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Orchid Garden Singapore

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SPARKLE SUD'N SERVICE

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SALAD SHOP SINGAPORE

SILENCE

SOUNDS of SILENCE dinner at Ulluru Australia

T for Tuesday

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Another Singapore memory as it is Lunar New Year, year of the rabbit.

Singapore Asia

High on list for Singapore was a stop at Raffles Hotel, we stopped by during the day and at night.

As the saying goes, "If you have not been to Raffles, you have not been to Singapore". 

I had first heard of Raffles in a series of books I read in my teens so it has been on my bucket list since then.

Raffles Hotel Singapore started as a privately owned beach house built in the early 1830s. It first became Emerson's Hotel when Dr. Charles Emerson leased the building in 1878. Upon his death in 1883, the hotel closed, and the Raffles Institution stepped in to use the building as a boarding house until Dr. Emerson's lease expired in September 1887.

Almost immediately after the first lease expired, the Sarkies Brothers leased the property from Syed Mohamed Alsagoff, its owner, with the intention of turning it into a high-end hotel. A few months later, on 1 December 1887, the ten-room Raffles Hotel opened. Its proximity to the beach and its reputation for high standards in services and accommodations made the hotel popular with wealthy clientele.

Upon the start of the Japanese occupation of Singapore on 15 February 1942, it is said that the Japanese soldiers encountered the guests in Raffles Hotel dancing one final waltz. Meanwhile, staff buried the hotel silver—including the silver beef trolley—in the Palm Court.

During World War II, Raffles Hotel was renamed Syonan Ryokan (昭南旅館, shōnan ryokan), incorporating Syonan ("Light of the South"), the Japanese name for occupied Singapore, and ryokan, the name for a traditional Japanese inn. The hotel was reclaimed in 1945 during Operation Tiderace by the British Navy. Stanley Redington raised the British Naval Jack on top of the Raffles Hotel.

We went back at night for a drink after spending the day sightseeing.

The Singapore sling is a gin-based sling cocktail from Singapore. This long drink was developed sometime before 1915 by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon, who was working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel, Singapore.

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I'm continuing with Singapore photos as I posted for Lunar New Year on Sunday.

Singapore is a very safe and clean country to visit. Singapore is very rule oriented! It does have some strange laws you should be aware of.

One of my favourites - NO DURIAN.

Is there such a thing as a "normal" day? 

Is it the first or fifteenth of the month?

The Birthday of the Goddess of Mercy or Kuan Yin happens three times a year. The first birthday falls on the 19th day of the 2nd Chinese lunar month. The second birthday falls on the 19th day of the 6th Chinese lunar month and the third birthday falls on the 19th day of the 9th Chinese lunar months.


A hongbao (or ang pow in Hokkien) is a gift of money packed into a red packet. Red is considered a symbol of luck, life and happiness. Hongbaos are given as tokens of good wishes during auspicious occasions such as Chinese New Year and weddings.

Happy Lunar New Year

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We were in Singapore in 2015 for New Year!

Tying my wishing ribbon!

John, rubbing his belly for good luck.

John's wishing ribbon.