To usher in the New Year, Marina Bay Sands Singapore was chosen as the venue to the largest BASE jumping attempt in Singapore. Seven professional BASE jumpers, participated in this adrenaline pumping display to welcome the New Year.
Marina Bay Sands Skypark BASE Jump. Singapore 2012. from Snow R. Shai on Vimeo.
To celebrate Singapore's 46th year of Nation building, Steadi Productions had made a video showing an epic journey of a young man exploring the beauty of Singapore by running across the entire nation (in a day), passing through places that are new, old and even unexplored by Singaporeans.
The video shows many iconic places in Singapore and will be useful for foreign friends who want a glimpse of modern Singapore's landscape.
Singapore celebrates its 46 years of Independence and here is a video of this year's National Day Parade theme song, titled "In A Heartbeat".
I have a dream of starting a life
I have a hope, a flame alight
This is the moment, freedom is calling
This is my start, a new beginning
I have a heart, it beats for you
A step at a time, our spirit renew
Living together under the sun
Our hearts will beat as one
In a heartbeat, I’ll be there for you
In a heartbeat, no one else will do
In a heartbeat, we will always be
Together, united; you and me
In a heartbeat, time has passed us by
In a heartbeat, we will reach the sky
In a heartbeat, this will always be
Our people, our country
This is our family
Nothing will stand in our way
We can be strong today
The flame is alive
This is our life
In a heartbeat, I’ll be there for you
In a heartbeat, no one else will do
In a heartbeat, we will always be
Together, united; you and me
In a heartbeat, time has passed us by
In a heartbeat, we will reach the sky
In a heartbeat, this will always be
Our people, our country
This is our family
The Lunar New Year is a time of colorful festivities and joyous celebrations for us Chinese. Here are some Histamatic prints I took from my iPhone during the Chinese New Year long weekend break.
Here's wishing all my friends a Happy and Prosperous Year of the Rabbit!
After the Youth Olympic Flame arrived in Singapore and went through the traditional Olympic torch relay in the host city, the opening ceremony took place on 14 August when the President of Singapore declared the Games open!
It has been more than 2 years ago since Singapore won the bid to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010! And now the Olympic torch has come to town and this historic event will get underway in about 2 weeks time!
I feel so fortunate to be residing in this vibrant city which will be hosting this historic International sporting event.
Youth Olympic Games 2010 Official Theme Song 'Everyone'
Here's a video of the journey of the Youth Olympic Flame.
Other YOG related posts:
YOG countdown
The 2009 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix comes around this weekend for the second year running and F1 fever has once again hit town. Local F1 and motorsport fans are rejoicing at the prospect of seeing those super cars zooming down the Marina Bay street circuit, whereas businesses in the Marina Bay area are fearing the worst their takings will suffer during the race weekend as shoppers stay away due to the inconveniences brought about by the road closures.
Nevertheless, this world's only night race is still a spectacular advertisement to showcase Singapore as a tourist destination to a worldwide audience of 300 millions!
Let us take a sneak peek of the 2009 F1 circuit preview in the below video.
Petrol Watch is designed as a community project with an aim to provide information and services to all motorists in Singapore. We know how expensive it can get driving around. Here at Petrol Watch, we seek to enhance the average consumers’ awareness of petrol pump prices, car park prices, car prices and become the de-facto guide which Singaporeans can refer to.
The much anticipated findings of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) on Mas Selamat's escape from the Whitley Road Detention Centre were presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament.
The Executive Summary of the report concluded that a confluence of three critical factors led to security lapses, enabling the JI detainee to escape.
-The Gurkha Contingent guard escorting Mas Selamat did not stop Mas Selamat from closing the urinal cubicle door in the Family Visitation Block toilet;
-The ventilation window in the urinal cubicle had not been secured by grilles (seen here in the photo); and-The weakness in the perimeter fencing where the outer and inner perimeter fences converged with an enclosed staircase and walkway leading to the Family Visitation Block was not detected.
In a re-enactment requested by the COI, a Gurkha guard took 49 seconds to retrace Mas Selamat’s possible escape route from the detention centre.
The mugshots are everywhere - on the local daily newspaper, posters, flyers, websites, blogs, cell phone alerts and Interpol. Yes, even Interpol had issued an urgent worldwide security alert, or Orange Notice, after the escape of an alleged leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group from a detention center in Singapore on 27 Feb.
But he's nowhere to be found....yet.
We won the bid! Singapore to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010!
This goes to show small (but vibrant) city state like Singapore is up to the mark in hosting such global event! Hurray!!
Full story here.
Thousands turned up at the Singapore zoo last Sunday to bid a final farewell to Ah Meng, the famous icon of the zoo. There has been a genuine outpouring of regret at the passing of this wonderful ambassador of Singapore tourism. Why was Ah Meng so special?
To some, she was just a friendly and lovable orang utan who was trained to have breakfast and take pictures with tourists, and promoted as the star attraction by the zoo.
But Ah Meng was not just a friendly ape who happened to be the face of the zoo. Over the 37 years she was with the zoo, Ah Meng had been exposed to, and had interacted with 2 or 3 generations of Singaporeans (not to mention tourists from around the world), and the people had formed an emotional bond with her. Emotional bonds take time to develop and cannot be willed or artificially created.
As such, Ah Meng left big shoes to fill. The zoo has since shortlisted 6 of its more popular residents - Chomel the orang utan, Chawang the bull elephant, Inuka the polar bear, Omar the white tiger, Randall the sealion and Pedro the small-clawed otter - to be its next icon.
The zoo admitted it is not easy to replace Ah Meng (almost impossible) but whichever animal it eventually decides to pick as its next icon, it will live in the shadow of the legacy the great Ah Meng left behind. The zoo can only groom it, promote it and let it interact with visitors. There can be no overnight icon.
It was supposed to be a momentous occasion, one with historic significance for Formula 1 fans all over the world and especially so for local F1 fans who will be witnessing super fast racing machines zooming past up to speed of 300km/hr at their own backyard for the first time.
Singapore will be hosting the first night street race in the history of Formula 1 racing but this upcoming event met its first hurdle when ticket sale which started on 14 Feb had fans in Singapore and abroad crying foul.
The computer sales system crashed on Thursday just moments after tickets went on sale at 9am. Ticket sales ground to a halt at counters, over the phone and online, leaving fans both local and abroad fuming.
This ticketing fiasco led race organizer Singapore GP to place full-page advertisements in the local newspapers apologizing to F1 fans who have been affected by the stuttering ticketing system.
The Singapore Flyer, a giant observation wheel that features brilliant engineering breakthroughs a world apart from the traditional ferris wheel, took its maiden flight yesterday with 700 people on board.
On a clear day, at 165m aloft, the view will stretch 45km across the island and even into neighboring Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south.
Costing $240 million to build, the Singapore Flyer is inspired by the London eye but is 30m taller than its British cousin. It is set to be Asia's most visible iconic visitor attraction, providing breathtaking, panoramic views of Singapore and beyond.
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A local paper conducted an online survey on "Tech abuses at work", 100 people ranging from age 20 to 34 and from companies as diverse as manufacturing to IT to banking and finance, were surveyed. Here are the results for "Top 10 abuses at work":
1. Make personal call
2. Visit non work-related websites and forums
3. Send personal instant message
4. Send personal email messages
5. Print personal documents
6. Charge personal electronic devices
7. Photocopy personal documents
8. Browse YouTube
9. Update personal blog
10. Play computer games
I admit I'm guilty of indulging in several of the above-mentioned activities during office hours, using office resources, abeilt discreetly.
Any "free-loaders" over here? What is/are your guilty pleasure(s)? Are such abuses very prevalent in your office? Any other kind of abuses which are not listed here that you would like to share?
Hands up, if anyone here have not made a personal call on the office phone on company time. I'll let "he who is without sin cast the first stone".
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