June Monthly Walk- Macritchie Boardwalk

Hi Folks, 

The weather lately had been rather hot , so we are going to do our walk among the trees by the water edge.  Walk will take about 1hour 15mins.  After which will will walk to Long House along Upper Thomson Road for food & refreshment.

  • Place –  Macritchie Boardwalk, right hand side route.
  • Meet – Just behind the bus stop (macritchie side) which is located near to the overhead bridge
  • Date – Saturday, 13th June 2009
  • Time – 4.30pm

Name List :

  1. Charles Wee
  2. King Seng
  3. Mary Chan
  4. Grace Wong
  5. Norlinda
  6. Ah Nee
  7. Lina Ng
  8. Lily Ho
  9. Dolly Lim
  10. Alice Seah

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Author: Charles Wee

UPDATED: 25 May 2021 Interests: Make a difference to someones life, non-competitive cycling and walking.

56 thoughts on “June Monthly Walk- Macritchie Boardwalk”

  1. Hi Charles
    Thank you for organising the walk. I am interested, but since I am a ‘mountain tortoise’ I cannot figure out where we are supposed to meet. It would be great if you can tell us the road in which the bus stop is located and also its relation to other roads or landmarks.
    Next also tell us what are the buses that ply along this road. It will also help if we know what buses ply along the ending point.
    Regards King Seng

  2. Sorry. King Seng, just click the link below , then type “macritchie” in the location box and select the option ” Thomson Road-Macritchie Reservoir (B51071)”.
    The meeting point is identified with a marker shown in Map.
    To choose the bus from embarkation point to meeting point, please do the same under the bus route section.

    http://sg.streetdirectory.com/

  3. Yew Kwong

    Every time I open a post, the left side of the post is partially obstructed by the “Shortcuts” and “Pages” sections on the left of the page.

    Take for example, the post on the monthly walks. I can’t read the first few letters of every line.
    I wonder if there are any others with the same problem? I never had this problem previously.

    I was told that the problem was with the layout of the website. Can anything be done about it?

    Please help.

    Thanks.

  4. Hi Mary
    The problem is due to setting in your internet explorer. There are 2 ways 2 solve it –
    1) In Internet Explorer, go 2 menu bar > View > Text Size > Change it 2 medium or smaller OR
    2) Go 2 Desktop > Right Click > Properties > Settings > Screen Resolution > Change it to lower resolution (that is smaller number)

    Some times ago another member hd same issue but ws solved as per 1).

    YK

  5. Hi Yew Kwong. Thanks a bundle!
    My new laptop is smaller than the previous one and I had set the font size to “largest”. Now, it’s ok.
    Thank you again.
    What a “mountain tortoise” I am. Hee hee.

  8. Hee King Seng.
    Borrow only mah. Well, one more added. Ok, make me a “hill tortoise” then. Still translated as “suah koo” haha.

  9. Help! again.
    This “hill tortoise” doesn’t know how to get to the ‘spot’ marked on the map in the Macritchie Park. I’m coming from Pasir Ris.
    Can anyone help please? If it’s too difficult, then I will have to wait till the next walk at Pasir Ris itself.
    If M doesn’t come to the mountain, then the mountain must come to M, hee hee.
    Thousand apologies for being cheeky, EO’s.

  10. Hi Mary Chan,

    ( Help! again.???? )
    This “hill tortoise” doesn’t know how to get to the ’spot’ marked on the map in the Macritchie Park. I’m coming from Pasir Ris.) Can anyone help please?

    Looks like Mary is in distress (SOS), OK.
    The easiest way is to take MRT from Pasir Ris and stop at Clementi Stn. As you come out of the Clementi MRT exit gate , turn left and walk along the pedestrian bridge and then down the stairs to the bus stop.

    Wait for bus 52.Goes DIRECT to the EXACT spot where Charles wanted all of you to alight.Also there is a bus info digital board to tell you when the bus is arriving.Evey 10-15mins intervals.

    Bring along an umbrella otherwise the HARSH UV rays will damage your tender “snow white” skin complexion and become chow tar. Also mosquito repellant to prevent the BLOOD THIRSTY mosquitoes to SUCK off your sweet tasting blood.
    Ha ! ha!

    Thousand apologies for being cheeky, Mary.

  11. Hi Mary

    I think they already moved the mountain 2 M ages ago. If u cant remember let me help u 2 recall. It’s “Marymount”. Rite!

  12. Steven Chan
    I may be a “hill tortoise” but I think the directions you gave me is a very long route.

    I know enough to stop at Cityhall and change to the NS line, but I’m lost as to which mrt station to stop at after that and how to get from there to the park.

    Does anyone know if there is a straight bus from Pasir Ris or Tampines to Macritchie?

  14. Hi Mary,

    You can take the train to Bugis station, cross Victoria Street and look out for the bus stop opposite Parco Bugis Junction. Take bus 130 and it will go to Macritchie Park.
    Stop when you see Mt. Alvenia Hospital and the overhead bridge.

    Winnie Lim

  15. Steven@10..
    U very susah lah…bring poor MaryC go your merry-go-round trip!..
    U want her to go Clementi so that u can take a bus ride with her is it?…apa macam!…haha

    MaryC..
    Another alternative…is to take bus No 21 from PasirRis interchange..this service will bring you to a bus stop at Novena mrt station..from here there’s a bus that bring u to Macritchie..its only 5mins ride…but…sori…u gotta ask ppl or look at bus directory at the bus stop there,for the service number…ooppss!…hehe
    If u wonder how come i know..i asked my colleague who reside at PasirRis..specially for you!

    Charles..
    I feel like going,your route is very interesting & furthermore, i read in papers..a new exercise area is built there..go check it out!

  17. Dear Winnie, Norlinda and Ms Anonymous (hee hee)
    Thank you all very much for coming to my aid. You have all been very helpful.
    Hope to see you all at the walk.
    Macritchie here I come, but if I end up elsewhere, like Seletar Reservoir, don’t be annoyed with me, ok Christina and EO’s?

  19. ok…we senang2 jalan2 lenggang kangkong together like one big happy family, walk on tree top!..hhmm ;)
    hopefully the rope don get stretched too much..hehe

    MaryC..u most welcome!

  20. Charles, are we going to walk on the Tree Top? So long never walk, I am going to this month walk.

    Lina, I meet you at Bishan MRT, then we go together. Calling for Suzhang, think you better walk to de….stress..sssss, so joining the walk or not?

    Ah Nee

  22. Hi Charles
    Please register me for this walk.

    Hi Mary Chan
    If you can find your way to Circle-Line Marymount station, I can pick you up from there.

    Hi Buddy
    Ai kee mai?

  24. Hi Charles
    Thanks for your response on how to get to the meeting place, and your email on the mountain tortoise.
    Please register me for the walk.
    Cheers
    King Seng

  25. Lily HW.
    Thanks for the offer. I believe it will save me a lot of time as I was planning on taking a bus #53 and then change to a #52, which will take me at least one and a quarter hour.

    I will find out how to get to Marymount station.
    Where do I wait for you and at what time?

    Appreciate your help.

  26. Ok Buddy.

    Hi Mary
    Will pick you up 4pm @ the taxi stand (Marymount Road). If you are early, give me a call. I live nearby and can come round in a jiffy. C U this Sat.

  27. Hi Ah Nee #20,

    Yes, I need to destress. I will be trying hard to go for the bull during the day & bbq after that, so will not be able to join you gals for the walk.

    Hv fun & enjoy with the rest.

    Suzhang

  29. Ah Nee #20, Will meet you at Bishan Mrt. Susan is talking about what bull? You mean she drinking red bull to boost her energy! Or she bbq a bull for dinner?

  31. Lina, Suzhang going for office Dart competition lah. She has to work extremely hard this saturday, like a bull…. throwing the Darts to de..stress…ssss lor. I also have to “siam” her you know..she so stress..ssssss.

    Ah Nee

  32. Lina #29

    Ha.ha.. I don’t drink red bull neither do I want or dare to bbq a bull. Erh… I might want to bbq roast pork though but not the whole pig lah.. haha.. You wanna come after your walk with Ah Nee?

    Ah Nee #31, don’t have to “siam” me lah. I am going for the bulleye if I can. Yeap, so it’s kinda of stress too. :)

  35. Hi Charles,

    Timing clashes with a community work this Saturday afternoon, can’t join you this round.

    We’ll catch-up next time.

    Cheers,

  36. dear Charles, apa change route? luckily log in today cause someone had asked & I said ‘easy route’ good that it is still easy route! I was on MC, today back to work, shall see you this Sat.

    Btw, SereneL is away.

    Regards ChristinaCL

  37. Hi Charles

    Sorry, unable to make it to this walk. Tomorrow afternoon, will be on duty at an event for seniors. Meet up again some other time.

    Regards,
    Mary Tan

  38. Hi Charles Wee,

    Sorry for last minute registrn and confirm can definitely can come to join all of you in this board walk.

    Weather Forecast for Singapore from 6AM 13-06-2009 till 6PM 13-06-2009 ( today)

    Showers with thunder over southern and eastern Singapore in the early morning and over northern and eastern Singapore in the late afternoon.

    CENTRAL area Mac Ritchie Reservoir seems to have a fine weather. Other parts of Spore are raining heavily and that helps to cool down the temp and so Mc Ritchie I believe will have an IDEAL temp for walking this afternoon.
    Looking 4 w to c all of u.
    Steven Chan

  39. Hi Tim Liu n others,

    Don’t waste time talk 3 talk 4. Come and join Charles n company in our Boardwalk today at Mc Ritchie .

    Pls. see my comment 38 abt IDEAL temp at Mc. Ritchie reservoir today. We only had 11 make it a dozen then.

    Ai mai ?

  41. Hi Tim Liu,

    Still no response from you.

    Come on brother Tim ,
    Exercise your legs more NOT your mouth.
    Time to give your mouth a good BREAK. Ha! ha! :)

    Who knows “Beautiful and Voluptous mermaids might just
    surface from the reservoir to eye at us as what Tseng has commented at SCC ?

    Ai mah!
    We are all waiting for you,VIP to appear?

  43. Hi Yew Kwong / Dolly ,

    Why is my comment #42 on weather forcast useful for most of us to know being moderated when it has NOT breach any SHC rules

    NO Sex , MLM or politics etc…………. ?

  44. Hi Steven n All,
    So long as there is a link to any website other than SHC website, it will be automatically put in2 moderation rate. Normally, members will not notice this as Admin will defintitely to proof read n release immediately. But in this case, as YewKwong is currently not in SG n hv no access to computer rite now, so the release to this will be abit delayed. Will try to see what can be done for ur comments.. OK.. Dolly

  45. Hi Charles,

    Thanks for organising this very COOL Refreshing Boardwalk today at Mc Ritchie Res. and everyone of us enjoyed the walk and chit chat a lot untill the monkeys ” beh ta han” and cmme down from their resting place becos we were making TOO much noise.

    It seems you are V.GOOD at predicting FINE weather for today.

    How abt predicting the Futures market as well.
    We may either end up as a BILLIONAIRE instead of a
    MILLION HAIR or worse still NO HAIR ? ha! ha! :)

  46. Charles Wee and Christina CL
    Today’s Macritchie walk was very nice. Mother nature was kind to us. It was neither hot nor wet in spite of the distant rumbles and occasional gusts of wind. Of course the humidity was unavoidable and I was already sweating even as we started out and was totally drenched in perspiration at the end of the walk.
    The boardwalk was enjoyable and we learnt a few names of trees and shrubs besides discovering what the ‘petai’ tree looked like, from a distance and that chestnuts grew on a tree, not from the chest, haha (kidding)
    There were some curious monkeys which came down and I wondered who were more curious, the monkeys or their cousins, haha.
    It was fortunate that there wasn’t any rain, otherwise the last 1.8km would have been slippery and harder to negotiate as it was covered with loose stones and damp leaves.
    Nonetheless, the whole experience was fun and pretty relaxing.
    Thanks again and I look forward to more of the same kind.

  49. Hi Charles,

    Could not find what I wanted after searching from one end to the other end and back along the long stratch of Balestier Rd.

    Guess it took more time than I taught.
    Whenever,I had more time, I will explore further.

    Thanks for yr info anyway.

  51. Oi Cheng

    Who the photographer of this trip huh??? I got free advertisement of the painted shoes wore by Dolly in this post (haha)

    Thanks u …

    karen

  53. Mary Chan,
    Thanks. MaryTan will be leading the next walk at Pasir Ris. Perhaps you could assist her in charting the walking route and suggest highlights of Walk, read up and help provide interesting explantion on Mangrove Swamps.
    Her email address is mrs.marytan@gmail.com

  55. Hi SHC friends,

    I am doing some social history research on MacRitchie Reservoir for an exhibition. Looking of photos of people who went dating there – the older the better (the photos, not the people)!

    If any of you have any old photos, please let me know?

    My email is: andrewlyc2003@yahoo.com.sg

    Many Thanks!!

  56. Hi Andrew ,

    Looking for photos of people who went dating there – the older the better (the photos, not the people)!

    How abt collecting photos of wild monkeys pairing and dating together among the trees and bushes So lai so. ? Ha! ha! :)

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