I should be in Ho Chi Minh City right now but due to some carelessness (which my wife will update you on later) we have left the rest of our family and came home to rest. And as a person who believes in the proverb of “Blessing in disguise” (mandarin proverb – Sai Wong Shi Ma, Yan Zhi Fei Fu) I know that there must be some good reason why this is happening.
Whilst watching Bear Grylls‘s Man vs Wild, Daisy was asking me to teach her how to be able to survive if she is ever stranded without me in various places. So there I was sharing with her some of my minimal survival skills that I have learnt back in Hendon. And it was then, that I thought it would be fun if I can show her a few of our training areas, of how we move in the day and night, how we bash into vegetation and navigate out of the dense woods.
So I have decided to ask if fellow adventurous mates are interested and willing to commit the time and effort to do some such of navigation hike in either mainland Singapore or Pulau Ubin. Treat this as an educational and going down memory lane kind of tour on a Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Nothing is confirmed as in time-duration, venue etc. But i do have some suggestions.
i) time frame – 10-16hrs Saturday afternoon-Sunday early morning. Might have quite a bit of walking, and people who freaks when they see insects are not advisable to join in, as we might be sitting with them around.
ii) venue – some of the mandai area, not so dense woods.
iii) we will sort of be able to start a fire and cook food or coffee, chit chat in a very close to nature way (* I really miss that a lot!!! Yewsun and Mae please let’s make the St John Fishing trip happpen!!! ) etc…
Any constructive suggestions or comments are welcome…
I am hoping some mates would volunteer!!! Hence I am making a list below. (i will update it as we move along)
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Updated: We will have this event in the late June-August period
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People interested and willing to commit!
i) DnA (Daisy and Allan)
ii) Cherie (my god sis) and Derrick
iii) Jason (definitely in depending on schedule)
iv) Yewsun (will consider if time is right)
v) Ling Peh Ho (will consider)
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ps: we will do it when Mas Selamat is caught or we can go to Pulau Ubin to do it. Flexible.
Have a look at our previous achievements!!
The Macritchie Longggg Walk, and the photos to prove it.
Recently, DnA went back to do the HSBC Tree Top Walk.
compared to those grumpy ones!!) The seafood selection was quite good, (the salmon sashimi and oysters etc) but the rest of the foods wasn’t all that enticing…. Not particularly fussed on the BBQ section… However, the leek and potato mash was really yummy! And my favourite section – the dessert section, was not that nicely presented nor tasty… However, I loved the setting… Established in 1896, the Bar & Billiard Room houses two original billiard tables from the turn of the century! And they served food on them – what a waste!!!
