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Here's a picture taken in MacRitchie Reservoir park. This is the place where they hold annual interschool cross-country competitions.
The path sometimes run around the water, sometimes, it turns inward towards the forresty area.
About a year or two back, a teenage girl who jogged along here or near this place was jumped on by a stranger and molested. An old couple came by later, found her naked and unconscious and bruised. She had been beaten up too. AFAIK, the culprit was never caught .
I used to jog here when I was a teenager, when I was fit and everything. I used to jog along here, alone. I never thought, back then, how dangerous it was for a teenage girl to do that. I was lucky, nothing bad ever happened to me. It would have been so easy.
In a strange way, I find myself glad that I never knew the danger nor was I afraid of the horrible possibilities that could be lying in wait in the bushes, otherwise I would never have experienced the peace and joy of jogging through this beautiful place. But I wouldn't recommend anyone ignore or be ignorant of these dangers.
It's not the same now. I will never go there alone again. Heck, I think I'll stick to safer places for jogging. That's my cowardice and my sense of survival overriding everything else.
The path sometimes run around the water, sometimes, it turns inward towards the forresty area.
About a year or two back, a teenage girl who jogged along here or near this place was jumped on by a stranger and molested. An old couple came by later, found her naked and unconscious and bruised. She had been beaten up too. AFAIK, the culprit was never caught .
I used to jog here when I was a teenager, when I was fit and everything. I used to jog along here, alone. I never thought, back then, how dangerous it was for a teenage girl to do that. I was lucky, nothing bad ever happened to me. It would have been so easy.
In a strange way, I find myself glad that I never knew the danger nor was I afraid of the horrible possibilities that could be lying in wait in the bushes, otherwise I would never have experienced the peace and joy of jogging through this beautiful place. But I wouldn't recommend anyone ignore or be ignorant of these dangers.
It's not the same now. I will never go there alone again. Heck, I think I'll stick to safer places for jogging. That's my cowardice and my sense of survival overriding everything else.
