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Sentosa Flowers Festival 2012 – Enchanted Spring [Photos]

Since 2005, the annual Sentosa Flowers festival that takes place on Sentosa island in Singapore has been a flourishing success. Guests are greeted with brilliant colours and delightful scents of spring with inventive themes each year. Into its seventh year, this highly popular event carries the theme “Enchanted Spring” for...

Freemasons’ Hall – Masonic Club in Singapore

If you have read Dan Brown’s books, no doubt you would have come across several references to Freemasonry and the Knights Templar (a Masonic body). Freemasonry started out in England in the 16th century. Notable members of this highly secretive all-male society include Mozart, George Washington and Mark Twain. But,...

100+ Places to Watch World Cup 2010 in Singapore

Caught the football fever? Wondering where to watch World Cup 2010 in Singapore? Here’s a compilation of over 100 places in Singapore where the matches are broadcast live. These venues are divided into bars, theatres, fast food restaurants, community and SAFRA clubs. So head down, crack open a cold one...

Resorts World Sentosa – A Quick Peek at the Casino

The Resorts World at Sentosa, one of the two integrated casino resorts in Singapore, opened its casino on February 14, 2010. The first punters were welcomed at 12:18pm (local time) on the auspicious first day of Lunar New Year. Since then, the casino has been drawing in a steady stream...

Wangz Hotel – Singapore’s Newest Boutique Hotel

The next time you are in the charming Tiong Bahru estate, don’t be surprised if you find a quirky, barrel-shaped building. This is none other than Wangz Hotel, the newest boutique hotel to open in Singapore. Way before it even opened in mid-December 2009, the hotel had already captured the...

Sentosa Flowers 2009 – Colours of Spring

During Chinese New Year each year, many Singaporeans flock to the island down South to revel in the annual Sentosa Flowers display. After visiting the event for the first time last year, I’ve made it a point to visit it every Chinese New Year. The event brings us city dwellers...