New Paper Big Walk 2006

Sunday 21 May 2006
Now you can see why I was eating so much. I was preparing for the Big Walk!!


Got up at the unearthly hour of 5am to get ready to meet Mag who was ferrying us there before the road closure. When we got to the stadium, we were not the earliest! We managed to find our way to McDonald's in the maze created by the construction going on everywhere! Mc's was running a booming business!! There were queues and queues and tables were occupied inside and outside.


Mag applying sun block gracefully(?)


Dogs and their owners.. See the resemblance?




It says, "Every two years, Doreen insists on having a pup smear."






Warming up for the event.



AND... WE'RE OFF !!!!


Photographers lined the road wearing their bright yellow Nikon vests. You can see some of their shots here at the Club Snap forum.


Big Walkers...



La la la... Big Stroll is what it really was... hehe...


WHAT!? We just started and the competitive runners are wriggling their butts back?!?!?


The mess behind Golden Mile Complex.


Half-way mark. 5km to go!!



At the rate we're going, it's not likely that we'll collapse out of exhaustion! But anyway, help is nearby.


At the liulian


U-Turn ahead!


OMG! She's got an HSBC towel too!! Think I've been there too long? hehe...



Some weird characters we met along the way...




..especially this huge troupe of Falun Gong marchers carrying banners proclaiming "Falun Dafa is Good" and "Falun Gong Walks With You". err... ok. There were some doing their 'self cleansing routine' by the road (not bathing lah! Like Tai Chi)





Ra saving every last bit of water before bailing out on us at the 6km mark.


And we made it!!


Queuing for the goodie bag.. sigh...




Woman eating car or woman-eating car


Free Anlene yoghurt - they were all gone by the time we arrived but thankfully my sis managed to grab enough for all of us. :-)


That's all folks! Who wants to join us next year?? hehe..