Gadgets Shopping In Singapore

In the feature “Singapore: 10 Things to Do” by Daven Wu on Time Magazine, he ranked buying cheap electronics as one of the items in the list. Probably Tokyo’s closest rival when it comes to latest and range of electronics and gadgets, it is Singapore’s price offering however, that beats its competition.

Also in the same feature, the Sim Lim Square and Funan Digital Life Mall are the recommended hubs to buy your desired gadgets at a cheaper price. These two plazas are said to offer up to twenty percent less comparing to other gadget stores in the city.

With these, let’s elaborate more on the best places to buy these gadgets and why this is a must-do thing while in Singapore in this article.

The Sim Lim Square is a building along the main highway of Singapore that has twenty floors dedicated to bargain shops. The stores at this hub are always open to haggling the gadgets’ prices, making it one of the most recommended places to get one’s favourite electronic.

Sim Lim Square Singapore

The Funan Digital Life Mall is also packed with the latest gadgets available in the market. What makes it different on the other hand, is that it offers warranties and credit terms for regular customers. The stuff sold at this mall is a bit cheaper also as they are importing their products directly from the manufacturers.

Apart from these two, the other places where one could get gadgets at cheaper price are at Lucky Plaza, Little India and Mustafa Centre.

 

As with the previous two, the Mustafa Centre has the latest gadgets released in the market. It has ten floors of your preferred gadgets ranging from the latest phone models to watches and the like. This building is located at Syed Alwi Road.

Lucky Plaza is situated at the famous Orchard Road. It is a plaza with five floors of gadget-filled shops. Discounts and bargains are also offered at the shops in this mall, along with a year’s warranty for purchased items.

The neighbourhood at Little India in Singapore is also a popular recommendation. Although known as a shopping destination for souvenir items and a place to experience authentic Indian cuisines, the Little India is also a place for one’s gadget needs.

These five places are the ones most would recommend, but since we’re listing the best places to shop for gadgets, the Annual Singapore IT shouldn’t miss the list. For someone who would buy gadgets in bulk, the shops at this centre offers great discount to its customers. A year’s warranty can also be expected from purchases at most of the stores.

Marina Bay Sands Architecture

No one would ever be able to avoid the beauty looming near about the Merlion statue. The weirdly-designed building with three towers and a big boat at the top asks for any visitor’s attention. It is simply called the Marina Bay Sands.

The Marina Bay Sands was developed by the casino company, Las Vegas Sands. The Marina Bay Sands is also the most expensive stand-alone casino property in the whole world.

The Marina Bay Sands not only has casinos in it but also caters a much more exquisite crowd having a luxurious resort, a culturally enriching museum, two theatres and a variety of designer shops in the shopping area, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. The big boat-like structure at the top of the Marina Bay Sands is what they call the SkyPark. Visitors can dine in over at the SkyPark and hotel guests can dip in the famous infinity pool. But people often use the spot to take wide angle photographs of the Singaporean skyline. It is one of the main photography attractions that a visitor can have amidst the Singaporean Skyline or Singapore’s bright night lights.

Marina Bay Sands

The Marina Bay Sands was designed by renowned Israeli/ Canadian architect, Moshe Safdie who had also worked with other notable projects like the Salt Lake City Main Public Library, Khalsa Heritage Center in India and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas. Safdie is best known for his use of curves, geometric patterns and flashy windows in his designs. The self-described modernist also noted is his use of open spaces and lush spaces as can be seen in his works. Safdie is well known to be a true artist bringing out his craft in terms of liveable spaces.

In an interview, Safdie mentioned that the inspiration for the design of the Marina Bay Sands was primarily a deck of cards, being that it is promoted for the casino purposes. The architectural plan also was heavily scrutinized by feng shui masters to bring good luck to the structure. The masters were the late Master Chong Swan Lek and Master Louisa Ong-Lee which supervised the structure.

Talks have it that the construction is delayed because of the feng shui prediction of another “luckier date” for the project completion. The whole Marina Bay Sands Structure is full of feng shui elements, including the lotus flower structure which is the Art Science Museum, who symbolized the wood element of the whole structure.

Truly, the Marina Bay Sands is a fusion project of the east and the west, helping the whole project succeed into full fruition.

Top 3 Singapore Extreme Sports

 Singaporeans are naturally inclined on engaging in active lifestyle activities and it has become evident with the abundance of sports and recreational facilities available for everyone’s use – both local and foreign. The locals, in general, participate in range of sports, be it indoor, outdoor and the extremes. Some of the popular and most played sports in the country are football, cricket, basketball and the likes.

Three years back, in London, the country bagged the gold award at the International Sports Event Management’s ‘World’s Best Sport City Award’ with London and Dussledorf getting the silver and bronze awards respectively. Winning the ISEM award is just one of the fruits of the government’s efforts to promote sports in Singapore locally and internationally.

With the country being recognized as one of the best sports hubs in the region, it is not surprising at all that extreme sports are present and actively participated by enthusiasts from all over the world. Are you into extreme sports? In this article, we will discuss four sports and recreational activities that will definitely challenge your adrenaline rush.

1. Skydiving

Although the Singapore prohibits aerial sports within its prime airspace, the neighbour state of Johor is where skydiving activities are usually done. Run by Daniel Lee, a former armed force skydiver, the Sky Dive Singapore offers this sport to those who would like to try it while in the Little Red Dot. The organization provides support and instructions on two skydiving types: tandem dives and accelerated free fall.

You would sure bet that there’s no sport that could be on par with skydiving with regard to challenging one’s adrenaline rush. The feeling of jumping out a plane and reaching the earth surface with a speed of up to 200 miles per hour is just an experience one should conquer.

2. ParaMotoring

A form of paragliding boosted by a motor, para-motoring is probably next to skydiving in the ranks of extreme sports in Singapore. The particular sport is offered by Skyads, a company owned by a para-motoring enthusiast, Max Ng. The company has been in the business for eight years now and has been flying the coasts of Malaysia and Indonesia.

What makes this sport standout as Max would say is the breathtaking view of the two countries’ shoreline while in the sky, along with the sport being relatively cheaper than sky diving.

3. Bossaball

Unlike the first two sports, bossaball is not an aerial sport and not a mainstream kind of ball game. The game is commonly played in European countries such as Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Romania. The game originated in Spain and now being played by locals of Singapore as well.

Bossaball is often described as a hybrid of gymnastics and two ball games, soccer and volleyball. It is played in a giant inflated court with installed trampolines at the centre. If you are a lover of volleyball or soccer, then bossaball might not sound that tough to you anymore. The sport is currently organized by Bossaball Singapore, a sporting club.

8 Things About Singapore Gaming Industry

1.  The Media Development Authority of Singapore had plans of granting S$14.6 million three-year fund to Game+ Program in 2010. Game+ Program is a government initiative aiming towards breaking through the international gaming scene via providing financial support to game concept development companies.

2. In 2012, a website the collates information in regards to gaming and games developed in Singapore was launched by the country’s Media Development Authority or MDA. It is called the Singapore Game Box Portal. The project aimed to allow gamers to try out home grown games via the website maintained by Gaming Solutions Centre. The portal was another initiative by MDA to support the local gaming development industry.

3. A year after the Game Box Portal was launched, an independent game developer, PD Design Studio, launched ‘Dusty Revenge’ a 2D hack-and-slash online game developed in Singapore. A game available on PC and Mac, Dusty Revenge’s theme is focused on the protagonist’s goal to take vengeance on his enemies.

4. Although made to feature independent game developers, Game Box Portal also invites big-name developers to feature their games on the portal. Thomas Lim, MDA’s director for interactive media mentioned that companies like LucasArts and Ubisoft are welcome provided that they are keen to do so.

5. In Singapore, gaming is a serious business. In 2011 alone, over a hundred thousand game enthusiasts participated in the annual Game Xpo – an expo that features more than 30 exhibitors that include game developers, software creators and publishers.

6. The company Ubisoft opened its game development branch in Singapore in 2008. The company’s locally developed games include ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled’ and contributed in the making of two ‘Assassin’s Creed’ versions.

7. Another renowned brand calling Singapore a home is LucasArts Singapore. The company opened their branch in Singapore in 2007 since then completed several known video games such as ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2’ and ‘Monkey Island 2’.

8. There’s an estimate of over 50 game-related companies in Singapore and the bulk of it are from the game development sector. It was cited that there will be over 1.41million gamers in Singapore between the years of 2011 and 2012. Majority of the revenue to be brought by this industry comes from online games. Also in 2012, it was estimated that Singapore’s online gaming revenue will be at around $31 million and it will go double in the next two to three years.

5 Useful Apps That You Shoud Use In Singapore

Are you travelling to Singapore or are you planning to stay there for a while?

Well, in this techy age, we have also improved our ways by which we can connect to a place, the people and their culture. It’s like living in a country as if you were a native in that country.

And the tool that can help you surviving and thriving in a new country, like Singapore, is with the use of your fingertips. Not really your fingertips, but also with the use of your touch enabled devices such as the tablet or your smart phone, and you can access them in your respective operating systems’ stores. What’s the best thing about it? It is free!

All of the apps that will be mentioned in this article are free in their respective stores. Now you can sail through Singapore without ever worrying where to go or even where to eat. See, technology is even working in our favour!

Here’s the list of the must-have apps for your Singapore trip or exploration!

Whereto.sg

 Are you lost? You won’t ever get lost with this app which helps you navigate through Singapore. This handy map tool helps you with the nearest stores which will prove essential especially if you need to know the nearest pharmacy and hospital or ATMs from your hotel.

SG Buses

If you’re commuting through the buses, it would be helpful to have a bus guide to know the   routes, bus stops and the time of boarding. Now, you can download it in your phone so you       don’t have to bring along the guide.

GrabTaxi Singapore

The amazing app helps you get a cab so that you won’t have to wait to hail a cab. The app detects the location of the requester and send the signal to the nearest cab which has no customer. The app is still in beta in Singapore but the app is looking really positively accepted by the Singaporean Commuters.

iChangi

If you’re interested in getting the latest flight information from Singapore’s airport, you must definitely download the iChangi app. This is helpful if you have people coming over Singapore so you could keep track of their flight schedules.

HungryGoWhere

If you’re starving and looking for the best tasting places in SG, HungryGoWhere is the best app for that! The app rates the reviews of the customers of each restaurant and helps you decide on what food to eat based on recommendations.