Singapore open the doors of its second casino on Tuesday 27Apr, giving a fresh boost to the city’s tourism sector and playground for the world’s high-rollers.
The US$5.5 billion Marina Bay Sands, built by US gaming giant Las Vegas Sands, opened at the locally auspicious time of 3.18pm (0718 GMT). The number eight sounds like the word for prosperity in Chinese.
Rules comes in all four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil
That one on the right hand side is Japan? Hope you like the view of the quay
Hamzah enlightened us with the following:-
Hamzah wrote:-
Haa…haaa…that’s not the flag of Japan. Its a numeric pennant to indicate number “1″. The numeric pennant is used by ships and if strung individually or in combination indicates a special meaning.
I have quite a number of Malay friends in Singapore. Recently I got in touch with two of them! They were from my secondary school, my Malay classmates! wow, it’s been so many years!
Here are the chinese calligraphy word practices done by children…
The Esplanade close up at night…
In SG, the HDB flats (built by a quasi-government organization) are about the basic residential properties for the population. And there are multitudes of these estates all over rangind in size and designs…
Stones are everywhere and provide a strong foundation for any projects.
These are huge blocks!
Singapore Cruise Centre Photo by Ming
Singapore Cruise Centre is located just across Sentosa Island, one of the region’s premier island resorts. Many passengers pass through the Singapore Cruise Centre on their way to fascinating destinations in the region to get away for a few days.
We took this “Cruise To Nowhere” last Friday evening in which the cruise depart and return to Singapore without disembarking the ship for 3 days. It’s a popular trip for the locals & foreign tourists to get away for a few days. Many activities on this Virgo cruise including live entertaining shows for the kids & adults. Most adults do visit the many casino rooms to try their luck 
If you are visiting Singapore, do hop on many of the cruises that are available. If you do stay in the room with the balcony, you will experience the breathtaking view of the sea.
This is a feature of one of the granite walls that still remain. The quarry is now filled with water collected over the years.
ION orchard
