Malaysian Super League 2014

First is was called the Malaya Cup in 1921 the trophy was donated by the officers and men of battleship HMS Malaya.  Then in 1933 is was renamed HMS Malaya Cup, in 1967 a new trophy was inaugurated and since that was called Malaysia.  Singapore & Brunei was invited into the series right until 1994 when Singapore won the cup for the last time decided to withdrew due to a dispute over gate receipts and we started out very own call S League in 1996.  During the Heydays of the cup series, we saw a crowd of 55,000 footballs fans attending each and every home game and also the coined of the Kallang Roar and Kallang Waves that was the most memorable times for all football fans.  Then came 2012 we were once invited into the Malaysian Super League, Malaysia FA Cup and also the prestigious Malaysia Cup should be represented by Under 23 years players and their side Tiger Cup involved in our S League.

2014 match kicks off with the Charity Shield between Lions XII and Pahang and we lost 1-0. Then on 25th January 2014, the first match of the MSL between Lions XII vs Selangor FA saw Lions XII beat their arch-rival 2-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium with a full house of 6500 paying fans.

Esplanade presents Visual Arts

Soaring Dragons （飞龙在天）in conjunction with Hua Yi Festivals of Arts is a artworks by Carl Cheng Chi Ming from Hongkong

This new work is made of 200 bamboo ladders symbolising one of the four aspects of nobility and good social standing in Chinese culture constructed in the form of a dragon.  It represents the economic and social success of the Chinese achieved through hard work.

Soaring Dragon is based on the qian chapter of the book of Changes ( Yi Jing), one of the oldest Chinese classics text and a book of divination and wisdom.

With the Dragon a symbol of greatness and the sky a symbol of transcendence.  Soaring Dragon suggests that people of greatness are now in the right places to lead others to success.

Old Time Favourite...

Just wondering how many of us still remember the places a must to visit during the Lunar Chinese New Year.  Yes, its Haw Par Villa but the original name was Tiger Balm Garden and was built in 1937 by Burmese Chinese brothers non-other than Mr Aw Boon Haw and Mr Aw Boon Par.

The park located along Pasir Panjang Road consists of more than a thousand statues which are mostly cast in  concrete and more than 150 dioramas depicting Chinese mythology

Then in 1988 the Singapore Tourism Board took charge of it and renamed Haw Par Villa Dragon World, we could remember a big concrete dragon at the entrance on a slope.

After the STB took over entrance fees had been levied then the attendance started to drop because of the high fees.

The most famous is Journey to the West, Ten Courts of Hell, Romance of the three kingdoms, Feng Shen Ban, 24 Filial Exemplars, Madam White Snake, Laughing Buddha, Guan Yin, etc.......

There are also the 12 Chinese Animal Zodiacs, and monument dedicated to the Aw Brothers and their parents.

I think the younger generation is not keen to find this place interesting anymore instead they hang around the newer theme park like Universal World, S.E.A  Aquarium.  Now with the new Circle Line MRT going to its doorstep and I hope more people will go there.

I think this coming Lunar New Year please try to make an effort to bring your children, grandchildren, to visit again I'll be back.

The Straits Times 23th January 2014

With regard to today's news in the morning papers, the site at 86, East Coast Road had been warded to the highest bidder for $ 352.8 million this site was once our Joo Chiat Police Station as a  young boy I used to go there for free movies, such as Pontianak and Orang Minyak.  The new I12 was the old Katong market which stood beside the Police station Many moons had past and I wish that all preserved site should be accessible to the public once it been developed

Found abandoned

Watering hole closing this month

Japanese dining

Rear Block

ST 23/01/2014

July 2012

Facade

Snookerium

FA Cup match at Bishan Stadium

Today match was the first in the year 2014 between Singapore Lion XII and KL DBR Hicom FC from Malaysia just across the causeway. It was held at the Bishan Stadium in the central part of Singapore, it was constructed in 1998 it's part of the Bishan Sport and Recreation Centre which includes Bishan Sports Hall an indoor sports hall, and Bishan Swimming Pool and home to Home United Football Club. We won 3 nil.

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Singapore Chinatown is home to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum located along South Bridge Road just directly opposite the Maxwell Road food Centre.  It was built in 2005 at a cost of 62 million mostly from donations from peoples from all walks of life and was officially opened in 2007 on Vesak Day it had become a tourist attraction.

Year of the Horse

The Chinese communities all around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year based of the Chinese zodiac of the Horse this year, everywhere people are rushing to shop for the new year goodies especially in Singapore Chinatown and some may wait to the last minute to have a good bargain.  WellSpring is here and Gong Xi Fa Cai to all.