Sg Engagement Shoot Location Hunt – Southern Ridges

As my heading goes.. 🙂

We’ve done a trial engagement shoot last March here in SG already, and it was fun. That fun, that we decided to have another one. But this time it’s for real!

So to coincide with my DIYs this month is the search for our locations and theme. I feel lucky that I have met Rae and Noel way back in Manila and know that we’ll be in good, talented and professional hands.

To kick off, I decided to search for the locations first.. And I told baby that we need to visit at least 3 prenup sites to decide. Guess what? He told me that in the end we’ll just go to 1 place cos I’ll be lazy! Hmmpt! Prove him he’s wrong!

Here’s a list of few places we can go (compiled from different blogsites)

Beach/Sea theme

Changi Beach/Broadwalk
East Coast Parkway
Labrador Park – Beach area
Marina Barrage (may need pre clearance)
Marina South Pier (may need pre clearance)
Mount Faber – restaurant, platform and such
Punggol Beach
Sentosa Beaches – Tanjong Beach, Palawan Beach, Siloso Beach
Sentosa Big Tree
West Coast park

Nature/Greenery/Country theme

Botanic Garden
Bukit timah nature reserve
Chinese Gardens
Fort Canning Park
Henderson Wave
Hort Park
Hyderbad Road
Kent Ridge Park
Labrador Park
Lower Pierce Reservoir Park
Macrichie Reservoir
Mount Faber
Punggol Lallang near Punggol Marina
Seletar Camp
Sentosa (some of the trails)

Urban theme

1-Altitude (may need pre clearance)
Armenian Church (may require pre clearance)
Arab St.
Balcony at Heeren
Blair Road / Everton Road Ion frontage
Borders
Bus
Bus Stops
Bus Termina
CHIJMES (inside Church area will require pre clearance)
Changi Airport , esp T3
Chinatown, crowded area
Chinese Garden
Changi Boardwalk
City Hall / Old Supreme Court
Clarke Quay (cafe, bridges, sampan)
Emerald Hill
Escape Theme Park
Esplanade – inside outside
Esplanade free performance area
Equinox at Swissotel (may need pre clearance)
F1 Complex
HDB area (+ around rooftop)
Ion Orchard (may need pre clearance)
Old Parliament House (Indoor requires pre clearance)
Jaan, Swissotel
Jurong Birdpark
Kampong Arang
Kinokuniya
Ku De Ta Singapore (may need pre clearance)
Lasalle School of Fine Arts
Little India
LOVE near Dhoby Ghout
MRT Stations (most notable: City Hall, Dhoby Ghout, China Town)
Merlion Statue at Marina area
Nanyang Technological University campus
Nanyang Technological University campus – ADM Building
National University of Singapore campus
National Library
National Museum Singapore
Orchard Central
Parkview Square
Private condos in orchard area
Raffles Hotel (interior needs pre clearance)
Raffles Hotel Shopping Area
Raffles Hotel Eating Area (try peanut bar)
Salt Grill, ION Sky
Sentosa Resort (shop area or casino)
Singapore Art Museum
Singapore Flyer (inside / outside)
Singapore Management University campus
Singapore Zoo
Sky on 57, Marina Bay Sand
Supermarket (NOT NTUC) somewhere at orchard area or such
Suntec Fountain of Wealth (may need pre clearance)
Tanjong Pagar / Duxton
Tiger Beer Tower Sentosa
That CD shop
The Gateway (may need pre clearance)
The Helipad (may need pre clearance)
The Lantern Bar (may need pre clearance)
Thian Hock Keng Temple
Vivo City rooftop

Cafe, Eatries and Such – places to eat with interesting decor

Cafe del Mar Sentosa
Dempsey Hill (plenty… kinda)
Equinox at Swissotel (may need pre clearance)
Hai Tien Lo at Pan Pacific
Jaan, Swissotel
Ma Maison near city area at Bugis Junction
Salt Grill, ION Sky
Singapore Flyer (can eat inside)
Sky on 57, Marina Bay Sand
Ristorante Pietrasanta (may need pre clearance)
Rochester Park (plenty of nice restaurant here)
Wild Oats at Upper Willkie Road

Universal Studio
Sentosa

The easiest way to do it is to shortlist places and I decided to blog about them (one place a day).

Let’s start with..,

Southern Ridges

The Southern Ridges are a chain of green hills in the south of Singapore, stretching from Mount Faber through Telok Blangah Hill and Kent Ridge Park to Clementi Woods in the west.
Elevated boardwalks, bridges and trails connect the individual parks to create a green corridor full of fascinating animal and plant life and historical anecdotes. Henderson Waves, Singapore’s highest pedestrian bridge, and numerous viewpoints along the trail offer scenic vistas of downtown Singapore, the harbour and the islands in the south of the city-state.

How to get to the Southern Ridges:

For the sake of simplicity, only the starting points of the tour are described here. Details on additional points of access can be obtained from the websites listed below.

Meeting place Hortpark: (see map)
At HortCentre. Hortpark is served by bus numbers 51, 61, 93, 97, 100, 166, 963. The bus stop is located right next to the Alexandra Arch; from there it’s about five minutes walk to the HortCentre.

Meeting place Harbourfront: (see map)
Car park between Seah Im Food Court and Harbourfront MRT Station, Exit A. Harbourfront Station is served by bus numbers 10, 30, 57, 61, 65, 80, 93, 97, 100, 131, 143, 145, 166, 188, 408, 409, 855, 963.

Taken from (http://www.ulusingapore.com/)

So Southern Bridges actually starts from Harbourfront station to Kent Ridge Park. Popular sites would be the Hort Park, Alexandra Arch, Henderson Waves. It will lead you to Marang Trail which will eventually lead you to the cable cars at Mt Faber.