Fun Fotos 5

These are not all fun...but all are interesting!

A few mornings ago when I was running in the Botanic Garden, I saw these performers, all senior citizens, filming a video - amazing moves, just like Crouching Tiger!  One of the members of the "team" teaches lessons in front of the Orchid Garden every day.  I don't know exactly what it is but something like Tai Chi and martial arts combined:

Local Snacks!!!

This is a great restaurant, but the name is not very appetizing, is it?  Anyone who has ever lived near one thinks of the smell...

A fancy dress shop in Tanglin Mall:

Ice Cream cart:  he takes a piece of white bread and adds a slice of ice cream for only $1!

One Sunday morning, Lululemon and True Yoga sponsored a free hour of yoga outside the Ion Center (the upscale mall close by our apartment.)  After the fun class, we got to take the complimentary mats home!

The Year of the Horse celebrated in Chinatown:

Money to burn for the ancestors

More views from the Botanic Garden.  

One morning  I saw 4!!!! monitor lizards!! I surprised this guy on the boardwalk and he scurried into the brush:

And people enjoying a walk

And this amazing tree:

Ballroom Dancing!!

Lunch at the Culinary Institute of America's first international branch. Delish!!!

The University buildings; not only cooking, but art!

Restrooms identified by graffiti  

And finally, some sad pictures depicting the drought we are experiencing.  On the left is a photo I took months ago, on the right is this week:

The lawn near symphony lake

The same spot where turtles used to hang out:

This should be about 5 feet deep where the shoreline is:

And one more drying up lake:

But the bougainvillea is still blooming away:

I will leave you with the sight of these lovely Indian girls relaxing at Maxwell Road Food Center:

The Fiscal Cliff Running Club - Adventures in Exercise

Back in December while the US Congress seemed to stop all movement, a group of us took off running - our Saturday morning Fiscal Cliff Running Club was born.  We vary in numbers and in speed (my husband barely breaks a sweat because we go so slowly) but we always have fun and breakfast afterwards.

We usually run at the Botanic Gardens, where I snapped some photos of other styles of exercise as we passed by.  First a shot of the Singapore orchids to set the scene:

People gather at the Gardens for every kind of exercise you can imagine.  First gals getting ready for yoga

A set of older gals doing Tai Chi

This woman was doing her Tai Chi alone next to a cafe - I didn't want to disturb her, so you get her back:

The man teaching something with bamboo swords

And the graceful woman in yellow who uses gorgeous red fans

The lone jogger

And walker...these old folks walk in S-L-O-W   M-O-T-I-O-N

I don't know what the guys were doing, but they were so colorful I had to get a shot

My friend Lyn introduced me to Luk Tung Kuen, a Cantonese exercise that is all about stretching and massaging pressure points. This group meets every day at 8 AM, rain or shine, for an hour at the Palm Court.  There are 2 other daily groups of Luk Tung Kuen, but they meet too early for me.

Lyn and the instructor, Mr. Tay after a humid workout

This week our group met down at Keppel Bay, to run along the new boardwalk there.  Here we are, the "Before" picture.

Our friends live at "Reflections," a beautiful, dramatic apartment building on the Bay

There is a lovely boardwalk that runs past Reflections and along the bay to Labrador Park

The boardwalk passes by a beautiful Black and White house where our longtime friends Teresa and Ryan live.  It is the former HarborMaster's home:

Other views in the early, overcast morning:

I don't know what this fisherman is catching, but I don't think I would eat it...notice the refinery and chemical plants in the distance...

A nice spot to rest

but I don't think I would want to camp here anyway...

Low tide

Another boardwalk exerciser

 Another condo complex along the boardwalk...we nearly rented the 2nd floor apartment, seen here.  But then we realized that everyone on the boardwalk could look into our windows, so we didn't take it

although this would have been the view out the window:

We tried to have breakfast at the marina, but we were too early for them  Get this:  the restaurant opens at 9:00 but the cook doesn't arrive until 9:30.... Here is our "After" shot:

We went up to Mike's apartment for coffee; here are some views from the 28th floor of Reflections:

A nice reward for a little running. Stay healthy out there!