Changi Airport Terminal 2 and 3 - Sunflowers Sojourn

Changi Airport launched its first-ever flower-themed showcase, "A Sunflower Sojourn”, features over 5,000 real sunflowers on display around Changi Airport. 

For more details please visit the   official website       .

I love sunflowers , using my new handphone, I took close shots of the sunflowers. Took many sunflowers photos.

 

The event ends 30th September 2024. They can be found in all four terminals of Changi Airport but mostly huge display at at Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.

 

Singapore Flower

Singapore will be turning 50 years old next year. So there's this project to get everyone to help make the singapore flowers from recycled bags for next year Chingay in celebrating Singapore turning 50.

Chingay is a National Event is also the largest street performance and float parade in Asia. From the main parade site to the heartlands, this street extravaganza epitomises the dynamism of Singapore's vibrant and multicultural society. The word Chingay is equivalent to the Mandarin zhuang yi (妆艺), which means "the art of costume and masquerade" in the Hokkien dialect.

You can read more from its official website.

To learn how to make the Singapore Flowers from recycled bags, you can view from the You Tube Video.

Yesterday, we were at my brother's house trying to make the flowers, look easy but is not easy at first try hahaha. Need lots of patience.

The flowers were all made by my eldest sister.

Singapore Botanic Garden - Celebrity Garden

Inside the Orchid Garden (admission fee of S$5 is required, S$1 students, senior citizens, free for children (below 12 years), is also the celebrity garden. The orchid species were specially breed and named after visiting royals and celebrities.

Princess Diana was supposed to visit Singapore but was not so cause of her sudden death. The orchid was specially breed and named after her for her visit.


Very famous South Korean Actor Bae Yong Jun had orchids named after him too.


Our very own famous local singer Stefanie Sun, the orchid really suit her.



There are more orchids named after celebrity and royals.

Singapore Botanic Garden - Beautiful Orchids

Really love taking photos of these orchids in Singapore Botanic Garden. They are really so beautiful and make me so cheerful.


This is our national flower. Vanda Miss Joaquim.


Dont really know the rest of the names of the orchids.









My favourite colour, purple. These orchids really have a place in my heart.



Looked like a girl dancing with her skirt swirling round and round.

Pink Saturday - Pink Hibiscus

Saw this pretty pink hibiscus growing from someone's else back yard. Love the pinkish petals.

For more pinky participants, please visit Beverly of How Sweet The Sound.

Pink Saturday - Shuang Lin Monastery - Flowers and Plants

Beside worshipping at the temple, the temple grounds has a very huge garden with lots of bonsai and other plants.

Saw this huge lotus flower grown in the temple ground. It was so tall that I had to tiptoe and raise my hands to capture the flower in my camera. Am pleased it turned out to be pretty.

In buddhism, white lotus represents the state of spiritual perfection and total mental purity (bodhi). It is associated with the White Tara and proclaims her perfect nature, a quality which is reinforced by the color of her body.

Pink Lotus generally reserved for the highest deity. Thus naturally it is associated with the Great Buddha himself
(Source: religion facts)

Ths lotus leaves are so huge, reminded me of the lotus leaves used to wrap glutinous rice.

Water lily


There's a small pond where they grew beautiful water lilies.


The gardener taking care of the plants in a small garden infront of the Goddess of Mercy Hall.

It is interesting to see so many bonsai plants in the temple ground. They are well maintained and taken care of.


The next time you visit the temple, do look out for these plants and flowers.

For more pinky participants, please visit Beverly of How Sweet The Sound.