Saturday, December 25, 2010

Educational Tour - NUS Museum

Merry Christmas Folks! All of you must be thinking I will put up a place suitable for CNY shopping. Nope, not this time round, did that last year and I am afraid nothing much has changed! If you guys are really looking just for it, some old links to those CNY places can be found here.

As a NTU alumnus I am familiar with the Nanyang Heritage center and has introduced many local and foreign visitors there. However, my wife feel quite indignant that I failed to mention NUS Museum which she felt is way better than NTU. Recently, while selling to one of their staff that purchase my forks and spoon sets for their christmas party free gift, I make a small detour to visit the Museum and it really blows me away.

A quick intro of the Museum - It consists of several galleries such as Lee Kong Chian, photo, Malay Guru, South East Asian porcelain and specimen gallery.

For me, I love the collection of porcelain, glazed ware and old archaeological digs. One could spend hours reading on the history of those wares and admire their workmanship. Others may find their collection of specimen in situ interesting...I do not find it so.

Well some photos to capture your interest below.

This location will be categorised as part of educational tour.

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Entrance to Paint Gallery. It explores the concept of what does paint and painting entails
Some of the exhibitions are temporary loan by some of the notaries in Singapore

Exhibitions that showcase life of a Malay Guru
A mess of broken pieces of porcelain..seem quite artistic
A treasure trove of uncategorised items
A frog eating some lizard
Specimen of fish

Monday, December 13, 2010

Farm Tour - Mainland Tropical FIsh Farm

"Long Kang" (Drains in Chinese Dialect) is synonymous with fun for a lot of Singapore senior citizens. I have often heard stories of them jumping into Long Kang for swimming, playing or catching fish. Nowadays, very seldom do we see kids given the opportunities to do so. Mainland Fish farm offers a wonderful venue for senior citizens to satisfy their nostalgia and kids to experience what they have been missing all along.

At Mainland with a small amount of money, you get to enjoy fish spa, fish feeding or prawn fishing. A good and cheap way to spend time with families and friends!

The atmosphere at Mainland is so peaceful that a lot of time while sitting on their swing listening to the sound of the ducks, hens and water, I felt asleep.

This location will be placed as part of farm tour.
 
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Long Kang Fishing

Fish Feeding

Pond for fish spa



Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Educational Tour - Jelly Fty @ Tan Soon Mui

This factory does not allow photos … as if we will steal their manufacturing technique. Never mind, it still make for a worthwhile visit. The Herbal Grass Jelly Factory in woodland - Tan Soon Mui Food Industries.

Learn how grass jellies are made from...no surprise here grass! Learn how it is mix, steam and finally pack in a short and quick presentation. After which buy drop dead cheap jelly from the distributor itself!

PS: My faithful reader will realise my rate of post is dropping. It is not because of lack of interesting places...I have on hand dozens of interesting place to blog on every week. However, as CNY approaches, we are really busy. I will try to post but the posting time will cease to be like clockwork. Instead of posting every weekend, it can now be anytime of the week.

This tour will be classified as part of factory and educational tour.

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Educational Tour:- Singapore Crocodile farm

I have decided to class this tour as educational tour rather as farm tour. The reason being, crocodiles here are no longer farmed for their skin or meat, but for their abilities to draw valuable tourist to this location.

During my visit to this crocodile farm, I was informed on the type, life cycle and feeding habits of the 4 different types of crocodile rear there. One important point that remains with me is that alot of this crocodiles can live up to 100 plus plus years. In fact, some of the crocodiles reared in the farm has been around for more than thirty years. Of course, these are the lucky ones; most of them are slaughter for their skin and meat in the past before they reach their prime.

During the tour, food will be fed to the crocodile and you can witness for yourself, your chances of survivor if you are ever caught in the jaws of one. I reckon it should be the same as winning 4D.

After the feeding session, it is time to visit the old factory where crocodile skins were being process. It is a really labour intensive job.

At the end of the tour, one can wonder around the retail outlet that sell products make of real crocodile skin...guarantee!

This tour will be classified as part of educational tour.

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Educational Tour :- Skynest warehouse

Folks I am back from the Subaru 2010 Challenge! Unfortunately due to disqualification I am out at around 48 hours. I was disqualified as I use my wrong hand to remove my spectacles during one of the water spray session. Anyway, I will take part again next year as this challenge is indeed quite addictive and rejuvenating!

Okay, my next update is another birdnest warehouse. Why one more birdnest warehouse you asked? This one is unique among the competitors as they hired a NUS (One of the leading University in Singapore) to explain to the participants how to differentiate between a real bird nest and those fakes one.

Apart from explaining the visual cues that participants can use, he also explain the laboratories usage of spectrometer, reagents and other methods which I shall not elaborate here as I do not understand them myself.

During the visit, participants get to have a small taste of birdnest and taste the different between their high quality birdnest compare with other competitors. Buyers of birdnest also have a free gift of a electric thermal pot!

This tour will be conducted as part of educational and warehouse tour.

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Educational tour - Chinese Opera + food

Recently, I have discovered a very interesting location in Singapore. A Chinese Opera mini-museum. Situated right next to Malay Heritage center, it also symbolise the ability of how different race in Singapore can co-exist in harmony and provide a one stop cultural exchange center for vistors visiting Singapore.
Chinese Opera: Images and Stories
The museum is situated above a classy restaurant with a nice ambeviance that focus on ...no prize to those who guess correctly...Chinese Opera.

With a minimal fee, guest will be brief on the different aspect of Chinese Opera and its progression through history in Singapore. Also learn about what some of the tools of the trade are.

The picture posted here is lousy as I forget to bring my camera along when I visited it...as some readers are well aware..I am a very hare brain person.

A quick notice to readers, I am partcipating in the Singapore Subaru Challenge 2010...if I manage to pass the lucky draw stage. So there may be a lack in posting time.

This tour will be classified as part of Educational Tour.

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Place I have been - Filming of bridal shots at Sand Village

It has been an interesting two weeks. Recently, the owner of Singaporebridal.com and singaporewedding.com has approached me in allowing them access to take some bridal photos at our Sand Depository Company.

It is an interesting idea that such location can be used as a good location shot for your wedding album. I decided to post here to let those unwed to have a new location to consider when their turn come.

Oh by the way, there are alot of photos but copyrighted are held by the owner, I can only post some photos here as I have left the shoot halfway.

The model is from Russia, this is my first close up look on a model. It is futile for mortals like us to compare against their poise and gracefullness. I remember during one scene when the photographer is reviewing his shots, a minder ask the model to relax her pose. Her reply was "I am not posting, I am just standing"





Monday, October 4, 2010

Factory Tour :- Gems and Jade Factory

It has been awhile since I last introduce a factory tour. Safety, health and fire regulation has made factory owners think twice and twice again in allowing visitors to visit their factories. It is not about sales but rather educating and enhancing factory product image to the public are the two key reasons in conducting factory sales.

Without further ado, I would like to introduce you to a glittering world of stars and fire produce by The Singapore gems and jade factory.

As soon as you reach the factory, you will learn from the in-house guide how labour intensive crafting jades and making gems painting are. Learn how jade are cut to sizes, polish and crafted. See how craftsman painstakingly put one gem fragment by one fragment onto a piece of paper to complete a painting. For your info, an A4 size painting could take as long as one week to finish.

100+ Carat Mixed Loose Natural Gem Stone Lot ParcelHandcarved High-Grade Green Jade Bangle- 8 INAfter the tour, you could visit their beautiful gallery where their best artworks are on display in beautiful shelves. It really seems as if you are transported back to those old medieval castles or those palaces where the old Tsar of Russia still rules.

At the end of the tour, you could grab a few of your favorite pieces at very reasonable factory prices!

This tour will be classified as part of factory tour and educational tour.

If you need transportation services to visit this place, please refer to our product listing page.

You can also purchase a list of Top 40 Must Visit Places in Singapore with Sample Itineraries at the Donation/Payment Details page.