Tag: Singapore

2020 — A Year We Will Not Forget

No tape is gonna stop this cat from resting on this bench!

It started off like any other year. Although the Wuhan virus has been brewing in China, it has not reached our shores. Life was pretty much normal. We had our Chinese New Year celebrations, River Hongbao, and Chingay, which I attended for the first time. Lockdown Circuit Breaker Things started heading south from Feb, leading… Continue reading 2020 — A Year We Will Not Forget

Celebrating a Very Different National Day 2020

A Chinook helicopter carrying the National Flag flies around the Singapore heartlands, flanked by two Apache helicopters.

The year 2020 shall go down in history as the year of COVID-19. With the worldwide spread of COVID-19, many major activities, including the Tokyo Olympics has been cancelled. Earlier in the year, I had thought that there won’t be a National Day Parade this year as well, but the organising committee had other plans.… Continue reading Celebrating a Very Different National Day 2020

Reliving the National Day 2004 at the old National Stadium

I was looking through my archives when I came across the photos I took during the 2004 National Day Parade. It was still held at the grand dame that is the National Stadium, which sadly has been demolished, and replaced with an overpriced structure which did not make a good NDP location. This is probably… Continue reading Reliving the National Day 2004 at the old National Stadium

Funan Reborn

Funan Singapore, seen from Hill Street. This shot was taken before the opening day.

Exactly three years ago today (30 June 2016), Funan Digitalife Mall opened its doors to the public for the last time. The mall was subsequently demolished, and underwent a major revamp costing $560 million. Fast-forward to today, the mall opened again, ahead of schedule, on 28 June 2019. I braved the crowds to have a… Continue reading Funan Reborn

Wrath of the Gods

Lightning storm over Our Tampines Hub on 9 Oct 2017. (2-shot composite)

According to the National Environmental Agency (NEA), Singapore has the world’s highest occurrence of lightning activity in the world. As we approach the monsoon season, we experience more thunderstorms throughout the day and night. Yesterday is one such night where there’s large storm, accompanied with a intense lightshow of lightning bolts. After the rain has subsided enough to let… Continue reading Wrath of the Gods

Singapore Night Festival 2017—Tenth Anniversary Edition

The tenth edition of the popular Singapore Night Festival ended on 26 Aug 2017, with the highlight show being The Globe by Close Act Theatre. The Dutch theatre group has also performed at the 2016 Night Festival, wowing audiences with their two performance titled Let’s Celebrate, and Invasion, the latter of which featured dinosaurs and… Continue reading Singapore Night Festival 2017—Tenth Anniversary Edition

Gardens by the Bay Turns Five With Gardens Extravaganza Special

It didn’t seem that long that the Gardens by the Bay first opened, but time flies and it’s been five years! To celebrate their fifth anniversary, Gardens by the Bay organised a series of events, and one of them is the Gardens Extravaganza Special. The multimedia show combining 3D projection mapping, fire/pyrotechnics, acrobats and trapezes took… Continue reading Gardens by the Bay Turns Five With Gardens Extravaganza Special

Final Week of i Light Marina Bay 2017

This weekend (26 Mar 2017) marks the end of the 2017 edition of the  i Light Marina Bay festival. I made a few more visits to the festival after the media preview so that I can see and photograph the installations which were either not ready then, or we didn’t have time to cover.

Partial Solar Eclipse 9 Mar 2016

On 9 March 2016, a large part of the Pacific, including South East Asia and Australia was treated to a rare celestial event, a solar eclipse. Unfortunately, Singaporeans are only able to see a partial eclipse, with the 87% of the sun being covered by the moon. It’s still a rare event nonetheless, with the last… Continue reading Partial Solar Eclipse 9 Mar 2016