Haw Par Villa 虎豹别墅

Chinese Proverb of the Month:
口说不如身逢， 耳闻不如目见。
(To experience is better than to be told; seeing for oneself is better than hearing from others./ Seeing is believing.)

Chinese Proverb of the Month:
忍得一时气， 免得百年忧。
(Keep your temper for the present and avoid lots of trouble in the future.)

Chinese Proverb of the month:
相见易得好， 久住难为人。
(It's easy to be friendly with someone you meet occasionally, but difficult when you live together for a long time)

Chinese Proverb of the month:
去时终须去， 再三留不住。
(You cannot keep something that must go.)

Chinese Proverb of the Month:
晴干不肯去，直待于淋头。
(Unwilling to go when it is clear and dry, they procrastinate until it rains ./ Make hay while the sun shines. )

Chinese Proverb of the Month:
牡丹花好空入目， 枣花虽小结实成。
(Peony flowers are nice to look at, but date blossoms though small bear fruit.)

Chinese Proverb of the Month:
年年防饥， 夜夜防盗。
( Be prepared against famines every year; guard against theft every night.)

We are a group of students from Tampines Junior College (TP 007) who are currently doing a project on the wastage of the cultural / heritage site - Haw Par Villa. Please note that the following events and activities are NOT REAL! =D

Hunger for mouth-watering rice dumplings? Celebrate your Dragon Boat Festival @ Haw Par Villa by competing in a dumpling making competition on 23 June 2012! See you there!

" And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted. And at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new~" .Mesmerised by the beautiful sky filled with lanterns in the movie "Tangled"?
Write your wishes on Kong Ming Lanterns (Sky Lanterns), and release them into the sky this Mid Autumn Festival! There are also other fun-filled activities lined up for you !

Horror-seeker? Come join us at HPV for a Paranormal Investigation Experience with the latest ghost hunting equipment on 27 October 2012 @ 10pm!

Haw Par Villa: Blast from the past!

Tiger Balm Gardens, Singapore 1990 I went back to Singapore in 1990 and visited Tiger Balm Gardens. It had changed quite a bit since I'd last visited in 1968. I think it's been knocked around ...