close up by ming
Construction close ups of the Ocean Financial Centre at Collyer Quay will replace the old Ocean Towers with a new office block – complete with state-of-the-art green features – by 2011. The new 43-storey buildings hall offer about 850,000 sq ft of Grade A space. It will be aimed largely at financial institutions and will have one of the largest floor plates – 19,000 sq ft to 23,000 sq ft – in the Raffles Place area.
Well-Lit Orchard Road by ming
See how the trees glow 
Now the ION Orchard is in white lights and which do you prefer, the red or the white?
Chill by ming
From this angle, you can even see the 30,000-capacity grandstand and floating platform of The Float at Marina Bay, with the Singapore Flyer in the background. Wish you have a good weekend! Chill
CK Tang and new by ming
CK Tang is a Teochew. I’m also a Teochew and CK Tang emigrated to the British colony of Singapore in 1923. He began as a door-to-door salesman peddling hand-made Swatow lace, embroidery and linen products. With a hired rickshaw, Tang carried his goods in a pair of tin trunks which remained in his possession as a reminder of his humble beginnings.
night glows by ming
5 star hotels in Singapore can be found around this area.
Here is a ‘Mini Directory’ of the top ten!
A. Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel – www.panpacific.com
B. Four Season Hotel – www.fourseasons.com
C. Fairmont Singapore – www.fairmont.com
D. Mandarin Oriental Hotel – www.mandarinoriental.com
E. Naumi Hotel – www.naumihotel.com
F. Shangri-La Hotel Singapore – www.shangri-la.com
G. Regent Hotel – www.regenthotels.com
H. Intercontinental Singapore – www.singapore.intercontinental.com
I. Fullerton Hotel – www.fullertonhotel.com
J. Marina Mandarin Singapore – www.meritus-hotels.com
Marina Bay Sands construction by ming
Let’s start with this photo The much heard about – Marina Bay Sands in chinese, 滨海湾金沙综合娱乐城 is Singapore’s first casino! I’m not really a casino-goer, but it is quite a step for Singapore as having a casino. Is there casino/casinos in your city? What are your views of casino gambling?
Shopping Spree by ming
I just noticed the dressing of the people is becoming more casual (due to a very humid and hot climate in Singapore). Within ION Orchard mall, there is an intelligent media wall borne from cutting edge technology. Multi-sensory canvas, the fluid, electric and magnetic intelligent Media Facade offers retailers the opportunity to present their concepts in the most unique and captivating style to commuters, pedestrians, shoppers and onlookers.
Lau Pa Sat by ming
Colloquially known as Lau Pa Sat (老巴刹) is not just a historic building in Singapore, it is also a very popular food centre that has a unique, octagonal, cast-iron structure is delicate in its execution. Designed by James MacRitchie.
The use of cast iron for the structure, as well as for decorative reasons – made it kind of beautiful as it looked very Victorian. We’ll try to show you an interior someday 
Marina Bay Sands by ming
Not just the blue skies. I love the lights reflections on the blue waters of this photo! By clicking here, you can see a Google earth model of this special architecture built by Tea Vui Huang. The three hotel towers will house 2,500 rooms. The card-deck inspired resort is designed by Moshe Safdie. I think this design is amazing, what do you think?
The new shopping mall (ION Orchard) completing soon. Orchard Night Shot by Ming.
The new mall with the world’s best loved brands offering eight levels of intelligently designed shopping space – four levels above ground and four levels below – gonna give visitors a good treat to a unique shopping experience. About 400 retail, F&B and entertainment stores, which will include six of the top luxury brands building their signature flagships in duplex units fronting Orchard Road, Of course, there must be food! – An extensive food hall offering a myriad of food choices ranging from local favorites to international cuisine.
I’ve not been to PeraMakan, I guess this is a new eating place. Found this information, and I’ll probably try it with Zsolt when we visit in July! I’m curious about the taste of the food and service since the ratings are quite good, 7.3 and 7.2 respectively!
p.s. I’ve link the food photography by Keropokman and it looked fantastic
Do you like confettis?
It has a special mood when confetti are thrown all over the air, do you have a confetti photo to share?
The intense flame of passion embodies the youth’s passion to learn and the purple star signifies excellence. The ‘athlete-in-motion’ and represent passion, dedication and sportsmanship in youths.