04 Oct: Mooncake Reunion

Every year around this time, the moon will be the biggest and the brightest. And yes, you guessed it...

In keeping with our tradition, there will be a mooncake reunion party! Watch this space for details soon...

26 Sep: Take a Walk to Singapore Quarry

We're doing a Singapore Quarry Walk (Bt Timah Nature Reserve - Singapore Quarry - Bt Timah Nature Reserve) this coming weekend. The Singapore Quarry, located within the newly opened Dairy Farm Nature Park, was an old disused quarry that is recently revived and turned into a freshwater wetland that is now home to insects, birds and fishes. So if you're free this weekend and looking for a new place with some fresh air, this is the place to check out with us. If you're lucky, you may catch a glimpse of one of the new habitants of the area. The walk is expected to end by 12 pm. You are also welcome to join us for lunch after.

Date: 26 Sep 2009, 9 am
Meeting Place: Bt Timah Nature Reserve Visitor Centre
Wear: Covered shoes
Bring: 1.5L water, personal 1st aid/medication, whistle, snacks, rain gear, camera/bino,
RSVP: Vincent Choo zhihua75@yahoo.com.sg


You can read more about the Dairy Farm Nature Park here: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1003095/1/.html

27 Sep: BGM cum Movie Screening

Join us for our biennial general meeting and catch G-Force at a very special price of $4!

Toa Payoh Central YEC Biennial BGM cum Movie Screening
Movie: G-Force
Date: Sunday, 27 September 2009
Time: 10.30am - 1pm
Venue: The Cathay , Handy Road (next to Plaza Singapura)
Cost: $4/pax (passion card member)
Organised by TOA PAYOH CENTRAL CC YEC

Contact pl_yah@yahoo.com.sg for details

Documentary Screening - An Inconvenient Truth

Join us for the private screening of the thought-provoking
documentary. Learn what you can do to help avert a global disaster!

Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
Date: 15 Aug 09
Time: 4.45pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Toa Payoh Central CC Mini Theatre

Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.

If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom -- think again. From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on a last-ditch, all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his "traveling global warming show," Gore also proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media - funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late.

TRAILER

REGISTER FOR FREE

Games Night @ TPY Central CC

Guru gamers at The Singapore Boardgames Meetup are coming to teach us some really cool games!

Come play with us!

Venue: Toa Payoh Central CC (Activity Room 5 #05-03)

Register Free:
Although its free, please register. Your registration will help us to make Games Night sustainable. You can register over the CC office counter (latest on the actual day)

Register online here!

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Board Games, Card Games, Party Games, WAR GAMES

This time, its bigger and better! Guru gamers at The Singapore Boardgames Meetup are coming to teach us some really cool games! Come play with us!

29 July 2009

Toa Payoh Central CC

Conference Room (4th floor)

Registration is required though but can be done online at http://one.pa.gov.sg/.

Search for activity code A14171803

Email tin797@yahoo.com.sg for more info

Volunteers Needed For School Camp

22 volunteers for the Spastic Children's Association School (SCAS) School Camp. Find out how you can help here.

WFP: Badminton

Join us for a night of fun filled badminton session. Free for PAssion member. $10 for non-PAssion member.

Activity: A14195019
Date: 4 Aug 09
Time: 8pm to 10pm
Venue: TPY Central CC MPH
BYO racquet (or borrow from someone)

Registration required but can be done online.

http://one.pa.gov.sg/CRMSPortal/CRMSPortal.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=CRMSPortal_1&_urlType=render&_mode=view&CRMSPortal_1_action=ACMParticipantMaintain&_pageLabel=CRMSPortal_page_1&IdProdInst=14195019&CWT=

2 STAR Kayaking Course

Keen in taking 2 STAR Kayaking at a discounted rate(#)?
Details as follows:-

Activity: A14177941

Course: 2 STAR Kayaking
Dates: 10, 11, 18 Oct 09 (Sat, Sun, Sun)
Time: 9.30am to 5pm
Venue: Changi Water Venture


Cost:
$54 (#)(Water Venture member)
$95 (PAssion Card Only)
$105 (Non member)


Registration:
- At TPY Central CC counter only.
- Fill in two forms. (email guohui@gmail.com for the forms or get it at the CC counter)
- Registration closes 8 Aug 09.
- NOTE that you can sign up for Water Venture and PAssion Membership at the Counter too. (Please register before signing up for a preferential rate.)

Mt Semeru Training Schedule

The organizers of the Mt Semeru have lined up the following training schedule. You are welcome to join us even if you're not going.

1. 15 Jul (Wed) 0730 pm - Staircase Climbing @ Blk 79D
2. 19 Jul (Sun) 0900 am - Bt Timah Hiking
3. 22 Jul (Wed) 0900 pm - Staircase Climbing @ Blk 79D*
4. 26 Jul (Sun) 0900 am - Bt Timah Hiking
5. 29 Jul (Wed) 0730 pm - Staircase Climbing @ Blk 79D
6. 02 Aug (Sun) 0900 am - Bt Timah Hiking

There will be a compulsory safety brief conducted on 22 July, 8 pm at the ARC Room. We will proceed to do staircase climbing after the brief.

Additional Session:

18 Jul (Sat) 0830 am - Bt Timah Hiking (Email guohui@gmail.com if you're coming)

TPAC Games Night

... is now a regular feature

every first Tuesday of the month...

Email tin797@yahoo.com.sg

POSTPONED -> Gunung Lambak Day Trip 18 July

Due to the volatile H1N1 situation, this trip will be postponed.
Do watch out for more updates about this activity in the future.

Mt Semeru Trip Briefing 1 July

For those who have signed up for the coming Mt Semeru Trip: There will be a trip briefing this coming Wednesday, 1 July 2009. Please be at the ARC at 745 pm. Your attendance is necessary.

Project IDentity 2009

Find out more about the project http://projid09.wordpress.com/

Free & Easy Wednesdays @ 79D

This is for those who

• have gained 5kg and want to lose weight
• want to maintain general fitness at absolutely $0
• want a break from their usual exercise programme
• are training for KK, Semeru, India, Lambak
• want to see their friends (its not the activity, its the company)
• want to go for kopi (and gossip) session after the climb

We are climbing this Wednesday (and several more Wednesdays) from 7:30 pm onwards till about 10:00 pm. If you're late, 79D is the place. How much load, how many sets, you decide! Climb on!

Gunung Lambak Day Trip 18 July

Gunung Lambak is a popular day trek destination with the locals and rises 510m above sea levels. The trek is an upward climb with lots of scrambling but should be completed in approximately 2-3 hours for a hiker of reasonable fitness. There is a radio tower and a shelter at the summit. From the summit, you will be able to get a birds eye view of the town of Kluang. Photo-opportunities are available with a sign that indicates that the trekker is at the summit.

Though this is considered a beginner's trail, it can be quite intense due to the steep climb (if you're less fit). Staircase climbing training is required to enjoy the trek. (You are welcome to join the bunch of us who are training for a few other treks or for general fitness at the 40-storey flats in Toa Payoh)

Gunung Lambak Day Trip

18 July 09 (Sat)

Register by 3 July 2009 (Fri)

0700 - 2230 hours

Kluang, Johor, Malaysia

S$35.00

Cost includes 2-way transport between Larkin and Gunung Lambak, dinner, and insurance. If you've never hiked with us overseas before, we will require you to get a tentanus jab and medical clearance from your family doctor prior to the trip.

Registration is now open over the counter at Toa Payoh Central CC only. Inquire within now or simply quote the activity code 'A14064446' when you register (You will need to provide your information in the overseas expedition form provided, so please make sure you have your passport information with you)

Itinerary (subject to changes):
0715: Meet at Kranji MRT
0930: Reach Larkin
1000: Bus to Kluang
1130: Early Lunch
1215: Head to Gunung Lambak
1230: Start Trek
1430: Reach Summit
1445: Descend
1630: Reach base. Wash-up
1700: Cab to Kluang
1730: Dinner
1900: Bus to Larkin
2100: Reach Larkin. Head for Singapore
2230: Home Sweet Home

Questions? Email guohui@gmail.com.

WFP? Can eat or not?

The Wellness & Fitness Programme (WFP) started in July 2005, soon after the end of the 12th Basic Outdoor Adventure Training Course by ever-energetic volunteers amongst the 12th BOATERS in the company and enthusiasm of their new found friends. Today, it continues to be organised by volunteers who are mostly ex-boaters.

The motivation behind was more than fitness. More than ever, it was purely to relive the moments that they have had together in the 3 months together, the friendship and the camaraderie which pulled many heart strings alike, with the added bonus of being able to get off and hike any mountain anytime a trip comes up or anytime they feel like a climb.

Even though BOAT was over, the spirit of BOAT remains. This marked the beginning of their adventure journey (and more to come) together in the Toa Payoh Adventure Club as even closer friendships were forged. Activities were wide ranging and anything goes as long as there was interest.

Free-spirited adventurers they were. From yoga to jogging to badminton, swimming, rock climbing, blading and even training for marathons and adventure races together. Basically, this is a non-structured programme and we welcome you even if you do not know us.

Badminton Session

We have not forgotton about our ever popular monthly badminton sessions. We are proud to bring this back to you at no cost. Bring your own racquets and come on down for a smashing good time~!

Mark this date in your calendar now. See you on 07 July 09, 2000 - 2200 hours @ TPY Central CC MPH.

Your RSVP is required. Email guohui@gmail.com.

The Starlight Club

The Youth Executive Committee (YEC) have just launched a community service club – “The Starlight Club”, under the youth group on Sunday, 15th March 2009. In their efforts to promote greater inclusivity in the community, the YEC have initiated a pilot project to establish and provide support to youths with special needs in the community (i.e. Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) by:

1. providing the liaison between special schools and community to ensure that youths with special needs continue to have meaningful social activities and social support after they leave schools;
2. organizing suitable activities for different activity groups of beneficiaries;
3. connecting existing community support groups with beneficiaries.

The YEC are looking for young people, or the young at heart to contribute their time and efforts to assisting youths with special needs and youths at risk to integrate into the community

To know more about YEC and The Starlight Club, please visit YEC’s websites at

• http://www2.paym.org.sg/toa_payoh_central
• http://starlightclub.multiply.com