Skywatch Friady - Crane

So sorry for taking so long to re join skywatch. Been so busy lately and it took me so long to get back to normal blogging. Moreover I almost run out of photos to blog...lol. Gotta get out there to take more photos. Singapore is getting to become a very interesting and attractive place to visit.

The Universal Studio in Sentosa, Singapore is open but not all the attractions are ready so I will not visit it yet.

You have to wait a long time for me to take photos of the casino (entrance only) cause I am not a gambler so not eager to take photos of the casino....hahaha.

But next week, another intergrated resort(Marina Bay Sands) will be opening and there's a beautiful bridge (no official name yet) that will be opening this weekend. So I have to go there for photo taking. :)

And also waiting eagerly for the opening of the Gardens By The Bay in Marina. Not sure when this will be ready. I will tell you all more when they are opened and I get my photos.

I like these photos of the sky. These few weeks, the weather has been gloomy and raining. Took these during the evening.

Lots of cranes and constructions can be found all over Singapore because we are going for the tourism and making Singapore very attractive for tourists, since many big factories are shifting out of Singapore and going to China for cheap labour.

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Liang Seah Street

This is Liang Seah Street, named after a millionaire who had contribute to the town during the early days.

These shophouses are renovated from the old shophouses that were built during the colonial times.

Now the shophouses are mostly restaurants, pubs, eateries, etc.

You can go to Liang Seah Street via the Bugis MRT Station, i.e. opposite Bugis Junction.

Bugis Junction

I hesitated to post these photos cause they are not well taken and quite blur. But since DongHo requested for some photos of Bugis. I bravely put these blur photos in this post...lol. Give me the opportunity to tell some stories of Bugis...hehehe.

Bugis Junction is sitting on what used to be a red light district. It is often patronized by many American and British Sailors when their ships docked here. There used to be a lot of "Ah Gua" (transveittes). There's a Ah Gua show at Bugis too. And along the streets are many stalls that sold very good food. I remember going there for dinner when I need to work overtime duing my younger days, cause my office is in Middle Road near Bugis. I worked for an australian company and that was one of my best company that I ever worked for.

Now the red light district has been cleaned and what remains are the rows of shophouses (in the above photo) that been converted to be Bugis Junction. The glass roof are added as part of the renovation. Before conversion, the whole street was very noisy, crowded and dirty and there's no roof over the street so when the rain comes, it affected business. Those "Ah Gua" disappeared too but we can still spot some of them in other parts of Singapore.

There are many little kiosks selling cute gifts and souvenirs.

Please scroll down for my Label and view other photos of Bugis and also do visit the Singapore's Largest Street Shopping in Bugis for good bargains. You can view the photos in my previous post in here.

Bugis Junction is just above Bugis MRT Station. And just opposite Bugis Junction is Singapore Largest Street Shopping and also another new mall called Iluma. And if you walked through the Bugis Largest Street Shopping, you can find Waterloo Street where the famous Goddess of Mercy's Temple is located.

I hope the above information is useful to those who visit Bugis.

313 Somerset

This is a new shopping centre in Orchard Road that was opened last year. This will be one of my favourite mall in Orchard Road. Love the way the shops are arranged in the mall. Easy to move around and find the shops.

And the food court is my favourite...lol. I will go back there and take more photos when I next visit the mall.

Can you spot the 313 in the above photo?

The resting and meeting place on the ground floor of the mall. It is so funny how my friend sat at one corner of the resting place and I was on the other end of the corner. We will just waiting for each other without realizing we were actually so near each other, till J called me on the phone...lol. That's our meeting point at the mall. So J, if you are reading this, when are we going to 313 again. :)

The food court.....yummy...

Cute Car

This car is so cute. It looked like it has a pair of eyes and a nose and mouth. This photo was taken last year at Orchard Central. Cannot remember why the car was on display there.