The Merlion is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body comes from Singapore's ancient name back when it was a fishing village — Temasek — meaning "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name — Singapura — meaning "lion city" or "kota singa" in Sanskrit and Malay.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Postcard Worthy?
The Merlion, standing proudly near Singapore's Central Business District.

The Merlion is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body comes from Singapore's ancient name back when it was a fishing village — Temasek — meaning "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name — Singapura — meaning "lion city" or "kota singa" in Sanskrit and Malay.
The Merlion is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body comes from Singapore's ancient name back when it was a fishing village — Temasek — meaning "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name — Singapura — meaning "lion city" or "kota singa" in Sanskrit and Malay.
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next time bring you to higher ground to take pic... maybe the crack on the head is still there... wahhaaa...
hahahahahahaha
yuen:hahaha where's this 'higher ground'? bring me!
ting:basket, ask you comment and this is what u type
LOL. funny people here. I think the photo seems to be a little tilted, maybe i would play around the exp to make it look brighter and cleaner! maybe you can try to increase the saturation of blue tones? =)
My 2 cents!
Dude, since you're now in the same sinking boat it's about time we had another photo session... preferably somewhere more visually exciting then a bloody bird park. Let me know.
And bring your camera next time round.
hehehehehehehe
i cannot see the merlion face
update with more photos leh! :D haha..
nice nice!
pretty ng
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