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.

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.

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.

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"

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.

After 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.