March 16, 2009
Ok you're asking what r these singaporeans doing dressed in pink?
Is it some breast cancer awareness campaign?
Nay, this is "Freedom to Love" held @ Hong Lim Park somewhere near Clarke Quay.
Singapore is making history today by coming together to support the freedom of LGBT ppl in Sing to looovvee~
The "supporters" getting into formation to form the word LOVE
LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transexual.
The highlight of the event was people dressed in pink forming the word LOVE, then 4 ALL
for aerial photographs to be taken.
While at it, they sang the song "All U Need is Love".
Although Singapore is a self-proclaimed culturally conservative country,
different sexual orientation practises are still tolerated to some extent.
Now that was quite an eye-opener. Felt a little uneasy back there.
Were they all really LGBTs back there? :-p
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Ok I'm already in Chinatown~~
This place here has malls, street market, food street, lots n lots of hawker centres, temples(even Indian temple and Muslim mosques), museums, chinese traditional pharmacists, decorative shops, boutiques, paraphernalia shops for funerals, etc etc.
Its unlike some~~ "Chinatown" in Petaling street which doesnt even make an effort to hang
or change the lanterns on CNY.
And which sells only fake stuffs( fake Gucci handbags anyone?).
A long stretch of Food street that gets busy at night
I would say the cheapest food to find in Singapore would still be hawker food.
Day time the hawker centres are so pack and every1 is just digging their heads into their bowls.
Night time, this Food street comes alive and you'll be spoilt for choice.
The last time i was there, 1 dish, say char kuew tiao cost SD3-4.
So it was quite affortable really if u don't think about the price after conversion.
Everywhere looked bloody red and the walls were decorated with miniature buddhas
Taddha~~ Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
Am not a fan of temples really, but my curiosity got the better of me and i entered in search
of the Buddha Tooth.
The interior of the back hall looked like a scene from China's emperor palace.
Too many idols and things hanging from the ceiling for my eyes to process i didnt hang around long there.
Golden idols
At the top of the temple, lies a beautiful garden surrounding the 10 thousand buddhas pavillion.
Within the pavillion lies the Vairocana buddha prayer wheel.
Worshippers are suppose to recite the scriptures on it while this artefact is spinning.
Statue of a chinese warrior. Behind is the Tibetan monastery, place of the Dalai Lama.
This looks like another version of goddess of mercy
Multiple statues of the thousand hands and thousand eyes goddess of mercy.
Apparently 1000 hands demonstrates boundless help offer while 1000 eyes shows infinite wisdom.
This guy asking the buddha on the lotus what numbers to buy to strike lottery.
Chinatown complex, another place to lepak and eat..endless food~~!!!
In the end, we couldn't find the buddha tooth. Never bothered asking for directions either.
My Singaporean friends weren't that interested either..haha.
Away from Chinatown, we traveled to Geylang just to eat Klang Bak Kut Teh and frog leg.
The place was so packed we had to eat behind the restaurant.
The irony was i never ate Klang's bak kut teh before so i wont know the authenticity of it.
The next day my Couchsurfing friends and i met at Rochester Park for high tea.
Rochester Park is a heritage site located off North Buona Vista Road, featuring several double-storey black-and-white British colonial bungalows, which some of them have been turned into
restaurants, galleries, and spas.
Sophie started talking about her 1st hand experience working as a nurse in quarantine during the SARS pandemic. Being obligated to suit up as measure of disease control, it was near death experience seeing patients and her colleague collapsing 1 by 1 around her.
At One Rochester, everything taste delicious because its expensive :-p..well, at least for a backpacking me~
Singapore sky scrapers somewhere @ Raffles Place.
Saint Andrew Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Singapore, the country's largest cathedral.
Located near City Hall MRT interchange in Singapore central business district.
It is the Cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore and the mother church of her 26 parishes and more than 55 congregations.
The 1st Saint Andrew church was built in 1835, demolished in 1842 and rebuilt again in 1856.
In 1942 during the Japanese attack, it became an emergency hospital.
1973, gazetted as a national monument of Singapore.
Orchard Road
Orchard road is the place to be during Singapore sales season.
I know SD is much stronger than ringgit but during sales, their international branded items are good deals and value for money.
You may only get the most 20% discount out of selected Louis Vuitton, Prada, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Bulgari items in Pavillion but imagine a 70% less when Singapore go Sales Frenzy.
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Well then, thats about all for my short visit to Singapore.
Small and fun packed island, greeaatt experience.
Just tip of the iceberg what i saw so will definitely return there for a family trip,
Sentosa Island perhaps? ..again?
I know every1 now is just dying to go to their new casino..~
Anyway, for more info visit Singapore Tourism Board's official website
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