Sands Suite @ Marina Bay Sands

Marina Bay Sands has so far been the most impressive hotel I’ve ever stayed in. Having had the chance to spend the weekend there, it was definitely a weekend to remember. The room of choice was the Sands Suite located on the 53rd floor of Tower 3 overlooking the Marina Barrage. It might not be the most beautiful sight looking out of the balcony with on-going construction below and the haze that envelop the landscape from left to right but the suite itself more than make up for the view.

At 222 square meters and SGD1,200 per night, the beautiful room provides plenty of space with a living room and a separate area for the bedroom along with a huge bathroom, it definitely took my breath away when I first step into the room. If I have a space to build my own bedroom, this is definitely how I want my bedroom to be like. (more…)

Experiencing the Lifestyle of a Formula 1 Driver

Thanks to Johnnie Walker Malaysia, I got to not only head down to Singapore to party it up like a G6 at the Jet Black Party but also experience what it’s like to live in the life of the rich and famous, in this case, as an F1 driver. Here’s my little story… (I hope you got the time to read til the end and not get bored….)

We took off from KLIA on a chilly Friday morning but before we even step into the plane, Johnnie Walker presented us each with 2 beautiful gifts, 1st a beautiful bottle of Gold Label (as seen in this studio hi-key shot). Yes, I have my own studio so I’m able to do all this kinda nonsense of shooting whatever things I get my hands on when I’m not busy with shoots. Can you see that beautiful name engraved into the bottle? Yup! My name’s on it! (more…)

Clarke Quay @ Singapore Time Lapse

Shot this video while I was at Clarke Quay for dinner. Taken with a Panasonic DVX 102B from 7pm to 8pm at the New Bridge Road at 5minute intervals. Some parts are messed up but just want to share what I’ve done.

Will attempt a better time lapse the next time around. Any readers of this blog would like to share some tips on how to do a better time lapse?

Gallery Hotel Singapore

As you would have read from the previous post, I was down in Singapore for the Jet Black party organized by Johnnie Walker and the JW team from Malaysia put us in Gallery Hotel in the trendy Robertson Quay entertainment district. About 10 minutes walk away from the Clarke Quay area, the hotel is located next to the Singapore river but I can’t really see it as my room faces the main road instead.

I’ve not been to this hotel before even though I lived in the Clarke Quay area whenever I’m in Singapore over the past year and I was looking forward to seeing what this hotel has in store for us. The first thing that caught my attention was the unique design of the exterior and it’s color. The colors seem out of place but in a way, give it a unique look that make people look back at it after a quick glance.

I was given the Observatory Suite and it was located on the 8th floor. The design of the hotel in a way made us travel up 2 different sets of elevators to get to our room as the elevator from the lobby only bring us up to the 4th floor and we need to insert the hotel key card to access our respective floors. Stepping into the room, I was greeted by this sight, a nice little living room before I walk towards the side and be greeted by the bedroom side of the suite. The bathroom itself has frosted glass as walls which makes it look like you are surrounded by windows when you are in the bedroom area.

The bathroom served as the partition between the living room area and the bedroom so that guests who wants to retire early can do so while the other guest can just sit around in the living room area and watch the television. Only thing I don’t really like is the digital clock at the head of the bed which tends to glow really bright when all lights was turned off. Several times I was woken up by this light when my head was turned towards the center of the bed.

The pool area is located on the 5th floor and is accessible as long as you carry with you the hotel key card. The pool’s quite small but in a way, more than adequate as most people who uses this pool spend most of the time chilling about rather than actually doing laps. By the side of the pool is a small staircase that brings the guests down to the Gym 360.

The gym might not have many machines for us to use but the variations of machines available is adequate enough to allow fitness buff to work out their sets from head to toe. Some of these machines we don’t even see at the regular gyms! I didn’t really try out the gym as I didn’t bring proper gym clothes (since our activities for the Johnnie Walker event was so packed) but if I get the chance to stay in this hotel again, I’d definitely give this gym a try. Wonder how much one night at this place will set you back for?

Yup, the Observatory Suite I was housed in cost SGD680 a night and this does not include the 10% service charge and the 7 percent GST! I would say the price listed here is quite reasonable looking at the type of facilities they provided. Definitely a nice place to stay if you’re planning to party in the surrounding area or Filter Club.

Gallery Hotel Singapore
1 Nanson Road
Singapore 238909
Tel: +65-6849-8686

Ratings:
Service – 3½/5
Room – 4/5
Cleaniness/Ambience – 4/5
Value for Money – 3½/5

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Photos from the Johnnie Walker Jet Black Party @ Red Dot Design Museum 2011

Over the weekend, thanks to the people of Johnnie Walker Malaysia, I got a chance to live it up like an F1 driver and experience what it’s like to party like a SuperStar for the weekend in Singapore. As it was a 3 day trip, I’m separating each part of the trip to various posting but first up, the Jet Black party itself. The very reason why we were in Singapore in the first place.

Held at the Red Dot Design Museum in Maxwell road, we got there at 10.30pm just as the party was getting started and had the customary photo taking session in front of the Vanity Board before heading in. (more…)