My World - Chinese New Year 2012 - Chinatown Singapore

Chinese New Year will be here in next week. This year will be year of the dragon. Chinatown was decorated with a huge dragon.



Lots of little dragon in our chinatown. So cute, actually I saw all these in Guangzhou, China when I visited last month. Of course they were much cheaper in Guangzhou as they were made in China.




Oh I like this this, lion dance puppet in my favourite colour.

Red is auspicious during the Chinese New Year, so everywhere will be decorated with red. This year I did not take much photos of chinatown.

Spotted these cute radish plants. In chinese, radishes are called "cai tou" (菜头) which sounds like the word ”good luck” (彩头). This explains why the plant is popular during Chinese New Year.


The word "orange" in Chinese sounds like "gold" or "good luck so anything plants or fruits orange in colour are popular during Chinese New Year too.



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Singapore Botanic Garden - Celebrity Garden

Inside the Orchid Garden (admission fee of S$5 is required, S$1 students, senior citizens, free for children (below 12 years), is also the celebrity garden. The orchid species were specially breed and named after visiting royals and celebrities.

Princess Diana was supposed to visit Singapore but was not so cause of her sudden death. The orchid was specially breed and named after her for her visit.


Very famous South Korean Actor Bae Yong Jun had orchids named after him too.


Our very own famous local singer Stefanie Sun, the orchid really suit her.



There are more orchids named after celebrity and royals.

Singapore Botanic Garden - Cool House

This is the first time I visited the cool house in Botanic Garden. The best part was it was airconditioned hahaha.


Love how the climbers climbed its way around.



Looked so misty and eerie in here - as if some kind of animal will suddenly jumped out of the bushes hahaha.


Different types of carnivorous plants.

We were so excited to find the insect eating plants but they looked so small.

Skywatch Friday - Going bananas

Having some good shots at plants with the sky in the background.




Saw so many banana plants in the banana gallery.

Wow, this huge bunch of bananas can feed a lot of people hahaha.

Not sure what plant is this but sure looked so cute.

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Singapore Botanic Garden - Beautiful Orchids

Really love taking photos of these orchids in Singapore Botanic Garden. They are really so beautiful and make me so cheerful.


This is our national flower. Vanda Miss Joaquim.


Dont really know the rest of the names of the orchids.









My favourite colour, purple. These orchids really have a place in my heart.



Looked like a girl dancing with her skirt swirling round and round.