25 Aug 2024 – EC-Pk Areas C-G

Thu: tkx to JanS/USA for the music fun share! Filling in each category with the first song that comes to your mind – tried with classical music but could not think of any music for some of the categories! RY/HKG & I are of the same vintage with these songs! While PaulK/UK had a slightly different fun with music – the Prom ending with Henry Wood’s orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition. A reconstruction of the bells Henry Wood asked for but were bombed in the second WW before he heard them, featured up in the Albert Hall gallery for the finale; Great Gate of Kiev. Conductor Kabuki Yamada encouraging the prommers to join in the cheers at each of the final few bell tolls followed by an eruption of joy as that final, much loved, picture came to an end.

Place – Heaven is a Place on Earth

Animal – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Number- When I am 64

Color – Blue Moon

A Girl’s Name – Barbara Ann

A Boy’s Name – Alfie

Day of the week – Never on a Sunday

Weather – Walking on Sunshine

Fri: started walking later than usual on the EC-Pk to get some daylight shots and to see what is new but had to deal with more ppl@SiglapCanal/AreaC – would usually have this space to myself before sunrise, some tents in AreaD where tents are allowed after the canal.

Do like this new delightful WellnessGarden/AreaD with beautiful tall blossoming tree. Fun timber logs used as balancing beams and materials such as driftwood,rocks&logs are used in this natural playground. KPMG Wellness Garden – KPMG Singapore

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing – GB Shaw

CablePk,WakePk/AreaE SIN only cable-ski-park built in a lagoon has changed since Jeff was last here water skiing then in 2006.

EC-LagoonFoodVillage/AreaE too is not quite the same, now with concrete ground where it used to be sand in this area nearer the sea when cousin David would take his students here.

BeachCastle/AreaE still here and opens in the weekend for the building of sandcastles in this section – some kid must be upset with this kite-eating-tree!

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sandcastle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense – Winston Churchill

Xtreme Skate Pk/AreaF – friendly young male skater who gave me a smile with a respectful Good Morning greeting, so unusual that a reminder to myself that there are exceptions – hahaha.

Too hot in the sun without trees for shading to walk on the BedokJetty/AreaF after sunrise.

The main purpose today was to get some daylight shots of BougainvilleaGardens/AreaF.

Some of the blooms are out but not all and they are amazing as they are – imagine how spectacular this garden can be if ALL the trees&hedges can bloom at the same time!

A flower blossoms for its own joy – Oscar Wilde

Bus36/AreaG – all buses to&fro the airport should be revamped to be able to fit in luggage as there was hardly any standing room, especially during the rush hours! MT-Market&FoodCentre for MeePok late Bfast. Glad to get some daylight shots on EC-Pk but will not be making it a habit to be around too many ppl in this heat on the feet for ~4hrs.

Sat: welcome back to SIN Yasmine&Andrew+Ayden the youngest of the PurpleGen for our LAM TinYue branch. First meeting for me with Ayden and he is adorable – with his energy, I could do an AT-Thru’Run – hahaha. Tkx to Kat for arranging brunch today just before she&her kids head to Krabi/Thailand for a few days. Family,children,grandchildren are the blessings&dots that connect the lines from generation to generation. Tkx to Kat for arranging brunch – enjoying my moments&time with them.

Families are like branches on a tree; we grow in different directions, yet our roots remain one…

Sun: 1stday of grad school@UofSC/Wed, sophomore year@ClemsonU/Thu for #1&2 in SC/US while Kiera heads back to DC/US today for her sophomore year – ending 2024 summer holidays for those in US universities while its exam time in SIN for Lucas,Beth,Isabelle. Neighbour’s sis+husband cleaning&clearing while neighbour, the one who fell when the police,locksmith&ambulance were called 2weeks ago. Not sure if she will return, being neighbourly by helping when&where ever possible. Today showed her relatives foods available@MT-FoodCentre.