This travel photo blog won the 1st Singapore Blog Awards'08 - Best Photo Blog by OMY, S'pore Press Holdings. Welcome to tour around the world in my cyber corner! “Songs of the Sea” is a multi-sensory extravaganza with dramatic effects of lasers, lights, fire bursts, water jets, captivating music, pyrotechnics and a live cast. It’s the world’s only permanent show set in the sea. An entry fee is S$8 and the amphitheatre is located at Siloso Beach.
The show commenced with some happy youngsters dancing and singing English, Chinese, Malay and Indian folk songs of the four main races in Singapore.
The young man in white was singing by the sea when he was stunned by the vision of a beautiful sleeping girl, a princess… Zzzz …
The right one is a friendly buck teeth lion fish. Soon the young man learnt that the princess was under the spell of an enchanted village.
The Lord of Fire created havoc with flame bursting into the air. Didn’t catch why he did that while my eye was fixed at the viewfinder of my camera. =S
The flames leaping up to 20m!
Fascinating lasers and water jets!
The centrepiece of the show is the row of stilt houses (Kelong structure) that recalls the memory of the old kampong (Malay village) lifestyle in Singapore.
Mesmerizing display of water jets and light effects.
The 69 water jets can reach as high as 40m!
The Dazzling display of brilliant lasers, special computing imaging, water jets and flame bursts culminated with dramatic pyrotechnics.
The image of the princess was showing up again, and this time, with a smiling face as she was finally awaken by the Songs of the Sea.
Sometimes I wish I would just enjoy any show without having my camera with me, so that I would not watch the show through the LCD display screen or the tiny viewfinder. @_@ Nonetheless, this nightly extravaganza is worth the entry fee and a great fitting end to an exciting day on Sentosa.
Still not enough? Watch Songs of the Sea videos from Borneo Falcon!
An exciting development is going on in Sentosa. You will see a family-oriented Integrated Resort with a casino and a Universal Studios theme park in two years’ time (expected completion).
Read posts on Sentosa (Part 1/4) | Merlion @Sentosa (Part 2/4) | Sentosa Beaches (Part 3/4)
November 20th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Nice photos you able to capture here. What type of camera you are using? My camera unable to capture it well at night. Hence, I had to switch to video mode to capture the moments.
November 20th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
@Borneo Falcon: I used Canon DSLR but forgot what model cos it’s my bro’s camera. Yep it’s not bad, at least can capture those action at night, but for normal digital camera, that’s almost not possible.
November 20th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
hehehe….
best!
Confirm, I’ll be there next semester!
Wait for me ya?
November 21st, 2008 at 9:40 am
wah piang i dun think my semi pro cam can take be half as good as ur pics. maybe it’s ur skill la…
November 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
simply amazing! i also saw this posted by eastcoastlife. could have been a memorable night!
November 21st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
@Zara: Willkommen XD
@Tianhong: No leh, I used auto mode only. It’s a DSLR camera, so maybe quality is better. I dunno photography skill.
@dong ho: See it yourself then. ^_-
November 21st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
awesome!!! ive gotto go to singapore someday. at the same time visit some of my relatives. the water display reminded of las vegas. :)
November 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
My kids love this laser show so much, the last time we were in Sentosa. Very creative.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
wow! spectacular show and beautiful colors! wish to experience it..
November 21st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
WOW.. these are so wonderfully taken shots…did you take all these yourself?
I’m so amazed!
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:57 am
“Sometimes I wish I would just enjoy any show without having my camera with me, so that I would not watch the show through the LCD display screen or the tiny viewfinder.”
Totally agree.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 am
@calvin: wah Las Vegas? So geng ah haha
@peteformation / Bena: Not bad yeah, it’s an award winning show.
@Nancy: Yes, I took them. I just used auto mode only, no big deal =P
@leafless: hi-5 XD
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
wow…so nice!
i went to sentosa once….only…
haha….hope can go there again…^^
蕾蕾~
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I love this… I love this “song of the sea”! I wanted to go to Sentosa so badly, since the first time I step my foot into Singapore’s ground, but never really had the chance to go ’cause we instead traveled to Malaysia. BTW, do they always do the show on a daily basis?
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Love to see that wonderful light…
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:10 am
hi Eunice, what a nice blog… and wonderful pictures! you’re making me dram about a travel in those lovely places… what about a link exchange with my travel blog? let me know, cheers!!!
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
@HL: Really.. to me it’s an expensive retreat =P but this time I didn’t spend a single cent on any attractions cos I got some free tickets.
@Bridge: “Songs of the sea” is performed twice at night everyday.
@Ivana: Yep the lasers are colourful and nice.
@Claudia: Sure, already linked you. =)
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
thank you Eunice! I’ve just added you, have a nce day!
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Rogue says…
Eunice, your camera is so powerful.. It is a great weapon that gives you power whenever you have it.The photos are so stunning and little words are needed to let them be understood by us who frequent in your blog. You are so gifted with this talent to show us what is happenning where and what..This Song of the Sea Presentation make me understand even more how good you are in taking photos….Usually, night shots with moving lights are so difficult to capture but here, it seems that you took them all without sweat. Wonderful!!
November 24th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Great photos as always, especially of the fountains and nights time and the Songs of the Sea. Good series of articles.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
wow! amazing!!!
November 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
What a beautiful scenes…….hope to visit Singapore…..
November 25th, 2008 at 11:29 am
@Webbie: Thanks, you are flattering me! I was using an old Canon DSLR and took those pics with auto-mode. In fact, I know nothing about photography. I think my pics are just average only. I believe you can take nice shots too with a DSLR!
@Mark H: I just do my best only. You have really cool articles.
@fred: =D
@adette: Yep SG is waiting for U!
December 5th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Hmmm….. Song Of The Sea…. Well Done!! You’ve done it again with amazing photos! Sorry for reading this exciting story so late, as you know, I was in Wuxi when you posted this… :)
In order to shoot great photos, timing and angle of shooting are somehow very important factors. So your argument of knowing nothing about photography is untrue! At least you know an important aspect of great photography where you’ve chosen a perfect location for shooting those photos! LoL :)
December 6th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
@Cecil: Hahah by luck only hehehe! I was in fact sitting on the first row in the centre to take all those shots. Thanks yeah! Your photos suddenly become very very very nice! :D