Chinatown

 Explored Chinatown again today.

There is a new starbuck restaurant at the junction of Smith street and Trengganu street. Its interesting as it is housed in a historical shop house.

There is some upgrading work at Smith street. Hope it will rejuvenate the area.

Glad that the Chinatown Heritage Centre is reopened again.

Love Chinatown as it is so accessible.  The exit from Chinatown MRT station faced the Pagoda street which the Chinatown Heritage Centre is located.

The shops and stalls along the streets are mainly souvenir shops to attract the tourists.

Chinatown complex will undergo renovation next year from March for around 3 months.

There is a wet market in the basement 

Many food stalls on the 2nd level.

Buddha tooth relic temple is a must visit with 3 level exhibits from 2nd level.

The tourist centre is just located adjacent to the Buddha tooth relic temple and the Chinatown complex. 

Sun Halo

Pulling out this photo taken last year as there was so much talk of the sun halo captured by many today. Indeed it was a spectaculàr sight representing hope. I took this with the crown of the trees showing crown shyness. I like the photo so much that I sent this to my students. Reminding them hope comes with every effort made.

NUS Geography Challenge 2025

Happy to hear that our team got into the semi-finals this year. They have done well in their team component. Kayla and Hao lin attained the bronze award. Addrick and Ashley participation. 

It was still a feat with around 476 students from 119 school.

They carried out two field studies for their creative component. They had fun working together in creating the infographics and applying their geographical investigation.

At the Discovery Centre in Punggol to learn more about landuse planning in the area.

The team. 

Individual component results

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5A08_gdCVNozdPWeetm5KST_RZBrg6k/view?usp=sharing

Semi-finalists results

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16OWTkokiUvXq5ra_dXBbdIC9MCw8G8C2/view?usp=sharing

The team gotten into the Semi-finals on 29 March. They started the geotrail from URA and ended at NUS. The 7 stations for geotrail 2025.

They had fun at the stations.