Christmas Fair 2008 at Compass Point

It is the time of the year again where we get to see many colourful and shinning lights and christmas decorations. I simply love this time of the year.

I took these photos of the christmas fair from the top floor of Compass Point Shopping Mall.

More more on christmas fair, hurry to Karen of A Scrapbook of Inspiration for more christmas joy and fun.

Skywatch-Lightning

It is the end of the year where it is raining season again. I took these photos last week, it was scary to stand near the window when the lightning was strucking, I was afraid my camera would attract the lightning.

From a very dark black night to........

A stunning purple sky

Look on the left side where you could see the faint lightning which turn the dark black night to a purple sky......beautiful but scary when the thunder started to roar.

For other sky watchers, you can go to Skywatch blog.

Exposed this Thursday

Hahaha, saw this huge advertisement in Sengkang.

Hmmm...anyone got the answer? I do not know the answer cause I dont live in Sengkang.

Safra Bungalow Resort - (Part 7 Walking, Jogging and Cycling Track)

This is a walking, jogging and cycling track just behind the bungalow resort.
The track is part of the connector. One part of the path is for people walking, jogging and running while the other part is for cycling and skating.

Just to show you how big the painted foot looked as compared with my seven year old niece.

By 2015, National Parks hopes to construct 200km of park connectors - to date, half of that has been built. More will be added beyond 2015. National Parks' eventual goal is to create a connector network linking up the whole of Singapore. We could cycle from changi to east coast, etc.

Map taken from National Park website.

Isn't this wonderful, to have friends cycling and skating side by side.

A short video showing how popular the connector is with both local and foreigners.

Chilli Crab

After reading Photocache's crab season, I decided to post Singapore famous signature dish, the chilli crab- yummy.

Singapore is a shopping and food paradise, you can find yummy delicious and affordable food in this little island.

I would really recommend you to try the chilli crab, it is not spicy despite the word "Chilli". Now I think many would hate me for posting this photo, it makes them drools....hehehe.

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Eldest Son's 21st Birthday Party at Resort

One of the reason we decided to rent the bungalow was to celebrate my eldest son's 21st birthday party.


So sweet of my sisters, brother and brothers in law in helping me decorate the hall with banners and balloons. Did you noticed the extra 'P' missing from the word Happy....lol.

You could view the buffet food in my food blog.

24th wedding anniversary

Today is our 24th wedding anniversary. So this nice video is for my husband. The funny part of the song was the part about letting you hold the remote control. :) Hope the sky clear cause hubby bringing me out to dinner, sorry sons, you have to settle your own dinner.


I wanna make you smile
Whenever you're sad
Carry you around
When your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is
Grow old with you.
I'll get you medicine
When your tummy aches
Build you a fire
When the furnace breaks
It could be so nice
Growing old with you.
I'll miss you
I'll kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold
Need you
Feed you
Even let you hold the remote control
Let me do the dishesIn our kitchen sink
Put you to bed
When you've had too much to drink
I could be the man who
Grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you

Safra Bungalow Resort (Part 6-BBQ)

BBQ is a must when staying over at the resort. Good thing, it wasn't raining. We had BBQ over three days....lol. For more photos of the BBQ food, you can pop over to my food blog.

Safra Bungalow Resort (Part 5-Facilities)

When getting bored in the bungalow, we could choose to use the karaoke, games arcade or even bowling.

Of course we need to pay to use these facilities. And the teenagers had fun playing at the bowling alley.

Children could play in the playground.

There's even a basketball court behind this bicycle kiosk. These bicycles are for rental.

For country club members and guests could go golfing too. The golf course is just next to the bungalows.

Facilities are only for members and guests. But I think public can use the swimming pool and eat at The Deck (Coffee House) and Jumbo Seafood Restaurant.

Safra Bungalow Resort (Part 4-Skywatch-Aeroplanes)

Our stay at the bungalow was fun and enjoyable. The only complaint was that the resort was so near to our busy changi airport that every now and then we could see aeroplanes about to land and depart. The noises from the planes could be irritating too but sometimes we were enjoying ourselves so much that we took no notice of the planes and the noises....lol.
The kids were so fascinated by the huge commercial planes that they started to identify the different airlines. It is not everyday that they get to see the planes so up close and so many of them too.

A very short video of a plane coming to land at the airport runway. The ships could be seen in the sea too. So a little island called Singapore is so busy with all these planes and ships to make it a wealthy island. So we shouldn't complain at all if we want good economy for our country. :)

For other sky watchers, you can go to Skywatch blog.

Safra Bungalow Resort (Part 3- Swimming Pool)

The resort comes with nice swimming pools for both adults and children.
The newly renovated swimming pool with jacuzzi facilities.
Took this photo of the swimming pool in the early morning when the pool was closed to swimmers.

This is my little niece (seven years old) swimming in the children pool.

Safra Bungalow Resort (Part 2-Inside the bungalow)

The resort had recently undergo a major renovation. They listen to feedback and make the bungalow resort more cozy for holiday makers.

They changed the entire furniture with brand new sofa and even the TV and DVD players are new.

The dining area .

The newly renovated open concept kitchen. They comes with fridge, freezer, microwave and now they allowed holiday makers to cook on the electric stove.

Even the BBQ pit is newly built to allow us to BBQ on one side while the other end of the pit allowed us to put our food. They are even thoughtful to add a tap/basin near the BBQ pit. I like this new arrangement.

Upstairs are two bedroom with two twin beds each.

I enjoyed and like the new bungalow concept, it made our stay in the resort very cozy and happy.

Beach near Safra Bungalow Resort at Changi Coast

Today is My World Tuesday, so I will show you the sea that is near the resort at Changi Coast. I will continue with posting photos of the resort tomorrow.


From the beach, we could view so many cargo ships in the middle of the sea. It may not be a pretty beach/sea but plenty of ships passing our little country meant a lot to our economy. We used to be the busiest port in the world but that title has since gone to Shanghai. For more info. click here.

A short video showing you the many ships anchoring at our sea.

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Safra Bungalow Resort (Part 1)

I am back from the weekend holidaying in a corner of Singapore. We rented a two storey bungalow resort in Changi Coast quite near to the Changi Airport. Spend about four days there. And no we cant find quiet time in here because the entire family and friends will be there making lots of noises partying (my eldest son's 21st birthday party) and BBQ and the nearby changi airport with the frequent aeroplanes flying in and out of the airport can be very loud.....lol. (Will talked about those huge planes at later posts).

These are how the bungalows looked like.

This side gate allows us to walk to the nearby beach where I am standing now.

You have to return to visit my later posts to see how the bungalow looked like. :)

Mini Park

I am going away again over the weekend but I dont need a passport with me...lol. Will only be in a corner of Singapore , far from the city life , just to relax (hopefully) in a beautiful resort.


This is a mini park beside my brother's flat. It can be used for multiple purposes. The mini park itself had a amphitheatre, fitness corner, children playground, jogging path, BBQ facilities, etc.

The big green field can be used for playing soccer or holding any activities. In these photos, you could see the workers putting up scaffolding for a chinese festival. The bigger rectangle platform is for prayers and dining areas while the small squarish platform will be for chinese concert.

Below are two short video showing the activities in the park.

Take a closer look in the mini park, you could see people jogging and exercising.

Merlion from boat view

This is the famous Merlion. I took many photos of the Merlion previously but were taken from land. These two photos of the Merlion were taken from a boat. You could see my other photos of the Merlion in here.



The Merlion was first designed as an emblem for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in 1964 – the lion head with a fish body resting on a crest of waves quickly became Singapore’s icon to the rest of the world.The fish tail of the Merlion symbolises the ancient city of Temasek (meaning “sea” in Javanese) by which Singapore was known before the Prince named it “Singapura” (meaning “lion” (singa) “city” (pura) in Sanskrit), and represents Singapore’s humble beginnings as a fishing village. (Source: Uniquely Singapore).

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Plants

Took these photos at my brother's balconey. The cactus looked so cute, like a husband and wife plants.

Not sure what plant is this.