Showing posts with label Marina Bay Sands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marina Bay Sands. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 January 2012

Marina Bay Sands - a photo set

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Finally.
I got round to seeing a sunset from the top of Marina Bay Sands. There were, I guess, a couple reasons for this. One - the excuse. My in-laws are here and they 'needed' to get up top to see what all the fuss is about. Two - the sun. It's been in short supply over the last month or so leaving the opportunities for sunset spotting pretty slim. It is, in fact, only the second time I've been up there since living here. The first time was for free (which involved a generous bit of BS to get them to let us up to Ku Da Ta without charge). This time we paid the $20(!) fee, although the oldies got away with $17 each. At that price it could be a while until I venture up there again. But it's worth it once in a blue moon (and if one of those occurs I'll definitely be there). Anyway, that aside, the sunset was pretty good with minimal smog so the camera came out and then later the tripod. The other excuse, if one was needed, is that my father-in-law is photo mad which gave me the perfect reason to have to stay up there for a few hours while the 'girls' went to watch 'Wicked' (which seems to have taken Singapore by storm) at the theatre. Very definitely not my cup of tea so the option of photos from the top of MBS was certainly a winner!
The results were variable, but here are some of the more acceptable photos that transpired (in my opinion).

Marina Bay, a set on Flickr.

Sunday, 3 July 2011

National Day Parade - Rehearsals

A quick photo blog of the National Day Parade rehearsals yesterday evening in Marina Bay area. They really like to practise. There are three Saturdays to go before the real thing and they've already been at it for at least the previous three. They don't hold back either, lots of military presence (which I didn't catch) and lots of fireworks (which I did). You can see more on my Flickr feed.












Friday, 25 June 2010

Sing or swim

Well, I've done a lot of swimming, in a lot of pools, but, I have never seen anything like this before. Pretty spectacular to say the least. It's definitely going on my lsit of 'to dos' when I get out there!
Marina Bay Sands roof top pool.