CNY Decorations... that I saw

Everyone wanted to see the Singapore Chinese New Year decorations. I didn’t go to Chinatown to take them shots, it was too hot a weather, and I mostly stuck myself in air-conditioned places haha.

So what did I manage to snap? Decorations of the shopping malls... well, least some of it :P.

Here I went to get my haircut in Tampines mall.

I love these decorations... when it is windy the wind will sway the decorations... so nice.

During the Chinese New Year week, I went for the movie “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”. I am not going to mentioned too much about the movie, because I didn’t find it that all much to shout about. So at the place I was which was Cathay – ah yes, Singapore has this mall that is named as the cinema and populated by the cinema itself with shops inside.

This was hanging from tall ceiling right at the entrance and the centre areas. Lovely isn’t it?

Hubs and I went to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT station... and outside the pillars of the area I saw this.

Hmmm... more flowers.

The next day we went to Little India to walk about... and this journey will be posted some other time. As we leave Little India, we saw this new mall... City Square Mall. So went in to enjoy the air-conditioning. At the other entrance of this mall stands a tall arch decorated.

Flowers;

Chinese Characters;

What does it read?

At City Square Mall, we saw a fountain like this;

In the lower ground area with just the fountain and a wall of greenery.

Of course then I saw this kid trying to brave the waters in order to stand in the middle of fountain for a picture to be taken so I couldn’t resist but to take a few shots at him. Hehe.

Hubs and I decided to go down and have a look. The whole fountain area is cooling! They have this huge blower cooling the area down. What more! It is all solar powered! Look!

Solar Panels;

A screen showing the information.

And here i took this shot instead of from above, I was in the area.

Here’s the night view of it of the place;

And a video of the colour changing fountain :P.

Ok coming back to the Chinese New Year decorations.

These are the decoration in the mall.

Lovely I must say... I like the umbrellas :).

Hubs and I went to Bugis as well during the week. We found Fortune God! A very big one too!

There a lot of people surrounding him, because at the pillars, are the fortune of all 12 horoscopes. So everyone is reading it under the hot sun.

And of course the temples were crowded with people.

We journeyed to orchard... and in front of Mandarin Gallery;
In front stands two tall Tiger! ROAR!

To usher in the Tiger year but no fear, I bet this tigers are not fierce at all because they are as gentle as flowers that it actually shows in them! Haha!

Well, a long post for this... I hope everyone enjoy my journey through :P.

Willie

At Tim's with friends

During Christmas when I was in Singapore, I met up with my friend who is from Phillipines. He was in Singapore with his fiancée who is a Singapore PR.

I introduced him to Tim’s Restaurant and Café for lunch. Well, we were supposed to do dinner, but decided against it because mom-in-law wanted to have dinner on the same day I was supposed to meet them.

Tim’s had a special menu out for Christmas.

Brocolli with Chestnut Soup.

Now I always love their soup. Always tasty and full of flavor!

Garlic Bread.

Of course we never fail to have this with our soup.

A small garden salad.

Only served with the Christmas set. Usually no salad with their normal set.

Hubs meal.

I don’t remember what this was called, but is sure had a lot of things. Turkey ham, Chicken Meat, Sausages, and some that I don’t remember haha served with Cranberry sauce.

Here’s another angle of hubs meal.

Yum~ makes me hungry for it now. But only served during Christmas.

Lamb Chop.

This is my order; it was also another Christmas menu, I think the sauce was different from the normal ones. I always had Tim’s beef set, but this time I thought I would try something else instead. Their lamb chop was good! Lots of meat (not just all bones) and juicy! It wasn’t that gamey so it is should be suitable to all people. Though I always prefer gamier lamb chops :P. I took two different shots of my Lamb chops. Which looks better for you? :P

Dessert of the day.

I don't remember what cake was this, I think it was cranberry cake or something haha. This is Tim’s specialty. Tim bakes all the cakes himself. My friends had a fruit cocktail, was simple but I like how it was presented... I didn't get a picture out of it though... was out of my angle and friend ate it before I could take a picture haha!

The things in this picture is not edible at Tim’s :P.

Here is the four of us – my Philippine friend and fiancée, Tim himself, hubs and I.

This isn’t the first time I have featured Tim’s Restaurant in my blog. If you are interested, check out the other post : Moo Heaven!

So if you ever go to Singapore do remember to go over to Tim’s Restaurant and Café.

Gallivanter

Singapore Christmas Decorations #2

Yes I know I am VERY OUTDATED on Christmas post! Please forgive me for I have been busy right after Christmas and was on a break to settle my work. Of course I am not fully back but it is Chinese New Year now! So I will be posting some! But to be honest, from today probably for a week or more are scheduled post. Why? Well, because I will be away this Chinese New Year.

So coming back to the reason of this post :P. Christmas Decorations in Singapore!

On the same night after taking all the lights at Orchard Town, I went to search for falling snow made out of ice (so I was told). I was really excited! Of course but it was late when we arrived, so the snowfall was LONG over.

But to my horror! Hubs and I found this!

Gasps bubbles o_o! So the snowfall made of ice was wrong… it is actually bubbles too! I was teasing hubs for giving me the wrong information; he said “I didn’t know too! I thought it was ice!” haha! Poor hubs :P.

So this is the place where “snow” falls.

Blurry picture… people kept walking around; I had to take a fast shot out of it.

Christmas tree?

I don’t know, I thought it was a monster attack tree at first :P.

Gingerbread house (maybe?)

The reds are ginger, the bread as roof? Hahaha! So I think it is :P.

Huge Sundae!

Now if only the cone was edible if a real sundae cone looks like that. A sundae cup maybe? Hmmm.

Another Gingerbread house!

This one looks so cozy.

Ooooh. More Gingerbread house!

This Gingerbread has a car! Wow!
All this things are made out of recycled items. Looks like they really promote ECO friendly.

And this ends the “snow” fall place.

The next evening, hubs and I went to Plaza Singapura to meet up our friends for dinner.

Right in front of Plaza Singapura was a lot of statues.

I believe all this was telling stories of Christmas. The full story, I am not sure about… hehe :P.

After I managed to finish taking shots of the statues, all of us went for food court type Korean Food.

The fish

The yummiest of all three we ordered! I loved it and want more haha!

The Beef

This was kind of bland… but the sauce is good! Taste very genuine Korean beef.

The Chicken (I think o.O hubs couldn’t remember either)

This one is totally bland! Now I think I know why I don’t remember if it was chicken or whatnot haha! All this was cheap, if I remember correctly... it was for SGD6.00 a set. Can't recall really haha :P.

On the journey back to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT, we passed by the Sultan’s Park (or something like that haha!) This was a grand shiny thing I saw!

I couldn’t resist not taking a picture of it.

This ends my post for Singapore Christmas Decorations. Now, lets hope I come back with Chinese New Year ones :P.

lina