"Not so" Garden by the Bay...

Garden by the Bay is the latest attraction in Singapore. A much hyped billion dollars garden that even got my friend asking about it from Italy. I decided to check out the place over the weekend and sad to say, it is anything but a garden by the bay. One of its main attraction the Supertree Grove reminds me of scene from the Avatar movie. The whole place is a rather creepy reminder of what mankind could do to mother nature.

Although it does provide an amazing futuristic backdrop to our cityscape, i still prefer the old Marina South with its huge empty field for flying kite, the $10 "All You Can Eat" BBQ buffet and the breakwater right by the sea.

I am not resisting change but in my opinion, the Garden by the Bay seem to be a good example of a bad modern day urbanization project. A rat race of such rapid transformation would soon cost us our heritage and history.

Overall, I must admit the garden landscape and lighting look really good on photos. Looking at the number of shutterbugs and tourists that have already descended on the location, it may soon become the most shot destination in Singapore. Hopefully it is all worth it.