Exploring Singapore

So yesterday, I went to Marina Barrage for a briefing for my job. Literally walked everywhere, the rooftop, the gallery and the play area below. Although it's not my first time there, still quite eye-opening. So after the briefing, jiahan, two of his friends, shiqi and I decided to go and explore....

Yup. Gardens by the Bay, a newly opened tourist attraction, I would say, in Singapore. I think the most eye-catching thing in this garden when you first entered it or even from outside would be...

 This structure. Very tall. VERY VERY TALL. There are many of these structures everywhere around the garden, but each area, the plants on the structures are different. When I just entered, I thought the place was quite small, until we walked to the conservatories area to look at the map then we realised the place is really big. There are mainly three attractions that require and admission fee. Two of them are indoor conservatories, and one is the OCBC skywalk. (shown below)

The admission fee to the conservatories were quite expensive. We wanted to go up onto the skywalk since it cost only $5, but because this place just opened, the queue was very long. The staff limits the number of people up on the skywalk at one time because besides the two ends of the bridge, there's no support in the middle. So I guess there is a certain weight limit. 

So in the end we just walked around. And jiahan and his friends just started to try to identify the plants in the garden. Haha.

The place is really pretty. Haha. I think one day I will come back and explore the place thoroughly when my feet aren't aching. And take pretty pictures and stuff. I want to come here at night too! Because apparently there is a lights show at the skywalk at night. So interesting.

So, after exploring Gardens by the Bay, I headed back to Jcube to meet my family for dinner. We ate at Canton Paradise! No pictures because I was too busy eating. 

I ordered the hargao, siewmai, xiaolongbao, LIUSHABAO!!! 鲜虾肠粉，酸辣汤，then main course was congee for my mum, i ate zhajiangmian, my dad ate the signature prawn dumpling soup noodles, and my brother ate roasted pork belly noodles. The main courses were okay.. not much to talk about. The dimsum.. hargao and siewmai were normal. I felt that the xiaolongbao wasn't very nice though. There isn't a lot of the soup inside the dumpling. Liushabao was nice.. :D the 鲜虾肠粉 the prawn is really fresh. and I love the 酸辣汤 alot. it's like sour enough to increase your appetite and spicy enough. Haha.