Saturday, January 05, 2008

Ma Wan Park (1) - 馬灣公園門景


January 1st, 2008 was a fine day for outings. After lunch, we took a bus to Shing Mun Tunnel and changed another bus to Tsuen Wan at the Interchange Bus Station outside its mouth.

To go to Ma Wan Park, people should board special buses – NR330 (from Tsing Yi MTR Station) or NR331 (from Tsuen Wan MTR Station) or NR332 (from Metro Plaza near Kwai Fong MTR Station). These buses are large single-decked. The waiting time (20-30 minutes) is more than the traveling time (just 10 minutes). The bus fares are several dollars from 6 to 8. The residents with their cards (also Octopus) can have cheaper prices

Since Ma Wan is restricted to cars of outsiders, it can only be reached either by these special buses or ferries.

On reaching the Park, our two teams (1) Philip and his parents (2) Connie and her parents (plus Abby) decided to take a group photo in front of the Name of the Park. A kind passer-by helped us to.

It was clear enough the First Day of the Year because at the entrance, the clever design of the “portable trays of letter and number plants” told us so. I guessed some of the trays of these plants would be removed and replaced to make up the exact date each day.

I took the first photo of Philip’s family in front of a huge shell.

4 comments:

Ho Keung and Yin Ping said...

Nice pictures of historical value.

Ho Keung and Yin Ping said...

Forget to mention that everyone of you is looking so nice in the photo(s). Lucky you had someone to take the group photo. It turned out good.

From time to time you would test us with questions. Now can you calculate at least how many portable trays of plants the park needs to have?

sswat3 said...

Very good question!
Make it simple by considering this year 08.
Let me list out the no. of trays here:
0 - 3
1 - 4
2 - 3
3 - 2
4 - 2
5 - 2
6 - 2
7 - 2
8 - 3
9 - 2
A - 1
D - 1
E - 1
F - 1
H - 1
I - 1
M - 1
N - 1
O - 1
R - 1
S - 1
T - 1
U - 1
W - 1
/ - 2
At least 41 trays are necessary for this year!

Ho Keung and Yin Ping said...

Very clever! 數學老師,寧舍不同。
Now we know.