Jurong Lake Gardens Festival of Lights

Organised as part of the President's Challenge, “A Better Tomorrow” Festival of Lights bring to light the unity, determination and resilience of Singaporeans. (Source: NParks)

The displays are located in two areas of Jurong Lake Gardens, "It's a Small World" is near the North carpark and "Lucky Zodiac" is near the South carpark. At the North carpark, the traffic control officers were there, so were the safe distancing ambassadors. Thankfully, there's plenty of HDB carparks on the opposite side of the road. In contrast, there wasn't any restrictions at the South carpark.

It's a Small World Lantern Displays










Lucky Zodiac Lantern Displays














Since it's the Christmas season now, it wouldn't be complete without some Christmas theme light-up, isn't it.



Jurong Bird Park Lory Loft

Lory Loft is my favourite part of the Jurong Bird Park. It's a walk-in flight aviary where you can buy a small cup of liquid mix to feed the little cute and friendly birds.


One cute little lory greeting us at the entrance.


Little green lory resting in it's hanging pavilion.


Another visitor feeding birds, while we stood nearby to watch.

I was kind of worried that the birds flying in the aviary might poo on us. Thankfully it don't happen.

Disney: Magic of Animation

This exhibition takes us through time, from the classic Mickey Mouse to the recent movies, showing how animation drawings were done in the past and how technology has evolved to what it is today.


Work desk of the past (left) vs present day (right)


Paper-pencil sketches of classic cartoons


Storyboard of One Hundred and One Dalmatians


Throughout the exhibition, there are write-ups of milestone animations to depict the changes in production methods.


Big Hero 6


Moana


Olaf, Anna and Elsa from Frozen

The Joy of Toys

The Joy of Toys is currently my favourite hangout place with Little J. This is one of the very few indoor playgrounds suitable for my little crawling baby.


The whole floor is covered with cushion playmat.


Kitchen corner. Little J can't play with this yet because he still cannot stand unsupported on his own.




Plenty of good quality wooden toys! Puzzles, sorters, musical, stackers, pull-along...



This is just the toddler play space. For the older kids, there is another separate main play area, which I have not visited.


Changi Airport Terminal 4 Open House

The construction of the new Terminal 4 began shortly after the ground-breaking ceremony on 5 November 2013. Although it has not yet started operations, the registered public had a chance for a walk-through during the Open House from 7 August to 20 August 2017.



Our "boarding passes" for the Open House.





Changi Airport Terminal 4 boast it's Fast & Seamless Travel (FAST) in the effort to increase productivity.


FAST departure step 1: Automated Check-in Kiosk where passengers collect their boarding pass and check-in luggage tag.


FAST departure step 2: Automated Bag-Drop Machine


FAST departure step 3: Automated Immigration Gate (upgraded version from the predecessor in T1, T2 and T3)




Bright red and purple seats for the waiting passengers


Balloon sculpture of Air Asia, which is one of the airlines that T4 will be serving when it opens.



Running low on battery? There are charging points at almost every seat.




Heritage Zone


Boarding area


FAST departure step 4: Automated Boarding Gate that has facial authentication ability.


It's always nice to watch the planes taking off and landing on the runway.


T4 Fact Sheet
- Ground-breaking on 5 November 2013
- Construction commenced in February 2014
- Construction completed in December 2016
- Annual handling capacity of 16 million passengers
- Total gross floor area of 225,000 Sqm
- 2 Multi-storey carparks with 1,700 parking spaces
- Coach bay with 38 parking spaces and 4 public bus bay
- Taxi deck for more than 300 taxis in-waiting
- 21 aircraft stands with aerobridge
- Provide direct links to more than 20 destinations
- Operate close to 800 flights a week
- Serve approximately 8 million passengers movements per annum
- 160 Fig trees along the boarding corridor
- 582,000 plants, trees and shurbs from 340 species (more than T1, T2 and T3 combined)
- 10-metre tall giant Chinese Fragrant Aralia trees along Arrival Hall
- 30-metre facade green wall leading to Departure Hall
- 90-metre Rock garden at Baggage Claim Hall