Gardens by the Bay

Hello! It's a long weekend here in Singapore.

The hubby decided to check out the two conservatories in Gardens by the Bay, which just recently opened few months ago in Singapore. The domes look cool from the outside and those 2 domes housed many different types of flowers, plants, trees, cactus, and many more species from all over the world. Honestly I am not really a nature enthusiast or the type of person who would appreciate these kind of things.. hehe... but since the hubby insisted,  so there we went on Friday afternoon :)

Since we are residents of Singapore (i.e. have employment pass in Singapore) so we paid resident rate which is $20/person for 2 conservatories entrances, otherwise it's $12/conservatory. My thoughts on this visit? Well, i love the waterfall in the Cloud Forest, admire the unique plants that I've never seen before, the flowers are pretty, love love the cactus (they have so many different kinds of cactus), and since this is a halloween festive, so inside the Flower Dome, they have a special Autumn Harvest display which includes harvest crops of pumpkins, corn, cabbages..Oh how I wish I go to a pumpkin patch while still in the US :( But, with all these thoughts, I would say for me, one visit would be enough for the experience hehe... I would still go there once in a while for the outdoor like the Supertrees becos it's free :)

 Inside the Cloud Forest you'll notice first is the waterfall as you walk in.. 

Beautiful flowers & collections of plants found inside the Cloud Forest

inside Flower Dome

Prince William and Kate Middleton also visited Garden by the Bay last month when they came over here. One of the flower species was named after them, even though I didn't found it inside the dome.

I'll see you next time! Thank you for reading.

5 Loaves and 2 Fishes

Hi everyone!

How time flies that now it's already the final quarter of 2012!

Just want to share a song by Corrine May that was shown during one of the Sunday service at my church when the Pastor preached the expository reading on Mark 6:30-55 about the feeding on 5,000.

It's about the 5 loaves and 2 fishes, one of the miracles of Jesus Christ. I've listened to many sermons whereby the main emphasis is on the miracle work of Jesus that He used only 5 loaves and 2 fishes to feed 5,000 men in addition to women and children, and still there are plenty of leftovers left. Yes, it was indeed miracolous and amazing. And many often, we forget about the little boy who 'surrendered' his food, he didn't know what they would do with it, and yet through the little boy's meal, the miracle happened. In this song, the focus is about the little boy who willingly gave his meal (the 5 loaves and 2 fishes) to be used by God to do wonders for people! I learnt to surrender of what little we have for His glory & His will. May this song can be a blessing as it has blessed me ;)

On a side note, I want to share my pastor's sermon that was posted on youtube weekly. Follow it as now we are learning the Gospel of Mark, which I must say I have learnt a lot, biblically and practically. 

Here's the link: REC Singapore

The Lord's Prayer

My pastor at church told us if we were to remember bible verses, we should memorize the Lord's prayer (Matthew 6) and Psalm 23, and of course we should memorize a lot of others if possible. But of course I don't really memorize verses, so hopefully these 2 verses could kick start my habit in memorizing or at least reading bible verses.

This post will be the Lord's prayer.

Image is taken from Lyann Yap's blog