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.
This undulated bridge has a unique design with wave-like structures that also provide shelters to pedestrians.
Who’s this on the Henderson Waves? Not leaping this time…
How to go Henderson Waves?
By Bus: Take no. 131, 145, 176 or 648 alight at bus stop along Henderson Road, take the staircase up to Mount Faber Park.
By Car: Parking is available at Mount Faber Carpark D and Telok Blangah Hill Park Carpark 1 & Carpark 2.
I got the above information from the Internet, so please confirmed again if you are going there.
In olden days, this area around Kampong Glam was allocated for Malays and other Muslims. There are many nicely preserved shophouses too.
While snapping at this row of vintage shophouses, a sulky man who looked like an Arab (most probably not Singaporean) was pretty pissed and told me that I need to seek his permission before I could take picture. Frankly speaking, as you can see from this photo, I didn’t even aim at his cafe, I was only interested in the row of shophouses and apparently, I don’t think he even owns them. So what if I took a picture of his cafe? I thought I would be giving him FREE publicity at my blog! Hmm, or perhaps he lamented because he actually wanted me to interview him instead? Some super-ego fellow and attention seeker … =P
From the above photo, the mosque hidden behind the trees is now unveiled below. This is the magnificent Sultan Mosque, one of the most important mosques in Singapore. Didn’t bring a tripod, so it was hard to capture a clear and good one at night.
I hardly drop by Kampong Glam, so was surprised to see this little shop with a robot at the entrance. This is “Children Little Museum” that sells traditional games played by our parents. But what really attracted me was this big robot of a good old design.
The safest zone in Baghdad. =)
A sneak at Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT). Top right photo illustrates an above-ground train station whereas the one below shows an underground (air-con) train station.
Welcome to Singapore Changi Airport – Terminal 3! The new terminal is opened on 9 January this year. And tell you something, many Singaporeans like to visit Changi Airport for the plane viewing malls and restaurants. It’s a cosy hangout for family and friends! I have been wondering if there is any country whereby its people like to visit its airport so much! So folks, even you are not entering Singapore, transit at Singapore and explore our Airport.
Featuring some of the local tea break: half-boiled eggs with peanut thick toast and a cuppa milk tea. =)
Feeling bored while some macho men were shampooing the car…
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We truly admire how wonderful you take pictures! You have such a good eye to catch all the beautiful angles.
I thought at first the dolphin was part of the bridge. Haha. That grumpy guy should check on your blog so he knows what kind of publicity he’s getting!.. Bad publicity for being rude to our sweet Eunice! Hehe. 😉
We also have an MRT here in the Philippines, but it stands for Metro Rail Transit. Of course, yours is larger, more comfortable and even more beautiful. Hehe.
i’ve been to taiwan and hongkong airport but never in Singapore…wow~ it’s really wonderful!
I didn’t manage to explore mount faber properly. Took the cable car to Sentosa which stoped at Mount Faber but we were not allowed to expore Mount Faber park. Only can explore the Mount Faber cable car station
The bridge has a great design! Never expect the shelter to be that huge! And aiks, why are u adding clips to your photos?
Btw, the last pic is cute! XD
if it’s a public place, i don’t see why he needs to be grumpy. i heard lots of good raves about the Changi airport. it has numerous awards as well. what i like about the terminals is the free internet service
@Ner: I just knew it’s called Metro Rail Transit, also MRT in short. Oh man, there are so many names for rapid transit like Subway, Tubes, Metro, Underground what else? And I always can’t remember which name is from which country.
@Gilbert/Cely: Gee, thanks, still working hard on it =P
@Allinkorea: I see! So do transit in Singapore, if possible, visit Singapore! =D
@Borneo Falcon: With just 4 days, I think it’s too rush for you to cover so many areas in Singapore. Come Singapore again =D
@Lz: The clips not nice ah? =( I just installed some fanciful photoshop brushes mah, so was playing around with the brushes =P I admit that I failed my Arts huhuhu :'(
@Jasper: Ya, and did you ever try one of those electronic leg massagers at the terminal too? =D
I recognize the bridge, that’s where you made your jumping photo entry to me =) It looks very nice and you look very sweet on your photo here. Changi Airport and the rest of Singapore is beautiful and stunning as usual.
You are such a good promoter, not only your blog but your country as well. I’m wondering why Singapore Tourism Board still haven’t contacted you to be their ambassadress… 🙂
Wow sis this post is just timely coz i will be in singapore in august 25. will be in malaysia in august 23. in singapore we’ll go sentosa island.
i fell in love with the bridge!!!
it’s so nice
Ooohh.. Looking at the pictures of the MRTs makes me miss Singapore. The buses are so nice and clean too. (You don’t want to see Indonesian buses).
Wish I can go back there. So peaceful and nice.
I’ve never been to Henderson’s bridge though.
You know what, u made me want to write a post about what I miss about Singapore.
I’ll do that.
@mdtm: You only go Sentosa? How long will you stay in Singapore? There are many attractions on the mainland so make sure you don’t miss them! =D
@Cecil: I am a nobody… … =P
@Bridge: Ha! Thanks! Glad to see you back!
@Alex: Yeah, Henderson waves is a lovely and “cosy” bridge, unlike the conventional pedestrian bridges.
@Melisa: I just read your post about the nostalgic feeling you have for Singapore after reading this post! It’s good and I left a comment for you =)
great shots. but i love the last picture most! 🙂
Yaya..i liked to shop at Changi Airport too :)…….
@Miss Elle: Really? You also love the last picture? Then next time I don’t need to travel around to take photos anymore =Pe
@Piggy: U must be a high class shopper!
Great blog with the nice picture at there, i have been several time to S’pore, but i never go to Henderson’s Wave, if I go to S’pore i will visite there.
Wow, that’s really nice shot eunice., keep it up.., #(^_^)#
OHH..these are awesome pics…Impressive!!
wow, very beautiful bridge! Would like to have a lovely walk there someday lol!
BTW, please change my domain into http://www.obstaclesandglories.com . Thank you!
Eunice, how far is this Henderson Waves bridge from the main business district where you can find the merlion? (if I am not mistaken)…I wan’t to visit this bridge when I get to Singapore.
huh?u went to Baghdad? yerr…no call me….haha…^^
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Oops~paiseh, no read properly…it is S’pore mosque..hehe…paiseh~^^
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In Chennai , We dont have a MRT or Metro as we call it here , But there is one in Calcutta ! When i had been to Calcutta I tried taking pics within the Metro Station – but the Railway Cops there told me that i cant take photos in there – else they ll seize my camera 🙁 In your Metro ,taking photos is allowed eh ??
Hi, I really love your blog. You have great pictures and beautiful places to share with. Anyway, keep it up and good luck.
All good things,
Al Link
haha….can’t wait to be there, for GOOD! hehe~
Hi Eunice,
Is it okay to ask you a favour?
I’d like to see how the National Libraries look like now.
A friend of mine told me they’ve renovated everything to look like a hotel.
Maybe you can take photos of a National Library for me (& the rest of us)?
He also said that they’ve demolished the Lib beside the museum (the one beside YMCA in Dhoby Ghout). So sad! I used to go there a lot.
The other I often go to is Toa Payoh library. I like the library in Takashimaya too. Oh well.. Really wish I can go there soon.
Thank you very much.
What a beautiful bridge! Very unique.
You do deserve to be the best photo blogger eunice! Anything you set your camera into suddenly turns into a wonderful image! You do not edit them gurl?
Simply amizing images.. so beautiful places and pics taken. Of course the girl there is beautiful, who is hse? Hehe
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like those bridges! *whistles’ They’re simply wonderfully built. What an experience to take a walk.
…not to mention the airport. Quite spacy and bright yes. Looks ultra modern!
@Antonio, no where is very far in this tiny island =), but to get to the Merlion Park in Esplanade from Henderson Wave, if you are taking the public transport like MRT, you can reach there in about half an hour’s time.
@KC: Actually I think I’ve read before regarding no photo-taking in the train stations, but not very sure if it’s really banned for that in Singapore. Anyway, it seems to be fine for me as it was not the first time for me to take photos in MRT stations. Any MRT officers here? =P
@Cookie, Mark, Nancy, Rose, Lifecruiser, Leafless, Henry, Al Link: The Henderson
waves is a lovely bridge, and there are more to be discovered in Singapore, though it’s one of the smallest countries in the world =)
@Forever HL: Haha! Sure, if I go Iraq I will ask you to go with me =P
Okay. I’ll take that. I will find a way to be in this place this September. Thanks Eunice.
Stupid! Bahasanya sangat tidak teratur. Blog semacam ini tidak layak untuk mendapatkan penghargaan (award). Sangat memalukan!
I think it’s better if you change the language used in this blog into English. All of your sentences are unorganized! I think you should learn the grammar of ‘bahasa’ first before you published this blog.
Sorry for my critics. It’s just I don’t understand 90% of your writing.
@Morty: This is an English blog my dear. You have mistaken, silly. 😛 You are using Google translator when you read this blog. Ask Google why it translated in that way. LOL!!! You really embarrassed yourself instead. 😛
Fantastic pictures, I love the design of that bridge with how all the wood bends and twirls around the corners etc. I can’t wait to visit next month for my holidays!
WoW.. I’ve been searching for a website(?) like this for a while. I’ll be traveling to Singapore in July.. So excited =) My hubby and me are planning to go there for 3d/2n but after I read your blog..we might have to change our mind. I really need to visit some government offices for my paper — oh..I forgot to tell you that I’m doing my Master degree in International Business and I have to travel to Singapore for my paper — any idea ??
Your website is very informative and very nice photos as well! I am a foreigner working here in SG and its just now that I knew of those wonderful places. Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work! 🙂
Hi Eunice can you please suggest some parks or leisure places nearby changi airport
thanks