Colours, Sights & Patterns At Kampong Glam

In the 19th century, Kampong Glam was essentially an ethnic district with a strong Malay-Arab influence. It was a place where locals patronized for their Arab-Muslim traditional foodstuff and merchandise...

Immersive 4K HDR Viewing Experience With Sony Projectors

Sony’s latest innovative laser light source projector is High Dynamic Range (HDR) compatible with native 4K resolution, creating an amazling clear lifelike experience, as if you are there yourself…

Back 30 Years To Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre

Iconic along this stretch of road is the rectangular block of a nondescript beige-tiled building. The facade of this building is blocked by an overhead bridge. And this is the front entrance to a shopping centre - the Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre… (USSC).

Monti - Singapore's Longest Brunch Every Sunday

Enjoy brunch by the bay concept, complete with stunning views of the Marina Bay and its surroundings, and a fabulous menu and music programme to match at Monti…

Where Freemasons Convene

In 1886, the Masonic Club was established to support Singapore freemasonry. Guess who was the first Freemason in modern Singapore?

ArtScience Museum - The Great Glass Elevator

ArtScience Museum - The Mirror

External to the ArtScience Museum rests a huge parabolic mirror. Within it, the lotus petal facade of the Museum is reflected.

On weekends, tourists and locals alike sit beneath its sheltered face to enjoy the shade it provides and catch up on thirty l their week.

McDonald's - Unwrap The Fun & Eat Healthy

McDonald's
Singapore
August 2014

Featuring crisp vegetables, grilled or crispy chicken patties, and signature sauces such as chargrill sauce or creamy mayonnaise in a warm wholegrain tortilla, McDonald's brand new Grilled Chicken McWrap and Spicy Chicken McWrap are served in a convenient hand-held package for eating-on-the-go.

Sampling at the Unwrap The Fun launch...

Here's what's in these exciting new McWraps launching on 14 August...

Grilled Chicken McWrap

  • Tender grillled skinless chicken patty
  • Crisp green lettuce leaves
  • Tomatoes
  • Purple cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Chargrill sauce
  • Wrapped in a warm wholegrain tortilla


Spicy Chicken McWrap

  • Crispy spicy chicken patty
  • Crisp green lettuce leaves
  • Tomatoes
  • Purple cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Creamy mayonnaise sauce
  • Wrapped in a warm wholegrain tortilla

Easy to unwrap - Just tear off the middle strip to half the paper packaging...
(There are even thoughtful instructions printed on the packaging)

Sounds healthy? Here's more...

McDonald's participates in HPB's Healthier Dining Programme to provide the Delight 500 range - Delicious meals that consist of 500 calories or less. These include traditional staples like Filet-O-Fish and McChicken.


In addition, with a top-up of just $1.20, sides to a meal can be switched to a healthy Garden Side Salad option. 


The Garden Side salad features whole leaf lettuc, red and white cabbage, crunchy caroots, corn kernels, and tomatores served with a fragrant Japanese dressing.

Start eating healthier today...

Thank you, McDonald's!


Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall - The Ones Who Played A Part

Empress Place
South, Singapore
July 2014

Outside the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, these workers were repairing the steps of the fountain...

It was not an easy task -The heat of the sun was relentless...

 They had to bend over awkward positions for long hours at a time...

They made do with pails if they can find any...

Where no tools avail, they used their bare hands on soil and fertilizer...

In the afternoon, they were still there...

While Sir Stamford Raffles watches over them...

Let us not forget their hard work and resilience.

Victoria Theatre - Reused Fittings, Tasteful Comfort

Empress Place
South, Singapore
July 2014

In the past, the 900-seater Victoria Theatre had an less-than-ideal line-of-sight with a detached setting, congestion within the courtyard and lower quality acoustics in the balcony seats. The new theatre was refurbished with a seating of 614 and provided for the flexibility of an extended forestage or orchestra pit.


Plush seats with a good view of the stage...

Performers readying themselves on the stage...

 Children jumping and bouncing on the seats... 
 

The newly-installed wire mesh railing for the Circle seats...

Recycled cast iron components extracted from the original classic red chairs were used to form horizontal bands across the acoustic timber walls.






Key features are tastefully blended into the decoration
- speakers, spotlights, thermostats, aircon vents...

Two rehearsal rooms - one for music and one for dance and drama were created above the theatre box to provide more incubation space for in-progress works, to enhance the use of the venue to promote the arts. A new service basement was built outside the building, beneath Old Parliament Lane. In addition, two levels of basement below the theatre box were inserted for back-of-house programs.

Located on the second floor of the theatre, the foyer was designed like 
a modernized floating Rubik's Cube to contrast against the building's neo-classical facade...

Clad with timber seat backings recycled from the theatre chairs...

An over-the-balcony photographer captures a few shots of the performance...


Ben & Jerry’s - Delicious To The Core

Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop
Singapore
 
The wait is finally over for Singapore as Ben & Jerry’s takes ice cream enjoyment to yet another level of euphoria with a brand new “Core” line of three new flavours!
 

 
Packed to the brim in each Ben & Jerry’s Core pint is a rich gooey core centre right down the middle that is perfectly complemented by chunk-filled ice cream. The revolutionary Core concept not only celebrates the flavourful chunks and swirls Ben & Jerry’s is renowned for, but adds more flavour and texture  with super premi-yum ice cream.
The start of an euphoric Core Tour!

Exciting activities include unlimited servings of Core flavours and Q&As with adorable prizes...

 Having fun with a jump shot!
 
Take home a Core in a tub or enjoy it on-the-spot with a sundae...

The three new Core flavours available in Singapore include:
  • Hazed & Confused: Chocolate & Hazelnut Ice Creams with Fudge Chips and a Hazelnut Fudge Core
     
  • That’s My Jam: Raspberry & Chocolate Ice Creams with Fudge Chips and a Raspberry Core
     
  • Salted Caramel: Sweet Cream Ice Cream with Blonde Brownies and a Salty Caramel Core

 
 Thank you, Ben & Jerry's!