Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 5

Published by simon on May 27, 2006

Okay, this is the last posting on my Singapore pictures. Remembering back, it was and excellent trip, and I really enjoyed posting my pics up here. Too bad photoblogs are a little unpopular these days, and I’m really a photo buff. Anyways, regular programming to resume after this…

Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 1
Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 2
Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 3
Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 4

Below: I spied this somewhere in Jurong, on the way back from some famous Singapore tourist destination. If they ever offer free finger food and cordial drinks in between classes, stay away from the ham sandwiches, I’d say…

Below: This is a banner advertising the staging of West Side Story at the Esplanade, you that pointy building supposedly to look like a durian but looks more like a cempedak. Look at the pix. Doesn’t the guy look like a young Jay Leno?

Below: They recently built this merlion in the middle of Sentosa island. Taking this pic in the twilight, it looks really spooky and a little scary. But not as scary as the amount of Singapore Dollars you need to spend per day on Sentosa…

Below: Speaking of Sentosa, from atop the Carlsberg Tower you can actually see part of the Indonesia islands.

Below: I had to take this pic. My mom has this exact same rubbish bin back home, exact hers is orange instead of yellow. What a coincidence. She bought it in Singapore like 20 years ago. Why? Was there a manga-rubbish bin sale somewhere on Orchard Road back in the mid-80’s? Intriguing. And check out the dog that looks like Scooby Doo.

Below: And so finally a hectic few days on the island, it was time to go home. Tiring, but a very good trip. It’s been more than 8 years since my previous visit to the island republic, and i hope it won’t be so long til the next one….

So what’s next on the agenda? I need to clear some leave by next month, so maybe a short weekend break to escape the traffic jams due to the NAM CoB meeting… i dunno where yet, prolly somewhere near and cheap. And we’re still going to ChiengMai this year, right, Pat?!

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