Singapore Attractions - Chinese Version

我的妈妈，爸爸，弟弟和我在去年的十二月去了新加坡。我们第一天跟着一个旅游团，他们去哪儿我们就去哪儿。他们先去了“小印度”。我不喜欢那儿因为它的颜色太显眼了。那儿还有一种我不喜欢的味道，不知是印度菜还是他们在燃烧的香。我们也去了中国城, 但是我病了，在车里休息。妈妈给我带了一个新加坡的标志动物的雕像。我们第二天去了一个科技艺术馆的“Lego”展览。我们看到了很多有意思的雕塑。有一些雕像很酷，还有些很奇怪。我们也去了一个植物馆。我们看到了很多奇形怪状的植物，还玩了一些好玩得游戏。我们在河边看到了一个用灯，激光器，火，和小泡泡的表演，实在太酷了！灯照出很多东西，激光器还可以做出一种浪的效果。我还看到了一个短动画片，讲一个小孩长大的过程。在最后一天，我们在一个游乐园玩了一会儿。我很喜欢它的一个叫“Luge”的东西。我在那儿滑了一会儿，觉得很好玩。我还在去滑了几次，实在是太刺激了！我们的票都用完了，只好去玩别的了。我以后还想去新加坡！

Why I Want To Go To Singapore

A place I want to go to again is Singapore. One reason is that Singapore’s food is delicious. A food I like is the chili crab, for its mixture of flavors from the sea and from the sauce. I also enjoy eating at Singapore’s spacious food courts, because they offer a wide selection of foods from different countries and cultures. The final place I like to eat at is the “Melt the World Café” in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, for its very large selection of baked pastries, fresh-squeezed juices, and other breakfast foods. The other reason I want to go to Singapore is that I enjoy the attractions there. An attraction I enjoy is the National Orchid Garden because of its interesting varieties of orchids. I also liked the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo, for its open space, fresh air, and native animals – all at nighttime. The final place I enjoyed was the ArtScience museum, for its wonderful exhibits about the history of Singapore, and its mind-boggling art galleries about Lego artist Nathan Sawaya. To sum up, I want to go to Singapore again for its great food and attractions

Singapore Attractions

“Welcome to the airport in Peking, China. Please keep your seat belt buckled until the airplane comes to a complete stop. We hope you have enjoyed our flight and we look forward to seeing you again.女士们，先生们，欢迎来到北京的机场。请保持你的安全带扣上直到飞机完全停止为止。我们希望您享有我们的航班，我们期待着再次见到您。” Two days ago, we left Singapore, a great place to visit. Our family stayed at the luxurious and expensive Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Every day, we went to the Melt the World Café, to eat breakfast, choosing from the wide variety of food and drinks. Then, we would wash up and go out to play!

On the first full day, we rode on a tour bus to explore Singapore. I was sick that day. I slept and rested on the bus. The first place my family visited was Little India. I didn't like this place because the air smelled heavily of smoke, and everything was way too colorful. Another place my family (not me, I was sleeping in the bus with dad) explored was Chinatown. Mom bought me a glow-in-the-dark merlion, the official animal of Singapore, or Singapura, for that matter. The last place we visited was the National Orchid Garden. I was there to see the exquisite beauty of the orchids. There were many varieties of orchids in the gardens, such as the VIP garden. I enjoyed reading the labels describing the flowers.

On the second full day, we explored the Gardens By the Bay, the Lego “The Art Of The Brick” Exhibit, and the “ Mist-walk”.

First, we visited the Gardens. In the garden, we visited the two buildings that won the 2012 “Best Building in the World” award – the Cloud Forest and the Flower Dome – and saw the Super trees  the walk that connected the trees, and the treetop restaurant. First, we saw the Super trees  Because there is no space for gardens on the ground in crowded little Singapore, people created large metal frames that rose up into the sky, called Super trees  as vertical gardens. They took less space, and also became a tourist attraction. On the trees, I see flowers, ivy, climbing plants, and other plants just vertically attached. Then, we explored the Flower Dome. Inside, we saw many plants from different areas of the world. We entered the Australian zone with all its cactus and bottle trees. We roamed the terrace and saw many native plants. When we finally left, we passed the nature conservation video game stations. The Cloud Forest was a whole different story. A waterfall splashed down from the heights above, creating a wet environment perfect for plant life. On the third floor was the Treetop Walk, hovering over the plants below. Rock formations, crystals, stalactites, and stalagmites adorn this floor too. The fourth floor was covered in endangered animal information panels, giving a detailed description of the animals. The fifth floor doesn't stand out very much, but the sixth floor’s Cloud walk is amazing. At least 50 feet high in the air, you look down and see the plants, growing, reaching up toward you. The Walk descends to the fifth floor. On the seventh floor, you get a great view of the city – and a great view down. The plants adorn the man-made mountain like grains of sand on a beach. Thriving, exotic plants cover the mountain and the area around it. There are flowers, figs, grasses, and others.

After that, we visited the brand-new Lego “The Art Of The Brick” exhibit. All of the sculptures were handmade by Nathan Sawaya, an eccentric Lego artist and AFOL (Adult Fan Of Lego). One of my favorite masterpieces was called “Overcome”. It was a statue of a person climbing a ladder over a tall wall. He was “overcoming” the wall, or the problem he was facing. I like this sculpture because it always invoked curiosity. Will he make it? Will his ladder (or solution) topple and fail? These are questions that have bogged my thoughts. Another of my favorite pieces was “Blue” or “Thinking Person”. He sits on a white leather seat, in a relaxed position, head held up with one arm. There is an empty black leather seat right next to his. The only thing in between is a vase with flowers on a wooden table. I like the way, without saying anything or moving, he beckons the viewer to nestle in the seat beside him in the same pose as he.

To end Day two, we ate dinner in the Mall at Marina Bay Sands. I was starving since I didn't eat a big lunch, so I ate a humongous portion. I had a lamb chop from the Italian restaurant in the Food Court, along with a mushroom stew. I ate all the lamb and fries, and most of the coleslaw. I only drank a bit of the mushroom stew, about 1/10, while I devoured the garlic bread (which was too hard). We saw the “ Mist-walk” after. Lasers made images in the mist, like a little baby walking around then growing up, or they made moving patterns like the waves. Lights illuminated bubbles for a Milky Way effect, or they illuminated the mist for a scene in the laser video. Fire erupted in the middle of the mist, which I find amazing – imagine water and fire co-existing in the same place! Finally, the show ended with a musical flourish and we walked to the Mandarin Oriental for a good night’s sleep.

I really enjoyed the Sentosa resort’s attractions on the third day. First, we did the Luge. The luge is like a toboggan, except it has wheels and steering like a bicycle. Gravity is the only force that moves the Luge; there is no motor or engine. Flying down the racetrack, I thought that this was a lot more exciting than biking or tobogganing. After that, we saw the 4-D shows: the “Extreme Log Ride” and the “Pirates”. The “Extreme Log Ride” was mainly scary, and even though the safety video was funny, it made you want to barf when you got off. “Pirates” was mainly just people getting stabbed in the gut or invaded by crabs. I liked “Pirates” better because it didn't shake you up and make you want to lose your lunch. Plus, it was a lot funnier.

Today, my family is back at home, and all trying to get some sleep in the night because of jet lag. All in all, Singapore was a beautiful and exciting place to visit, but I still like the feeling of home better.