Mun San Fook Tuck Chee Temple

This temple had a 150 years old history and one of the oldest Cantonese Temple to date. It was founded by the workers of a brick kiln factory in 1862, now it sits on a 30 years land lease from the present government since 2009 with a renewal of yearly licence till end of the lease and hopes that there is a reprived to have it seek conservation status. It is famous for its yearly Firedragon performance from the Sar Kong Lion and Dragon dance troupe with a procession of it through the street around the neighbourhood. For those in the pioneer generation living in then Lorong 17 Geylang know as Yeh Par, is today Sim Drive. 

Marina Bay Sands

Built at a cost of S$8 billion the Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort sit on a reclaimed piece of land within the Marine Bay Reservoir and owned by Las Vegas Sands, open in 2010 exactly 10 years ago, it is the world most expensive standalone casino property and it was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The Sky Park is situated at the 57th Storey together with the Infinity Pool. There is the Arts Science Museum, with the 3 hotel towers towering at 55th storey high with a total of 2,500 rooms and suites and a Casino and shopping malls featuring branded names boutiques and F&B, and Sand Theatre.

Garden by the Bay

Opened in 2012, Garden by the Bay offer visitors and resident alike a horticulture oasis of lush greenery and floral display with an area of 101 hectares in the heart of the city with two conservatories namely the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest and it is the largest glass greenhouse in the world and it transforms our Garden City into a City in a Garden. The Garden is divided into Bay Central Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay South Garden, there are also 18 tree-like structures called the Supertree Grove which comes alive at night with coordinated light and music show called the Garden Rhapsody it also had an elevated walkway for visitors to have a panoramic view. In 2014 a Children Garden was added and also Floral Fantasy was included recently. In 2019 a Supertree Observatory an open-air rooftop deck which offer a 360 degree unblocked view of the Garden and the Marina Bay Area.

Siglap/East Coast Road HDB

These miserable 4 blocks of flats had been there since 1963 just to accommodate the resident in the Siglap Kampong due to a fire during the Chinese Lunar New Year in 1962.  Those flats had a view of the sea but soon they disappeared when reclamation was done. They made up of low rise, belong to owner-occupied and some rental flats, there are also various shop units consisting of assorted trades and now their fate are seal and waiting for demolition to begin

Club Street

In downtown Singapore Central Bussiness District, one such place to go to after a hard days work and for unwinding yourself and had a couple of drinks then the place to go to is Club Street around Ang Siang Hill. one building stood out in this enclave is Emerald Garden Condominium with an oriental chinese facade compare to some high-end condominium around the City Centre. Emerald Garden was built in 1998 with a 999 years lease and consist of 265 units 

Moon Cakes Festival

 

Our present National Library was built from the old site of the Empress Hotel (Huang Huo Jiu Lou) and famous for its mooncakes which the Chinese community all over the world celebrate is to remember Chang Er is the most widely accepted tale regarding the moon and the origin of the Mid Autumn Festival. In ancient times there are ten suns existed and very hard for the peoples with the extreme heat that is where Hou Yi shot down nine of the sun and eventually Chang Er and Hou Yi got married and lived happily after and the rest is history.

Its Time to say Goodbye

Dakota Crescent is one of the oldest public housing built under the Singapore Improvement Trust which is government-run Housing and Development Authority before the present the Housing and Development Board. These are low rise bricked flats and was built by the Colonial Government in 1958 it was named after an American Douglas DC3 which the British referred to as Dakota which was commonly spotted landing and taking off at the nearby  Kallang Airport, the christening of the estate's named Kallang Airport Estate also supposedly to commemorate the aviation disaster of an RAF Dakota aircraft which crashed while taking off during a thunderstorm which killed the entire flight crews and 20 RAF personnel. This year we are going to witness another disaster of the demolition of the said flats which had been selective En-bloc redevelopment scheme so before we say goodbye and had a last look at it.