today we welcomed a new member to our balestier monthly walk group. she cannot qualify as a full-fledged member as she comes back only once or twice a year. normally, she returns to singapore in september, but this time she is back early for her brother's wedding. she is mary ng li choo from chicago.
mary is no novice walker. she has covered the walking trails in huangsan (yellow mountain) and tai san in china. she has also walked all over europe, including the mountains in switzerland. when told that today's walk would be a long 9km, she said, "what, only 9km! i thought it would be around 25km."
today, unlike our first walk, there was no 'jam' at the start of the 250m suspension bridge. although we had the whole bridge to ourselves, we did not linger like we did during our inaugural walk on may 19 last year.
when we came to the end of the wooden stairs, unknowingly, we split into two groups: kwan, nah and betty walked across while the rest of us, who were ahead, took a left turn. i tried contacting nah to give him directions but the reception in the reserve was so bad that he could not figure out what i was trying to tell him. eventually we decided that we would meet up at the ranger's station.
seck yeong and teck seng had some appointment with a contractor, so they had to leave earlier but not before presenting mary with a token cake, birthday gift and a card. we also had strawberries during the walk, courtesy of seck yeong and hubby.
albert koh arranged to meet us at sembawang hills food centre for a brunch of carrot cake, chwee kueh, poh piah and sugar cane juice.
as this walk was a last minute arrangement, we missed not having our regulars pastor phua and his wife with us for the walk and the food.
our next walk will be held at east coast park on 26 april.
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