Category Archives: Places
About different places
Another day in Malacca
Malacca City
Flower
Solar cells mural
Dragon house, by Pakey, 2011
Huge flower
Green (mural) house
Modern white, black & red paint
Statues at Cheng Hoon Teng temple,
the oldest functioning temple in Malaysia.
Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong
Malacca Straits Mosque
Country, Land, Nation
Jasmine flower
House of Faith
Plant
Sail (painted)
Bamboo and mural grid
Xiang Lin Si Temple
Dragon ball statue
Elephant statue
Malacca Straits Mosque
In Memory of the unfortunate Chinese victims…
In Memory of the unfortunate Chinese victims during the Japanese occupation in Malacca.
When the Japanese invaded China, the Overseas Chinese everywhere formed anti-Japanese movements. Their resistance included remittance to China and also taking up arms along-side the Allies in defense of their countries of residence.
Malacca fell into the hands of the Japanese on the 15th day of January, 1942.
Thousands of Chinese lost their lives. The methods of execution were barbaric and inhuman. Burying a few hundred people alive in a well and throwing babies and children into the air and catching them with fixed bayonets are but two of the many awesome methods adopted.
After the surrender of the Japanese, the remains of these victims were collected from various known places by the Chinese residents and collectively buried at the foot of this Bukit China Hill.
This monument erected in memory of these unfortunate and heroin dead was unveiled officially by His Excellency Sir Edward Gent then High Commissioner of The Federation of Malaya, on the 5th day of April 1948.
Arrived in Melaka
Green-enlightened plant
Enlightened tree
Menara Taming Sari
A tower with panoramic view of Melaka
Plane
Plane in park
Saint Paul’s Church at night
St. Paul’s Church is a historic church building in Malacca, Malaysia that was originally built in 1521. It is located at the summit of St. Paul’s Hill and is today part of the Malacca Museum Complex comprising the A Famosa ruins, the Stadthuys and other historical buildings.
Fountain in Dutch Square
Christ Church Melaka
Clock Tower
Church of Saint Francis Xavier
Obama. Oh really?
A statue of St Francis Xavier near St Paul’s Church; some people wrote Obama on it:
Pasir Ris
Pasir Ris Park is located in Pasir Ris, in Eastern Singapore.
Plant growing in mangrove
Mangrove trees and plants
Mangrove
Big black insect on a white flower
Big foot on footway
Weird flower
Coconut tree
Kite
Coconuts
Protected Area: No admittance to unauthorised persons
Cup of ice tea
Leaves
Crab
Crab construction
Coconut tree
Weird plant
Coconuts
Plants on the trunk
Fern, moss and other plants growing on a tree
Keep myopia at bay
Kite flying is not allowed
Sort of gate
MacRitchie Reservoir Park
MacRitchie Reservoir is Singapore’s oldest reservoir.
Monkey
Leaf
Grimace
Monkeys looking down
A thunderstorm is near
MacRitchie Reservoir shore
Palm tree gets high
Prohibition sign
Branch
Monkeys (mother and baby)
Links
Marina Bay area
Marina Bay Sands
Singapore Skyline
Marina Bay Sands and flyer from Marina Barrage
Marina Bay Sands and Singapore skyline from Marina Barrage at dusk
Singapore skyline by night
Christmas tree
Marina Bay
ArtScience Museum
Christmas decoration
Marina Bay Sands and ArtScience Museum
Bridge
Between two bridges
Singapore Flyer
Singapore skyline and balloons night scene
Marina Bay Sands and balloons
Merlion
The Merlion (Malay: Singa-Laut) is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot of Singapore. Its name combines “mer” meaning the sea and “lion”. The fish body represents Singapore’s origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means “sea town” in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore’s original name — Singapura — meaning “lion city” or “kota singa”. More on wikipedia…
Palm tree
Bamboo
Singapore skyscrapers
Christmas decoration
Building
Trees and skyscrapers
Singapore Chinatown
View from my friends’ balcony
Singapore Botanic Gardens
So far I have always enjoyed Botanic Gardens and Singapore is no exception; it was worth spending a day there.
View the local set, or see some selection below.
I logged the ways on my GPS, but unfortunately there must be something wrong which prevented me from adding many tracks from this area to OpenStreetMap.