Off the Rocher Road near the Rocher river as I recall. Do let us know if it= is any good. Its been years since I was there. Joe ________________________________________ From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Grant = Tudor [grant.tudor@gmail.com] Sent: 13 May 2015 09:20 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] Malaysia and Singapore Thanks guys - some good ideas here. I am from Oz (in case that makes a difference) - freezing cold here in Melbourne today so just being warm for a while is good. Is Sim Lim Tower the one near Little India? - I have also been told about somewhere in the new financial centre but the directions are pretty vague....... On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Joe McCauley wrote: > I'll second Sim Lim tower in Singapore. Have not been there for a while, > but last time I was, it was fantastic. There is also a rather nice Aquari= um > in the city if you are into that sort of thing (I think thats on/near > Sentosa Island, sorry Russel). > > I'll also second Jurong bird park. > > Joe > ________________________________________ > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of > RussellMc [apptechnz@gmail.com] > Sent: 12 May 2015 13:50 > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [OT] Malaysia and Singapore > > Any BCC's who can think of anything worth adding pse advise. > > On 12 May 2015 at 17:50, Grant Tudor wrote: > > > *Heading off to Malaysia (KL) and Singapore next week. Have a day free > ineach city so I am looking for some places that are worth checking out. > Feel* > *free to offer suggestions - pretty much anything within reason is an > option.* > > Where are you from Grant? > > *[MUST SEE]* so labelled. There are too many :-). > ____________________ > > Singapore. > Train is your friend. Fast efficient cheap. Get a day ticket thing - main= ly > as a time saver. > ________ > > *[MUST SEE] electronics* > > * Does anyone know if there are any electronics markets worth going > to? * > > > *Sim Lim Tower*Electronics in all forms from components to whole systems. > Prices very variable. Some excellent. > A great experience regardless. > Vast > About 10 minutes easy walk from EW12 Bugis. > > For Sim Lim Get off train at Bugis EW12 - runs to/from airport - say 30 > minutes > I think you change for the airport at EW4 but there is no way to miss it = - > well announced and many people change trains there. > > > https://foursquare.com/v/sim-lim-tower-%E6%A3%AE%E6%9E%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%= 88/4b3c506df964a520c98325e3 > > My Google's std zoomable map of all over. Good. > Green squares are MTR (or was that MRT) stations > > > https://www.google.co.nz/maps/search/sim+lim+tower+electronics/@1.314995,= 103.9044691,15z > > > ________________________ > > *[MUST SEE] *If you are anything like interested in WW2 history > > the Changi museum is sobering stunning upsetting fantastic terrible. > Depending on your disposition it may take several hours after leaving > before you have to try hard not to violently attack or flee from certain > Asian tourists whose fault it all, of course, was not. > Agh. Wow. > If you can manage not to cry you have no clue at all what it was all abou= t. > Agh. > > ______________ > > *[MUST NOT SEE]* > > If you like loud parties hype superficial glam dear food glitz hoopla ... > then Sentosa Island may be just the thing. Otherwise, there is a vast > amount better to be done with your day,. > > __________________ > > *[MUST MUST **SEE]* > Must must must see and it's hard to miss it is Gardens by the Bay. > In some ways very flashy hypey fakey too much $ per resut > **BUT** so much $ that result is astounding. > The outdoor tower thingies and walkway are astounding. Amazing at bnight > which does not help you. > Idoor house are vast and amazing - the tropical house with > ****WATERFALL****, **WALKWAY** and more is *AsToUnDiNg*. Try not to not g= et > wet - its part of the fun. > > ___________ > > Jurong Bird park is excellent. > (Actually *EXCELLENT*) > _________ > > *[MUST MUST MUST SEE] if this is your thing.* > > *CHINESE GARDEN:* > > Catch the train to station EW25 which is named "Chinese Garden" (of cours= e) > - hop off trains and follow path through the park into the Chinese Garden= .. > This is possibly the best Chinese Garden I have ever seen. It is utterly > marvellous lovely astounding pretty well presented nice peaceful ... . An= d > also very very good. > > If I had to see one thing in Singapore it might be this. Deep end how muc= h > you like such things. > > Adjoins "Japanese Garden". I guess I roll them together in my mind. > > https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@1.3363781,103.7326984,1709m/data=3D!3m1!1e= 3 > > If you are lucky yoy may see a flying tree snake (I did, to my amazement)= , > a lizard thing larger tha should be inside city limits (3 - 6 feet range = ?) > big. Friendly Phllippinos taking a brief moment off in their life of N > years of slavery so they can send money home at rates they cannot get the= re > but low by local standards. > > Possibly about here > https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@1.3380211,103.7283016,221m/data=3D!3m1!1e3 > there's a turtle/tortoise/what would I know complex which is impressive i= n > spite of itself. Sit a moment on the plain plank deck just off the pond > surface and cast a handful of supplied food across the water surface so i= t > lands in many places at once. Oh wow! > Feed a whole very large cucumber to a tortoise that moves at sloth speed > but loves cucumber and would I think take your finger off in the process = if > you were silly enough to let it. > > ___________________________ > > Raffles hotel - worth a quick sprint past if you like such BUT it is > rererebuilt and what you see probably never saw Raffles. > > There's a big wheel there that I have not ridden. > > The Marin Bay hotel MUST be gawked at. Big curved impossible towers with = a > boat like shape spanning them at top with an infinity pool to give some > heart attacks (needlessly). Good for photos of while walking past. Super > super imressive. > > China town. -Not really in the time. Too std and formulaic and shopsish. > Some good food - but thats EVERYwhere. > > Little India - only if you have not seen much Indian. Small mosque where = I > persuaded loud large (to my surprise) profane young M&F Japanese tourists > to leave because they were so so embararssing and the owners/residents/ > worshipers just ignored them. (I have been thrown out of mosques oin > occasion and genertally constrained and controlled when allowed to enter. > This was a plasant and unusual experuience but the younguns spoiled it. > > Arab street - almost worth it for the food. Some good sghts at night. > Hookah smokers, strobe street lighted entertainers, ... . > > Zoo good. > > You won't get to Pulau Ubin (*boat ride - between mainland and Singapore)= .. > Hire mountain bikes, see some authentic houses which are essentially > museums. Meet a rather tame "wild boar". Be astounded to find at far end = a > BMX track with "Grassy Knoll" as one section. Another trip. > > __________________________ > > If it happens then Changi village is at the airport end and has vast food > hall and more food. > But fun-est thing is aircraft for airport come in from sea on Malayan si= de > (over Tekong Island I guess) low low low over sea, lower over land. You > feel like they are flying through the trees. Not usually though. On beach > they are fun to see comin and in streets behind they appear through gaps = in > tress as they final into Changi airport just behind. > > > > Russell > > > > > > On 12 May 2015 at 17:50, Grant Tudor wrote: > > > Heading off to Malaysia (KL) and Singapore next week. Have a day free i= n > > each city so I am looking for some places that are worth checking out. > Feel > > free to offer suggestions - pretty much anything within reason is an > > option. > > > > Does anyone know if there are any electronics markets worth going to? 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