The Chinese Garden - Night Visit

Last night Steve and I decided (apparently with many others) to beat the crowds and go the the Chinese Gardens at night to see the lanterns lit. Oh wow! I was not disappointed tonight :-)

We got free lanterns (which we did not open) and browsed around. I took a lot of pictures - but my abilities sure do severely lack. I am totally clueless, so I call the ones that do come out "Dumb Luck Photography".

Anyway, some did come out and I was super pleased that ANY came out, so I am going to share them. I really need to figure this out... it is very frustrating to say the least.

There is something odd about Singapore that Steve and I have both noticed. When it is light - it is light, but when darkness comes on, it is nearly instant. No soft, slow sunsets here. Day. Night. rofl...

The buildings were lit and beautiful:

The Hello Kitty decorations were lit up - and they look much prettier at night:

There were games people play that looked super fun - but a little young for our tastes. We did however have fun watching the action:

Yes, those are children in the balls on water! It was fun to watch them try to stand up - one girl did - - but for just a second!

Kids were racing...

...MOMS! And... well they were racing and other kids as well, but moms? lol...

There is amazing talent here in Singapore :-)

There was beautiful sugar art:

And a man weaving palm leaves:

My gosh what a beautiful job he did!

And there was a man painting on the inside of beads! Of course, this is one of the pictures that did not come out - but he did a wonderful job. It is definitely a talent. Painting a name inside that itsy, bitsy hole in the bead - perfectly!

There was a dragon dance:

And there was a statue (among many others) of a mom tatooing her son with 4 tatoo's before he went off to war. They were seemingly watching the Chinese Lantern Festival off in the distance.

"Just Another Day In Paradise" as Mick says... it is a joke with us now. But it was a great evening - and again, we went home bushed.

However, I have to say; We will go back when there is not a festival going on so we can see the true tranquility we can only imagine a Chinese Garden to have. Steve would love to see the Bonsai Tree Garden, and I really NEED to get a picture of the one that is 300 years old.

I really have to figure out this camera business. Unfortunately, I am a "show me" person and reading just turns into jibberish during translation. I must work on this translation technique... lol...