Changi Beach

Last weekend, spend a lazy day at Changi Point Beach.

There's a ferry terminal at Changi Point, where the boats will travel to Pulau Ubin (Singapore-dont need to have a passport to travel there) and to Pengerang, southern tip of Johor (Malaysia - need passport to travel there).

Wonder what these kids looking at, maybe some sea creatures.

Younger kids might like the playground at the beach.

Older folks prefer fishing.

I prefer to just laze around looking what's going around me, love the sea view, listening to the sounds of the waves and the occasional boats passing by.

Changi Beach is near Changi International Airport, that's explained the several planes flying nearby. I zoomed on the planes, could easily identify the name of the airlines.

Wild grasses

Skywatch Friday - Taking the ferry to Pulau Ubin

Singapore has about 64 small islands but not all islands are accessible to the public and some small islands have been merged to the mainland.

Last weekend, made a trip to one of the islands, Pulau Ubin. Pulau Ubin is a small island located north east of Singapore. Only a few hundred villagers still lived there. The name Pulau Ubin literally means "Granite Island" in Malay, which explains the many abandoned granite quarries there. The granites are used to make floor tiles in the past. See more information from source.


We took the bumboat from Changi Point Ferry Terminal to Pulau Ubin (you dont need passport to go to Pulau Ubin it is part of Singapore). The ride is only about 10 mins ride and the boat will move only if there are at least twelve passengers. The fare is only S$2.50 per person and you pay to the boatman.









The signboard "Welcome to Pulau Ubin" is the first thing we saw on reaching the island. Pulau Ubin is so different from mainland Singapore. There are no tall buildings or shopping centres on this island. The road are not even and cycling on these roads prove to be a challenge. You can rent bicycles on the island or bring your own bicycles.

On weekdays, the island is mainly very deserted and quiet except for the villagers. Singaporeans, expatriates and even tourists love to come this island for the nature, cycling, photography and seafood during weekends and holidays. But you got to take care when cycling cause there are many people who got injured cause they are not familar with the roads on the island.


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Skywatch Friday - Changi Village

I was late in taking the sunset photos at Changi Village. But you can view photos of the sunset in Changi Village in my earlier post.

Ferry Terminal at Changi Point.

Holiday makers having fun at the beach.

This is one of the favourite beach for setting up tents and spend the night there but I prefer my bed...lol.

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Skywatch Friday - Kelong

Today my skywatch photos are about kelongs. Kelong actually is a Malay word to describe a structure with wood in waters. These kelongs are used for fishing and also serve as dwellings for the fishermen and their families. You can read more about them from Wikipedia.

The above is not really a real kelong. It is just part of the boardwalk found in Changi for leisure. It is not used for fishing but just as a decoration piece. Today there are only a handful of real fishing kelongs left in Singapore. You can read my previous posting on the boardwalk in here.

These structures are found in Sentosa. They are built to resemble Kelongs. At night there were be performance in here. There will be laser lights and fire coming out of these "kelongs". I did not watch the performance now that there are limited tickets (they used to have a venue near the Sentosa Merlion Park). The old venue was demolised to make way for the Integrated Resort and I think the above kelong will be temporary. You can see how the kelong looked at night from photos found in the internet.

Closer look at the "kelongs".

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My World Tuesday-Changi Chapel

The Changi Chapel has a very long history. It used to be in Changi Prison but has now relocated to the present location (Upper Changi Road North) and it has a musuem beside it.

It was a source of comfort and focal point of social activities for Allied prisoners-of-war in Changi during the Second World War. Today the changi chapel is a point of pilgrimage for veterans and families of ex-POWs.

To read more about it, you can view the source from Infopedia.

I took these pictures from outside the musuem. Too bad, I could not take photos inside the musuem but you can view it at the official website of the changi museum.

This is a notice board where remembrance notes were pinned there. It is quite sad to read some of the notes.

I am thankful for these brave soldiers who fought for us and help protect Singapore during WW2.

These cranes were folded by visitors to the chapel. You can read the above photo on the origins of the cranes.

On a funnier note, my late mom told me during the Japanese Occupation when the siren sounded, my late grandmother told everyone to grab their stuff and run out of the house. My mom was about 12 or 14 years old back then and she was so happy and put on some face powder as she thought they were going on an outing. It was when grandma scolded her that she realised it was "run for your life situation".

They hid in trenches, covered with some banana leaves, built around the villages in Geylang and my youngest aunt who was a baby then, almost died of suffocation, because grandma covered her mouth to prevent her from crying so that the low flying Japanese plane would not be able to know their whereabouts.

After the planes left and it was safe to come out of the trenches. They could not go back to their homes incase the planes come back for them again. So they have to sleep in the outdoors. My mom was clever enough to grab a cooking pot before she run out of the house while most people (including my grandma) grabbed a sack of rice but they do not have a pot to cook. So everyone had to queue to borrow the "precious" cooking pot from mom. There are more horror stories of the war that mom told us. It would take me a long time to type them here.

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Skywatch Friday - Changi Boardwalk Part 5-Sailing boats

Continued from Changi Boardwalk Part 4, this post will be all about sailing boats. There is a sailing club over here too.

It was very cloudy and I thought it was going to rain but good thing, the clouds soon clear.

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