walk at ong keh sua kar


steven, who runs a food business in sydney, is back in singapore and together with his wife elaine, he joined us for this month's walk at fort canning park. we had been looking forward to albert koh's company but he has had to stay away again. he preferred the company of his bed.

we gathered at the car-park at the registry of marriage before eight o'clock. kwan, who travelled by train, was there at around seven and he did a short walk prior to joining us. pastor phua and our guest walker from sydney arrived at about the same time. puay heian, who had waited for her brother, reached the meeting point just past eight.

the start point of our walk was the spice garden. there was much interest in the great variety of spices found in this garden. we walked up to the keramat, past the 9 pound cannon and stop to peer into raffles house.

the ladies were more amused than the men when they saw omsq - the old married soldiers ' quarters. somebody asked: what about the young married soldiers? why aren't they catered for?

we had to capture the moment because it was the first time that steven and elaine were with us. the group posed for photos towards the end of the walk, one with clarke quay in the background and another at the raffles terrace.