SINGAPORE ARCHITECTURE
Singapore Icon Merlion
The Iconic statue of Singapore. The Merlion is a mathical creature with a head of lion and the body of fish. The name "Merlion" is the combination of "mer" meaning of sea and lion as known as sealion.
Louis Vuitton Island Maison
The Louis Vuitton Island Maison is a one of a kind concept for the luxury brand and will feature nautical inspired interiors exclusively designed by internationally acclaimed and award winning architect Peter Marino.
Esplanade
The Esplanade is a waterfront location just north of the mouth of the Singapore River in downtown Singapore. It is basically surrounded by the Esplanade Park, it is also a major performance arts venue.
Marina Bay Sand
Marina Bay Sands is an Integrated Resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is billed as the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$ 8 billion. The resort is designed by Moshe Safdie, who says it was initially inspired by card decks.
Kampong Glam
Kampong Glam is a neighbourhood in Singapore located north of the Singapore river, in the urban planning areas of Kallang and Rochor. Prior to colonisation by the British in 1819, the area was home to the Malay aristocracy of Singapore. It became prominent and popular after the signing of a treaty between the British East India Company, Sultan Hussein Shahof Johor for the company to set up a trading port in Singapore under treaty.
The Armenian Church
Built in 1835, The Armenian Church on Hill Street is the oldest Christian church in Singapore. Designed by Irish architecture George Coleman, The church is regarded as Coleman's masterpiece and is dedicated to St Gregory The illuminator, the first Armenian monk.
Raffles Hotel
Raffles Hotel practically sums up SIngapore's vibrant colonial history. Named after SIngapore's founder Sir Stamford Raffles and originally the residence of an Arab trader, Mohammed Alsagoff, the building later become part of an enterprise of colonial lodgings belonging to the well-know Sarkies Brothers.
Lotus Building (ArtScience museum)
Lotus Building is an ArtScience museum at Marina Bay Sand, which is the world's first ArtScience museum. This unique lotus building is designed by Moshe Safdie. There are a lot of major exhibitions being held here to attract tourists' attention.
The Float at Marina Bay Sand
The Float can bear up to 1070 tonnes, which is equivalent to 9000 people. The stadium has a seating capacity of 30,000 people. This stadium can be used as a football pitch, a place to perform, especially water performance and a lot more. Not only that, this stadium is the place where Singaporeans celebrate national day.
Food
Singapore food
Chilli Crab
Think about Singapore food then first we must talk about Chilli Crab. Chilli Crab is a seafood dish popular in Singapore, it is listed at number 35 on World's most delicious foods complied by CNN in 2011. Normally Mud crabs are used and are stir-fried in a semi thick, sweet and savory tomato and chilli based sauce.
Black Pepper Crab
Other than the chilli crab, black pepper crab is consider most popular way that crab is served in Singapore. Is is made with hard-shell crabs, and fried with black pepper. Compare to chilli crab, the black pepper crab is less heavy due to the absence of the tomato chilli sauce. Because of the its drier and fragrant pepperish nature it was also liked by many locals and the foreign tourists.
Bak Kut Teh
The Bak Kut Teh is a Chinese dish popularly served in Singapore and Malaysia. The name "Bak Kut Teh" literally translate as "meat bones tea". It consists of meaty port ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices. Bak Kut Teh is normally eaten together with rice or noodles. Singapore Bak Kut Teh can be categorized in three types first is Teochew style which light in colour but uses more pepper and garlic in the soup. The second one is Hokkien style, which is saltier and heavier uses more soy sauce resulting in a darker soup. The third one is Cantonese style, with soup drinking culture it uses more medicinal herbs to create a strong favoured soup.
Hainanese Chicken Rice
It's everywhere. Hainanese Chicken Rice is a dish of Chinese origin. It was listed as number 45 out of 50 most delicious food by CNN in 2011.
Char Kuey Teow
It is almost impossible to stop Singaporeans from indulging Char Kuey Teow, the high-fat hawker food. The best Char Kuey Teow should come with the breath of wok.
Reflections
It was a fun trip to Singapore despite there are a lot of work like taking pictures to be done. From this project, I have learned to work in a group as we had to help each other while we are having trouble and also making a decision together. Not only that, I've also learned to manage my time well as there are a lot of other assignments going on as well.
