Comments on: Haw Par Villa – A forgotten place

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:50:05 +0000

It makes me sad to see such beautiful places fall by the wayside. Many people prefer more exotic or trendy places to visit and forget the beauty of places like this.

By: Dayna

Dayna — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:47:15 +0000

True, there are no incentives for the government to maintain it but it’s a real pity to let it die off. I hope they don’t close down the park in the future. I’m hoping they will renovate and revamp the place after the Circle Line has been completed since the station is right beside the park. With the increase accessibility, I’m sure there will be more tourists.

Oh my gosh! It’s going to be decommissioned soon? Sigh, it’s a really pretty ship. I should have gone for a tour then. We were rushing for time hence we didn’t join the tour.

Haha, is it that obvious I’m stalking her? I think she didn’t notice me. I snapped the photo right before she turn her back. I seriously regretted not taking a photograph with her.

I agree that the items in the National Geographic Store isn’t cheap. A jacket cost about SGD 269. Even though it looks really beautiful, I didn’t want to burn a huge hole in my pocket after getting the shoes.

By: Teddy

Teddy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:21:12 +0000

I’ve never been to the Haw Par Villa before although I’ve been here for almost 8 years! It’s a shame that they’re not maintaining the place but as far as I know, the visitors go there in a trickle and there’s simply no incentive for the government to spend big bucks on improving and maintaining the attraction.

I do remember about the torture chamber or something (the tunnel that depicts the punishment people receive in hell if they commit sins in their lifetime) – I’ve seen photos and it’s rather eerie inside. I once read this article about this paranormal team investigating the place in the wee hours in the morning and the photos of the statues are just too scary. There’s some rumour that some status are actually plastic casts of dead people but I’m not buying into that kind of silly joke though :P

Oh, and I heard about the boat too! I heard it’s nearing the end of its last voyage and will be decommissioned really soon. I feel bad for not being able to make time for a trip to Vivocity last weekend to visit the boat! I think it’s a lovely ship that still works as good as it was first commissioned it’s sad to know that they’re going to scrap it very soon *wails* it’s just a beautiful ship!

The photo of the female clown is just lovely. I can see that you’re stalking her from the back! I do that all the time also because I’m painfully shy when it comes to approaching people for a photo opportunity. To think of it, we have nothing to lose so it’s actually okay that if we ask, but for some reason there’s also this impossibly high psychological hurdle that I have to clear :/ haha!

I’ve visited the NatGeo shop in Vivocity before! The things there are very expensive and although I’m aware that most of the profit goes for charitable or environmental causes, I couldn’t bear tearing a hole in my wallet I’m so bad! But I do love their photo gallery/exhibition – very inspirational indeed!

By: Dayna

Dayna — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:56:04 +0000

Ya! The flume ride goes through the 10 courts of hell back then. They removed the ride and replaced it with a path for visitors to walk through the 10 courts of hell. Haha, that one was definitely scary for a 6 year old. The statues and stuff are creepy and it’s so dark in there. :shocked:

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:16:28 +0000

Whao, I can still recall that Haw Par Villa had a flume ride back then. And being scared of such rides in the past, I was screaming and clawing at my mum because the whole family wanted to go on it. But then again … I was only six years old. Hahaha.

I haven’t stepped into that place since then. I’d love to go on that flume ride if they had it now … but they don’t.

By: Dayna

Dayna — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:09:03 +0000

You should have seen the statues from the 10 courts of hell. Those are so scary! I didn’t post or upload them in case someone fainted. =p

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:28:46 +0000

I’ve never been to Singapore but I’ve always wanted to go there! It’s sad that Haw Par Villa is deserted D: Looks like a very friendly place to be at ! Except the statues of the ancient people are kinda creepy :P Such a nice environment though.

By: Dayna

Dayna — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:21 +0000

The MV Doulos is actually quite a huge ship and looks new despite it being quite old.

I think there’s too much algae in that pond as well. It’s a pity, really. I would love to bring my children there in the future. :P

Oh, I see. I do backups for my website quite often just in case. Isn’t the restore process automatic? There’s an option in cpanel where you can just upload the entire backup to be restored.

By: chervalier

chervalier — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:15:29 +0000

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By: Georgina

Georgina — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:21:40 +0000

The MV Doulos looks quite magnificent. I love the views!

I think it’s a real shame about the algae in the pond. I don’t think it’s meant to be like that. Some form of algae lurks in ponds, but in that photo it looks like there’s much too much. I also feel sorry for the turtles, living in such conditions. The statues are so bright but they look to be neglected. It does look like the place is in need of maintenance. Tourist attractions should be attractions for a reason. For a place looking so bright and wonderful, it becomes quite obvious when it’s in bad condition.

About AP, I think it’s gone. It’s long past the date Wendy was supposed to pay and I think they have crushed the data. I got a backup but I am finding it difficult to restore on my account. XD