Botanical Gardens

We enjoyed spending the afternoon at the Singapore Botanical Garden this past weekend.

These orchids were at the entrance and I took several pictures. There also was a room where they started cultures of the orchids (it is behind me in the photo above). The Singapore Chinese Symphony was warming up for a concert to take place that evening. We enjoyed listening to them while we took a short break from our walk around the gardens.

Some of the flowers we saw on our walk. So beautiful!!!

The fish is carved from driftwood and was pretty cool.

Can it be true???

Can it be true???

This happens so seldom...I just had to capture it for memory sake:)

"Expo Adventure"

If you like big crowds~~then the place to be is the Expo on a Saturday afternoon. What a riot!!! Screaming loud anouncements coming from every direction, each one advertising the big sales going on.

Do you need a new flat screen tv or a new camera? Just about any electronic gadget you can think of probably could be found and of course at a "great sale" price.???? Every imaginable clothing item available if you want to take the time to sort through bins loaded full of such wonderful deals. We also came across some home necessities if you are in the need of furniture or beds, new flooring or even a new aircon.

We just looked as I knew neither of us had the energy to carry any of it home with us.

So much for our big weekend outing. The Expo adventure......yes, it was just not "quite" as exciting as watching a rodeo in Montana along with an amazing fireworks display or camping out in the wilderness.

Wishing you a HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!

 

The unexpected...

As we were wandering around looking for a certain building down in the city area we saw the unexpected-- at least unexpected to see in Singapore.

I thought this was kind of interesting with Larry's reflection behind the antlers.

Do you see what is on the far wall?

Needless to say this was certainly not something we expected to see today.

Pineapple/Mango Salsa

Pineapple/Mango Salsa....

This evening while browsing my favorite blog sites I saw this recipe and without too much hesitation...I took a quick walk to the store and bought the ingredients I needed. It turned out really nice and between the two of us we finished it off very quickly. It is very healthy for you:)

   You can go here to find the recipe... http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/

Sentosa changes...

I went with our friend, Charia, from Cambodia to Sentosa Island this week. The construction of huge hotels & casinos continues along with other very expensive places. It has been a couple years since I visited and I was sure disappointed. Not as pleasing to the eye anymore because it just looks like another big city with huge buildings dwarfing the beauty of the island. I did not take many pic's but here are a few.

The Resort Hotel area that covers a large area as you approach the Merlion...

The Merlion is the same but doesn't look so big anymore with all the buildings nearby.

The beach area. It was a very hot day but the clouds gave us a little shelter so we could walk along here for a few minutes

On the express train ride back across to Singapore I took this picture of the shipping area with all the crates. The picture doesn't show the thousands of crates along this area but it is one of the largest in the world.

An interesting view...

You never know what you may come upon ...

this was an interesting view above us ...

the roof over us is being scrubbed and washed by this man.

Fortunately we didn't come upon any leaks in the roof.

Oil washed up on beach...

This is what the beach area looked like this morning as I went for my walk....it smelled and looked so nasty.

Singapore National Museum

This last weekend we went to the Singapore National Museum and the following pictures are some of what we saw...the lighting was very dim but hopefully you can get an idea of what we saw.

Larry by an old phonograph player.

Chinese clothing.

Really beautiful hair pieces.

Hand puppets...

Barb in the puppet theater.

Silk fabric...

The edge of a sleeve showing the beautiful detailed needle work of a Peranakan dress.

I thought this silver covered pot was so beautiful...

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Looking out the window and seeing the exterior of museum and also in the distance the Stamford Building which is the highest in Singapore at I think around 70 floors.

An old bell.

Lanterns hanging above a display.

Old pictures of Singapore.

After our three hours of walking around the museum we were ready for something to eat and went to a cafe nearby. The specialty was chili...it was interesting to say the least. It came in a bowl that was lined with a lettuce leaf. I was thankful I also ordered a small sandwich to go with it because the flavor was not very good. So much for my ordering "American Chili" in Singapore.

Lots of space!

The day I took this picture of myself was one of those very rare times that I have actually had the whole bus to myself. I was on the top deck and no one else came on for almost the whole 20 minute ride I took to the Bedok shopping area. I sure enjoyed the quiet ride and I thanked the Lord for a simple way of showing me how much He cares about me by giving me all this space to enjoy. 

Looking out the bus window at the East/West MRT train track which runs over this street.

Another interesting thing happened to me a few days before that I was very thankful to the Lord for. I had gone to an appointment in the Bedok area and I was going to then go on down to the City area by train. At the time I "messed up" and got on the bus which actually was going the direction of our apartment. I was a bit upset with myself for not getting on the train and now having to go to the next MRT station on the bus and catch the train from there. Anyway as I rode along I just decided I might as well go on home and not even mess with going to the City. About an hour after I got home I noticed an email from a co-worker mentioning the tragedy that had just happened at the Bedok MRT train station during the previous hour. A man had gone down on the tracks and was hit by the train. My heart was so grateful to the Lord for confusing my direction and getting me on the bus instead of the train so I did not have to witness that incident. What a good reminder to listen to those promptings from the Holy Spirit as He speaks to our hearts. Trust and Obey!