Revisit to Bukit Timah

In my first year in Singapore Bukit Timah Hill was the site of many physical struggles as we endeavoured to prepare ourselves for the Annapurna trek. It has been almost 2 years since my last visit, not because I couldn't face it, but because it has been closed to the public while work has been undertaken to upgrade steps, tracks,etc. It it now accessible to the public but only on the weekends so unfortunately we still cannot go to the top....Too bad!!! There are bike tracks open around the base so we used these for Mondays walk. We were a very small group as some were delivering the holiday program and others were not well. An ex Morris Allen employee was visiting, Anne from New Zealand, was staying with the Smith's so she joined us as well. It was a very pleasant walk, a bit slippery in spots, but otherwise not overly demanding.
We did see some very flexible ladies stretching beside the quarry and a little bit of wildlife.

It was a bit of a reunion week as Michael and Deb Canaway were also in town on their way to the UK. They arrived in Singapore at the same time as us and we travelled to Portugal with them in our June break in 2013. A group of us convened at Sque Bar for dinner and drinks to catch up with them on Monday night. 

  I spent Tuesday pottering around, even baking an apple cake, for the evening's card night. Instead of cooking dinner we ate at the local hawkers before cards and then had dessert at home. It was the usual night of hilarity, resulting in a wish list for MAE candidates for the new intake...very little input from me but the other 3 definitely have plenty of Musts and Must nots! Much to June's surprise she won the cards, and apparently went on to win her tennis on Thursday as well so a pleasing week for her.
The rest of the week was spent getting some MAE worksheets finished before the holidays and trying to avoid the germs that my work colleagues appear to be sharing freely.