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Did you manage to see the sha qi or poison arrow?

History of Sultan Street: Bussorah Street

The Block to the right of the photo....This semi-arc design ensures that all the stacks face the same direction. Especially good there is a good frontage such as the sea...

I had mentioned previously, a test of whether a home is concerned with a Sha Qi or poison arrow is to imagine if "a run-away vehicle could in a straight-line - smash into the home"... In this case, less lightly for the house marked in yellow as "A". But is more highly likely for house marked as "B". If one follows the purple line....

This fruit stall is literally stocked with nearly all varieties of fruits....

Can you spot the tell-tale signs of a just T.O.P. condo unit besides empty units? Please look at these photos... carefully

Photo taken from a HDB block showing the canal curving away from the block. Under the water classics; this is a good thing...

This is the 2014's HDB variant version of the "Point-block". But with the additional of two "attached" stacks: #97 and #99.

I believe, they are about to be set-up as no sign-board, yet...Quite unique as there are two large urns in the middle of their store

Oops! There is a tiger roaming around little India

Beautifully restored Petain Road Terrace Houses

This house is literally at the end of Shelford Road. And as the road leading to the main gate is a large distance, it will not be affected or similar to homes that are just at the fringe a road. For example, a home at the "T" junction is literally so close to the fringe of the road; and if there is run amok vehicle, it would easily plough into a home.

The Fullerton Hotel, formerly the General Post Office and the office of Dr Goh Keng Swee, our former Finance Minister, features an inspirational bronze statue of the late Mr Ng Teng Fong at its lobby - Far East Organization and Sino Group. NG TENG FONG 黄延方 1928 - 2010 I will dwell in the house of the lord forever, Psalm 23:6 A firm believer in the virtues of frugality, hard work and progressiveness, Ng Teng Fon considered himself simply an "ordinary working man". He had a dream and an ambition to satisfy a desire for new homes among Singaporeans. In 1960, he completed his first major project at Jalan Pacheli, establishing Far East Organization as a …

A client recently has two new borns - twins: a baby boy and a baby girl. Although they are born on the same day and nearly the same time; Male (boy) and Female (girl) has a different set of ba zi...

Very rare to have sites that face the side of the Istana. This development is also within walking distance to Cuppage Road - Holiday Inn hotel and Centrepoint.

Wu Tai San Buddhist Temple @ West Coast Road has a nice roof-line motif...

I have taken a photo of the distinctive walk-up staircase design with it's unique U shaped and a distinctive circular "pot-hole" close to the Top of the stairs. Close-by, Block 10A Boon Tiong Road has just TOP. However, it's multi-storey carpark is still under-construction. But, I have taken several snap-shot of it's "protruding" staircase leading towards the upper floors of the multi-storey carpark. You can see from the photos that this new carpark had copied the same design from the old Tiong Bahru Flats. Specifically from the photo taken of Blk 28 Tiong Bahru.

150sq metre HDB maisonettes that are 32 year old at Blocks 190 and 194 Bishan St 13 selling over a $1M dollars....

This stall must be pretty "old". As one no longer sees such "raised lettering" signages anymore. The signage was very popular in the 1970s to 1980's. Nowadays, such advertisement signages are virtually flat pieces.... Therefore, this stall must have been around for quite some time. Location: In Jurong East Market (next to Parc Oasis) condo.

This flat in a certain HDB estate in Punggol in close proximity to the Punggol MRT station... decided to protect his/their clothings from? Let me see:- a. Birds b. Bats c. neighbours rubbish thrown down d. All of the above Your answer?

This boutique freehold development located in district 15 has interior layouts that are well-thought out. Even if it is a 1 bedder, 2 bedder or 3 bedders; the architect has managed to fully maximize the floor area. If one can see, in this 2 bedder illustration; the entire unit is a rectangular shape with a minor extension at the main entrance area. The rest of this small development's other layouts also share a well thought out design. By the way, the small size of the unit is made-up by huge

1. Nowadays, many homes especially apartments: HDB/EC/Condos are getting smaller and smaller. 2. Often, many homeowners tend to install shelving units to fit exactly into these bomb shelters. 3. And in many instances; these bomb shelters are filled fully. And what a chore to remove them temporarily; for example if there is a "emergency" exercise. 4. Thus, it makes sense if the "emergency" is only temporary;to have the bomb shelter built-into the exit staircases. 4.1 As the houseowners do not need tospent time and perhaps lots of effort to remove all the items in the bomb shelter and even try todismantle the shelving. 5.Of course, on the trade-off; ifthere is a real e…

This cactus plant is in full bloom in the evening..

The Buddhist Swastika The Buddhist were the first to use the Swastika sign. Which during World War II had a really bad name. As the German Nazi's copied and use a similar design. In the photos; this temple had used the Swastika design on both their fence and main gate.