Good News! Free Admission to National Orchid Gardens at UNESCO Heritage Botanic Gardens

I wanted to pay for my friend admission ticket to National Orchid Garden located in the vast 82-hectare Botanic Gardens which is the first UNESCO heritage site in Singapore. To my surprise, there is now free admission to National Orchid Gardens during the school June holidays till 26 June this year. The usual price for local residents is $5.00 and standard price is $15.00.The National Orchid Garden is really big and we could not explore all 1000 species and 2000 hybrids orchids in 3 hours. I think you need at least 4 hours to really various attractions in the National Orchid Garden which include the air-conditioned Tan Hoon Siang Mist House and The Sembcorp Cool House which is like the Cloud Forest at Gardens by the Bay.

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Nearest MRT station: Botanic Gardens MRT -Circle line

Orchids in the Sembcorp Cool House. It is like the Cloud forest dome at Gardens by the Bay. 

Free admission to Orchid Gardens till 26 June 2022.

Singapore National Flower

At the Secret Ravine to The Sembcorp House and Mist House

Aranda Lee Kuan Yew, one of the few leaders I respect. 

At this area, you get to see orchids named after Very Important People (VIP) like leaders from around the world. 

I like this unique looking orchids with twists named after Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of United Kingdom in 1985.

The latest orchids 

I love these pretty big monstera leaves!

Into the cool Tan Hoon Siang Mist House

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National Day Parade Ticket Application 2022

I plan to apply for this year National Day Parade (NDP) preview tickets. I managed to watch NDP rehearsal in 2019 thanks to my young cousins. 

It is really difficult to get the ballot ticket. I applied for the NDP tickets for so many years but didn't get it. I only managed to watch the preview or rehearsal thanks to my elder and young cousins. 

You can read my old post here. Hopefully I get to watch this year NDP at The Float@Marina Bay. 

NDP ticket application https://www.ndp.gov.sg/

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Adorable Dogs Outside Suntec City

Saw two adorable dogs outside Suntec city and Esplanade MRT station last Saturday. Many bystanders lovingly patted the dogs. I think the dogs belong to  a couple who just let strangers pat their dogs.

Hope those who patted the dogs had sanitised their hands before they pat the dogs. These dogs look exotic and rare in Singapore. They look like bears. What do you think?

Dumpling Festival 2022

The Dumpling Festival or Dragon Boat Festival is approaching soon on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which is on the 3rd of June western calendar this year.  You can see many stalls selling dumpling now. On my way to Bugis MRT station after lesson, I saw the gigantic statue of Qu Yuan, the patriotic poet and minister near Kuan Yin temple Waterloo street. 

Great Art Shop at OverJoyed

I knew about this wonderful art shop, Overjoyed from my art course. Overjoyed at The Cathay basement 1 offers a wide variety of art materials like paint markers, different papers and many craft materials. I was really overjoyed to find this great art shop! I brought lots of watercolour papers and also other materials for acrylic painting. I think it will be enough to keep me occupied during the June holidays. Just to draw and paint during the break. 

Popiki Dogs at The Cathay

I saw three bright gigantic Balloon Dog art sculptures at Singapore Cathay and they are POPek Red, POPek teal and Peepek yellow. They are designed by London-based artist Whatshisname.