February 26th, 2010 by Jeff

Singapore opened the first of two casino resorts Sunday 14 Feb 2010 (first day of the Lunar New Year), part of a multi-billion dollar bet to transform itself into a hot tourist destination and reduce the economy’s reliance on manufacturing.

Singaporeans and PRs getting into the casino will have to pay the S$100 levy, while forigner and tourist gets in for free

Getting to Sentosa

You may left your vehicle behind and hop on to the various modes of public transport to get to this Asia’s Favourite Playground.

Sentosa Express (Train/MRT)

From MRT (North east line) HarbourFront station, walk to VivoCity and take escalator or lift up to the Sentosa Station at Lobby L, level 3 (near Daiso Departmental Stores). The express (Train) will stop at Impiah Station, Beach Station, as well as the newly opened Waterfront Station (Casino & Theme Park). Tickets can be purchased from the ticketing counters or machines, EZ-link card can be used for the ride as well. Ticket cost S$3 per person (adult/child).

RWS8 Shuttle Bus

Bourd the RWS8 shuttle bus at the bus stop outside VivoCity or HarbourFront Centre. This shuttle service will bring you directly into Resort World Sentosa. Tickets for shuttle service can be purchased when boarding the bus, cost at S$2 per person (adult/child).

Sentosa Bus

Head towards the HarbourFront Bus Interchange, right beside Seah Im Food Centre, to board the orange Sentosa Bus. The Sentosa Bus will bring you to the Beach Station. You can purchase your island admission tickets from the ticketing couter at the bus interchange, cost at S$2 per person (adult/child)

Waterfront Station (Resort World Sentosa)

Casino Dress Code

People in singlets, shorts and slipper are not allowed to enter the casino.

December 13th, 2009 by Jeff

One of the ”Must See” temple in Siem Reap, built between late 12th to 13th centuries in a style of Bayon. The trees that have grown intertwined among the ruins has became a “marked” for Ta Prohm, eventually, the trees has also becomes a support for the building.

Travel to Cambodia [Part-1 - Summary]

December 11th, 2009 by Jeff

Beng Mealea in Khmer means “lotus pond”, located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia. Beng Mealea temple was built in middle of the 12th century in a the style of Angkor Wat. 

Unrestored/collapsed galleries and towers was built of sandstone from local quarries. To completely explored the temple, we clambering through small and narrow spaces and along the roof tops.

Beng Mealea is best to visit in the afternoon with sufficient sunlight, the temple is heavily overgrown and only dappled light at best filters through the forest. We combined the visit of Beng Mealea with Kampong Phluk.

Travel to Cambodia [Part-1 - Summary]

December 9th, 2009 by Jeff

Last Friday, I went down to CBD area to experiment the night photography together with a group of friends. Surrounded by Canon’s fans while I am the only one capturing the scene with Nikon machine.

The Singapore River forms a central artery in Singapore’s densely packed Central Business District. The riverside is best accessed by MRT Raffles Place station (North-South/East-West Lines) and Clarke Quay station (North-East Line) stations, while the nearest station to the Marina district is City Hall station, connected by a long underground shopping mall to Suntec and the Esplanade.

November 25th, 2009 by Jeff

Proposed itinerary

Day 1
9:00am – Meet up at Second link Checkpoint
10:00am – WGOS Kulai (Johor) Paintball Sport
1:00pm – Lunch at Kulai
2:00pm – Check-in Mercure Palm Resort (to be confirm)
3:30pm – Free and easy (indoor/outdoor activities)
7:00pm till late – BBQ

Day 2
9:00am – Free and easy (indoor/outdoor activities)
12:00am – Check-out
1:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm – Home sweet home

Kulai paintball field

Mercure Palm Resort

Mercure Palm Resort - Olympic size pool

Picture #2 and 3 credits to Mercure Palm Resort