Sunset @ Telok Blangah Hill Park

Taking a break from my various Taiwan posts to say something about Singapore :D The Telok Blangah Hill Park is one of the nice scenic parks in Singapore that's worth a visit during the Sunset timings, thanks to the beautiful Sunset sky view that you can see from the park itself. (Well, if you read further, you will know, why it's just the sky and not the sun in focus)

Depending on your camera's settings, you can get different sky shades of the sunset view. I'm blessed with the early appearance of a full round moon, prior to the actual sunset. I love the nice sky view at the top of the mountain. 

Here's one with a much bluer sky with a total different setting from the above.

With luck, I managed to capture a shot of a loving couple after their run together at the park, and the moon at the background too.

Every journey starts with the very first step of our foot :D Yeah, this is pretty much out of the point actually. But it's the last shot of my pretty white boots that didn't last that long. After all, what do you expect from a AUD$25 boots?

The plants in the area are pretty as well

The lovely looking tent-like shelter for us to take a break under it.

It's a pity that the actual sunset is not located on the nicer side of the park. Perhaps the sunrise might be at the right position but when will I ever wake up early enough to take a photo of that? *wondering*

Here's the sun, setting behind the trees at another side of the park.

Still, it gives a pretty view of the reddish looking sky and nice trees :) After all, we are actually there for a stroll and not exactly there to take photo of the sunset. I'm pretty blessed to catch the sun setting though.

With the sun gone, here's a glimpse of the strong vine stretching itself below the big strong tree..

The stairs and the lights are now on...

Here's my pretty looking face :D with the nice looking sky behind me.

Address: Telok Blangah Green off Henderson Road

How to get there: Talk Bus 176 from Blk 44 Bus Stop, Opp. Telok Blangah MRT Station

If you travel along the Henderson Road, you will pass by the Henderson Bridge, which is another pretty nice place to go for a walk for the nice scenery.

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Hollywood After Hours @ Universal Studio - Sentosa

So much about my Taiwan Trip, here's some sharing on the Universal Studio at Sentosa (Singapore). As I don't think I'll dare to take the rides, so I went for the $5 per person Hollywood After Hours to take a look around the street, take photos and watch the fireworks. :) The timing of this event is from around 7pm to 10pm (only on Fri and Sat). 

I'm pretty glad that I actually called up their hotline @ +65 6577 8888 to find out about their operating hours before visiting, otherwise, I'd waste a trip down on the wrong day of the week.

Do check out what they have and their ticket prices before your visit if you are keen to visit as well. Not sure why but there wasn't much info about the Hollywood after hours's event. For me, my main plan was to watch the fireworks from inside Universal Studio, which is the "Lake Hollywood Spectacular" event at 9pm. If you do visit only the after hours part, this is something not to be missed.

Beware of standing too close to the lake as the heat from the fireworks and sound created might give you a shock at times.

On a normal Friday night, the crowd of the Malaysian Food Street is pretty much manageable and acceptable. But if you do visit on a Saturday or Public Holiday period, here's something you might see...

This photo was taken on one of the Chinese New Year holidays period and the street was packed with people even before you can ever enter the area. OMG!!

But you do get to see nice decorations like these dragons...

This gift shop is located outside the Universal Studio.

Don't forget to take more pictures for sake keeping :)

Don't bother trying the bubble tea at Only You Desserts. The mascot is cute and the logo is nice, the bubble tea is reasonably priced but the taste was pretty much off. The pearls are pretty mushy and doesn't have that chewy feeling that I like. The tea is just so-so...

For this price I had paid for the Hollywood After Hours experience and watching of the Lake Hollywood Spectacular, it's pretty valued for money. As for the full Universal Studio experience, it's something for you to find out. After all, my sister-in-law visited that place about 3 times so far, so it got to be pretty fun I guess. She highly recommend the 4D movie experiences as well. Of which, I might find one weekday to try that out.

Here's the rest of the photos...

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Orchard Central: Roof Garden

As we’ve known, Orchard Central is sort of the tallest shopping experience in Singapore, at least from what I saw today. There might be higher shopping center buildings but only this one has 12 floors of shopping, excluding its 2 basements levels. If not for the sake of exploring, we’ll never have realised that there are flea market like stalls at the middle of the building.

The most interesting part of the shopping centre is at its roof top, where the roof garden is!

An unbelievable art piece that seems to be hanging from the air, supported just by the bottom of the wired stairs. Fragile, yet sturdy!

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