Ideas for Field Studies Singapore Tours • Outram Park – Thai Buddhist temple – Wat Ananda Metyarama – 50 Jalan Bukit Merah, Sikh Gurudwara Temple, Bab =a House – NUS Peranakan Museum, Nei Xue Tang Museum, Duke- NUS medical centre, Blair Road conservation area, Kampong Bahru shophouses • Joo Chiat – Telok Kurau Studios, Joo Chiat terrace houses on Koon Seng Road (Near the intersection of Joo Chiat Road and Koon Seng Road), Keuh makers, Malay Village • Chinese/Japanese Gardens – could combine with suiseki – make small rock gardens • Green Roof – Nanyang Technical Institute Art School – has galleries, classrooms with interesting studios • Lian Shan Shuang Monastery and Temple – Tao Payoh • Bridal Singapore – wedding dress district, wedding venues, photo albums • Dragon Kiln – Pottery Jungle – Bollywood Veggies - could do short pottery class, activity with motifs on Chinese ceramics – treasure hunt for specific designs and talk on their meanings. Not far from Nanyang Technical Institute • Food and Farms – Behind the scenes at Cold Storage? Jones the grocer, food farm area – see book “Fun in Singapore” • Flowers and Thompson Road – importing, wedding and event, hotel flower design, possible workshop in floral design • Botanical Garden – behind the scenes – education programs, orchid lab, vertical gardens • Haw Par Villa – costume dress for whole group photo, great stories Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and views of “hell” • Singapore Airlines – airport tours – need inside connection • Nassim Road #2,4, & 6 – 3 beautiful black and white house with different uses – Japan Creative Centre, NGO – Singapore Institute of International Affairs, UNIFEM for Women’s Issues • NUS – Kent Ridge – Cultural Centre – could ask curator to do a tour on a current exhibition or history of the University. ARI (Asia Research Institute) has lots of seminars http:/www/.ari.nus.edu.sg/calendarofevent.asp • SMU – challenges of setting up completely new American style university curriculum • Chinatown Sculptor – Aik Tuan Sculpture Shop, 26 Mohamed Ali Lane Ph 6222 0815, Chinese Brush painting supplies Si Bao Zhai arts gallery, Block 231 Bain Street #02-41/43/45 Bras Basah Complex Ph 6336 0024 • Semakau Landfill – bum boat from West Coast Pier, visit education centre, walk around the wetlands Semakau Landfill information leaflet. Available at NEA's Customer Service Centre, Level 2, Environment Building, Scotts Road. • Bukit Brown Cemetery - 36C Lor Halwa, Singapore, Officially opened on 1 January 1922, it operated for more than half a century before its closure in 1973. • Conference Hall and Trade Union House – Open in 1965 and is an fine example of 1960’s urban architecture. It is the home of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. • HortPark - part of the Southern Ridges that comprises Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Nature Park, is a one-stop gardening resource centre that brings together gardening-related, recreational, educational, research and retail activities under one big canopy in a park setting. • Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve - covers 130ha of mangroves, mudflats, ponds and secondary forest, home to unique plants and animals, as well as a wintering ground for many migratory birds • Kranji Countryside - The businesses in the area have banded together to promote the area as ‘agri-tainment’, where you can visit small farms selling organic vegetables, goat milk, ornamental fish, and even frog meat. • Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum – Built in 2007 at a cost of 62 million dollars, it was built to house a tooth that once was believed to have belonged to Buddha. • Kusu (meaning turtle) and St. John’s islands A short ferry ride from the Marina South Pier via Island Cruise (SGD 15, roundtrip, inclusive of stops) No food for sale on the islands. .