Boardwalk Places To See Sunsets In Singapore Photo: Sunset At Kelong Walk In Changi Point Boardwalk Boardwalk Places To See Sunsets In Singapore Changi Point Boardwalk: Sunset Walk, Kelong Walk, Cliff Walk, Sailing Point Walk The Changi Point Boardwalk along the eastern coastal end of Changi comprises a series of connected boardwalks that have names that reflect scenes around the area. The four segments of Changi Point Boardwalk are Black Knights: Paya Lebar Airbase Open House Photo: Black Knights Aircraft, Pilot and Admirers Black Knights: Paya Lebar Airbase Open House The darlings of the RSAF Open House held in August 2008 were undoubtedly the Black Knights, for both the men and women who visited Paya Lebar Airbase. Even though the Black Knights were the object of their desires at the Paya Lebar Airbase, both sexes had very different ideas on what attracted them. F-16 Fighting Falcons For Sale In Singapore F-16 Fighting Falcons For Sale In Singapore Did you know that there are F-16 Fighting Falcons for sale in Singapore? You can buy an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter plane at a bazaar sale at Paya Lebar Airbase in Singapore. The price of each F-16 Fighting Falcon starts from S$125 per aircraft. Every one of the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft sold in Singapore is brand new and in mint condition Hot Air Balloon Ride In Singapore Hot Air Balloon Ride In Singapore I had missed an earlier opportunity for a hot air balloon ride some years back in Gold Coast, Australia. Wife and I had booked us on a hot air balloon ride but due to poor weather, the flight was cancelled at the last moment. I remember that point in time clearly as I was woken up to receive the news at 5.02am. When another opportunity presented itself for a Picture: BBQ Pit 66, Area F, East Coast Park For readers who are interested in the picture or photograph of bbq pit 66 at Area F of East Coast Park, I have posted it here. For a map to see where East Coast Park's bbq pit 66 or Area F is, you can take a look at Npark's map of pit 66 location in East Coast Park. Directions and details (like Bus service number, route map) on how to get to bbq pit 66 in East Coast Park are also available at Hong Lim Park Singapore: Public Demonstration Venue, Speakers' Corner Photo Credit: Culture Show at Hong Lim Green Park, National Archives of Singapore Hong Lim Park Singapore: Public Demonstration Venue, Speakers' Corner Hong Lim Park, Singapore’s first public garden created by philanthropist Cheng Hong Lim in 1885, was designated in September 2000 as the place for the Speakers’ Corner. From 30 August 2008, this 0.94-hectare Hong Lim Park will add another Free Fruits In Singapore: Yishun Park Jackfruits at Yishun Park Free Fruits In Singapore: Yishun Park If you wander around Yishun Park in Singapore, you will notice tropical fruits are available free of charge during the fruiting season. I have seen durian fruits, rambutan fruits and jack-fruits hanging on branches at Yishun Park. Three roads bound this park in northern Singapore: Yishun Central, Yishun Ring Road and Yishun Avenue Kallang Riverside Park: Gas Works and Sculpture Kallang Riverside Park Photograph Kallang Riverside Park: Gas Works and Sculpture If you visit Kallang Riverside Park, you cannot miss two distinctive structures that bring memories to this area of Singapore. They are the blue steel pillars of what remains as the gas holder of Kallang Gas Works and an abstract sculpture called the Spirit of Kallang. Kallang Gas Works Tall blue pillars are the Singapore Bay Run Review Singapore Bay Run Review The start of my participation in the 2008 Singapore Bay Run could not have been better. The morning sun, hidden behind clouds that gave no hint of rain, stayed cool after a prolonged downpour the day before. The 6-kilometre 8.30am flag-off of the Singapore Bay Run was still ten minutes away when I reached the Esplanade Bridge. As Singapore Bay Run participants warmed Learning Points: Team Singapore Table Tennis, Beijing Olympic Games Learning Points: Team Singapore Women's Table Tennis, Beijing Olympic Games The past fortnight has seen my family and I glued to the TV screen because of the Beijing Olympic Games and especially the efforts of Team Singapore Women's Table Tennis. The Team Singapore Women's Table Tennis Olympic Silver medal winning performances were the highlight of the 2008 Olympic sporting extravaganza that Dirty Beaches of Singapore: Pasir Ris Beach Dirty Beaches of Singapore: Pasir Ris Beach You would have heard about one of the dirty beaches of Singapore recently. Apparently authorities have found some bacteria contamination of sea water at Pasir Ris beach. While most beach visitors would not bat an eyelid at rubbish left behind by beachgoers or barbecue pit users, this dirty beach at Pasir Ris park's beachside waters is a little more Water Cable Ski Places in Singapore: East Coast Area photo: Water Cable Ski Places at East Coast Lagoon Water Cable Ski Places in Singapore: East Coast Area On the East Coast area that used to be the East Coast Lagoon sits Water Ski 360, billed as the first water cable ski recreational park in Singapore. Of the several water cable ski places in Singapore, this water cable ski park is placed in a sheltered body of water located at East Coast Park Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East Photo: Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East 'Seed' Sculptures The contrast in atmosphere between Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East and Ang Mo Kio MRT station is stark. As you leave the Ang Mo Kio MRT station to make your way to Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East, cold steel and hard concrete give way to warm trees and soft grass. Located at Ang Mo Kio Street 53, Ang Mo Kio Town Garden Singapore Gets Olympic Silver Medal In Women's Team Table Tennis Singapore Gets Olympic Silver Medal In Women's Team Table Tennis In a historic moment, Singapore's women's table tennis team of Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu received their Olympic Silver medals today after their final women's team table tennis match against China. Singapore's Ng Ser Miang, Vice-President of the Singapore National Olympic Council and Executive Member of the IOC, gave Mushroom, Aloe Vera, Wheatgrass, Edible Cactus Farm In Singapore photo above: wheatgrass 'farm' Mushroom, Aloe Vera, Wheatgrass, Edible Cactus Farm In Singapore Due to space constraints and lack of a farming heritage, few farms exist in ultra-urban Singapore. Of the farms that cultivate crops, most offer a rojak spread of common farm vegetables to tantalize visitors who live in concrete jungles. To discover a vegetable farm in Kranji Singapore that Have You Visited Hort Park? As a first for SeenThisSceneThat, I am conducting a simple online poll of my readers. As I am passionate about family-friendly places that are related to nature, sky and space, I have chosen Hort Park, a new hangout on the Southern Ridges of Singapore to be the subject of my poll. I have written about my visits to Hort Park in earlier articles. You can read them here: 1. Hort Park: A hot place Labrador Park And Nature Reserve Labrador Park And Nature Reserve Since 1 January 2002, Labrador Park’s 10-ha coastal secondary vegetation and the rocky shore have been gazetted as a Nature Reserve. The non-descript turn off from Labrador Ville Road into Singapore’s Labrador Park and Nature Reserve hides an adventurous place for families with kids to visit. Kids Run At the roundabout near the top of Labrador Park and Nature Team Singapore: Beijing Olympic Games Team Singapore: Beijing Olympic Games Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony: photo taken from TV The Olympic Games is a family-friendly, once-in-four-year global sporting event that has captivated me for a long time. To keep enthusiasm for the Olympic Games at a high level over four years is a tricky process; but after watching the breathtaking opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Images And Places In Singapore Seen On NDP Images And Places In Singapore Seen On NDP You’ll recognize this sense of dejavu when images like cakes, parties, drinks, feasting, family and friends are seen during one’s birthday party. What do you think are the images and places in Singapore, seen on National Day Parade (NDP)? Emotion on the anniversary of their own births can consume some individuals. Perhaps it can be seen as a positive Have You Seen This Crocodile In Pasir Ris Park? Photo: Straits Times Page H6 on 6 August 2008 Have You Seen This Crocodile In Pasir Ris Park? Hunters from PUB, Nparks, photography clubs and nature lovers are descending on the mangrove swamp near Tampines River canal in Pasir Ris Park to ‘shoot’ the newest reptilian addition in Singapore’s northeastern coastal land. Most visitors are looking for a souvenir photograph, while experts are Singapore Air Force RSAF Open House 2008 Poster courtesy of RSAF Singapore Air Force RSAF Open House 2008 The Republic of Singapore Air Force RSAF celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2008. As part of the celebrations, the Singapore Air Force RSAF Open House 2008 will be held on 30 August 2008 and 31 August 2008 at Paya Lebar Airbase. Admission to the RSAF Open House 2008 is free for the public, from 9am to 7pm daily. Highlights of Scenic Places In Singapore: Little Guilin Scenic Places In Singapore: Little Guilin If we could aspire to have a place in Singapore listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Singapore’s Little Guilin or Xiao Guilin, one of the few scenic places in Singapore, in Bukit Batok Town Park at Bukit Batok East Avenue 5 should be among the top few on our application form. Our Little Guilin or Xiao Guilin is a mini version of China’s famed Mangrove Swamp Boardwalk: Pasir Ris Park Mangrove Swamp Boardwalk: Pasir Ris Park With the upgrading of the mangrove swamp boardwalk in Pasir Ris Park across Sungei Tampines from NTUC Downtown East completed recently, I brought my kids for a late afternoon walk at one of the few places in Singapore that’s available for a mangrove swamp boardwalk. This event took place before news broke that Pasir Ris Park beach had been declared Beautiful Gardens In Singapore: SGF Part 2 Beautiful Gardens In Singapore: SGF Part 2 Why do people like to visit beautiful gardens in Singapore, especially one lined with many fantasy gardens like those at the Singapore Garden Festival? Beautiful gardens in Singapore that are so esoteric that they can’t be easily transplanted into high-rise living quarters? Beautiful gardens that can’t fit in Singapore’s high-rise living rooms due to Pasir Ris Park: Playground Places For Children Pasir Ris Park: Playground Places For Children If you happen to be around the eastern half of Singapore looking for the best playground places for your children, search no further than Pasir Ris Park. Situated at Pasir Ris Road, off Elias Road, the kid’s playground at Pasir Ris Park is hidden far from White Sands Shopping Centre and the Pasir Ris MRT Station but well worth the effort to seek it Singapore Botanic Gardens: Evolution Garden above image: Evolution Garden landscape Singapore Botanic Gardens: Evolution Garden Walking into the Evolution Garden of the Singapore Botanic Gardens feels like taking a step back in time. To be precise, I am not talking about returning to the past by a decade or two of history. The setting of this creative concept at the Evolution Garden is more ambitious. This Singapore Botanic Gardens mini Singapore Orchid Show 2008 Singapore Orchid Show 2008 above: Singapore Orchid Show exhibits For lovers of all things related to Orchids, the Singapore Orchid Show 2008 is a must-see exhibition that true-blue hobbyists should not miss. For others like my family of five who do not possess above-average affinity to Orchids, the Singapore Orchid Show is still a fun learning excursion. Within the cavernous Level 4 hall of Singapore Garden Festival 2008: Fantasy, Assembly, Greenery and Beauty Singapore Garden Festival 2008: Fantasy, Assembly, Greenery and Beauty Today I stepped into a wonderful world of flowers and plants, transformed into unbelievable landscapes that enthralled visitors at the Singapore Garden Festival 2008. For the best in whimsical garden designs, implemented by the most capable horticultural partners, look no further than the Fantasy Gardens exhibition at Level 6 East Coast Park: Eastern Coastal End Walk East Coast Park: Eastern Coastal End Walk Like the rest of Singaporeans who make East Coast Park the most popular park in Singapore, we come to the eastern coastal end for quiet walks often. For a sensory feast of sandy beaches, bright open spaces and tall Casuarina trees sashaying to the rhythm of sea breeze, this coastal end of East Coast Park near Changi is the best place to be. While you Make Money: Singapore Nature Parks Show You How Make Money: Singapore Nature Parks Show You How You could not have missed today’s front-page moneymaking news on the Straits Times. There is now an opportunity to make money to the tune of one million Sing dollars. If you wish to make a claim for this pot of money, you must make information available that will lead to the capture of Singapore’s number one public enemy; who also appears to be a