In memorial of Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

I think this would be the last trip that I will take a train from this Tanjong Pagar Railway Station as it will be relocated to Woodlands effetely from 1^st Jul 2011.

Before I will board the train for my next trip back to Malaysia using the new railways station at Woodlands, I really want to share about all the memories that I have with this Tanjong Pagar Railways station.

My journey in Singapore started from here. Here marked my first impression of Singapore. This is the place that I first stepped on to the land of Singapore in more than a decade ago. My first impression to this railway station is that "wow"..It is a nice building with unique geometric design that full of art deco.

According to an article that I read, the idea of design for the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station is from Helsinki Central Station in Finland. It is why the design has the element of “European” style.

I am not really sure about the history of behind this building but I just have a strong feel for this building... hmm.. Maybe that is a reason why I like to take train home instead of the coach or other means of transport..haha.

Let me post some photos that will become historical in the coming days, for the future generations... as this railway station in Tanjong Pagar will "retired" from it service...No more trains will be park here.. I am not sure whether the railway rail will be retained or it will be demolished.

But thank you.. For bringing me wonderful memories.. Thank you for transporting me to my destination for the past years...Although you will be "retired" soon but you will always in my memories and these photos will be a good memory to show to our future generations....

Ipoh Food Tasting Trip

Ipoh is located in Perak, a state in Malaysia. That is a nice place full with minerals, good source of mineral water, nice cave and mountains. Because of its strategic location with lots of natural minerals, the place is famous with good food especially for bean sprouts.

The outlook for the bean sprout from Ipoh is it is "fat and short". It looks very different from those I can find in the local market, which look "long and slim". According to the local, it is because they has use the good water that full of minerals to grow the bean sprouts and make it so special and different from the rest. It tastes so rich and fresh. 

The famous dish is called "Bean sprouts chicken". It means the chicken is sewrved together with bean sprouts. There are many restaurants selling this signature dish in Ipoh. This is one of the restaurants that we decided to dine in. Here we ordered the famous "Bean sprouts chicken". It comes in 2 servings, one is a plate of bean sprouts and another is a plate if chicken.

As you can see, the bean sprout is look really nice, "strong and fit".. haha.. Tell you what, it taste very nice too, every bean sprout is so rich and "juicy"... not sure that is the correct description... Do correct me :)

The chicken looks normal for me and I actually find it is too "oily", as it served with too much oil. The chicken is a bit fat too.. So I eat more bean sprout than the chicken on that meal. Another special dish from Ipoh is called "Ipoh Hor Fun". It is so special maybe due to the good source of water used to make this "hor Fun".. I guess. It is indeed much smooth in texture than the "hor fun" from other places.. Thumb up!

After the meal, we had some desert at the famous "dau fu fa" in Ipoh. The name for soy bean custard or bean curd jelly in Cantonese. According to the local, the "tau fu fa" from this stall is the smoothest in Ipoh. I have not try the rest of the stalls so I can't commend much about whether it is the best but indeed it is quite smooth in texture. Thumb up for this too, I have consumed 2 bowl of the soy bean curd :), as the serving is pretty small, just about half of a normal rice bowl. But we can see there are many people buying from this stall but most people there didn't queue up.

If you have a chance to be there, just try it. Overall, it is a nice place for food. I have yet to explore to the caves in Ipoh, will share with you all if I have any chance to travel to those caves in the future.

Another interesting Plant, I named it as "Lantern Plant"

Remember I have shared about the "bird plant" not long ago that my brother is taking care of? This is another plant or flower that I find is very amazing... it is just look like a "chinese lantern" and hang all over the plants. It is nice, isn't it? I found it in a garden during my trip to Cameron Highlands, a wonderful place that full different beautiful flora.

Look at the plant and flower carefully.The flower is red in body and the bottom is yellow color. Try to compare it with the look of a chinese lantern... is it look alike? Except maybe certain type of chinese lantern look more round in body..

Is lt amazing and interesting? Well, I personally think its look almost identical except the plant is in mini size. I am not sure the actual name of the plant, please comment and let me know if you knew it.. much appreciate that!

I always have this question in my mind wondering whether these plant has evolved to imitate the actual chinese lantern or this plan already existed in the oldern days and people just imitate its look to make the lantern. I really cannot answer that, just can praise the great power of the wonderful nature.

Another flower to share is this, unknown species to me. When I first saw this flower, I feels like there are many little fairies dressed with pink and purple color dress, dancing around the plant. 

Maybe you need to use a little imagination power to see what I saw.. haha.. hmm.. maybe I "imagine" too much..Well, this is just something interesting I want to share as I think this kind of flowers are not commonly found.. in fact, this is the first time I came across this. 

I can only say that the creation of the nature is so wonderful and so great! We must take good care of our earth and appreciate it!