Marina Barrage

Yesterday, my family and I went for an outing ... in Singapore. Haha, with everything so expensive, it's better to be more prudent with money. So, we went to the Marina Barrage, which had opened a month before.

So to get to the Marina Barrage, the most prudent method is to take the free shuttle service from Marina Bay MRT. The wait for the shuttle did not wait long, contrary to my gut feeling. Anyway, while waiting for the shuttle, I took some pictures of Marina Bay.

More construction going on...

Here's something interesting (look at the banner) :

... Ok, on to the Marina Barrage. Firstly we'd noticed the ships on the seas of Singapore:

We went up the sloping roof of the barrage to the rooftop. The path is covered by grass, ie. an Eco-roof, that helps to bring down temperatures inside the building. It's new, and there are even centipedes crawling about!

There's also a solar park on the roof, consisting of solar panels that generate electricity:

At the rooftop, we can see the city skyline:

After that, we went into some exhibition about Sustainable Singapore and the Marina Barrage. I sent myself a postcard, but it looked horrible, so I've better not post it here! ;)

By the time we came out of the exhibit, it was about to rain.

Thankfully we made it back to Marina Bay MRT before it started to pour.

That's it for now!

PS: Can somebody tell me if my homework can wait for another week?