Marina Bay Sands

Marina Bay Sand with the Helix Bridge in the foreground.
(MM -default camera)

I'm a little bored of animating moving pieces of "paper" right now, so I thought I would just post up a couple of pictures of the Marina Bay Sands.  The Marina Bay Sands is one of two recently opened integrated resorts in Singapore.  By the way, even though the wiki article on the "integrated resorts" made some mention that "the opposition took the opportunity to state that he (Lee Hsien Loong) had overruled consensus", I actually remember it being more split right now the middle than "consensus" against the resorts. 

My personal opinion is that if people want to gamble, and people do gamble a lot in Singapore, they don't need the resorts at all.  Tens of thousands travel to Genting, Macau, take the cruises to nowhere, go to the turf club etc etc everyday before the resorts were built and I really don't think that people who did not gamble previously will suddenly want to gamble now because the resorts were built.


(MM - Vignette camera software)

 Whatever your view is of the integrated resorts is, one can't deny that the Marina Bay Sands does look pretty cool.  And I really really really want to swim in that pool up in that boat looking thing because from the advertisements, it really does seem like it'll feel like you're swimming in the sky.

Today, my family made a short trip to check out the walk across the Helix Bridge and check out the Sands.  The Helix Bridge is kind of cool although on a hot day, it could get kind of uncomfortable for those who don't really like the sun.  You also get a great view of Singapore's city skyline from the bridge.  Previously, to get a similar view like that one would have to be on the Benjamin Sheares Bridge or on a bumboat on the river.

We've already been to Resorts World Sentosa which I kind of like, except for the casino part since I didn't enter the casino and don't particularly like casinos.  I want to one day go to Universal Singapore and if I'm lucky, a friend of mine who said he maybe able to score us some free tickets may really be able to get them for us, and that would be way cool.  Resorts World Sentosa kind of reminds me of US strip malls and I like it.

MBS - inside the mall
(MM - Vignette camera software)

Both the Sands and RWS aren't fully opened yet.  Both IRs are staggering the opening of various attractions and shops.  Right now, a good proportion of the shops at the Sands aren't open.  When I went to RWS 2-3 months ago, maybe 1/3 of the shops weren't opened yet and Universal Studios still has at least one ride, I think, that isn't currently open too.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos of Marina Bay Sands.  They were shot on the Motorola Milestone using the default camera, Retro Camera software, FX camera software and Vignette camera software.  I have few shots in the Sony Ericsson phone which I might put up later along with shots of Resorts World Sentosa.  This is suppose to be a relatively quick post to break the monotony of doing my homework so I don't really want to spend too much time on the post. :-)

Here are the rest of the photos: