Happy 50th Birthday, Singapore......!!!

Wishing Singapore a 50th Happy Birthday 

and

 many more good years to come.......!!!

I am proud to be a Singaporean.

Remembering Mr Lee Kuan Yew

We went to Bedok Central to pen our condolences and pay our last respects to Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Thank you very much for all that you have done for us. 

Rest in Peace.

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Farewell Mr Lee Kuan Yew

Mr Lee Kuan Yew has worked so hard for Singapore and it is time for him to rest in peace.

Thank you, Mr Lee .....!

Chingay in Bedok

Last night, when Jason & I were walking home from our dinner at Bedok Mall, we came across a crowd of residents lining up the roads at the main Bedok road junction. 

We found out from a policeman that the Chingay is coming to Bedok soon. I rushed home to grab my newly purchased Canon G7X camera and was back on the streets again.

Here are some photos taken of the Chingay procession :

 2 lions dancing at the beginning of the procession.

 Then the long and colourful dragon.....

Close-up of the dragon head

These are 2 of the colourful floats

Some interaction between the performers and the residents.

All the photos and videos were taken with my new Canon G7X that I bought for my coming overseas travels as carrying my DSLR camera has proven to be too bulky.

Why Canon G7X then?

Its sensor is bigger than the typical digital compact camera and mobile cameras but still 1/2 the size of a DSLR sensor though. However, good enough.

G7X has proven to be very good for night shots as seen above, taken with handheld night scene feature.

River Hong Bao 2015

River Hong Bao 2015 was held at the Marina Floating Platform and here are some photos taken during our visit there.

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River Hong Bao 2015 album

Chinese New Year Decorations - Shopping Malls

We were at Bedok Mall during the weekend and there was this booth that took photos with CNY decorations for free, so we went for it.

It is the Year of Goat but due to the western influence and trying to win the younger generation over, the sheep stand in for the goat instead.....!

I like to take photos of the decorations put up in the shopping malls and here are a few of them.

Bedok Mall entrance and inside the mall itself.

 Inside Parkway Parade Mall

Inside VivoCity Mall

Bedok Central 

Guess who I met in Marina Square ?

The nurseries near my home are fully stocked with plants and flowers, and customers are flowing in daily until the eve of Chinese New Year.

Chinatown - Chinese New Year 2015

I went to Chinatown to take some photos of the Chinese New Year decorations and also some shopping for goodies, especially the black groundnuts... something unusual....!

I went there a bit early and the decorations were not lighted up yet so I returned 2 weeks later.... and it was a bit too crowded to my liking...!

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Chinatown Chinese New Year Decorations

As usual, we would visit Chinatown to soak in the Chinese New Year festivities and also take some photos of the decorations.

 

Horses flying in the sky.........

 

Plentiful of gold coins hanging around too.....

 

 We managed to buy some jelly stuff from Taiwan to try and 2 packets of black peanuts too.

 

Merry Christmas 2013

Wishing You a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year in the coming year, 2014.

 

 

We went to Orchard Road to take a few photos on the Xmas decorations at Orchard Ion.

 

 

 

Singapore Street Arts

The same artist, Ernest Zacharevic, best known for the whimsical street art that he created for the Georgetown Festival in Penang last year, painted these in Singapore recently.

He also painted the following in Johor but was not very well received by the Authority there. Someone painted a policeman behind the thief but the Authority still got it painted with white paint over it.

Apparently, someone made a set of sticker of the painting and pasted it back onto the wall......!!!

RSW Aquarium - Sentosa

We were lucky to get hold of free admission tickets to the Resort World Sentosa (RWS) Aquarium and dining vouchers to the Ocean Restaurant too.

It was fine dining and the lunch was great, not to mention the close-up view too of the huge aquarium.

The public viewing area is huge and a few storey high too....! You can sit on the floor and just watch the fishes swim around.......

Well, let's see if we can get a couple of free tickets to Universal Studio....... next...!

My first time to Sentosa since I last visited it more than 10 years ago........?

The Resort World Sentosa is indeed a very nice and huge theme park.