GUIDED BY INSTINCT AND EXPERIENCE
Though there was a light rain, Toh was already waiting for me at Tampines MRT station at 6am on a Thursday, raring to go.
The first few forays deep into the HDB estates were just the beginning of what felt like a run that would never end, with 60 per cent of it being off-pavement.
But despite the seemingly endless ways one could get lost when they leave a path, Toh was confident at every small turn, most of the time without even looking at his phone for directions.
Having stayed in Tampines all his life, Toh said he knows the area like the back of his hand.
“I am quite familiar with this place, so I usually know where to turn and where to cross, so I treat (Tampines) like a piece of paper, I can cut through any part of this area,” he said.
