..from my vacation and arrived in Singapore on Sunday with a room full of bags to unpack!
My new room at Toa Payoh
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Jay Chou The Era Concert
27
Jul
Yup, that made it my third concert this year.
I did not put too high of an expectation on Jay’s concert as we all know how well he could sing live (oops!). We wanted to attend and watch his performances for once and so, off we went.
The show began at 8:30pm sharp and ended at about 11:00pm with two rundowns. During the 3-hour performance, he belted out some newer releases as well as “antique” songs. The songs that I enjoyed most were songs from his first few CDs such as 爱在西元前, 黑色幽默, 东风破, 开不了口, and 可爱女人. I fell in love with the song 我不配 after the concert and it was most probably because the person who sat next to me, hummed along and was even louder than Jay! :-)
周杰伦 – 我不配
The view from our restricted-view seats
When we came out of the stadium, KC had complaints about the concert. He managed to get only the restricted-view seats and they were very costly. The visual and aural effects were great but we could not catch a glimpse of them at all. Little did he know that despite all the dissatisfaction, I actually enjoyed the show very much.
It seems like we’ve reached our quota this year but, but, there is one more that must not be missed!
Eason’s coming to Singapore in September 2010!
Into the greeneries
23
Jul
Remember the Singapore Garden Festival which I had briefly featured in March?
Yup, 4 long months and it is finally here!
We visited the exhibition at Suntec Convention Centre last Sunday afternoon. The queue at the ticket counter was long but it was very smooth-going as the staff worked effectively, directing visitors to specific counters quickly.
There were two halls – one on level 4 and the other on level 6. We thought of giving ourselves 2 hours or so but we were stuck there for almost 4 hours! It was just a flowers exhibition with 2 small halls. We began to worry if we could even visit as many pavilions as possible during our upcoming Shanghai trip later. The Shanghai Expo 2010 covers about 500 hectares! Ahh..
Coming back to the Garden Festival.. we ain’t fans of flowers, but it seems that we do enjoy visiting exhibitions (depending on what are the exhibits lah!) and most importantly, it is a great venue for shutterbugs. Capturing nice shots in an indoor exhibition was not easy for me due to my trembling fingers. What do I do when I see a must-not-be-missed shot? Instruct my second pair of hands to capture it for me! :D
At the lobby
Our entrance tickets
The Man Who Planted Tress – the icon of the Singapore Garden Festival 2010, a five-metre tall display
We took more than 700 shots during the 4-hour tour. It was a great show, especially the landscapes and fantasy gardens. We find the orchid garden at level 6 (corrected by an attentive reader :D) level 4 a little boring though. A very satisfying visit nevertheless!
Marina Bay Sands
19
Jun
WE dropped by Marina Bay Sands last weekend (before I was down with fever). The casino at MBS is definitely few times better than Genting’s one at Resort World Sentosa.
Helix Bridge
Marina Bay Sands
East Coast Park
01
Apr
Originally, we had no plan for the past weekend. Since we had nothing in plan, I decided that we should settle our brunch at The Prata Place because I have always mentioned that they serve the best pratas around.
His chicken briyani
My yummy egg and cheese prata.. so cripsy!
After the meal, we decided to head to the east coast since we haven’t been exploring this part of Singapore. From the few searches on Google, we found that there is a beach in the east coast. So, to East Coast Park we went! Getting there was not straight-forward. We arrived at East Coast Park at approximately 1:50PM. The park is really huge! We later found out that the park stretches over 15km.
The weather was really hot that afternoon. We tried to find shade under trees as best as we could. We took a stroll along the park and started doing photo shoots. We became each other’s models. Haha.
There were a lot of people at the park. There are many activities that you can do as well! As you walk along the coastline, you can find many roller blades and bicycles rental stalls. Bicycles go as low as $8 for two hours (they put it as $8 for an hour, subsequent hour free!) and you can rent roller blades (including the gears for your knee and elbow) at $10. There is also a small lake designed for people who would like to do water ski.
I have always wanted to try riding a tandem twin bicycle. Guess what? They have tandem twin bicycles there too! Yeah! But… he seemed not too interested :( So, we walked for a while and continued shooting more photographs.
An hour later, he suggested that we should rent that twin bicycle. Yahoo!
The silly girl
We cycled for about an hour along the coastline, stopped a couple of times whenever we spotted any nice sceneries.
Beautiful trees. Good for..
..climbing too
The real monkey!
Finally, we called it a day after a tea break at Mc Cafe.
