The Purple Parade

The Purple Parade was first conceived in 2013 to raise awareness and campaign for the inclusion of the disabled in Singapore and also in conjunction to commemorate the International Day of Person with Disabilities which falls on the 3rd of December each year, with the support of about 40 organisation and the Central Singapore Development Council in order to promote the event a social media movement led by Miss Denise Phua with the support from the Singapore Government with several parliamentarians including our country Prime Minister. The very first event kick-off on the  30th of November 2013. Since then a total of 7 Purple Parade had been held, but his year the event was given a miss due to the Covid19 Pandemic but still, a live stream event was held and also the purchase of merchandise was also conducted for sales online and hope that by next year round we would be able to have the ball rolling again onto the street, by the colour purple was chosen because it symbolises loyalty and the square logo representing a call for equality for those with special needs in all area of society regardless of race language or religion.

Thimithi Silver Chariot Procession

The Thimithi Festival primary celebration in the run to Diwali or Deepavali means the festival of lights is the most important celebration in the Hindu calendar. Thimithi means firewalking begin in Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road and headed to Chinatown Sri Mariamman Temple which is the oldest Hindu Temple in Singapore which took place between 1am - 4am and then in the evening as the firewalking ends there the  Silver Chariot procession begins to mark the victory of  Goddess Draupadi.  

Singapore Zoological Garden

Now known as the Singapore Zoo opened its door in 1973, located in the central catchments area it occupies 69 acres and managed by Wildlife Reserve Singapore and there is also the River Safari and the Night Safari and later Jurong Bird Park will be added within the precinct, and have the opportunity to spend a whole day at a single location for Birds and Wildlife animals.

Jurong Bird Park

Situated at the western slope of Jurong Hill within the Jurong Industrial Estate and had a landmass of 49 acres roughly about 0.2 square kilometres, the Jurong Bird Park is managed by Wildlife Reserve Singapore together with Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and River Safari of which they are situated at Mandai Lake Road come 2021 the Jurong Bird Park will be moving to the same location within the Mandai Lake Area. The Bird Park consist of the free-flight aviary, waterfall aviary, and all the exotic exhibits, it was opened to the public in 1971, it is a world-class bird zoo with a magnificent amount of birdlife from around the world playing second fiddle to Germany in the future we will be able to experience the new bird park at their new home, see you there.

Deepavali 2020

Deepavali or Diwali is the Indians festival of lights which usually last about five days and comes around between mid-October and mid-November one of the most popular of Hinduism. Diwali symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. The festival is widely associated with Lakshmi the goddess of prosperity.

Supertree Grove

Since the Covid19 pandemic, the Supertree Grove and the OCBC Skywalk had not been opened to the public and only recently they start to accept booking online.  There are 18 tree-like structures which dominate the Garden by the Bay landscape with the height ranging from 25 and 50 metres high the Garden Rhapsody was suspended it usually plays between 7.45pm and 8.45pm daily then there is the 128-metre long aerial walkway offering close up view of the Supertree Grove and also the recently renovated Supertree Observatory with an open-air rooftop which offers a 360-degree view of the garden and the marina area which was open in December 2019 before the pandemic and is still closed.

The Green Corridor

Yesterday set out with Singapore Photography & Imaging Networks (SPIN) founder and its member to locate the lost railway to Jurong with the weather, not in our favour but we still set out, first we went to look for the railway tunnel along Clementi Road climbing down a very steep slope and slippery due to the bad weather and then proceed to the old Bukit Timah Railway Station with the Railway bridge and ran across Bukit Timah Road and also our very own green corridor.