Night Safari

Singapore


Here's a bunch of blurry pictures from the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo. (Hee-hee!) I thought I would be able to take photos of animals at night... I guess cameras are not that good yet to be able to take photos quickly in very low light. =D Well, like I mentioned before, some things are really just for your eyes and canoot be captured. At least I got a photo of the name of the place!


  
Can you see the animal in the photo? Hehe! At least I was table to take a photo of the signs! (Hey, I'm trying to make lemonades out of my lemons here!)


And here's our last view of the Night Safari. I'm not sure I really remember a lot from the trip... We did ride a tram to see more of the place and walked a little. I think I was expecting to see a lot of active animals since it's night time but I don't remember having a really wow moment here... Hee-hee! I think maybe we didn't spend enought time there to really see the place. Maybe net time. And maybe next time I'll have a camera that can take photos well in low light, then I'll be able to share them here! =)

Changi Museum

Singapore


  
From wikipedia: The Changi Museum is a museum dedicated to Singapore's history during world war 2. I feel really bad that I can't remember much about the place... I remember something about prisoners of war building the chapel, but not much more. Good thing there's wikipedia to the rescue!


Here's the chapel replica.


Some more blurb from the museum. We saw some paintings there too. The place was pretty tranquil, so it's very fitting as the site for the chapel replica, I think.

A monastery

Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
Singapore


It hasn't been long since I discovered that it is easier for me to remember what the name of the place/object was by photographing a sign. =D Good thing I did that for this place, because, oh my, the name is too long! All I could remember was that it was a very nice and big monastery... It's the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery! Or, as I found out from wikipedia, Bright Hill Temple.


This is the Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall, one of the newer buildings in the temple. It houses a very large bronze Buddha at the top floor. This monastery is really big!


  
Here's the statue of Buddha at the top floor of Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall. Impressive, right? The pictures below the statue is a little view of the tops of the building around the temple.


  
The monastery is really beautiful!


  
The temple grounds is beautiful! I know! I keep repeating myself! Well, for a little more info about the monastery, here's wikipedia to the rescue! The temple was built in the beginning as a place of practice to propagate the Dharma and to provide lodging for monks, as there were many Buddhist monks who came to Singapore without lodging. It's the largest Buddhist monastery in Singapore. For more info about the monastery, here's a link to their website.


  
Here's a few more shots around the temple grounds.


  
Some more shots around the temple.


  
Even the outside of the temple is beautiful! Look at that depiction on the tiles!


One last photo that I wanted to share. Just don't ask me what the writing there means! I have no clue at all! =)