Archive for April, 2009

at Singapore’s Changi Airport

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Right now I’m sitting in a rainforest garden next to a Koi pond in Terminal 2 of Singapore’s Changi Airport waiting for my flight.
 
In the past 10 days I have not really had a lot of time to post, but I’ll report in detail about my experiences in this wonderful city in the next few [...]

Wakeboarding @ East Coast Park, Suntec City Fountain Of Wealth

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Yesterday morning I was not yet sure what exactly I wanted to do. I had already seen most sights, the weather was nice but too cloudy to be able to enjoy a beautiful view from the Flyer… So I took a look at my guidebook and soon I decided to visit East Coast Park. I [...]

my Little India adventure

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Today (my 5th day in SG) I went to Little India after I had taken some nice photos of Singapore’s skyline from the rooftop garden of the Esplanade Theaters in the early morning.
As I’ve now seen the most important sighs (the CBD, Singapore River, Clark’s Quay, Fort Canning, Vivo City, Sentosa Island, China Town, Bugis, [...]

my first day in SINGAPORE

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Having arrived at Changi airport at 3.50 pm local time, I first dropped off my luggage at my hotel and immediately afterwards rushed to the CBD on the modern super-clean air-conditioned MRT train (Mass Rapid Transit). Singapore is an amazing city for numerous reasons. Apart from being an economic success story, the atmosphere on the [...]

just arrived in SINGAPORE!!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

I arrived at Singapore’s Changi airport five minutes ago after an amazing 12 hour flight. The weather is great, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit and sunshine.
More to come later …

Green Complex in Singapore

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

 As Singapore’s Marina Center is currently being completely redesigned - there are numerous impressive construction projects under way on the artificial island, amongst a Las Vegas-style casino - there are also plans for a new green complex designed by the London-based architectural firm Foster & Partners.
 The self-sufficient 150 000 square meter complex will be an [...]