Lux Jewel Changi Airport in Lil’ Red Dot Singapore

Changi Airport is the pride of Singapore has been crowned as the best airport in the world for 6 consecutive years from 2013 to 2018.

Jewel, the newest pride of Singapore was previously parking area at Terminal 1. Today, it transformed to the luxurious 10-storey glass dome with the tallest indoor waterfall Vortex surrounded by beautiful lush greenery, Yotelair, Cinema, Retail stores, Restaurants, Cafes and more.

 
Rain Vortex & Sky Trains inside the dome and Changi Control Tower 
at the background.

Being a part of Changi Airport and connected to T1, T2 & T3, Jewel offers convenient airport facilities for passengers to catch their flights.

 
Early & Fast Check-in Counters.

  
Why not drop the heavy lugage here and explore Jewel...

My first impression when strolling inside the Jewel was I'm at two places at one time: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay. Here are the reasons...

 
Majectic Waterfall and lush vertical vegetation.

Gardens by the bay especially at Cloud Forest because of the misty Cloud Forest Waterfall looks quite similar to Forest Valley in Jewel. For your info, 40m high Rain Vortex with gorgeous light show when the sky turns dark is now crowned as the tallest indoor waterfall in the world, after 30m tall misty Cloud Forest Waterfall at Gardens by the bay stepped down to the second place.

 
Pokemon merchandise store, Nike with full product showcase, Duplex Muji store 

and second largest Uniqlo store in Singapore @Jewel Changi.

The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands is a shopping mall which also has a smaller Rain Vortex. However, The Shoppes housing mostly Luxury Brands, while Jewel has more pocket-friendly shops. For me, most of the time it's just window shopping at The Shoppes, while here I can shop without feeling quilty.

 
I highly recommend The Canopy Park as it is a theraupatic place 

to relax before boarding confined planes.

 
Delightful meals of either delectable local food or 

unique cuisines are ready to pamper your stomach.

For those passengers with time-constraint, please check the queueing time until the food is served. This is to make sure that you don't miss your flight as it might takes up to 2 hours especially those popular restaurants or stores with insane queues.

 
Do expect long queues and waiting time for popular shop and restaurants.

We spent about one hour waiting at Hong Kong's Michelin-starred Kam's Roast Restaurant and another 45 minutes to get 3 cups of Bubble tea.

Ok, do visit Jewel if you're in Singapore and snap photos with new iconic Rain Vortex and share your experiences with us.

For now, I just imagine me with smiling face holding a passport with ticket to San-Jose, walking to Early Check-in Counter to drop my luggage and ready to attend Connect Live with Local Guides around the world~!^^

Trump and Kim in Singapore for Historic Summit

The day of one of the most notable meeting of US President Donald Trump and North's leader Kim Jong-un is going to meet at Sentosa, the most iconic island in Singapore. Yes, of all the countries in the world, our little red dot Singapore was selected when it was least expected.

Watching Live broadcast of Trump-Summit from Channel News Asia 

while writing this article.

To be frank, I’m neither a fan of Kim nor Trump. I did curse and swear at Kim not once or twice, but every time I read the news of him pressing the button and activating a nuclear bomb! Wah!!! Really! Crazy, stupid, or impulsive action to threaten or maybe all of them? Sorry for the harsh words but that’s because I really don’t want my beloved second hometown, Korea, to be in a war.

It’s kind of hard for me to convince my sister and friends who wanted to visit Korea in Apr 2017. They kept asking me whether it’s safe to do so especially when I included DMZ on their itinerary for taxi tour.

 View of Geumgangsan Mountain in North Korea.

It inspired me to participate in the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit contest.

Tongil (통일) Unification Village.

Somehow they only visited Goseong Observatory, but not Camp Greaves, filming location of ‘Descendants of the Sun’.  The rising tension from North Korea when they announced that they will test missiles weekly  might be the reason why the Camp Greaves was closed or their taxi driver drove them to wrong location…

 

 Trump and Kim finally meet face to face in front of Capella Hotel, 12 June 2018 at 9am.

Did you notice somehow their flags have similar dominant colors and star(s)?

If you read the comments on the Social media, there are mixed perspectives and reactions about this summit…

“Why Singapore footing a $20m for the summit when Kim can afford to waste so much money in nuclear?!” although Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that this is Singapore's contribution to an international endeavour that is "in our profound interest". "It is a cost we are willing to pay."

“Another Wayang show” (Wayang is derived from the Indonesian shadow puppet show called "wanyang kulit". "Wayang" literally means shadow but is used locally to mean acting or boot-licking).

“I just feel like I can’t trust them…”

Despite some negative comments about the summit, most of the people from all walks of life in Singapore wish that this meeting will truly bring back the peace and reunify Korea.

“Good luck and pray for this historical moment.”, “For world peace, spending $20 million is totally worth it but make it a good outcome guys!”, “ 🌍 ☮ ❤ ”

 

Couldn’t really hear their conversation because of the annoying camera clicking noises… 

 However, judging from their good handshake and good mood,

the beginning of a good outcome of unity, harmony, prosperity

and peace seems likely!

Personally, I’m glad that they are going to work things out and thankfully they signed on joint efforts to build a “lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula” although not sure how much time is needed to really complete the process of denuclearisation (Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible, and Dismantlement). I hope that both parties are sincere and serious for a better future and that this paves the road for the successful reunification of Korea.

What do you think? Please comment below...