My lunch with mother and sister at Royal China at Raffles ended at about 2pm.
Suntec was across the street, so I decided to visit the Singapore Garden Festival to surprise SO. SO was in charge of some of the booths in SGF, and hence the late working nights lately.
I walked over from City Hall to Suntec. The ticket booths for the SGF was on the first floor of Suntec. There was a long but fast moving queue. Ticketing for adults are $6 on weekdays and $12 on weekends. There is a $1 discount for members of certain cardholders like Ikea, NTUC, PA, Safra etc.
After purchasing the ticket, I called SO to asked where he was. He told me he was NOT on duty that day. That Bitch!
Since I had already bought the ticket, so I just went ahead. Without SO, the walking pace would be faster. SO likes to walk slowly in this type of fair.
SGF is not really my cup of tea. This is not the kinda of exhibition I am interested to attend. I am more of the IT fair type of person. I am there for the photo opportunities.
I went up to level 6 of Suntec, let the fella at the counter tear the ticket stub and entered. It was a bit surreal. There were plots and plots of gardens and greenery in the convention hall. It looks so unreal and imaginery. Like walking into a dream. Frankly, it's a feast for the eyes with so many colors and themes.
Most of the people walking around were elders and families. There were also quite a few tourists. In fact, there were definitely more women than men in the hall. And most of the men there, were carrying big cameras.
So armed with a small sony camera, I took these shots. I think I took about 400 photos overall. These following below are the representative shots.
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The New Paper
30 July 2008
TOO PRETTY......TO BE REAL
COULD nature really create something so beautiful?
By Andre Yeo
That's what Madam Koh Hui Ngo, 77, thought when she visited The Singapore Garden Festival at the Suntec Convention Centre. She told The New Paper she had wanted to see if the flowers were fake as they looked too beautiful to be real.
TECHIES MAKE WAY
Levels 4 and 6 at Suntec, which are more associated with techies during computer shows, had undergone a massive transformation as flowers and plants replaced iPods and printers.
Level 6 has 18 show gardens with 14floral displays by 35 designers from 17 countries.
Level 4 has 40 orchid displays and 120booths selling plants and gardening tools and merchandise.
The highlights include creations by award-winning garden designers from Australia, the United Kingdom, the US and Japan.
One exhibit, Touching the Tulip from Holland, represents a typical Dutch coastal landscape.
The Singapore Orchid Show features a wide range of orchids.
Garden and floral enthusiasts eager to learn more can attend daily talks on topics like cooking with plants, and choosing the right plants for your home or office. Photo enthusiasts will be interested in a one-hour talk on nature photography in Singapore by the Nature Photographic Society (Singapore) tomorrow.
Ms Lee Pin Pin, deputy director (communications) of the National Parks Board (NPB), the show organiser, said more than 200,000 people had visited the event as of Tuesday night.
NPB had expected 200,000 visitors for the one-week event which began last Friday.
Suntec was across the street, so I decided to visit the Singapore Garden Festival to surprise SO. SO was in charge of some of the booths in SGF, and hence the late working nights lately.
I walked over from City Hall to Suntec. The ticket booths for the SGF was on the first floor of Suntec. There was a long but fast moving queue. Ticketing for adults are $6 on weekdays and $12 on weekends. There is a $1 discount for members of certain cardholders like Ikea, NTUC, PA, Safra etc.
After purchasing the ticket, I called SO to asked where he was. He told me he was NOT on duty that day. That Bitch!
Since I had already bought the ticket, so I just went ahead. Without SO, the walking pace would be faster. SO likes to walk slowly in this type of fair.
SGF is not really my cup of tea. This is not the kinda of exhibition I am interested to attend. I am more of the IT fair type of person. I am there for the photo opportunities.
I went up to level 6 of Suntec, let the fella at the counter tear the ticket stub and entered. It was a bit surreal. There were plots and plots of gardens and greenery in the convention hall. It looks so unreal and imaginery. Like walking into a dream. Frankly, it's a feast for the eyes with so many colors and themes.
Most of the people walking around were elders and families. There were also quite a few tourists. In fact, there were definitely more women than men in the hall. And most of the men there, were carrying big cameras.
So armed with a small sony camera, I took these shots. I think I took about 400 photos overall. These following below are the representative shots.
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The New Paper
30 July 2008
TOO PRETTY......TO BE REAL
COULD nature really create something so beautiful?
By Andre Yeo
That's what Madam Koh Hui Ngo, 77, thought when she visited The Singapore Garden Festival at the Suntec Convention Centre. She told The New Paper she had wanted to see if the flowers were fake as they looked too beautiful to be real.
TECHIES MAKE WAY
Levels 4 and 6 at Suntec, which are more associated with techies during computer shows, had undergone a massive transformation as flowers and plants replaced iPods and printers.
Level 6 has 18 show gardens with 14floral displays by 35 designers from 17 countries.
Level 4 has 40 orchid displays and 120booths selling plants and gardening tools and merchandise.
The highlights include creations by award-winning garden designers from Australia, the United Kingdom, the US and Japan.
One exhibit, Touching the Tulip from Holland, represents a typical Dutch coastal landscape.
The Singapore Orchid Show features a wide range of orchids.
Garden and floral enthusiasts eager to learn more can attend daily talks on topics like cooking with plants, and choosing the right plants for your home or office. Photo enthusiasts will be interested in a one-hour talk on nature photography in Singapore by the Nature Photographic Society (Singapore) tomorrow.
Ms Lee Pin Pin, deputy director (communications) of the National Parks Board (NPB), the show organiser, said more than 200,000 people had visited the event as of Tuesday night.
NPB had expected 200,000 visitors for the one-week event which began last Friday.
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