After much planning, finally, a contingent of about 65 Lions, Leos and friends were at Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam for this fun-ny and sunny outdoor event 👍🏾 (thumbs-up hand also turned brown under the sun LOL).
Hiking
Youngest participant was a Leo (probably from Leo Club of Taylors’ University) and the oldest was our Lion PDG SN Tai. We split ourselves in 2 groups – those brave souls of the ‘fast group’ attempted to reach Bukit Sapu Tangan peak, and those cool souls of the ‘slow group’ only wanted to enjoy a healthy and peaceful walk around the botanical garden.
We all set-off towards the same direction together. After about half an hour, everyone reached Puncak Seni, the first hilltop in the journey. The 2 group then split up from there.
19 persons reached the peak within the 50 minutes time allowance given. The remaining turned back wherever they were after 50 minutes because we wanted to start the Planting segment on time. Everyone walked back to the ticket office area for the second segment.
Planting
Lions Club of Subang Jaya contributed 388 plants and bags of soil to Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam for this environmental project of ours. Thankfully, we had a full force of Leos, Lions and friends helping us with the hard work of planting.
How did we plant? No shortcut – we dug the hole, put in the soil, put in the plant, cover up, fertilized and then watered the new plants. It was around 10am by the time we started this segment – we knew everyone was tired and hot from the earlier hike and super sunny weather; but we did not find anyone with low spirit. Whatever planted with a smile, we are sure will grow into a beautiful plant soon.
How did we end the day?
Cold drinks and great food at Q-Bistro in Glenmarie. No Lions will forget to have a great makan fellowship after such a tiring but happy day in service of our community.
Photo gallery – hiking segment.
Photo gallery – planting segment.
Special thanks to SJ Echo for some of the photos.
