Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration

There was an air of excitement and festivity as candles lighted up the Central Park. Many residents, young and old alike, came out to join in the celebration.  Speakers also blared out many Chinese oldies, adding to the festive mood.

Lanterns were freely handed out to those that came without any. The children (with parents) were led for a walk around the canal. When they returned, the highlight of the night began....judging the best lantern.

It's amazing how creative our residents are. Beautiful lanterns were made out of recycled materials!

R2D2 with CD eyes, Windmill from Peel Fresh, Porcupine from newspaper, Mr Piggy from a 1litre water bottle, 6-Layered Kueh from Egg Trays, a revolving candle....there's no stopping the creative juices of our residents.

Children, being children, when playing with candles and fire, will try to burn anything.....grass....& in this instance, the park bench!... until the organiser had to announce for the parents to restrain and prevent their kids from burning down the park! This reminds us of our own childhood - trying to burn ants, grass, leaves, trees....anything within reach!

Get a glimpse of the night from the pics below.

Families going for the Lantern Walk

The creative contestants

A few of the winners

Golf Tournament 2011

CG Golf Tournament @ 9 October 2011

The Game Begins............click for more pics

It was a hot Sunday and tee off was on time at 1 pm at the Bukit Kemuning Golf & Country Resort.

It was Canal Garden's third tournament and we would say that it was the most successful in terms of participation,  both from residents and their invited guests. We had 17 flights consisting of 32 residents and 36 guests.

The WINNERS were:-

        Residents                                                Guests

1.Mr Lee Chew Foo (38Q)                         1. Azmi Mahmud

2.Mr Yeap Boon Huat (2H)                         2. Mr Mertin Leeau Ming Hin

3.En Keifli Othman (33R)                           3. Mr Soong K L

The event ended with a dinner and prize giving ceremony and I am sure that all participants had a good time. This event was co-sponsored by the Canal Gardens Residents' Association recycling fund.

Article Contributed by ~ Ng Kiat Guan ~

The Treasure Hunt 2011

Rising Before DayBreak To Start The Hunt...click for more pics

The Hunt @ Sunday, 25 September 2011
Final Count - 24 cars with around 100 participants in total

Our Treasure Hunters turned up as early as 6.45 am - breakfast comprising packed nasi lemak and mineral water were distributed to all. Registration started at 7 am with a short 5 minute briefing before the flag off at 7.30 am sharp. We had a wet start as it drizzled when we were getting into our cars for the flag off. Hunt was designed to cover 3 stages - first stop to the shops around the first roundabout, second stage back to Canal Gardens for a walk hunt and lastly to the shops at the second roundabout. The questions also involved a picture hunt, road safety questions and for the Treasure questions, we had to purchase a couple of edible items which were given to childrens homes.

Being a participant myself, I would say that we had a great time figuring out some tricky questions and it was such fun looking for the 'black box' at our Gardens. We ended with a simple Chinese lunch at a nearby restaurant and everyone went home with a prize, however big or small.

The first five top prizes went to the teams (drum roll) :

1)      Cherry
2)      Jack Sparrow
3)      5588
4)      Angry Birds
5)      Infinity

A BIG Thank You to the Organising Committee :

Anna
Christina
Dean
Eva
Jimson
Kenny
KY Yap
May
Mrs Tan
Mrs Woo
Ng Kiat Guan
Sonia
Steven Lam and our external organiser, Liew Kok Seng

We hope that all participants had enjoyed themselves and we certainly look forward to more Treasure Hunts in future.

Article Contributed by ~ Sonia Tait ~

Family Day 2011

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