Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Singapore Visitors Guide


Singapore: One of the Best Places to live.
Below is list of good things to do or visit in Singapore(as per my 15 Months experiences in Singapore).

All comments are welcomed.
Things to do in Singapore
1. Sentosa Island: You can spend the whole day here. Interesting places
a. Cable car ride
b. Underwater World
c. Dolphin Lagoon
d. The Merlion
e. Sentosa 4D Magix
f. Sentosa Luge & Skyride
g.There are 3 Beaches in Island, I liked and Palawan Beach. Its next to Dolphin Lagoon.
h. Butter fly park.
Above are the few things that are more interesting in Sentosa there are few more you can tryout.
How to reach
Take MRT or Bus, it takes you to HarbourFront. At HarbourFront MRT across the Street the Cable Car will be available. Which will take you to Sentosa. Once inside Sentosa you will have Orange bus, which will be taking you around
the Sentosa Island.
2. Bird Park: It has all kinds of Birds. I liked this place.
How to reach
Take MRT to Boon Lay and from there take bus to Bird Park.
3. Singapore Zoo: All zoo look same to me.
How to reach
Choa Chu Kang Interchange MRT station (BP1/NS4) and take bus service 927.
4. Merlion Park and Esplanade: Places to visit in the Evening or night. Both are next to
each other across the bridge. Esplanade is place where in Krish movie they made
it as Software Company.
How to reach
Raffles Places MRT from there walk down to the Fulton Hotel. You will reach Merlion and across the river is Esplanade.
5. Beaches: There are two of them which I know well
a. East Cost Park: My most favorite places where you can spend hours in evening and night. We get cycle for rental there so we can go around on it. Also there is an Indian restaurant in that places.
How to reach
I do not know exact way to reach there. I use to go there by taking bus from Enos MRT.
You can take Taxi from Enos as its very close from that place.
b. Changi Beach: I did not like it so much.
6. Places in City to visit
a. Raffles Place (Its down town)
b. Boat Quay and Clerk Quay.
c. City Hall
All the above 3 places are nearby Once you reach Raffles Places you can walk down
towards the river you will find the Boat Quay and Clerk Quay. Which on the way has
many good restaurants.
From Boat Quay there will be Boat tour for 45 Min it’s not so great but it’s worth of
going. Next to boat tour office Singapore Parliament building.City hall is good place for
shopping.
7. Shopping Malls.(they are in the order I liked them )
a. Vivo Shopping Mall HarbourFront.

b. City Hall.
c. Buggies
d.Funan Digital Mall for electronics item.
e. Last but not least Mustafa Center.
8. Orchard Road: this is one of the must visit places in Singapore. You must be here from evening till night. Its great place for shopping.
Food in Singapore.
There are many Indian restaurants in all around Singapore and there is places called Little India where you find branches of all major Indian hotels (TN hotels).
That is almost about Singapore. As I remember.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Taare Zameen Par (TZP)


Few days back I overheard someone saying “If you think you have seen the best movie of the year then hold on to your thoughts till TZP comes” …

Today I feel like I saw the best movie of the 2007.

TZP is amazing. I recommend a mandatory viewing for all schools, parents and the future parents.

The film is about children with special needs and the story revolves around the efforts of a dyslexic (Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling) child to fit in, adjust and perform in a 'normal' world where competition is the norm.

Ishaan (Darsheel) a 8 or 9 year old boy a happy-go-lucky child with a imagination that can see fish flying but fails to grasp the difference between b and d. When asked to solve 3*9=?problem, he confidently sees a war of planets on the firmament of his mind where planet 3 smashes into planet 9 and beats it into parts. The answer of 3 x 9 is 3 for little genius.

The story is simple and connects instantly with every adult and child in the auditorium, even as the climax is predictable and plays heavily on your emotions. But what uplifts the film is its very simplicity, sensitivity and its performances