Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Geylang Serai - Hari Raya Puasa 2011 Part 1

We are a multi racial country and this month the muslim will be celebrating Hari Raya Puasa. Different ethnic group in our country have their own little town which sell mainly the familar stuff of each ethnic group.

For the Chinese, we have our Chinatown, the Indians have their Little India, the Eurasians have Orchard Road and the muslims have Geylang Serai but really we actually shop in each other town and all over Singapore.

On August 30th, the muslim will be celebrating Hari Raya Puasa so Geylang Serai is suddenly filled with huge crowds busy shopping for the festival. Even non muslim went to Geylang Serai to soak in the atmosphere and to shop too. I was there to eat my favourite nasi padang in the hawker centre. :)

Saw these jars of cookies at the stall reminded me of my shopping in chinatown during Chinese New Year.



Besides cookies, there were cooked and delicious food at the Bazaar.





Tomorrow I will share photos of non food stalls at Geylang Serai and Friday Skywatch I will share the light up of the streets along Geylang Serai.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Sentosa - Merlion


Visiting Sentosa, one sure to take photo of the huge Merlion. I got this shot of the Merlion from the top of the hill i.e. near the Image of Singapore Building. I like this photo of the Merlion.

One have to pay an entrance fee to go to the top of the Merlion. I guess it is a kind of crowd control too. I been there before but back then did not take photo. It provided a 360 degrees view of Singapore.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Sentosa - Resort World


We could see many flags flying high on Sentosa cause we just celebratef our National Day on 9th August.

Flags hanging from the hotel's balconies on Sentosa.

Favourite spot on Sentosa for taking photo with the Singapore Flag.

But a must go for tourist must be the Casino. Tourists go in free while locals have to pay an entry fee of $100.

Singaporeans need to use their Identity Card to gain entry to the Casino and also to pay an entry fee of $100.

I rather use the $100 for better use cause I dont know how to gamble, I always donate to the jackpot machine lol.

Saw these decorations at the atrium of Resort World.



OMG, even the bakery outside the Casino baked their breads/cakes associated with gambling.



Saturday, August 20, 2011

Pink Saturday - Tourist Attractions



This is cute. I thought he was riding on a fake ostrich till I saw that he is actually walking on stilts.



Poor guy being caught by the big bird.



Can you differentiate the real macaw from the fake?


The man must be so talented to be able to draw portrait of people. I always admired people who can draw. Too bad I cant draw, the best I could do was draw stick people...lol.

Short video of the crew riding on the ostrich.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Sentosa - Lake of Dreams

I love walking around Sentosa but there's so much to see on Sentosa so I just hang around Resort World for that part of the day.

Was admiring all these beautiful sculptures and fountain at the Lake of Dream at Resort World.



Every night at 9.30 pm there's a wonderful performance at the Lake of Dream. The performance last about 20 minutes. I have never visit the resort world at night, perhaps I will go one of the night to watch the night performance.

Just a short video of the fountain performance at the Lake of Dream.

As I was making my way home, suddenly there's fire breathing out of the sculptures. So I quickly take a short video of the fire coming out of the sculptures. It was about 2.30 pm when I was there.

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