{"id":37450,"date":"2019-09-02T13:42:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T05:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=37450"},"modified":"2019-09-27T01:47:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T17:47:51","slug":"monthly-walk-kallang-river-bishan-amk-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=37450","title":{"rendered":"Monthly walk: Kallang River-Bishan-AMK Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear All,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong>Walk this afternoon:  we will go ahead&#8230; see you, folks!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14Sep: checked Haze psi down to 82.  Some asked us not to cancel the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>walk   {smile, smile}   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall continue to monitor the psi. Only if it is Above 100, will cancel <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the walk&#8230;  kindly check updates or WhatsApps me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Haze hots up &#8230; psi this morning is from 94 to 96!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow by 12noon, if it hits 100! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September\u2019s Walk will be cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: Saturday, 14th Sep 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time: 4.15pm sharp  (Be punctual, please)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duration: approx 3 hrs \/ approx 6km &#8211; easy terrain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting place : Potong Pasir MRT, NorthEast Line \u201cNE10\u201d Exit C (outside Old Chang Kee)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EC: Azhari C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s stroll upstream along the river banks to our destination!<br \/>We had visited this park a couple of times some years back and had seen portions being  boarded up for major refurbishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An initiative by PUB was launched in 2006 to transform our waterways into beautiful streams  with natural materials, waterscapes; creating spaces for the community to enjoy and increase  biodiversity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishan-AMK park was one of the flagship projects under this transformation programme between PUB and NParks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The park which is located in urban central Singapore was transformed from a concrete canal to having a natural &#8220;Kallang River&#8221; flowing into and through the park, an immense project never  done before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The park now with lush greenery, grassy lawns, playgrounds, ponds, are all ideal for family picnics  and gatherings; fitness enthusiasts cycle or pant along well-maintained tracks, or sit by the banks  to see water ripples swirling through natural rocks, exceedingly soothing and therapeutic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk leaving us tired and hungry will culminate with dinner at Teck Ghee Court Food Cente.   <br \/>From here are buses available to either Bishan or AMK MRT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note:<br \/>There are not many or few shelters, good to have your brollies.<br \/> Water to hydrate on a hot day.<br \/> Need energy, bring along a snack.<br \/> To breeze along, lighten your load.<br \/> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walk Team: Charles Wee, Veronica Wong, Mary Tan, Azhari Cuttilan, Linda Chua and ChristinA Chan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those coming, register ASAP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>IMPORTANT:  <br \/> Following walks has been rescheduled (updated via blog dd    29Aug19) &#8212;<br \/><strong> October**<\/strong>   &#8212;  Saturday, 05Oct  (1st Saturday).  Likely a morning walk, break for lunch and continue&#8230; total approx 6-7hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> November, last walk for 2019  &#8212; Saturday 23Nov (4th Saturday).<br \/> Any concerns, you may contact me, ChristinA directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank You!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>AzhariC<\/li><li>ChristinA<\/li><li>HenryS<\/li><li>EvelynO<\/li><li>Kang<\/li><li>RonaldLee<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear All, Walk this afternoon: we will go ahead&#8230; see you, folks! 14Sep: checked Haze psi down to 82. Some asked us not to cancel the walk {smile, smile} We shall continue to monitor the psi. Only if it is Above 100, will cancel the walk&#8230; kindly check updates or WhatsApps me. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- The Haze &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=37450\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monthly walk: Kallang River-Bishan-AMK Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","category-2","category-22"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37450"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37719,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37450\/revisions\/37719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}