Above pic: A second attempt at shooting the interior of Sojin - my piano. I'm gonna miss Sojin when I go off...Usually I open the lid to amplify the sound and make the piano sound as much as a grand piano as possible. Sojin is actually a really good piano (honestly!), and has a very good cantabile (singing) sound. She's just marvellous. She's actually 15 years old this year, but is still going on strong. Very strong, in fact.

Today was yet another awesome day to gallivant the streets with Ying Yi. And yes, it's already my 3rd last day in sunny Singapore. Can't believe summer just came and went like that. Next week, at this time, I'd be starting 2nd year, and won't have much time to update this space regularly. I do hope to continue posting new photos regularly though.

Anyways here goes:

Lunch was pretty simple, though superb. I had Hokkien mee of course...and although I had a much bigger plate of it yesterday, I never get tired of it. And of course, I snapped a picture of the wonderful dish in its full glory (quoted from one of my Chem professors)...


After walking around Suntec City, we decided to pop by the Civilian War Memorial...and take pictures of course. Honestly speaking, the Civilian War Memorial is a pretty cool place to relax in. Its surroundings are almost always bustling with people and traffic, but somehow it seems peaceful in here.




Our next destination was Swissotel the Stamford. We went all the way up to the 70th floor - from the Equinox area on the ground floor. And of course, the view was totally indescribable. It was like a sea of buildings below us. Tall ones, smaller ones...all dwarfed by Swissotel the Stamford. It was just awesome. Anyways here are some shots from the 70th and 69 floors...

View of part of the CBD from the 70th floor.


The city area and its surrounding regions...



Yet another shot of the CBD, this time showing more buildings and the Singapore river running through it.


North of the CBD.


A shot of the Singapore river and its surroundings. The oval towards the bottom right of the picture is probably the new Supreme Court, while the building with the green roof is the old Supreme Court.


I attempted to take a shot of the city through a wine glass...but failed quite miserably. So I ended up with this shot. Fair enough...


Afterwards it was up to the 71th floor - a bar-like area with lots of space to chill. And here we go: a swimming pool in the neighbouring building.


Yet another view of the city and the surrounding regions.


Raffles Hotel is in the foreground, and the city area (mainly Bras Basah Road) is towards the background.


A view of the mouth of the Singapore river, and the Integrated Resort aka IR (under construction). This landscape is ever-changing...of course. The Singapore Flyer is partially hidden behind the Ritz Carlton Hotel, and the Esplanade (dubbed the Durians) is in the bottom right corner of the picture.


Another view of the sea with the Singapore flyer.


Colourful HDB blocks indeed...


Yet another shot of the city...I just couldn't stop taking pictures of the city...coz the view was just so awesome. And it definitely feels different shooting these 71 storeys above ground.


Back down to the 70th storey after that, where I snapped shots of the restaurant/bar and the magnificent view it offered - the IR and Marina Bay, the CBD and many other places. The IR is shown in the first picture, while the CBD is shown in the 2nd picture.



And that concludes our adventures in the city. It was heaps of fun of course!! Do stay tuned for my next post yeah?