Ann Siang Hill Park

Ann Siang Hill Park is the tallest geographical point in Chinatown. This hill was originally called Scott's Hill, named after Charles Scott.

Ann Siang Hill was occupied soon after Raffles' arrival in Singapore. Collectively, the hills along the coastal areas of Chinatown were known as the Telok Ayer Hills.
These hills included Mount Wallich, Mount Erskine and Ann Siang Hill. By the 1890s, most of the Telok Ayer Hills were leveled to partially fill the Telok Ayer Basin, leaving Ann Siang Hill to stand alone.

Charles Scott was the first to plant clove & nutmeg crops on Ann Siang Hill, which was originally named after him. Ann Siang Hill was superbly irrigated; an underground spring ran through the area and was tapped from a well on the hill.
A series of terrible blights decimated clove and nutmeg plantations across the island, causing many plantation owners to abandon their land.

After Scott left his plantation, it passed through the hands of another owner before being sold to Chia Ann Siang in 1894. Shophouses sprang up; Chinese and Straits Chinese residents and business moved in and the area was transformed into an urban district.

All that was left of the old Ann Siang Hill was Scotts' plantation house, which Chia kept as his family residence.

Ann Siang Hill was named after Chia Ann Siang (1832 - 1892), a Hokkien merchant who was born in Malacca. In 1848, at 16 years of age, Chia Ann Siang found employment with the British firm Boustead & Company, whose core businesses traded in natural resources, spices, coconut, tobacco, tin, tea and silk.

He eventually left Boustead and went into the timber business and became a partner of Geok Teat and Company from 1863. After he became a rich landowner and one of the leading merchants of his time, he acquired both Ann Siang Hill and Mount Erskine.























There are 2 entrance into this Ann Siang Hill Park. One way is via Ann Siang Road, the other way is from Amoy Street - beside the small chinese temple near Amoy Street Food Centre.

The Thian Fook Keng temple or Ma Chor Keng is also along Amoy Street, just a hundred of meters away from Ann Siang Hill Park entrance.

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Video on Geylang Red light District

Wanna lose weight?

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word
on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after
all those conflicting medical studies:

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart
attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart
attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.

3. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer
heart attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.

4. The Italians drink large amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer
heart attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and
fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.

6. Ukrainians drink a lot of vodka, eat a lot of perogies, cabbage rolls and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans, Australians, British, or Canadians.

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is
apparently what kills you.

Interesting Signage....

Dry cleaners in Bangkok:
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR BEST RESULTS.

In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.

On the grounds of a private school:
NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION.

On an Arctic River highway:
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAd IS IMPASSABLE.

On a poster at Fight Illiteracy:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.

A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:
DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS.

In a maternity ward:
NO CHILDREN ALLOWED.

In a cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.

Sign in Japanese public bath:
FOREIGN GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO PULL COCK IN TUB.

Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER
DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.

Hotel room notice in Chiang-Mai, Thailand:
PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS INTO YOUR ROOM.

Hotel brochure in Italy:
THIS HOTEL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SOLITUDE. IN FACT, CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK HERE TO ENJOY ITS SOLITUDE.

In a Tokyo Hotel:
IS FORBITTEN TO STEAL HOTEL TOWELS PLEASE. IF YOU ARE NOT PERSON TO DO SUCH THING IS PLEASE NOT TO READ NOTIS.

In another Japanese hotel room:
PLEASE TO BATHE INSIDE THE TUB.

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE.

In a Leipzig elevator:
DO NOT ENTER THE LIFT BACKWARDS, AND ONLY WHEN LIT UP.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator:
TO MOVE THE CABIN, PUSH BUTTON FOR WISHING FLOOR. IF THE CABIN SHOULD ENTER MORE PERSONS, EACH ONE SHOULD PRESS A NUMBER OF WISHING FLOOR. DRIVING IS THEN GOING ALPHABETICALLY BY NATIONAL ORDER.

In a Paris hotel elevator:
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK.

In a hotel in Athens:
VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLAIN AT THE OFFICE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 AND 11 A.M. DAILY.

Fly our Flag

HDB (wall mounted type) flags are available at Pek Kio Community Centre at $2.50 each, ex-stock while stock last.

十大经典学生上课插嘴

1.高中时全校必须穿校服，有一复读的学生从来都不穿。管这方面的老师天天蹲在门口检查。一日，老师看到此同学没穿校服，问其为什么不穿。此同学大怒，曰：我妈又没死，为什么要穿孝服？

2.一美术老师小有名气，某报上有较大篇幅报道，并附照片，于是在课上自吹：“最近总有同学和我说，老师你真行，上了报纸还登了照片……”一学生：“寻人启事么？”从此美术老师拒绝该同学上美术课。

3.语文课，老师叫起一昏睡同学回答问题，该同学迷迷糊糊啥也说不出。老师无奈地说：“你会不会呀？不会也吱一声啊！”该同学：“吱。”老师汗下。

4.高中时快会考的时候了，有一天上地理课，老师在上面报一个地名，让我们就在下面回答当地所出的矿产。说了很多地方以后，老师突然问了一句：“江南产什么？”全班男生齐声回答：“江南产美女！”

5.初中时，一次生物老师讲非洲草原上的生态环境，全班无人听讲，遂怒，曰：“你们都看我呀！你们不看我，怎么知道非洲野猫长什么样子啊！”

6.一次高数课上，老师问我一兄弟：“微积分是很有用的学科，学习微积分，我们的目标是？”那老兄当时在开小差，遂不假思索高声道：“没有蛀牙！”全班爆笑。

7.生物课上，老师说：“其实黄鼠狼是不吃鸡的，科学家做过一个实验，曾经把一只鸡和一只黄鼠狼关在一起，第二天你们猜怎么了？”同学插嘴道：“鸡怀孕了？”

8.高三，几何老师是一老太，爱自吹，特烦人。一日在课上说：“我在市教育局都很受重视的，他们总是请我去一起研究问题，每次都是车接车送的。”我无意中问：“三轮么？”结果，从此一个星期被禁止上几何课。

9.上高中时，英语老师(一个五十左右中年妇女)嫌我们几个男生不听讲，遂大骂：“你们想什么呢？”我当时懵了，也不知怎么的就说了一句：“想你呢！”教室里沉默半晌，只是一双双惊恐的眼睛在望着我。老师呆了一会儿，后指着我大骂：“你就是一个臭流氓！”冤啦！

10.高中的时候，第一次上劳动课，老师是个老头，自我介绍说：“我叫吴树山。”我突然来了灵感，马上接道：“西北望长安，可怜无数山。”全班爆笑，老师面色铁青，随后我被罚干重活。

Only Ah Beng boleh....

This is hilarious... ..even an Englishman could not construct sentences using numeric, which is exclusive only to Malaysians and Singaporeans. Only Local Ah Beng boleh!

Ah Beng was asked to make a sentence using 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10. Not only did he do it 1 to 10, he did it again from 10 back to 1. This is what he came up with.....

1 day I go 2 climb a 3 outside a house to peep. But the couple saw me, so I panic and 4 down. The man rushed out and wanted to 5 with me. I ran until I fell 6 and threw up. So I go into 7-eleven and grabbed some 8 to throw at him.. Then I took a 9 and try to stab at him. 10 God he run away.

10 I put the 9 back and pay for the 8 and left 7-eleven. Next day I called my boss and told him I was 6. He said 5 , tomorrow also no need to come back 4 work.. He also asked me to go climb a 3 and jump down! I don't understand. I am so nice 2 him but I don't know what he 1.

Night at Henderson Waves

Not everyone have visit this place during the night, hence I attached some night scene photographs for your viewing pleasure.


































Henderson Waves and Alexandra Arch

These are the 2 new attractions.

Henderson Waves - Singapore's highest pedestrian bridge. It spans Henderson Road to connect Mount Faber Park to Telok Blangah Hill Park.

Alexandra Arch - looks like an opened leaf across Alexandra Road. It continues to Forest Walk, which is made up of an elevated walkway for pedestrian and earth trails for cyclists through the secondary forest of Telok Blangah Hill Park.

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