tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post5891606524366173057..comments2024-03-26T13:52:37.542+08:00Comments on Blog To Express: A Walk to Remember @ Botanic GardensThimbuktuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-77892735127501992702015-07-11T10:49:30.327+08:002015-07-11T10:49:30.327+08:00Nice and Interesting article.
Thank you for your l...Nice and Interesting article.<br />Thank you for your lovely stories. <br /><br />TeddyJustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677925302968397483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-20020876961441879612011-12-22T10:40:43.206+08:002011-12-22T10:40:43.206+08:00Great news, Mr Lim.
With the opening of the MRT C...Great news, Mr Lim.<br /><br />With the opening of the MRT Circle Line soon, the location of the Botanic Gardens will no longer be too away for those at other parts of Singapore.<br /><br />Botanic Gardens will be alive again.<br /><br />Educational, recreational, excursions, and organised group or individual family outdoor activities for everryone young and old. Cheers!Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-64043965192436050212011-12-22T10:19:38.666+08:002011-12-22T10:19:38.666+08:00With the completion of the Circle MRT line, droppi...With the completion of the Circle MRT line, dropping off at the Botanic Gardens MRT station to visit the Botanic Gardens has become even easier. Take the opportunity to visit the place now as the garden is lined with tree decorations contributed by the many organisations and schools in Singapore.limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443241887721915102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-36424145121452951932011-12-22T09:29:56.028+08:002011-12-22T09:29:56.028+08:00When my children were small, we used to go there v...When my children were small, we used to go there very often; walk, jog and play frisby. I recall seeing PM Lee HL a few times jogging with his bodyguards. That would be in the 1990s.<br /><br />Two favourite places you seem to have missed out - maybe they were not ready during your time - are the sculpture of the girl on a swing and the huge granite ball. Another feature that fascinated us was the canon-ball trees. I too have several old photos of the SBG. <br /><br />I believe the SBG will always be a favourite for many Sporeans and tourists even after the opening of the Gardens by the Bay. John Harper, for instance, loved SBG and went there a few times when he visited Spore.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-26140370751794523292011-12-22T08:40:24.449+08:002011-12-22T08:40:24.449+08:00Your grandson is lucky to be brought to the Botani...Your grandson is lucky to be brought to the Botanic Gardens regularly for pizza, Andy.<br /><br />What a heritage place in Singapore surrounded by Mother Nature's beauty of flowers, plants and trees in the garden, fresh air and plenty of wide space to grow up in. Not forgetting the grandfather's fond nostalgic memories of the "pak tor" early days of grandpa and grandma on every walk to remember @ Botanic Gardens. Cheers!Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-44687656201705429472011-12-22T08:27:42.071+08:002011-12-22T08:27:42.071+08:00Wonderful, Philip.
Pls send me a video clip of y...Wonderful, Philip. <br /><br />Pls send me a video clip of your children feeding monkeys at the Botanic Gardens in the 1960s to be added to this blog. Thank you very much for sharing this blog topic.<br /><br />I've added an old photo from PICAS with the courtesy of the National Archives of Singapore. I have also included a personal description to the photo.Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-91181528902332568042011-12-22T05:17:24.682+08:002011-12-22T05:17:24.682+08:00I go there with my grandson every other day buying...I go there with my grandson every other day buying the pizza from the garden cafe and sharing it with him at the wooden bench near Chopin's bronze statues facing the stage.<br /><br />We walk up the rain forest boardwalk singing surely, "Under The Boardwalk" together.<br /><br />On cool days we feed the turtles, fish, random pigeons and sparrows by the lakeside near the stage. Bread and biscuit crumbs everywhere.<br /><br />The Gardens is a five minute drive from our home.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-71800206055639501292011-12-21T20:36:38.410+08:002011-12-21T20:36:38.410+08:00Tell me some new places in Singapore and I am a &q...Tell me some new places in Singapore and I am a "swaku". I only know Botanical Gardens in the 1960s. I shall post a short video clip in Facebook. I remember children like to feed the monkeys including my children.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-19419404116801868802010-12-25T08:09:24.443+08:002010-12-25T08:09:24.443+08:00Hi Lim, thank you for sharing your visit to Botani...Hi Lim, thank you for sharing your visit to Botanic Gardens with your son as a baby over 10 yrs ago. Bring him there to refresh his fond memories of the same place, different times, different experience. <br /><br />The archived photos of Botanic Gardens are available at <a href="http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/picas/public/internetSearch/advancedSearch.jsp%20thesaurusFlag=Y&simpleSearch=botanic+gardens&photographOption=1&Submit=Submit" rel="nofollow"> PICAS </a>.<br /><br />Cheers!Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-79594307932195571242010-12-24T17:29:50.033+08:002010-12-24T17:29:50.033+08:00I've been to the Botanic Gardens countless of ...I've been to the Botanic Gardens countless of times, especially when I ran out of ideas about where to go to take photos. My elder son Isaac was born in 1986 and we also took him there to get his baby photo taken.limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443241887721915102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-24295275427649578032010-06-30T23:20:48.395+08:002010-06-30T23:20:48.395+08:00Thanks Derek.
Your fond memories of "Whatev...Thanks Derek. <br /><br />Your fond memories of "Whatever happened to the monkeys in the Botanic Gardens" at <a href="http://singapore1960s.blogspot.com/2010/02/whatever-happened-to-monkeys-in-botanic.html" rel="nofollow">"Sampans, Banyans and Rambutans" </a> . Cheers!Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-79918666703953863212010-06-24T05:20:06.735+08:002010-06-24T05:20:06.735+08:00I wish that I could have gone on the walk, I'd...I wish that I could have gone on the walk, I'd love to see the Botanic Gardens again.derek taithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420179495782939026noreply@blogger.com