(Closed)Trail Walk @ The Southern Ridges, Sunday 30 November '08, 8.30am

Thanks to VitalAuto who organized this trail walk! Honestly, I didn't expect it to be this... erm, tiring. Well blame it on my physical condition! Anyways, it was quite fun exploring the nature parks with friends and very soon hopefully, we'll have the Pulau Ubin cycling trip sometime soon next year! - Asimov_22

Note: Change in Venue to meet! We have decided to meet at VivoCity Interchange (opposite VivoCity, can have breakfast first at hawker centre). We'll be walking the other way around, starting from VivoCity. Sorry for the last minute change cos after discussing with Xiaoyao who has done the walk, it's easier to start at VivoCity and walk from there, he'll be our guide :) It's also an easier location to meet up. Please do help to inform your fellow friends who are joining us for the walk! Thanks!

It's been months since our last outdoor events (Paintball Warfare & Pulau Ubin)! I thought we should all checkout The Southern Ridges Trail Walk.

The 9km chain of green spaces spans across Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Kent Ridge Park and ends at West Coast Park, each seamlessly linked by foot trails and connection bridges.

For our trail walk, the journey starts at VivoCity where we will gather.

For this walk, we will cover:
Canopy Walk
HortPark
Telok Blangah Hill Park
Alexandra Arch
Henderson Waves
Mount Faber Park
and the trip will end in Kent Ridge Park where we will head to somewhere (suggestions?) for a nice lunch :)

Here's pictures from someone's flickr site to give you an idea what this trail walk covers.
Kent Ridge Park to HortPark
HortPark to Telok Blangah Hill Park via Alexandra Arch
Telok Blangah Hill Park to Mount Faber Park via Henderson Waves
Mount Faber Park to Harbourfront MRT

So hope to see many of you there at the trail walk :) I know it's early, but hey, it's just one sunday! :p It's fresh air, exercise and beautiful sites!

Date: 30 November, Sunday
Time: 8.30am
Venue to meet: Interchange opposite VivoCity

See you guys soon!
Vitalauto

note:
Don't be late! It gets really hot, really fast. So we should start early while it’s a little cooler. From different sites I've read, it takes about four hours to complete the whole walk at a moderate pace. More if you want to take in the sights.

Please bring: lots of water, snacks, sunblock, a cap. Wear good walking shoes and clothes you can perspire in.

Trekkers:

• asimov_22
• rookcub
• vitalauto
• universek
• bearyhorny
• chubbies
• saon6
• xiaoyao +bf
  
• tvfan82
• dlch + friend
• tuckcts
• piggiewiggie
• han
• otto
• mantou
• hawk
  
• lightage
• balenciaga
• kit_sg
  
• koala_chan
• quest
• bengzom
• xinci
• odac
• stonedwin
  
• tigera_99 (welcome back!)
  

(CLOSED) Cape No.7 (海角七号）, Friday 28 November 2008, 9.30pm

Timing is confirmed at 9.30pm!

The Most Successful Taiwanese Film of All Time! This looks like a good movie based on the trailers i have seen. It has been nominated for 9 Golden Horse awards including Best Picture.

Check out the trailer here.

synopsis:
Aga left Hengchun for Taipei in the hope of becoming the singer in a band. After ten years of hard work, he returns home, his dream unfulfilled, and soon gets a job at the local post office. Tomoko is a Japanese model going down in popularity who is just asked to put together a local warm-up band for an upcoming Japanese super star beach concert to be held in Hengchun. However, recruiting the band members proves to be difficult a task as the search for the famous seven samurai. Still, seven ordinary Hengchun residents end up forming the band. One day, Aga receives a parcel from Japan not meant for him – in fact, it was to have been delivered at Cape No.7., an address that doesn’t exist anymore… But even though he cannot find the address, Aga doesn’t return the parcel to Japan. Rather, he opens it to find love letters written some 60 years ago by a Japanese teacher and addressed to a Taiwanese girl he was deeply in love with, but had to leave behind Taiwan. During the process of putting the band together, Aga and Tomoko are constantly at odds with each other, but thanks to the love letters, their conflict-ridden relationship slowly turns into love. And even though they eventually find the lady the parcel was meant for, it seems that Aga and Tomoko are destined to follow the same footsteps as the girl and the teacher in their own love story… Tomoko must now decide whether she will stay together with Aga or go back to Japan alone.

Date: 28 November 2008
Time: 9.30pm
Venue: The Cathay (the one next to Plaza Singapura)
Dinner will probably be at Plaza Singapura Foodcourt

The movie is in Mandarin, Japanese and Taiwanese with Chinese and English subtitles. After so many hollywood blockbusters, think this would be a nice change of pace. Do join us for the movie! Hope to see you guys soon!
Vitalauto

ps. Do get back to us by Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 6pm. So that I can get good tickets!

Dreamseekers:

• Vitalauto
• Universek
• Kit_sg
• Han
• Divineseeker
• Crewcut
• Saltwetfish
• Stockysg + bf
• Timmie_sg
• Axiancub
• Cub4U33
• Tanuki
• Sgcub + 2 friends
• Tigera_99