Marina Barrage

The weather has been crazy lately. It could be so sunny one minute and pouring the next. Last Sunday the weather was pretty good for outdoor and we decided to check out Marina Barrage, as both of us haven't been there before.

Its a pretty big place with many water features and a big area where many people were flying kites, having picnics or just chilling out. Upon entering the place, an elderly woman asked if we wanted a short introduction of the area and the amenities available. She was a volunteer tour guide. She told us that Marina Barrage is currently Singapore largest reservoir which was new to me. I thought it was still MacRitchie Reservoir. Below is a picture of the Pump House.


Xavier was already eyeing the children play pool where many other kids are playing. As we were not prepared, we only let him play with the water from the side. Nonetheless he had heaps of fun. We literally had to drag him away from the area...



We took a walk around the "spiral" grass area up the top of the Barrage and looking up, the whole sky is littered with kites. Looking ahead, you could see the Singapore skyline and the soon-to-be-completed Sands IR just was the sun was setting.

And our day ended with a surprise visit by MM Lee.

More photos available at my Flickr.

Resort World in Black and White

We went to Resort World last month while both of us were on leave last month, just to check out how an Integrated Resort looked like. So we were both acting like tourists, with a camera around my neck and pointing and saying "Wow!" to every little things we saw.

Sadly there were not much to wow about. The four hotels look identical from outside and they looked more like four star hotels. We were most interested in the Hard Rock Hotel as Lilian likes Hard Rock collectibles. Think partly could be that Universal Studios were not open for business yet. Actually I'm not sure if I would go to Universal Studios Singapore when it opens. I mean, the weather is either too hot or too wet to have fun in an outdoor theme park.


Anyway below are some shots in black and white I took over there. Enjoy.

The big Casino sign greet guests as they enter from the carpark entrance.

Nice ceiling decorations in one of the many hallways.

Another nice ceiling decoration, this time resembling the human eye.

"Diamonds are the girl's best friend." Unfortunately, its only crystals here.

Fresh Macaroons anyone?

In the memories of Micheal.

This way to Hard Rock Hotel.

Love all. Serve All.

Path to Hard Rock Heaven.

Poolside chill out hotspot.

Decorative wall of a Restaurant.

Adam and Eve...

Double Bentley for the VVVIPs.

Glass art, like the one at lobby of Bellagio in Las Vegas.

This is the Lake of Dreams. Its in the middle of the FestiveWalk, where most of the dining restaurants are.

Yet to be opened Universal Studios Singapore.

Gigantic Hershey's Syrup bottle. These are actually coin saving bottles.

Earphones in candy packaging. Yummy.

Blackboard drawing inside Chili's Restaurant.

You can see the photos in colour at my Flickr.