Wow…it’s almost end of June now. Less than a week left before I return to KL for a long 4-days break due to the incoming Hari Raya Haji holiday. And less than a month left before I fly to Hong Kong with my siblings for a trip to the city and also for my much anticipated concert show by Sammi Cheng.
However, I had a little concern recently as there is a possibility that she may postpone her 13-shows to a later date as she still have not fully recovered from Covid-19 effects (she got infected last month). A month later and she still lost her voice, had shortness of breath and constant cough. She is now trying all possible remedies and is still continuing on her rehearsals and practices for the concert at the moment. I hope she will recover very soon and the concert will not be postponed. It will be very inconvenient for us who have planned everything (bought all the flights and accommodations) and I don’t know how long I can wait further anymore to watch her perform in Hong Kong Coliseum for the first time.
Anyway, back to the main topic of this post. I went to Mount Faber Park for a walk this weekend. The park is part of the larger Southern Ridges area close to Vivocity mall. The walk first involves quite a lot of steps up as the park is on a hill. Mount Faber is also the place where you can take cable car to travel to Sentosa Island.
Faber Point is the highest point of the park and it features a small Merlion statue (it is one of the 7 official Merlion statues in Singapore). I have seen the famous Merlion statue at Marina Bay and also the one at Sentosa Island (so yup, I have seen 3). Maybe I will set a mission next time to check out the remaining 4 official Merlion statues in Singapore. From the Faber Point, I got to enjoy spectacular views of the concrete jungle of Singapore. Never ending horizon of concrete buildings. Fortunately, there are still quite a lot of green spaces remaining on this island nation.
After that, I made my way to the Henderson Waves, the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore and it connects Mount Faber Park to Telok Blangah Hill Park. I was here before some time ago. I ended my walk after checking out the bridge. Southern Ridges has about 10km of open green spaces that connect Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, HortPark, Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Nature Reserve. So I went to the first two. Will explore the remaining three parks in the future to complete the entire Southern Ridges walk.
I went back to visit Marina Bay last evening to check out the National Day rehearsal fireworks that is now happening on every Saturday around 8.15pm, all the way until the actual National Day itself on August 9th. That’s the way for Singapore to show off how wealthy the country is. Malaysia on the other hand, keep giving excuses to cancel National Day fireworks in recent years due to poor financial situation. Sigh…
It always feels good to walk around Marina Bay with many live performances (circus, busking, magic, etc). The atmosphere is lively and topped off with beautiful views of the city skyline especially in the evening. I met up with a friend and brought him to see the on-going ‘I Light Singapore 2023’ art installations event. I have previously seen them early this month. This weekend is also the last weekend for the event. We walked all the way from Marina Bay Sands to the Merlion statue before calling it a day.
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