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Categories: Eating, Sightseeing, Singapore, Singapore at night
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Happend to meet up with friends for dinner at Clarke Quay past few weeks. Craving for the japanese Char Siew ramen which located at Central
. This restaurant served limited choices of ramen plus some side dishes, but quite lots revisited patrons here. As usual , here are the two dishes we had: char siew ramen and grilled pork belly and happend to be our favourite so far.
After the dinner, we took a quick stroll outside Central mall, sat on the steps enjoy breezy air near riverbank watching peoples and snapping pictures opposite side of Clarke Quay. Clarke Quay is a well known for clubbing spot and plenty of classy bars and restaurants if you would like to spent a night and here are the recomended place to be. ..although it is too touristy place for me 
We had also pooped by at Clinic ( fyi, it is a drinking joint not a clinic)
for a couples of beers before heading back. The fun started with the wheelchairs and clinic look alike kinda setup I am sure out of curiosity you will busy playing with the wheelchair as we do. We had pretty awesome night, chilling and spending awesome conversation here.
View of refurbished pre war buildings converted to remarkable hang out spot.
Following the previous entries about photography in Singapore, I want to share with you a picture I took in the Botanic Gardens in Singapore.
For all of you that haven't visited it yet, I can say that it is a wonderful place to practice photography and enjoy quietness.
The entrance is free (not the Orchid Garden, though) and there are a lot of excellent sightseeings there. From flowers to landscapes, from waterfalls to esculptures, from big trees to small bushes...my only advice is to bring an umbrella and a bottle of water since in some parts of the garden it is difficult to find a shadow to hide from the sun.
The Singapore Botanic Gardens opens everyday from 5 am to 12 midnight. More information on how to get there in the official Singapore Botanic Gardens website.
If you plan to stay more than a few days in Singapore, you'll probably visit Sentosa, the small 'leisure' island of Singapore. There you can find a few interesting places to visit, beign one of the most famous the "Underwater World" oceanarium.
In the oceanarium you can walk through a 83 meters long transparent tunnel, from one can admire a variety of fishes, coral reef, sharks and eventually a diving human doing some maintenance :)
In addition to the tunnel, there are a few other rooms where some spectacular jellyfishes will amaze you with their movements and vivid colors (not from the jellyfish themselves, but from the well thought lighting effects).
All in all, the Underwater World is not worth more than a couple of hours visit, but your kids will enjoy and also they can learn a bit of biology. A complimentary visit to the Dolphin Lagoon, also in Sentosa island, can make your sunday a fulfilling experience outdoors, if weather permits.