Singapore Trip 2008 in Pictures

• Meia Gisborn

  17 Jul 08, 16:04

  Just some random pictures (with equally random captions) taken in Singapore on my current visit here.

   

  The NWA 757-300 that took me from MSP to SEA. My good friend Jim swapped out with another pilot to fly this flight when he learnt of the reason for my trip to Singapore. Thanks, Jim!

  

   

  The A330 waiting at the gate to fly me across the Pacific to Narita:

  

   

  At the Marina South Ferry Terminal, looking at a moored riverboat that apparently lost its bearing whilst navigating the Mississippi River and ended up in Singapore:

  

   

  Part of the Singapore skyline from the sea:

  

   

  At VivoCity, looking across to Sentosa:

  

   

  The monorails that ply between VivoCity and Sentosa:

  

   

  The only way to travel in Singapore--rubbing shoulders with your fellow FT... er, I mean Singaporean whilst being whisked in supine comfort to your destination aboard the luxuriously appointed MRT:

  

   

  

   

  More images to come...

• Arapahoe

  17 Jul 08, 20:22

  when was the last time u visited sg?

• littlestream

  17 Jul 08, 21:02

  Wow~~~  thanks for sharing the pictures, MG! :-)  Looks like postcards to me!  Very good choice of content! :)

  Have a pleasant flight home.

• littlestream

  17 Jul 08, 21:04

  Originally posted by Arapahoe:

  when was the last time u visited sg?

  alamak.....u no see his first sentence ah?  he is currently in sg lah. ;-)

• Arapahoe

  18 Jul 08, 04:18

  yeah so when was the last time he visited sg before this trip

• Keii

  18 Jul 08, 04:33

  YOU'RE IN SINGAPORE?!?!? Come to one of the food outings!

• jetta

  18 Jul 08, 07:11

  Good eye as always, MG. Hope things are okay with you.

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 07:53

  Originally posted by Arapahoe:

  when was the last time u visited sg?

  
  Um.. now?

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 07:57

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  Wow~~~  thanks for sharing the pictures, MG! :-)  Looks like postcards to me!  Very good choice of content! :)

  Have a pleasant flight home.

  
  Thanks, LS.

  Unfortunately, pleasant flight and Northwest Airlines are seldom related concepts. Given the supremely uncomfortable seats on their A330 that I'll be flying across the Pacific, I'll probably end up with back pain when I get back stateside.

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 07:59

  Originally posted by Arapahoe:

  yeah so when was the last time he visited sg before this trip

  
  I was last back in 2005; I'll probably me making another trip here over LNY in '09 to check up on my mother.

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 08:00

  Originally posted by Keii:

  YOU'RE IN SINGAPORE?!?!? Come to one of the food outings!

  Ack! I'd love to, but I only have a few days before I leave, and would like to spend as much time with my mother before then.

  Thanks for the invite, though!

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 08:02

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Good eye as always, MG. Hope things are okay with you.

  
  Thanks, jetta!

  I might be making a trip to Orange County within the next month or two to visit my sister. I can drive down to SD to meet you when I'm there.

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 08:19

  Anyone care to guess where the following three pictures were taken? Hint: they were taken from a pedestrian bridge next to a fairly prominent eating spot on the island.

  

  

  

• littlestream

  18 Jul 08, 08:51

  Originally posted by Arapahoe:

  yeah so when was the last time he visited sg before this trip

  oic.  erm....i believe 2006.  coincidentally, we visited sg same time and even met up! :)

• littlestream

  18 Jul 08, 08:56

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  
  Thanks, LS.

  Unfortunately, pleasant flight and Northwest Airlines are seldom related concepts. Given the supremely uncomfortable seats on their A330 that I'll be flying across the Pacific, I'll probably end up with back pain when I get back stateside.

  kekekeke~~~  aiyoh, anyways, hope your back won't suffer too much.  take care yah!

• littlestream

  18 Jul 08, 08:57

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  Anyone care to guess where the following three pictures were taken? Hint: they were taken from a pedestrian bridge next to a fairly prominent eating spot on the island.

  

  

  

  wah seh........nong nong time no see "U-turn" sign liao leh.  we no hab u-turn here.

  okay, guess right?  is it holland village?

• SpeedStar

  18 Jul 08, 09:46

  I thought we cannot take pictures in mrt station?? Or maybe they allow it now haha

• viciouskitty74

  18 Jul 08, 10:31

  i wasnt able to guess.  it sounds like newton, but it looks bishan.

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 11:00

  Bishan... nope!

  Newton... nope!

  Holland Village... nope!

  Here's two more pictures, taken from the bus stop next to the pedestrian bridge:

  

  

  sbst275 should be able to determine the exact location from the second image!

• Meia Gisborn

  18 Jul 08, 11:02

  Originally posted by SpeedStar:

  I thought we cannot take pictures in mrt station?? Or maybe they allow it now haha

  
  Really, ah? I didn't know that. I don't recall seeing any "No Photography" signs in any of the stations, though.

• 不如就死

  18 Jul 08, 11:08

  there's a blurry road sign in the pic.. 

  upp thomson road??

• cuddles

  18 Jul 08, 11:09

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  Bishan... nope!

  Newton... nope!

  Holland Village... nope!

  Here's two more pictures, taken from the bus stop next to the pedestrian bridge:

  

  

  sbst275 should be able to determine the exact location from the second image!

  this one is upp thomson road, 169 route.. :)

• sbst275

  18 Jul 08, 11:11

  Sembawang Hill stretch

  Cos SBS plate only have 163

• jetta

  18 Jul 08, 11:32

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  
  Thanks, jetta!

  I might be making a trip to Orange County within the next month or two to visit my sister. I can drive down to SD to meet you when I'm there.

  Yippee!!!! *imagines MG visiting with arms laden with Sg goodies*

• Jeanwoo

  18 Jul 08, 11:38

  The pictures are making me very home sick.