heartstrings walk on 18 aug 2007 @ marina bay

i signed up for the heartstrings walk organised by the community chest at the urging of my former students. though it was one week prior to our monthly walk, i decided to go for it as it was for a charitable cause.

i did the registration and payment ($10) using the axs machine. the next day i went down to ghim moh community club to collect the t-shirt - which i did not wear on the walk day - and some coupons.

to get to marina, i drove and parked the car near the botanic gardens and took a bus (service 106) to suntec city. most of the participants wore the official t-shirts but there were some corporate groups that wore differently so as to stand out from the rest. i did not feel out of place because there were the odd ones wearing their 'own' t-shirts.

it was a nice change from the usual nature walk. the city walk took us past boat quay and clarke quay. there were medical posts and water points along the way and many volunteers in yellow t-shirts to direct us along.

after the walk, i wanted to walk to amoy street for hokkien mee but was caught in a sudden downpour. i had an appointment with my ex-colleague ailing at 12 noon. she came to pick me in her car and drove me to fullerton one.