Istana

Hot on the heels of the zoo visit, my family and I went to another S'pore icon - the Istana - on May Day, a day dedicated to workers. We didn't get to meet the President but it was enough just covering the sprawling grounds, admiring some unique-looking trees and running after Caleb down the lawn and up to the fountain. Here, a familiar sight which greeted me - the stately main building of Istana, last seen on TV at the swearing-in ceremony of PM Lee (aka 'The Son') . Of course, I had some fun making a fool of myself in front of the perfectly stationary, still-as-corpse guard-of-honour standing ramrod straight at the entrance before I posed with them for pictures as remembrance for my first trip here. (will upload the pic once they are ready.)

Another sight I'll remember fondly are the images of beautiful and BIG (not an exaggeration to say they're the biggest in S'pore) hibiscuses basking in the sun - the sweetest shade of pink, most flamboyant of red, and a rare yellow.

But it was all too short... and we gave up the opportunity to enter the building, preferring to surrender to our rumbling stomachs instead....