small bites about singapore #1

Singapore river which serves as a reservoir too. 

the famous bungee jump.. anyone?

walking through the tunnel! fascinating! ;)

One thing I learned while walking through this place was that  'pleasure that you enjoy have its price to pay'. How?  For example,  you walk into a restaurant..From the outside, infront, everything looks perfect but there will always be people behind the scenes to make the service perfect and what not.

That bird over there was done by a famous artist, Fernando Botero

pretty bridge

now that's interesting

as the picture says..

 What is all those photos above? WELL, it's my 2nd day in Singapore! [I shall not mention about what happen on the first day.]
Anyway, I attended this cross-cultural introduction which my uni had for the international students as part of their interaction programme. Thus, this event is aimed for all the international students to get to know Singapore better. I must say that I am very impressed with the country itself (definitely not to compare it to where I'm from) BUT from the start to the end, I was really fascinated by the system they implemented and the lifestyle there. We were told that we had to go for a so-called 'Resilience Trail'. What is resilience? Well, basically we all had to walk few kilometres without stops although, we did stop for ice-cream. :D

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Lookie here, a building with colorful windows!

Ministry of Informations, Communications and Arts (MICA)

There is a story told behind the reason this white building was built about a father and his son

Some part of the Fort left after so many years has passed which was built by the British who invaded Singapore back then

The stairs right there used to be a 'secret' passage way for the British soldiers

Field inside the Fort whereby concerts are usually held now which used to be one of Singapore's earliest cemetery.

Building in memory of Whampoa(Hoo Ah Kay) who used to import ice into Singapore from overseas. However, his business failed not long after due to the high pricing for iced drinks back then.


to be continued . . . .

TaT-a