The walk... :D

The walk I was talking abt is this sunday, 17 Feb, 11am meet at Lavender MRT.

Objective:
- To explore Singapore & see the different parts of Singapore that we dont normally go to (different cultures, different historical sites, different architectural sites)
- To go out of the normal bus route or MRT routes and walk into the corners of singapore that vehicles cant go to
- To forgo the bus and MRT and explore SIngapore on our own 2 feet
- To spend time with friends, take pictures etc
- To take many many pictures of anything interesting or colourful that we normally miss out in our normal daily routine
- Find out how similar or different Spore is like from your own country
- Hopefully..to lose weight from all the walking
- Lastly...if everything else doesnt convince you...To do something weird that you dont normally do

Places we will be going to:
- Golden Mile Food centre (lunch) They got very good Bah Ku Teh etc, it is the army market that every Sporean guy gets his stuff for his Army
- Old shophouses (shows how Spore was like)
- Istana Kampung Glam (old palace for the Malay King who ruled Spore before Stamford came)
- Arab St ( a wide range of arab, malay culture, mixed with old toys, old things our...my parents used to play or use)
- Sultan Mosque (National Mosque of Spore) we will go inside to have a look at the interior design and the grave of one fo the last few kings in Spore
- Sungei Road aka Thieves Market (many pple come to lay their old wares along the street, hoping for passbys to buy. it ranges from old coins, to old textbooks, shirts, phones, binoculars and radios etc)
- Albert Mall (where the Guanyin temple and the Krisnan Temple stand side by side and buddhists not only pray to Guanyin, but also Krisnan. The 2 temples each have their beautiful structures )

- Photographic Society of Singapore (the gallery of photos taken by experienced photographers at the Selegie Arts Centre, near Dhoby Ghaut)
- Fort Canning Hill (the Forbidden Hill) A place of old fort gates, old cannons, underground boxes, keramats (muslim burial huts) and cupolas
- Chinatown,Pagoda Street (busiest pedestrian mall in Chinatown, decked up from the Chinese New Year, full of chinese stuff, stalls selling bohemian, chinese, indian inspired clothes)
- Sri Mariamman Temple (national Hindu temple in Singapore)
- Buddha Tooth Relic Temple (newest temple built for the tooth of Buddha)
- Red Dot Design Museum
- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (The initial link between Spore & Malaysia, before the causeway) We will have dinner here where Malaysian Muslim food is still sold. Satay etc
Attire & necessities:
- Travel light with no hand luggage please
- water bottle, tissue/towel, change of clothes if you need
- If you plan to wear sleeveless, please prepare a shawl or coat/jacket/shirt to wear over when we go to explore the temples, mosques etc
- No shorts or short skirts allowed, preferably, knee length skirts or shorts
- no low cut, bareback attire (please refer to pic attached)
- bring cap if you need to shield yourself from the sun
- cash (emm $10) for food and museum cost? Hehehe

Okay...taken alot of effort to draft out this detailed email hahahahha for those of you who are willing to go. please let me know asap. I will start harassing you via hp soon!
Lets take this walk together!

PS: Benny can forward this to the year1s? it would be great to get them to come too! :P

Lastly..(pls refer to the last 2 pictures)...Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese New Year!

Lotsa love,
Ning Jie!