My World Tuesday - Old Buildings

Singapore is known as a clean and green city. But we still have certain corners of the streets that looked so dirty.

Some of these shophouses are empty and no they are not abandoned. I guess some new tenants are moving in soon, as I saw some renovation works at the front of the shophouses. Each shophouses are worth more than a million dollars.

Wonder why the landlord did not take good care of their backlane.

When I was young, I used to be fascinated by the spiral staircases.
Just opposite from those dirty shophouses are also some shophouses cum staying quarters. They are much cleaner and well maintained.

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Suntec City - Fountain of Wealth

This is the biggest fountain in the world and it is located in Suntec City.
During certain times of the day, we can get to go in and walked round the smaller fountain in the centre. We should walked round three times in clockwise direction and touching the water for luck.

The fountain of wealth is a symbol of wealth and life.

A short video showing the fountain.

PC Show at Suntec City

The PC show is in its 20th year of holding the exhibition. Every year, it did not fail to attract buyers to their show. Almost every year, we bought something from PC Show. Last year, we got a laptop for eldest son.

I just came back from the PC show, almost bought the desktop computer for myself but because the price agreed earlier to me was withdrawn, just because I went one floor down to compare prices ...lol. The $50 discount is gone cause they have a window period. So I was so fed up and decided to go back tomorrow (being the last day of the show). It is not because of the $50 but it was because the sales guy did not mention about the window period that I was so fed up. I am very stubborn too and refuses to give in. I rather get a more expensive PC than give in to a lousy sales guy...tsk tsk.

Normally, the prices will slashed down further on the last day of the show. Hopefully, I get my PC...hahaha.

Products being sold at a good price at certain time of the day.

Kids crazy over a mascot.

Oh I did not go home empty handed, managed to get an external memory that my son needed.

Niece's 21st Birthday

It was my niece's 21st birthday. We had a small party by the pool under a not very shiny moonlight. Good thing the weather is good and it did not rain.

While sitting by the poolside, I looked up and saw the half moon and I used my camera to zoom on it. My siblings were surprised that the moon looked so big in my camera...lol. This is the first time they saw anyone taking photo of the moon...hahaha.

The youngsters did a good job decorating the place, really looked like a beach party. The put a lot of little candles around the place and also with some flowers. It was supposed to be a beach party and the teens were very sporting to wear bikinis ...hahaha.

The older folks however are not so sporting, we wear tee shirts and jeans...lol. For my son's 21st birthday, I think I will be a pirate or a witch hahahaha.

A very nice buffet spread.

My niece had a ferrari as her cake.

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My World Tuesday - Shunfu Estate - Part 4 - Plants

Walking around the estate, I could spot those residents living on the ground floor, growing lots of plants. That's one advantage of staying on the ground floor.

These are HDB flats and about 80% of the population stay in these type of flats. They are known as public housing but they dont come cheap. They are in six figures and some are even more expensive than private condominium if they are located near MRT station, amenities and mall. The value of a four room flat (about 100 sq m) can cost about half a million dollars if they are purchased from the open market.

It is cheaper if one bought direct from HDB (housing development board) and they cost about $290,000 for a new four room flat (about 90 sq m) depending on which housing estate they are in. We are allowed to purchase direct from HDB flat twice only and we need to pay a sales levy if we purchased the second flat direct from HDB. (The figure $290,000 is based on a built to order flat that my hubby's nephew bought. Built to order means the flat are all ready except for furniture/cabinets , you just paint and can shift in.)

Most of the plants are grown in pots, they cant grow on the soil cause that's public property.

Spotted a pale pink hibiscus flower, it looked so beautiful.

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Shunfu Estate - Part 3 - Recreation for residents

There's a community club for residents in Shunfu Estate and around Thomson Area. Community Club is a centre in the heartlands where residents can learn some courses like foreign languages, flower arrangements, cooking classes, self improvement skills, etc.


I learn some flower arrangements and gifts wrapping in the community club near where I stay. There's also facilities for sports.

This is a resident corner where it is normally located at the ground floor of some HDB Apartment Bocks. The corner serves as a learning centre for arts for children, karoke for residents, etc. It is different from the community club in size and facilities.

A small amphitheatre is always located near the resident corner where residents can watch performance or perform there.

In every other estate, there are same facilities as the above.

Marymount Part 2

Shunfu Estate is a very small town off Marymount Road. Normally, I dont come here cause I dont have any friends staying around here. I used to shop at Thomson Plaza, at Thomson Road which is a road away from Shunfu Estate.

I am surprised to see so many people in the hawker centre despite the town being so quiet and small.

Skywatch Friday - Bishan Fire Station

Going on another exploration of the new circle line seems to be my hobby...lol. Never visited Marymount before so I took the opportunity to try out the new train and visited Marymount. There's nothing much in Marymount except a very quiet neighbourhood.

Opposite the train station, I spotted this new and lovely fire station. Did not know there's a fire station in here. It looked so modern and big. I thought all fire station looked like the one in central. You can view my previous post on the old fire station.

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Pink Saturday - Special Post for Pink Saturday's 2nd Birthday

This is a very special post for Pink Saturday on the occasion of its 2nd Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PINK SATURDAY.

I just came back from Ho Chi Minh City and I thought I wont get to tell you all the story that I am going to share.

The coach that we were on caught some electrical cables that were low lying. I saw one part of the cables already exposed with the wires showing out (photo of exposed wires taken from inside the bus). It was scary, had the driver been impatient and drove off, the cable will snap and the exposed wires will hit the bus and we would get electrocuted.

Our tour leader who forever been taking good care of us make sure all of us are out of the bus and guide us to the rest stop and let the driver and his assistant handle the whole situation.

Cables caught in the ventilator on top of the bus.

I did not buy much in Vietnam, just some keychains and a couple of tee shirts, spend most of my money on food and beverages and just enjoy the sights....lol. I think in my group, hubby and me bought the least...hahaha.

It could be.... I just visited Cambodia six months ago, I find everything in Vietnam is about the same as Cambodia. Also because been travelling so often, I become so lazy to hunt and bargain for the best price and also house run out of space to keep more stuff.

I am more interested in taking more photos and looking at the beautiful architectural buildings, places of attractions, etc.

I think I enjoy most in Vietnam is the water puppet. More about my Vietnam trip will be in my travel blog.

A short video of the water puppet.

I hope I have enough pink in today's post for Pink Saturday.

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Award

Oooh I love this award from my good friend, CC of Lacenribbonroses .

Thank you so much CC for the trendy award. I love it so much. I catch up with everyone of you out there when I return from my trip. :)

Kallang - Driving Lesson

This is the car park outside the Singapore National Stadium. Since the stadium had already closed down, this car park is very quiet and deserted.

The only people I saw using the car park are these learner drivers. Hahaha, it reminded of the days when I was learning how to drive. My instuctor brought me to a cemetery to learn parking..lol. It really scared me but luckily there are other learner drivers in that area too.

And hey, I passed on my first attempt after learning for only twenty over lessons but now I rather take the public transport or be driven than to drive cause there are simply too many cars in the city.

A short video showing the learner drivers.

Leisure Park

Still at Kallang, I remember this shopping mall at Leisure Park. Used to bring my kids here when they were very young. This mall should be at least around 20 years of age. Surprising the mall looked so new or did they renovate the whole place.

The mall is now even easier to access by the new Circle Line Stadium Station. It is located beside the station.

Spotted some costumes of movies characters in the mall.

You can find out more about the mall in their official website.

Skywatch Friday - Singapore Indoor Stadium

This is the Singapore Indoor Stadium, it is located just opposite the new Stadium MRT Station.

The indoor arena is a vibrant entertainment and sports venue capable of hosting major events for up to 13,000 spectators.

This is the meeting place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium where friends get to meet each other. As there were be huge crowds during a huge concert and event, it is easier to meet friends at this point.

You can read more about the Singapore Indoor Stadium from its official website.

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Circle Line - Stadium Station

Continuing with my exploration of the new Circle Line (extension of the Mass Rapid Transit Transport Sytem), I arrived at Stadium Station. This is the station where I can go to the Singapore National Stadium which I posted yesterday.

I think the architectural design of this station is the best among all the stations but I have yet to visit other stations of the new circle line extension.

As this station is near the future sports hub, there are pictures of footballers plastered on the glass of the station. Very interesting.

From the top of the station, I can view through the other end of the station. It looked like it is very narrow.

The exit/entrance of the station is very spacious.

The station is very empty when I was there. Normally, there is no reason to go there unless you worked there or there's a concert at the nearby Indoor Stadium. Crowds of thousands will be expected on such occasion.

But once the Sports Hub is built, I think it will be crowded again with people going there to watch football matches and also to exercise there.