Skyview from a condo

Not bad if you can wake up to this view everyday!

Can you see the Singapore Flyer at the far end, slightly to the right from the central, just beneath the clouds.

A sunny day in Singapore.

 

Where to catch the sight of the mempat trees aka singapore sakura

 Usually these trees blossom around aug every year after the dry spell in july.
This round the drought was in jan/feb. rain only came in march. Hence the blossom period was towards end of mar till early week of apr. approximately 2 weeks before they wither. They wither even beautifully onto the ground. what a beautiful sight. I only wish the National Park plant them in parks, gardens so that when they blossom, people can go and enjoy the beautiful sight safely. Now most of them are planted along the roadsides, it is quite dangerous  and difficult to be enjoying a 'pinic' in such areas. And most of the time, i noticed there is only maximum of 3 trees in a row, usually in 3 different shades (soft pink, bright pink and white) except for one stretch of road.

Places that I saw them:
1) Lor Chuan towards serangoon gardens
2) along the centre divider of TPE near tampines stetch
3) entrance to CTE southbound at Yio Chu Kang, just next to the condo
4) Beginning of Bishan Park next to the traffic light opposite Bishan MRT depot
5) Along braddell road towards Thomson Road. This stretch has the most number of trees, at least 10 of them. But it is very difficult to take picture if you are in the moving vehicle.
6) Paya Lebar road towards Sims Ave after PIE.
7) Old Choa Chu Kang Road

Mempat Trees blossoming week

Finally after the long month drought, the rain came.
And suddenly the whole island bustled into lovely flowers of soft pink, bright pink and white flowers from the mempat trees. It came so sudden and everywhere u go, u can catch them along roads.

 

This is what I managed to capture along the road during the peak of blossoming.

Singapore Night View in Bishan

Blocks of brightly lit housing apartments against a night sky of grey

Outlet mall hopping last Oct

After returning from the States 2 months ago, I finally sat down to pin drop all the outlet malls we went in Florida through our road trip from Orlando to Miami.
Actually the outlet malls were mainly used as our pit stops to replenish ourselves during the long hours drive. We had our meals, toilet break, shopping, and rest.

Legoland Florida

The day we visited Legoland Florida, it was a very very hot October day.

one of the places to hide from the hot sun

Hence we could not stay in the park for long and what a pity.

Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida

We spent a week in here in Orlando Florida.

First by spending 3 nights in a disney hotel All Stars Sports and then moved to Orlando downtown hotel for Universal and shopping.

We totally love the experience. We purchased park hopper in our package with meals option. So we can actually hop from one park to another any time without having to worry about which day is for which. If Magic Kingdom is too crowded, we can always pop over to Animal Kingdom first. The bus services were top notch. Easy and comfortable.

Epcot is the top choice for boys above 9yo. It was much fun there trying out the Chevrolet Design Studio.

The all time favorite Magic Kingdom.

My family enjoyed the Safari ride for the Animal Kingdom, the view was awesome.