Cleaners picking up rubbish with a net. Why is it so difficult for people to behave themselves and stop throwing rubbish into the water, I don't understand....
At the other end of the dam is this huge machine.
Another shot of MBS, this time Gardens By The Bay and Ferris Wheel fully captured.
I am quite obsessed by the architecture.
Nice long plot of plants and flowers as a divider between water and land.
They are more plants beneath which I didn't take pictures. Those plants act as filter beds to filter the water, keeping them clean in a way.
These tree looked norm and green from a distant....
Upon close-up, they have cute whitish flowers that lines up vertically in a very neat manner.
Amazing.
Palm trees are huge here.
Not only they are huge but full of clusters of palm fruits.
Happily running towards.....
..... the pond!
It was a joy to see such a happy doggie.
We strolled on, with each other, didn't hold hands, he was too sweaty, I was too busy with the camera lolxx...
Beautiful.....
Just as I was so mesmerised by the surrounding, my hubby whispered calmly at my ear -
"Mummy, there's a snake in front of you."
Despite of him telling me in a almost nonchalant tone, I screamed like hell:
"AAAAAAAh.......WHERE?!
WHERE??!! WHERE?!!?"
Then got scolded "I thought you not scared of snakes, why you scream until like that?!!"
I wasn't scared, just shocked.
It's just a tiny foot long snake, felt so silly to scream >.<
I chased after it to take pics while it wriggled in top speed into the bushes.
Since there is foot long snake, we can't be sure there aren't any meter long ones, oh gosh...
My trips to nature or gardens walks are always full of encounters, heehee...
Spotted a garden lizard, watching upon the waters in a most graceful posture. Too cute, lolxx..
At that moment, I wished I had a proper camera to zoom in.
I was spending a lot of time taking photos, admiring flowers and looking at people's doggies.
We couldn't make it to the end within 2 hrs time frame.
Spotted a few shrubs full of flowers in pastel hues of pink and purple. The fragrance was magical!
The petals were very fragile, like tissue paper. I doubt they can survive a heavy rain.
A stream, though man-made, it's pretty, covered with lotus.
I made hubby stand under this plant.
It will be pure coincident accident if that durian looking fruit decided to drop on his head lolxx....
Anybody knows what fruit is this?
Spotted some plants with lots and lots of tiny orange berries.
Dragon boats, rowed by girls, omg..... all tanned. But they were young, so they can afford to be tan.
I am a staunch believer of Fair = Beauty. I have some friends who prefers sun-kissed complexion. They looked energetic and lively at their 20s. Now most of them are around 30s or 40s, the glow just turned sallow with pigmentation, omg....
We made a U-turn back when we reached Sheares Bridge.
Marina Barrage Pump House, seemed quite far, brisk walking back took about 20mins.
View from the 2nd floor of Marina Barrage Pump House with an overall view of the bridge.
Sustainable Singapore Gallery at the 2nd floor.
The moment we stepped in, we were relieved from heat, it's so cooling inside....
Nice place for children to visit for excursions to learn where our water supply comes from.
Some displays are very interesting.
There is this big model of the dam but it's under maintence T___T
The sprawling roof the the Marina Barrage Pump House is size of 4 football fields.
Clear blue sky was nice, but without much clouds, there was nothing to tame down the sun.
We walked down along the long slope, the sun was at it's most powerful, can melt.
Pic taken from the slope.
At the end of the slope,
WATER!!! fountains.
Was really very tempted to get myself drenched, the heat was unbearable....
Visit of Marina Barrage ended with wet feet. If not for the mission to pick up King Luis, we would like to walk over to Gardens By The Bay for satay.
Singapore may be small, but there are many places to explore, some are less known, some just never cross your mind.
Thanks for reading ^.^
