Tuesday, June 3, 2008

First HP employees on the Southern Ridges bridges


Those of you who have already taken a walk on the Southern Ridges bridges will recognise this as Henderson Waves - the tallest bridge in Singapore. It is really a very cool infrastructure that provides a panaromic view of the Southern Ridges hill parks, the city, harbour, and the Southern Islands of Singapore.

Along with Daphne, Boon Yew and Kelvin, I had the privilege of walking the bridge before its official opening, at the invitation of NParks; that's why you'd notice that there wasa hole in the bridge since the workers are still putting the finishing touches to it.

After this bridge, we walked on the Forest Walk - "a step-free elevated walkway and ground level earth trails through the secondary forest of Telok Blangah Hill." It was a refreshing walk as we enjoyed the cool breeze of the late afternoon and the sights of the flora and fauna around us. There was even a family of three monkeys that "stalked" us. The walk ended at the Alexandra Arch which is in HP's "neighbourhood". We then proceeded to HortPark, Southeast Asia's first gardening hub and a place Kelvin says is "even lovelier than Tokyo's gardens". HP is doing some exciting stuff at HortPark but more on that in another post.

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