Ever since the Circle Line opened, I wanted to go back to Haw Par Villa to take a look at the place.
Since I just bought my Sony camera WX80, I thought I should also give it a workout.
Entrance to Haw Par Villa
Mural near the entrance
Created just before the 21st century, 15 years ago...
The welcoming Laughing Buddha... I'm sure some people have climbed up to rub his tummy
I could have been somehow related to them...
God of Longevity
Why a goat and snake?
Tiger-Leopard
Villa
Entrance
At 1pm, I don't think there'll be as many people crazy like me to visit.
A dancing Thai-ger?
The dragon before the Thai-ger
Ji Gong pagoda - still needing some repainting
Guess who's this derp?
His "nemesis"
Fighting over something or someone?
His object of affection - Joey Wong played the role best...
Qing official?
Qilin carving
Kitschy stairs
Nice garden
Gargolye water spout
Some Chinese murals expounding the virtues by personalities of old.
Some of my favourite Chinese generals in Romance of Three Kingdoms - Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.
I always thought playing Liu Bei in Koei's RTK was a lost cause - so I'll always choose Cao Cao or Sun Jian, kill Liu Bei to get his finest generals :)
Zhang Fei
Liu Bei (bleah)
Guan Yu
Some huge face masks adorning the side of the wall
One of the faces lying flat on the ground... every dog has its day I guess.
Nine Dragon Wall (Jiu Long Bi)
I guess a park can be called a "home" too...
In the olden days, geek was still cool enough to get dates I suppose.
Tigers and Leopards are everywhere.
If you notice, they just got painted differently. When did leopards have sideburns?
A diorama depicting the war in the heavenlies...
Face-off (Looks creepily like Nicholas Cage)
Behold my eye-power!
I wonder what the gate symbolises...
Chiang Kai-Shek?
Grandma goes cruising...
Pop gets eaten by a stingray... some cruise.
When men play hard to get.
Ostrich racing.
Panoramic view of the panoramic dioramas
Possibly the only place in Singapore where nude suntanning is allowed.
Pool of Legacy - and mosquitoes?
Jiang Ji Ya - I remember he always had a role in SBC/TCS wuxia shows.
The Singapore Dream.
I wonder why there're two holes below the nose-holes.
Old signage that used to show where things were in the past.
Some abandoned theatrette?
Sit there and all your dreams will come true... do make sure that you're a woman of course.
A familar sight... I posed there when I was one...
Photographers would recognise immediately that this logo has not been used since 2003.
Not a prancing horse or bull but a tiger
And road-worthy!
A relic of the past
After an hour of walking in the hot afternoon sun, it's time to say goodbye until the next time.
Cool-looking animal perched on top the ticketing booth
Rider didn't shave.
