Places I have been - Jurong Island Chem Gallery

All of us use petroleum in our daily lives. Be it in the form of petrol/diesel, plastic, cosmetic or smart phones all uses some form of derivatives from fossil fuel. These derivatives and products are distillated in refineries and further modified in specialise plants into specialty products.

In Singapore, this industry is primarily based on Jurong Island. As walking around the island (above 5000++ football field) is a hassle, it is all summarises in the Chem Gallery in Jurong Island.

Chem Gallery basically explained the how of drilling for fossil fuels, how fractional distillation is used to separate fossils fuels into different fractions. It also explains how heavier components into lighter one like Petrol which is more valuable. It also showcase different products that are derived in one form or another from fossils fuel derivation. Oh..there is also a giant periodic table there in case you need to look out for the element involved.

Last thing to note, Jurong Island is a gazetted area since 911 incident. Access is tough and generally out of bound to public..

This tour will be classified  and under educational tour.

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Factroy Tours - Malay Curry Puff and Frozen Product

Finally the school holiday period is over. Time to restart my blogging exercise! During the school holidays, I have visited several new areas which I will blog about over the next few weeks.

Today, I will introduce a new curry puff and Malay "Kueh" factory in Bedok. In there you will get to learn how traditional hands made food are now being partially replaced by machineries.

Also indulge yourself in the nice aroma of curry and herbs that waff through the factory as the boss explains in detail the different part of the manufacturing process.

This location will be placed under Factory and Educational category
 
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Place I have been - Ion Sky park

After visiting the dazzling heights of MBS Skypark, we have another Sky park in Singapore - Ion Sky. Situated on the 55 floor of Orchard Ion, this park promise a bird eyes view of Singapore heartland such as Bukit Timah, Alexandra and Macritchie reservoir.

The Ion sky park view is different from MBS. Compare the photos between MBS and Ion Sky below and see the differences. Other differences are
1) Ion Sky is totally air-conditioned! So no danger of winds blowing you off the roof;
2) Ion Sky is totally sheltered. No need to bring umbrella in the first place!
3) It is smaller than MBS skypark.
4) The Ion park is opened by Cloud observatory club, so geography teachers interested in teaching students about clouds should pay Ion Sky a visit!

Personally, I feel that I would love to feel the flutter of the wind on my face at such great heights!

At the bottom of the park, I discover that there is a free entry art gallery. I have also taken some of the photos and attached them below. To go to the sky park, you need to purchase a $16 tickets or the not so friendly security guard may just boot you out!

Since there are several educational information on clouds and their formation, I am happy to include location as part of random places and place it under educational category.

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