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Night scenes around Singapore

Happy 2010! Long waited for this post my friends! I just came back from Penang, yes… spent my New Year in Penang. These shots were taken with Pentax K-X on Christmas and before New Year in Singapore. We had a fun time hopping around the city with our Penang relatives.

Somehow, I still prefer the Christmas lights along Orchard in 2008. There were bigger and brighter decorations about the “Sweets Family” back then.

Colourful decorative lights along Orchard road last Christmas.

The giant Christmas tree standing at Raffles City.

I was also pretty lucky to win 3 tickets for the Singapore Flyer from a Christmas party! Or perhaps, Melissa was lucky. Who would expect to win 3 tickets instead of just a pair? A ticket costs S$29.50 for a 30 mins flight on the world’s largest observation wheel.

Up, up and away! Quite an awesome skyline view of the city area and the waterfront architecture. The blue illuminating dots are just floating balls on the water surface that reflected the blue light shine on them.

Singapore Flyer capsules.

Photo of Singapore Flyer taken with slow shutter speed.

It’s light doodling time! We were once Angels by the sea …

I blogged about this attraction before in Aug 2008 – Merlion Park. Not much difference except you see the tall buildings of the Integrated Casino Resorts that are still under construction. The project is slated to complete in April this year, maybe?

The skyline of Singapore city.

Esplanade in the background. The tall building is the 5-star luxury Swissotel the Stamford, one of the tallest hotels in Southeast Asia.

The iconic feature of Singapore – the Merlion, with a starburst!

Alright, the fifth photo with the Merlion, pretty “Merlion-obsessive” today.

That’s the Integrated Casino Resorts behind the Benjamin Sheares Bridge, the longest bridge in Singapore.

Clarke Quay at the Singapore River waterfront. I blogged about Clarke Quay before in 2008 too!

Riverside Point.

Reversed Bungy. One jump at S$45!

The Central mall.

The Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City, designed according to Feng Shui. At certain periods, when the giant fountain is turned off, visitors can walk towards the centre and around the smaller fountain for good luck. You would be surprised for the long queue at times! There is laser show at night and everyone can dedicate laser messages via the computer screen at the entrance of the fountain. I wanted to key in “Travelerfolio” in the message but we all wasted too much time giggling away while inputing the message and the connection timed out.

Read Singapore Snows!

Hope you have a great start of the year! I’ve more updates soon. See you again!

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Marina Barrage

Officially opened in 1 Nov 2008, Marina Barrage is a dam built across the Marina Channel to create Singapore’s first freshwater urban reservoir. It’ll help Singapore to become self-sufficient in water by 2061 when its water agreement with Malaysia ends.

The Marina Bridge (dam) holds the nine crest gates that control water flow at the mouth of the Marina Channel. It also serves as a flood-control gate.

Er? The Singapore Flyer again? Yes! You can have a very nice view of the city from Marina Barrage.

The $226 million Marina Barrage is also a major lifestyle and tourist attraction! Many families visit this newly opened recreation centre over the weekends. The Colourful water jets add elegance to this amazing new architecture.

Get wet! Happy children running around the fountain, playing with water. Read More »

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Over 100 people stuck on Singapore Flyer

We just came back from downtown and I even managed to snap a pic of the Singapore Flyer, the world’s largest observation wheel before it started to drizzle. When we got home, we heard from the news that Singapore Flyer was experiencing technical fault and about 173 people were stuck on the Flyer for more than 6 hrs since 4.15pm Singapore time!

Some were being put in safety harnesses and lowered to the ground…Well, you can imagine your feet dangling in the air at a height of over 100m (Singapore Flyer is 165m) and you abseiled to the ground slowly! Scary? Exciting? Eeeks! I wouldn’t want that to spoil my holiday mood! More than 100 who are still stuck have food and drinks sent to them. I heard that some tourists have missed their flights tonight and might not be able to return home on Christmas!

Latest news: Wheel starts moving again at 11pm Singapore time, after around 6 hrs of power disruption.

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Spot the Aquatic Creatures

Around 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by ocean. Three billion years prior to the movement of animal and plant life on land, life within the ocean had already evolved. We are really lucky to have the chance to see those amazingly beautiful fishes and exotic marine creatures from the underwater world in aquariums like Qianhu Fish Farm in Singapore.

These shy aquarium habitants are popular pet fish commonly known as Discus. They have brilliant colours on their “discus” body and are a genus of freshwater cichlid.

With such impressive colours on their bodies, it makes discus the ideal ornamental fish.

Pardon me but this Arowana is a freak! I have never seen anything like this before. As you can see, it has a hunchback and the body is distorted. This species is one of a kind and is not for sale in this fish farm.

Look at this golden arowana or dragonfish. It’s donated by Chow Yun Fatt (周润发), one of the most famous Hong Kong actors in Asia. Fyi, his wife is Singaporean. This freshwater bony fish is also not for sale. Read More »

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Living in Singapore

Fanciful motorbike full of sunflowers, even the rider’s jacket and helmet have sunflowers all over. I’ve seen this sunflower-themed bike at least twice in Singapore, if there is only one such bike… Wonder if this is some sort of an advertisment related to sunflowers? If one day I saw a sunflower on the road, I guess I knew where it came from… Oh my, just noticed that he seemed to be wearing a Singapore flag in front of him!

You will surely feel good in this Dutch-themed toilet! Colourful clogs and fields of tulips and sunflowers are featured in this toilet at Great World City shopping mall in Singapore. There is also another toilet that features Egyptian theme.

Singapore is going to host the adrenalin-inducing 2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix from 20 Sept to 5 Oct! It will be the World’s first night racing in Formula 1 history! I know you’ll ask if I am going. The answer is Read More »

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Henderson Waves | Singapore Changi Airport | Kampong Glam

Always blogging, even busily watching the exciting Beijing Olympic Games! Well well, the photo below was taken from Mount Faber (花柏山). MOUNT Faber? It may sound like a “mountain” but it is just a small hill standing at a height of 105 metres. The highest hill in Singapore is Bukit Timah Hill with a height of 164 metres only.

At Mount Faber, which is part of the 9-km long Southern Ridges, you will enjoy the panoramic views of the central business district area, cable cars that connect to the touristy Sentosa island and other areas in the South. The photo below depicts the typical skyline of Singapore, with tall commercial buildings located in the business district area that loom over the colourful residential buildings.

Do you still remember my “Bridge Jump” pic taken from the Henderson Waves on my first post about Singapore? Here is the continuation of that post now. At a height of 36 metres, Henderson Waves bridge is the tallest pedestrian bridge in Singapore that stretches 300 metres across a chain of greenery.