TRANSFORMERS The Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle
Experience the ultimate 3D battle Go beyond the screen and Ride The Movies at Universal Studios Singapore®! Only here can you experience rides and attractions based on some of your favourite blockbuster films such as Revenge of the Mummy®, WaterWorld™ & Lights, Camera, Action! ® Hosted by Steven Spielberg. On 3 December 2011, Universal Studios Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore debuts the world’s first TRANSFORMERS ride. Experience TRANSFORMERS The Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle at Southeast Asia’s first and only Universal Studios theme park. Based on the iconic...
Read MoreMaritime Experiential Museum & Aquarium
An innovative look at the history of the Maritime Silk Route You may already know that Singapore is oneof the world’s busiest ports, but did you know that the recently opened Maritime Experiential Museum & Aquarium (MEMA) is the first and only museum to showcase the maritime history of Asia? Featuring over 400 rare objects, the “Maritime Experiential Museum and Aquarium at Resorts World SentosaTM“ takes you on a journey of epic voyages. Be awed by the life-sized replica of Admiral Zheng He’s Treasure Ship (Bao Chuan) and his massive fleet – a sight to behold! The Treasure...
Read MoreKusu Island
Island of holy sites Kusu Island is home to a number of important holy sites and is the place of the annual Kusu Pilgrimage. Every year, from September to November, thousands of people visit the island to pay homage for peace, good luck, health, happiness and prosperity. Also known as Peak Island or “Tortoise Island” in Chinese, the famous Chinese temple Da Bo Gong which was built in 1923 is located here. On its hill top also stands three shrines to Malay sites, where people climb up 152 steps just to pray. In addition to its wealth of heritage sites, Kusu Island is also a visitors’...
Read MoreThe one-man eating band
If it doesn’t crunch or crinkle, he won’t eat it. How to identify: He dines on only the most pungent, debris-yielding, noisily packaged foodstuffs … at all times. His bunk is no more a sleeping quarters than an ogre’s lair of gnashed pork byproducts and discarded nut husks. Reason to hate: Once the crumbs fall from his beard and bounce off his shirt, they inevitably land on the floor, inviting exotic foreign insects to crawl under your skin at night. Redeeming quality: After misinterpreting your death stare for interest, he offers you a...
Read MoreRose Verandah
The Rose Veranda doesn’t leave anything to chance with its wide selection of sweets and savories. Tradition rules at the Rose Veranda where high tea is a relaxing, traditional, and often day-long affair. The ladies who lunch are known to decamp here regularly on the overstuffed brown leather-backed armchairs, nibbling on sandwiches, warm scones and sliced smoked salmon served on Wedgwood china, while catching up on who wore what to which ball. The menu’s also got a touch of the local with chicken wings, Nonya mee siam and popiah. It’s the idyllic atmosphere you’re...
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Tea by the sea at The Knolls and yes, you’re meant to share the set. If you fancy high tea by the sea, The Knolls, wedged into the sloping hillside of the Capella hotel-resort compound and overlooking the South China sea, is the spot to go. Take in the breeze and one (or more) of four triple-tiered tea sets; “Queens — The Rose Garden,” “Neo-Classic — The Modern Colonial,” “Peranakan — The Nonya” and “Japanese — The Way of Tea.” The buttery scones served with addictive clotted cream of the Queens set is a winning choice, as is the...
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