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New Future World exhibition Revisited

Welcome to the revised new Future World exhibition galleries of the Art Science Museum in Singapore. The Art Science Museum is a renowned institution that combines art, science, and technology to create immersive and interactive experiences. The Future World display is no different. We previously visited Future World over a year ago when it first opened at the museum....
East Asia

Seoul City sights and exploration

Seoul, the vibrant capital city of South Korea, is known for its history, shopping, attractions, culture and people. Lets take an explore of the buzzing metropolitan city of Kimchi and Bibimbap, checking out the shopping scene, night markets, history, museums and culture. Let’s go! I found the city safe and rather clean. Notably, even the toilets in public areas are...
Museums

Buckminster Fuller Radical Curiosity Singapore

Radical Curiosity: In the Orbit of Buckminster Fuller is a temporary exhibition at the Singapore Art Science museum focused on the life's work on the life work of the investigator, inventor and visionary. Let’s go through a gallery journey at the Marina Bay Sands Resort with an exhibition walkthrough. Furthermore, the galleries flow through a journey and universe of Buckminster...
South East Asia

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ben Thanh Market and Vietnamese Water puppet show

Ho Chi Minh City is a vibrant city full of happenings all day. Moving onto additional explorations, lets take alook at some popular shopping and leisure options the city has to offer. I shall cover the Ben Thanh Market, as well as traditional Vietnamese Water puppet shows for entertainment. Ho Chi Minh City Food streets If you are looking for a...
South East Asia

Ho Chi Minh City War Remnants Museum, Cathedral and Saigon General Post office

Continuing on my adventures in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, my exploration now focuses more on the history of the city. This is namely on war museums (War Remnants Museum), historical buildings of interests such as cathedrals as well as shopping locations. Significantly, Ho Chi Minh City is also the tourist destination of choice for roughly 70% of the 4.3...
South East Asia

Ho Chi Minh City hall, Independence Reunification Palace, Vietnam

MossssssaHo Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s financial center and the country’s economic heart. While Hanoi is the center of government, littered with assortments of official government buildings lined with rows of patriotic Vietnamese flags, it is more prim and proper business here. Money is on the minds of everyone here in Ho Chi Minh City, the city is home...
South East Asia

Cu chi tunnels, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

The Vietnam war was one of the less glamorous part of Vietnamese history. The Vietnamese communist forces in the late 1940s began digging a network of tunnels under the jungle terrain of South Vietnam near Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), during their war of independence from French colonial authority in the 1946. After the end of the war against French invaders,...
South East Asia

Hoi An Tra Que Vegetable farm, Fish Farming and Vietnam Basket Boats

Farming is an old way of life in Hoi An, Vietnam. But with tourism receipts being the main income provider to the region today, it had been less feasible for farmers to give up their trade and move on. My farming experience today comprises of such farms, doing both Vegetable and Fish farming. My first stop at the Hoi...
South East Asia

Ancient Village of Phuoc Tich, Farmstay, Hue, Vietnam

One of the best way to experience the rustic lifestyles of the Vietnamese people to go on a biking exploration trail in ancient Vietnamese villages- a fast disappearing early staple in the fast developing country. Phuoc Tich in the Thừa Thiên–Huế Province is one of such villages still preserved in a relatively pristine state and maintained by the Vietnamese...
South East Asia

Vietnam Ha Long Bay, Thien Cung and Dau Go Caves

Hạ Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Vietnam known for its breathtaking natural scenery. It comprises of thousands of tiny green-topped islands scattered over a large sea bay area. Administratively, the bay resides within Hạ Long City (Cẩm Phả town). It is a part of Vân Đồn District located in the Quảng...
South East Asia

Hanoi City, Vietnam, Old Quarters, Food and Night Markets

Good morning Vietnam from Hanoi City! Land of the Pho and Coffee! Vietnam is a South East Asian nation geographically north of Thailand, beside Laos running and facing the South China Sea. As such it is one of the best places in South East Asia for seafood and home to few of the pristine sandy beaches in the region. Moreover,...
Theme Parks

Thrope Park Resort Theme park, Surrey, England, Stealth, Swarm, Colossus, Nemesis coasters

I had the opportunity to visit Thrope park a couple of years back in 2013, but had not the time to write an article covering the theme park till now. Thrope Park is a thrill seeker’s theme park resort located between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England. The park is operated and owned by Merlin Entertainments...
Events

Tales of the Malay World Manuscripts and early Books, National Library Singapore

Tucked in the upper levels of the Singapore National Library Board (NLB) building in Bugis is a treasure trove of Manuscripts and early Books documenting tales and early use of the Malay language. For centuries, even leading up to the 19th century, the Malay language was one of trade, diplomacy, religious discourse, and literature, particularly for maritime Southeast Asia....
Events

Singapore Toy Game Comic Convention STGCC 2017 cosplay performances and gaming

Besides the huge assortment of toys and comics to boot, STGCC prides itself too as a one-stop entertainment convention touting a jammed-packed agenda of stage performances, competitive gaming and cosplay events to boot. Lets check out the Performances, Gaming and Cosplayers in the convention. Following my previous write-up covering toys and static displays of the convention, this section focuses more...
Events

Singapore Toy Game Comic Convention STGCC 2017 Toys Artist alley and Star wars

The Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention (STGCC) had seen itself an event uniquely Singapore with a long 10 year convention history. To mark the 10th year coming and anniversary of the convention, this year’s STGCC simply blows away everybody in term of the scale and the number of quality exhibits over the two day show. Basement Entrance Bag checks Ticketing counters The...
Events

Zelda Symphony Orchestra at Marina Bay Sands Singapore

The Legend of Zelda is a high-fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. I got experience the songs of the game at the Zelda Symphony Orchestra at Marina Bay Sands Singapore. For almost 30 years, The Legend of Zelda game series has captured the imagination of Gamers young and old worldwide....
Events

The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses 2017 Singapore

The Legend of Zelda is a high-fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. The series had been one of the staples of Nintendo line up of adventure games. Moreover, it is a game which gamers like myself had come to adore during out growing up years. The game saw it's first...
Museums

Old Ford factory- Synonan gallery: Surviving the Japanese Occupation: War and its Legacies

Getting there Perched on a small hill by the Bukit Timah hill view area is the site of the Old Ford factory. The old former factory used to be an actual busy manufacturing plant, well served by the adjacent railway for resources and shipment of cars, part of the early “industrial” years of early Singapore manufacturing. Built in 1941 by...
South East Asia

Rides at the Lego Land Malaysia Themepark

Legoland Malaysia sells itself as a theme park destination first with rides to boot. It is home to 20 rides comprising of 3 roller coasters and 2 water rides. Key rides in the park include the roller coasters, namely the Lego Technic test track (Project X) by the left of the theme park entrance just beyond the Lego stores,...
South East Asia

Lego Land Malaysia Themepark in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Getting there.

Legoland Malaysia the 1st Legoland in Asia and the first International Theme park in Malaysia. Though the park had been opened since 2012 as the 6th park in the Legoland world, I never saw the opportunity to head across the border until now. The Legoland franchise originated from Europe and mostly run by the British-based Merlin Group, comprising similar...
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