Space Korea 2008

I saw the happiness in the faces of the Korean when this astronaut mascot appeared in the shopping street. I too gave this astronaut a congratulation hug. Well done Korean. May the next space astronaut come from Singapore.

Back from Holiday

Hi all, Sorry for taking a long rest from blogging. I took a vacation to South Korea for a holiday and I enjoyed the beautiful scenery and the cold weather. I thought it was already springtime in Korea but the weather seems to be winter. At times it dropped to 2 degrees celsius during the day and night it was freezing cold. Good thing I had my winter jacket and some warm clothings. I hope to sort out the holiday photos and post them in my travel blog and food blog. I might be slow in posting photos in this blog, so please visit my other blogs for the holiday photos.

Taking A Long Rest From Blogging

Thanks to all who visited my blog and leaving so many nice comments. It is ok if you dont visit daily and I dont visit daily too. I guess most of us are too busy with careers, family, school, etc

I will be taking a long rest from blogging. Please visit again in April for more photos. See you all and wish everyone have a nice time blogging. :)

Kucinta Sculpture

I did not take a good photo(not the perfect angle) of these cat sculptures cause it started to rain and I was trying to protect my camera, so this is the only photo of the cats. There are about 15 such cat sculptures along Singapore River, sadly some are stolen.

These cats are known as the Singapura Cat or Kucinta. To know how the name come about or the origins of the cat you need to read this story.

The River Merchants

These sculptures are done by by Dr Aw Tee Hong.

The sitting sculpture is one of Singapore's earliest merchants, Mr Alexander Laurie Johnston, interacting with the local merchants.

The sculpture of these coolies(workers) loading goods onto a bullock cart, a common sight during the earlier days of Singapore.

Behind this sculpture is the Maybank which is sponsoring these sculptures. The Maybank Tower site is the original site of Mr Johnston's godown - Alexander Laurie Johnston & Co.

A common sight of teachers bringing students out on a live history lesson. A lesson out of the classroom. I think it is great.

Note: There are about 30 sculptures along the Singapore River, I hope to find them all but some are quite small and the river is quite long.