Category: Outdoor

A normal Saturday afternoon in SG – with tanks (NDP Rehearsal)

Yesterday afternoon in Singapore. We are casually enjoying the beautiful weather by BBQing with a gorgeous view towards the National Stadium..: When we started noticing slightly unusual traffic on Nicoll Highway: You ask why there are tanks driving around downtown Singapore on a sunny Saturday afternoon? Singapore is turning 50...

The Haze is back!

Every year Singapore is affect by haze, caused by slash & burn techniques in Indonesia. 2013 was one of the worst, 2014 was ok. This year has seen some bad days, just look at the view we had on Thursday: For comparison, this is a normal day:

Quite a storm…

Last Saturday I work up to this approaching me at 7am: Needless to say, a few minutes later a massive storm hit. I could have sworn that there was even hail hitting the windows!

The Air Force’s NDP Rehearsal from a different angle

As I mentioned last week, the Singapore Armed Forces participate in the weekly rehearsals for the National Day Parade on Saturdays leading up to August 9th. One highlight is certainly the Air Force’s display which brings together the largest number of aircrafts to ever participate in the National Day Parade...

SEA Games: Opening Ceremony

While the football tournament and some other sports had already started, the official SEA Games Opening Ceremony took place on Friday, June 5th. Again, I was too slow to buy tickets so was left with watching the fireworks from some distance (I really should have researched earlier when those tickets...