More pictures from Chek Jawa trip

Chek Jawa trip

Chek Jawa - Sunday 28 Jun 09

It was a beautiful and sunny Sunday morning when 30 residents gathered at Siglap CC for their trip to Chek Jawa.

After a bus ride, boat ferry and short van shuttle; we arrived at the Chek Jawa information kiosk where we were met by 3 guides from NParks. From there we were split into 3 groups of 10 and each group was guided by one of the knowledgeable guides From flora to fauna and all creatures on land as well as in the sea; participants were enthralled. The highlight of the trip was being able to go down to sandbank for a closer look at the various forms of sea creatures like sea-cucumber, starfish, sea-shells, crabs etc etc.

It was a very educational and well organized trip; thanks to Jake Tan and Emann.

Pictures show participants at the sandbank, old man selling durian and a Tongkat Ali tree.

Bedok Ria in Bloom

Bedok Ria Crescent is now in full bloom. As of today, 9 households have completed planting orchids in front of their houses.

The orchids in full bloom have attracted much attention and residents have noticed drivers slowing down to admire the flowers.Some neighbours have also walked by to take a closer look.

In fact, the beauty of the blooms has also convinced 2 more residents to join in the Orchid project.

View slideshow on right panel for variety of Orchids grown so far.

Collecting Compost At Hoy Fatt Road

The soil condition at our Community Garden at Jalan Limau Nipis can be improved, to say the least! The ground is hard, and waterlocked and plants are not growing as well as they should.

So it was a great opportunity to purchase compost cheaply when another Gardening Group was ordering the stuff in bulk and we pooled in our order.

Residents went down to Hoy Fatt Road and helped shovel the compost into bags and then carted them back in a rented lorry to the community garden and to other residents who have placed orders with us. It was a fun way to spend the morning!
View slide show on right panel.

LENC wins Siglap Bowling Championship - 2009

The annual Siglap Bowling Championship organized by Siglap CCC and Siglap GROs for residents in East Coast GRC and grassroots leaders was held on Sunday 17th May at SAFRA Tampines Orchid bowl. Gracing the occasion was Mr. Abdullah Tarmugi, Speaker of Parliament and MP of East Coast GRC (Siglap)

During this same championship last year, LENC team came in 5th overall.
This year we managed to gather a youthful team to represent LENC; comprising Jonathan Hong (15yrs), Leon Lee (16yrs), Jevin Lu (15yr) and Ng Siang Min (14 yr).
Youthful but certainly not lacking in experience; they did us proud by emerging as the Champions again after we last tasted victory in 2004 and 2005. On top of this, our lady rep Siang Min also won the award for achieving the individual high game of 224 pins.

With this strong team we will certainly look forward to next year’s championship and hope that more residents will also come forth to join us for an afternoon of fun and competition.

For the Durian Connoisseur!

CIB - Bedok Ria orchid theme

Residents involved in CIB - Bedok Ria continued in their effort to complete the community project today. Residents made their way to the Orchid nursery to buy the Orchids of their choice. Thereafter since one of the resident already had the fencing done, it was decided that it would be the first household to have the orchids planted to serve as model for others to follow.

It was a hot day but eager residents were all at hand to observe how the orchids were planted and everyone was delighted with the outcome as shown on in the picture.

The rest of the residents involved are all excited and cannot wait for theirs to be completed come this Sunday.