Ang Mo Kio West Garden - Part 1

This is the first time that I visited this garden in Ang Mo Kio Town. I think there is another garden near the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station.

The playground looked so much fun, I am sure the kids love them.

Besides the playground, there's a park beside it. I will post them another day. You can read more about the garden in here.

Almost every town in Singapore besides Ang Mo Kio, comes with playground, shops, market, etc. But normally the bigger town will have malls in them.

It makes life easier for the citizen. Actually, you dont have to own a car in Singapore, you can go anywhere very quickly by public transport or just shop in your own estate.

Ang Mo Kio is accessible by buses and you can visit the town by taking the MRT Train to Ang Mo Kio Station.

Ang Mo Kio

Singapore has many estates all over the island that are self contained. Self contained meaning, they have all the facilities inside the estate. There are malls, library, clinics, shops, market, hawker centres, etc. Residents dont have to travel all the way to the city to get their shopping done. They can just do it right at their own estate.

This is part of Ang Mo Kio. Dont be fooled by my photos. The photo might make the town looked quiet and sleepy but if you would to go to the central of Ang Mo Kio, there's where the action is.

It is more crowded and noisy in the central where most shops and malls are located.

The word "Ang Mo Kio" has many meanings. It sounded like tomatoes in Hokkien but some thought that the estate was named after bridge (Kio) and Ang Mo (Red Hair). It could be a British Engineer (probably with red hair) was responsible to built a bridge in this estate and the locals named the area Ang Mo Kio. You could read the whole story in Infopedia.

The blue building in the above photo is the library in Ang Mo Kio. But nowadays, we have smaller libraries located in the malls in newer towns, so as to encourage more to read books.

I spotted a nursery beside the library.

Sorry no photos of Ang Mo Kio Central cause I did not venture into there and I dont stay in Ang Mo Kio.

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.

For other sky watchers, please hop over to Skywatch blog

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.