the first day of our of Mass Communication days at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. He works at Reuters. Here he is showing Shaun he has a wingspan of 3 chicken wings.

The old man on his bicycle, possibly a Punggol resident, seeing Other People for the first time.

They actually call this a cycling path. Nice one, Punggol. You should be a comedy town. To be fair, this is probably still work-in-progress that we stumbled on to.

The couple shirts were unplanned. At least not by me.

That actually is A View. Breathtaking skies. In Punggol. WHODATHUNKIT.

Not exactly Pearl Harbor, but it did look like a picture you wouldn't wanna hang on your wall.

"Look Dad, I'm an impending disappointment in life!"

A section of the beautifully-designed Riverine Loop.

Savour this. This is one of the few rare actual moments I've actually seen Youjin smile without looking like a pedophile, or at my crotch. I'm kidding. It's just his facial hair and the joy cycling brings him. And his Humsup Low nickname.

Tell me 10 years ago that Punggol would have something that looked like this and I would laugh so hard into your face that your facial features would recede even further than the Asian ones you probably already have.

This is hardly a suspension bridge but I was definitely suspended in disbelief that this structure was so close to where I call home.

The unlikely trio of riding partners. Notice how we compensate for whatever's between our legs.

And as abruptly as each picture and post comes from me, it shall end now.