Gardens
A tour to Swan Lake
What are they staring at? Is it something interesting or something so eyes catching to them?
Yes! The swan lake. You are looking at the lake as old as the Gardens. It was built in 1866, since than the charming beautiful memories start. There is an island in the lake planted with Nibung palms, these has to be the most remarkable and timeless iconic in Singapore Botanic Gardens.
The Banyan tree is old enough to be our great grand father, and also wise enough to play the old garden song.
Though feeding is not allowed, as long as fishes and the feeder is happy, like-wise the cameraman.
This wooden swan sculpture has been there for many decades but surprisingly; they just couldn’t get out of this place!
There are 2 white mute swans from Amsterdam, always there be an ambassador, gliding like a sub-marine, shinning like a chandelier.
Feed me! Feed me! How could you bear not to feed me?
I’m so lovely and charming bright!
Crouching Tiger and the Hidden Dragon Pt 2
One blogger put up a request to me for more pictures of these wooden tree stump sculptures displayed at the Green Pavilion, Singapore Botanic Gardens.
In fact, some of the sculptures were also placed as an art deco at the lobby. This is the one placed as a backdrop of the counter. No visitors would dare to confront the counter staff with the three dragons behind them. Perhaps, visitors may have mistaken them for the real ones and wonder why the dragons are let loose from their enclosures.
Do you fancy two gigantic lizards crawling on top of your head?
A miniature Godzilla having a good life here!
I still can’t figure out what animal is this? Could it be an eagle?
Is that real? Is up to you to judge!
Are these pumpkins? What are they doing here after the harvest, waiting for the next Halloween?
Just relax and take a sit, while you enjoy the works of art with our hands, provided by nature.
A thoughtful car parking lot
Whenever we look at a car parking lot, it doesn’t appear to be unusual, but at least to me, it is unusual!
对一般人而言，这个停车位是在普通不过了。但对我而言，它有异于一般。
An ordinary public car parking lot is usually made of cement, asphalt, bricks or sometimes just a layer of stones screeds.
一般的停车位用的建筑材料都离不开混凝土，沥青，砖块再不然就是铺上一层小石子。
This parking lot featured here is made of broken strips of thin concrete slab laid out sparingly.
这个停车位是以瘦长的混凝土块以间隔的方式铺设而成。
Nature will fill up the remaining gaps with weeds and gravels.
混凝土块之间的空间就由小石子与植物填补上。
Imagine a little foliage living under a tyre day and night, on the road for months and years. No passer-by realizes or knew their existence.
想象这些小植物日以继夜在车轮下生活。可曾有人留意它的存在？
Are we able to feel the hands of hard work behind these thoughtful parties, who are doing a great job for our Garden City? With intelligent ideas that combines concrete forest with nature green into a song. A beautiful song composed by a harmony melody and an activist conductor, the orchestra just goes on and on…
你可以感受得到那幕后功臣在这花园城市里所付出的努力吗？把绿意与钢骨森林结合成一首歌曲，这首美丽的歌曲由和谐的旋律与活跃的指挥家组成，不止如此，旋律会不断地播下去，继续地播下去。。。
Easter Song
When I walk up to you
I lost my arms
The closer I move
I lost my legs
The closer I look
I lost my thinking and smarty head
How can I go on without all these?
Yes, you can!
You can!
Come closer to me
I’ll show you the way
When I walk up to you
I lost my face
The closer I move
I lost my senses
The closer I look
I lost my color and vibrancy
What can I cling on without all these?
Yes, you can!
You can!
Come closer to me
I’ll show you my way
I finally walk up to you
I lost my voice
The closer I move
I lost my melody
The closer I look
I lost my words and my final confessions
Where can I hang on without all these?
Yes, you can!
You can!
I’ll show you my way
My way of living
My face of Hope
A Friday of Good Song
It’s going to be good, after this Friday
Looking at the shinning cross
Paying respect at this moment
Thus, we know of this day
Let’s enjoy walking down the street
A complete silent without singing
And no dancing
Follow the eyes of this man
Sorrow drifting away
Believe me or not
We are going to be fine, after this
Believe me or not
It got to be good, after this Friday
It’s going to be good, after this Friday
Looking at the shinning star
Watching the rise of this moment
Thus, we know of this day
Let’s enjoy walking down the street
A royal hour without talking
And no laughing
Follow the shadow of this man
Fear drifting away
Believe me or not
We are going to be fine, after this
Believe me or not
It got to be good, after this Friday
PCN – Sungei Punggol
This park which located along Sungei Punggol is also part of the PCN (Park Connector Network) in Singapore. You may wish to start your journey from Lorong Buangkok where the last Kampong in Singapore is situated. Alternatively, you can start the trail from Punggol Point and trail inwardly alongside the river.
Surau Kampong (the last Kampong in Singapore) – I wish it could be prolonged as long as it should be.
From the fruitful rewards of the rainforest trees, might pack along unstoppable echoes of cicadas.
You may be able to spot some fishes swooping from the water, or some dragonflies laying their eggs along the river.
Sight of Godzilla but it’s so much miniature.
According to the information board, this floating wetland is the first and one of a kind in Singapore.
Under the Active, Beautiful, Clean waters (ABC) Programme, it provides natural habitat to biodiversity beautifies the landscape and improves the water quality in the reservoir.
A lookout view of the Wet land under a concrete vehicular bridge.
You may hide away from the weather in this appealing Eggplant shape-like shelter.
Or just go on with the adventurous journey….
Wall of Art – Sengkang Public Library
Sengkang Public Library is part of the National Library in Singapore. It is located in the North-east of Singapore, in Compass Point Shopping Centre. A place for shoppers to acquire knowledge and a place that creates community bond within the residents.
Sometimes, the library organizes activities like reading and sharing session and conduct art exhibitions. The objective of these events is to create an art atmosphere both for the young and old and to extend art juices beyond the library.
For this season, the display glass panel outside the library’s entrance showcases art pieces of selected artists from the Meow Meow Art Studio. The owner of the studio, Ms Diana Lim is a caricaturist, if you are keen to explore her immense talent, log on to http://dianalimcaricaturist.blogspot.sg.
Meanwhile enjoy some of the art pieces I’ve captured…and we shall look forward to another season of showcase!
My sweet Jumbos tree
I spotted a Eugenia Jumbos tree near Eco Garden in Singapore Botanic Gardens. The floor are lying full of ripen fruits. It looks like a dropping bell at a glance.
Eugenia Jumbos has many common names; water apple, Malay apple and rose apple etc.
Eugenia Jumbos is native to Southeast Asia but naturalized in India.
The flesh is crunchy and watery, and the taste is sweet and fragrant. Some time you can find it in the Rojak food. Rojak is a kind of an Asia food that mixes with different kind of fruits, and stir with prawn paste and peanuts topping.
So next time if you happen to see this rosy cheek along the roadside, please greet him with a hello, because he is so shy that needs somebody to be more initiative than him.
Hello, my sweet Jumbos tree!
Sunshine on My Shoulders
Sydney dedicates this lovely song to all his Followers and Future Blogger friends by witness the sunshine on the earth’s shoulder this morning!
Green green grass of home
We all live in a house where floor is in leafy green, ceiling in vast blue.
Wall paintings are either sun or moon.
No walls, no wars and no rooms!
We are all lived in the green green grass of home.
We are tiny but we cater for many…
We are the stars of the Eco Galaxy.
We believe humbleness.
We believe simplicity.
We believe austerity.
We believe accommodation.
We believe, we are not the only frail one who swaying in the wind.
We believe we take equal share, whether the sun is big or small, cause we all lived on the same land!
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