2 Feb 2011 – The Bear Bids Farewell to the Tiger!

Mon@Marina Bay Sands. Batteries died but fortunately managed a few pix. The better weather day is from posting: 26 Jun 2010/Marina Bay Sands SkyPark. At least the rains stayed away while we were on the surfboard! Highly recommended to just experience the view and the infinity pool even at the price of S$20 and S$17 for seniors 🙂

http://www.marinabaysands.com/SandsSkypark/Sands_Sky_Park.aspx

This time round, saw the night lights and Bear being from Norway, a maritime nation is impress with the containers’ terminals and the amount of ships off the coast. The Port of SIN conducts maritime trade handling functions which handle SIN’s shipping. One of the world’s busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, it also tranships a fifth of the world’s shipping containers with half of the world’s annual supply of crude oil.

Cousin ChengEn who is visiting from Shanghai, thank you for taking time to meet up for drinks. Appreciate your hospitality when May was studying in Shanghai and whenever we are on transit there. Clement, thanks for getting the new bank notes and the red packages. In good company of the Bear, we are ready to say farewell to the Year of the Tiger which was burning bright in the Lion City 🙂 🙂

The skylines lit up at dead of night, the air-conditioning systems cooling empty hotels in the desert and artificial light in the middle of the day all have something both demented and admirable about them: the mindless luxury of a rich civilization – Jean Baudrillard

1 Feb 2011 – Bye bye Jan & Curly Locks!

Bjørn besides a name also translates to bear in Norwegian! So should title this SIN Trotting with a Bear in the Lion City. For those who might not be aware, SIN is also known as the Lion City. Started yesterday with a quick hair cut@Parkway for S$10 where they will even vacuum you head when the cut is over… bye bye curly locks 🙂

Marina Bay Sands, Merlion Park and transactions by SIN River.

Raffles Landing Site by SIN River, Cavenagh Bridge with the contrast of the old Supreme Court (green dome) and the new Supreme Court (spaceship looking building) in the background, Esplanade Bridge and Clifford Pier/Fullerton Bay Hotel.

Fullerton Hotel****opened 2001. This majestic colonial building built in 1928, was the former General Post Office which also housed the Exchange, Singapore Club (now Singapore Town Club), the Marine Department, and the Import and Export Department (later the Ministry of Trade and Industry) and the Chamber of Commerce.  http://www.fullertonhotel.com

Singapore Botanic Gardens/SBG established in 1859, National Orchid Gardens and SIN national flower the Vanda Miss Joaquim in bloom. According to Bjørn, his father being a botanist enthusiast will be happy to know that he made an effort to visit!

SBG: By the Tanglin Gate, Bandstand, A Curtain of Roots. http://www.sbg.org.sg/

Another Lo Hei/撈起 thanks to Les & Ivy in the company of porpor, Jo & Sue

A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them – Carolus Linnaeu