Singapore–June 11, 2023

Today was my day to go out to the end of one of the subway lines; in this case, the Bukit Panjang station on the Downtown line. There was a nearby Hindu temple (Sri Murugan Hill Temple):

hindu temple three goddesses
hindu temple
sculptured snake on planter

Here are a few pictures from a housing block near Bukit Panjang. Frankly, it’s a bit boring; it’s sort of a residential area without any character.

Computer with hands reaching out; text: BEWARE Don't get hooked by online scams Artwork at a housing tower
multiple hands racial harmony
housing tower
foliage climbing up column
housing tower

Botanic Garden

A friend told me I should have gone to the National Botanic Garden instead of Gardens by the Bay. I was really not keen on seeing another garden, but decided why not.

botanic garden entrance
wild monkeys and otters warnings Look out for wild monkeys and otters...
no kite flying model planes ... and no kite or model plane flying. Otherwise, have a great time!
multicolored chicken It really does cross the road.
stand of bamboo
flower garden
tree with many fig blossoms This is a red Stem-Fig. Each fig has hundreds of tiny flowers that are pollinated by minute wasps living in association with the flowers. Edible, but quite tasteless.
purple and yellow flowers
yellow flowers
red flower
red flowers
purple flowers

The National Orchid Garden is on the grounds; it cost about S$3 to see it. It is chock-a-block with tourists, stopping every ten paces to take selfies. Of course, I shouldn’t complain, as I got a person from France to take my picture. (And I took one of him and his wife.)

I’m not sure which of these flowers are orchids.

me with orchids
pink flower
yellow flowers
pink flowers
yellow purple flowers
spotted purple flowers
purple orchid
white flowers with purple highlights
purple flower
stone botanic garden marker
yellow flowers
orchid closeup
yellow orange flowers

The direction signs are very good, as they also show the distance. There’s a lot of sculpture in the garden as well.

directional sign
brown stone globe in fountain
trees
statue of children playing piggyback
sculpture of flying swans in lake

Miscellanea

Art is where you find it; here was a steel plate that had a sticker on it at one time; the remains of the sticker looked pretty good.

remains of sticker on steel panel

Here’s a display of sketches made by commuters:

commuter art
commute sketchers

Signage and adverts

:
bicycle riders near crosswalk Narrator voice: The bicycle riders don’t slow down very often.
Must try! White Pepper Collagen Pig Stomach Soup Mmm, yummy!
Small poster of child. Text: Mummy, I am taller than 0.9m. I need a child card for free travel.
Pets’ Station Not only is the apostrophe in the correct place, it is typographically correct.
logo with curved letters I found this logo to be attractive.
Phew feels nice to put my bag down and now there’s space for a few more people to move in. “Bag Down Benny” makes his triumphant return.
wall art Near the hotel

Food

Sometimes you can see things at “typical American“ fast food outlets that would never be on the menu in the US. For example, Subway had a tandoori chicken sandwich (couldn’t get a good picture of the poster), and KFC has waffles:

waffles at kfc