Fort Canning MRT Station, Liang Court Shopping Mall

There's a new mrt line that's recently opened and it was called the Downtown Line. It was the longest underground and driverless MRT line in Singapore. We had the opportunity to try the train before opening day, so I decided to hop on the free ride to Fort Canning Station. I did not opt to go every station just because of the free ride, which many people did.

With so many lines connecting to most part of Singapore, it is very convenient especially to those who do not drive.

Been a long time since I visited Liang Court Shopping Mall. Opposite the mall is Fort Canning Park, I did not attempt to climb the hill cause it was a hot day, will try on another occasion if possible.

There's a Japanese Supermarket in the basement of Liang Court, I like the ambience in there, as if I was in Japan. Everything here is so Japanese, mostly Japanese products.

Skywatch Friday - Botanic Garden Singapore

These photos were taken last month but hardly have time to post. Visited the Botanic Garden via the newly built Circle Line MRT. The station was along Bukit Timah Road so the entrance to the garden is different from the one via Orchard Road.


The sun's direction made the words "Botanic Garden" on the gate hard to see so I had to take the reverse side of the gate.

The garden is quite huge and we walked a long way towards the central of the garden.

Saw this beautiful stage where at night during the weekend, there were be some performance.


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Skywatch Friday - Singapore Management University and Bras Basah MRT Station

This is Bras Basah MRT Station. I took these photos when I was on my way to visit the museum. It is very convenient to visit the National Museum and Peranakan Museum via the MRT.

Upon exiting from the train, we could see the roof of the Bras Basah Station was filled with water. The water was not due to any recent rain but it was purposely filled with water. So that when viewed from the park, it is a reflection pool, from the station platform, it is a skylight.

I did not go up to street level to take the reflection pool, cause I make use of the underground pass to go to the museum. Maybe one day, I will go there again just to take photo of the pool from street level.



The long underpass from the MRT Station linked to SMU (Singapore Management University). It is strange that the underpass is actually part of the university where I saw several students studying and I did not try to take photo of them cause everyone seems to be looking at me...lol.

Exiting from the underpass, is the university just next to National Museum.

The location of the above building is where the old National Library was. I am very sad that they decided to demolish the old library, have fond memories of going to the old library with my siblings and also with my friends.



Lots of plants growing on the building of SMU.



This tree was saved when the old library was demolished.

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Skywatch Friday - Bishan Fire Station

Going on another exploration of the new circle line seems to be my hobby...lol. Never visited Marymount before so I took the opportunity to try out the new train and visited Marymount. There's nothing much in Marymount except a very quiet neighbourhood.

Opposite the train station, I spotted this new and lovely fire station. Did not know there's a fire station in here. It looked so modern and big. I thought all fire station looked like the one in central. You can view my previous post on the old fire station.

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Circle Line - Stadium Station

Continuing with my exploration of the new Circle Line (extension of the Mass Rapid Transit Transport Sytem), I arrived at Stadium Station. This is the station where I can go to the Singapore National Stadium which I posted yesterday.

I think the architectural design of this station is the best among all the stations but I have yet to visit other stations of the new circle line extension.

As this station is near the future sports hub, there are pictures of footballers plastered on the glass of the station. Very interesting.

From the top of the station, I can view through the other end of the station. It looked like it is very narrow.

The exit/entrance of the station is very spacious.

The station is very empty when I was there. Normally, there is no reason to go there unless you worked there or there's a concert at the nearby Indoor Stadium. Crowds of thousands will be expected on such occasion.

But once the Sports Hub is built, I think it will be crowded again with people going there to watch football matches and also to exercise there.

My World Tuesday - Circle Line - Dakota Station

After so many years of waiting, part of the circle line (almost a circle linking all the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines that go round Singapore) is finally ready. Those in dotted yellow lines will be open next year.

The circle line is not fully a circle yet but they are still discussing the best place to close the circle so that commuters dont have to change trains at the interchange. See report. http://www.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Transport/Story/A1Story20100424-212250.html

Hubby and me decided to explore the areas around some of the circle line stations. We decided to go to Dakota Station (Above map - circled).

Dakota is a quiet neighbourhood and its hawker centre is very very well known. Before you come out of the station, be sure to check the map inside the station for the exact location of the hawker centre. We decided to exit at B and make a U-turn once we reach the top of the escalator. We found the hawker centre after only a five minute walk.

The food in this food centre is very local and very tasty and yummy. The price is very reasonable too. They are so much cheaper than eating at the air conditioned food court in shopping mall. But please be warned, the hawker centre is not air conditioned but there are huge fans inside it.

If you are driving, there's a car park at the food centre but space will be limited if it is during peak period i.e. lunch time and dinner time where there's a big crowd at this food centre. Parking fees in heartlands are so much cheaper than parking fees in the city.

If you are unsure what to eat or which is the best stall, just look for the queues.

Normally, if there's a queue means that stall is popular and their food must be very yummy. The queues are usually during lunch time and dinner time.

The food centre is so popular and with the convenience of the circle line, I spotted many office workers (in their company's tee shirt and uniforms) coming from as far as Marina and Paya Lebar Area.

Results: Hubby and me enjoyed the ride in the new circle line. Very clean and quiet train and fast.

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Map of Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore

It is very easy to move around Singapore.

This is a map of Singapore MRT system in Singapore. I got the map from the official website of SMRT. You can read more from its official website.

The circle line (yellow colour) was recently added to the MRT System.

Despite the name, the Circle Line is not actually a full circle, as there will be no through service on the section between Harbourfront and Dhoby Ghaut. Passengers will need to transfer onto the North-East Line instead.

In my next few posts, I will show you some of the stations of circle line that I visited and its surroundings.

Note:

NEL (North East Line) - purple colour

EW Line (East West Line) - green colour

NS Line (North South Line) - red colour

New Orchard MRT Station Exit

Hahaha....just fooling around with my camera and video the new exit out of Orchard MRT Station. It looked so much spacious and brighter than the old exit.

Sky Watch-UFO

This is the day, I spotted a UFO above me.....lol. Does it look like a flying saucer?

It is actually part of the architectural design of the expo MRT station.

I am not standing at the correct angle in taking the whole station. You could find other photos to see the whole station from here.

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Escalators at Suntec City Link

The link from City Hall MRT Station to Suntec City is now open. If you come from The Link, you can take these escalators straight to suntec city. Take note of the escalators, they are transparent and you could actually see the machines moving inside.

Geez, I did not know they have giant wheels in them...lol.