Monday, February 14, 2011

Sentosa Board Walk - Part 1 of 2

I was trying a new route to Sentosa to view the yearly Sentosa Flower Show as part of the Chinese New Year Celebration.

We could cross over to Sentosa (an island off the mainland of Singapore) via the cable car, monorail, bus or drive over and now we can just walk over to Sentosa via the new boardwalk.

It was recently open and spending about S$70 million to construct. You can read more about the construction of the boardwalk via this website.

It costs us only $1 to enter Sentosa via the boardwalk, $3 if by monorail, $2 if by bus, and if by car it depends on the time you enter. You can view the official website for the different admission fees for car and cable car.

And if you are returning from Sentosa, you dont have to take the boardwalk again if you are tired, you can return via the monorail or bus without paying the difference in the admission fees.



I guess it is better if we use the boardwalk in the early morning or evening where the weather is much cooler. Hey, I just read about Singapore being the 2nd coolest people in the world. That's Cool. You can read the article from CNNGo.com

Inside the boardwalk, there are travelators so that we dont have to walk all the way if we are lazy or tired. Very useful especially for the elderly who dont have strong legs.


Two short videos showing the inside of the boardwalk, am using the travelator.
Come back tomorrow for more photos of the beautiful Sentosa Boardwalk.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Pink Saturday - Happy Valentine

Been a long time since I join Pink Saturday cause I dont have much pink photos. But few days ago, I visited the Sentosa Flower as part of the Chinese New Year celebration, there were so many pink flowers so I decided to join this week's Pink Saturday.

I saw this cute rabbit couple decoration with a valentine theme. So lovely and beautiful. Many couples in love would posed with the rabbits and took photos with them.


Here wishing a very Happy Valentine Day to all those who celebrate the occasion.

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

Friday, February 11, 2011

Skywatch Friday - Singapore River Hongbao 2011 - God Of Fortune


The favourite part of the Singapore River Hongbao 2011 must be the God Of Fortune. Everyone hoping and praying that the God of Fortune will bless them with good fortune and good wealth in the Year of the Rabbit.

It is real huge and tall.

So many people at the foot of the God of Fortune trying to catch hold of some lucky numbers. At certain interval, the God of Fortune will spray some gold confetti and lucky numbers (from 0 to 9). You can see many people turning their umbrella upside down and trying to catch these numbers. It is quite funny looking at the video that the people can move from right to left.

After getting these numbers, they will bet on four numbers and hope to win them in the lottery. The four numbers lottery is known as four digit lottery and you must bet a lot of win a lot. If you bet $1 the winnings for top prize is lesser, I think is $1000 or so. I cannot remember how much that is cause I dont buy any 4D lottery.

For other sky watchers, please hop over to Skywatch Blog.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Singapore River Hongbao 2011

Singapore River Hongbao is a yearly event to welcome the new Chinese New Year. Without fail, almost every year, hubby and me will visit the event. This year, we dont get to see many lanterns but the performance make up for it.



Ooooo, I wish I could have a gold coin as big as this...lol.


I dont see the yearly horoscope anymore. What a disappointment!

A replica of the Goddess of Mercy Temple at waterloo street.



This year there are more than one million people who visit the event.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Chinese New Year 2011 - Year of the Rabbits


This being the Year of the Rabbit, of course, there are lots of rabbits mascots at the Singapore River Hong Bao.






So we got to eat more carrots in the Year of the rabbits.