New Year Countdown at Clarke Quay

Welcoming 2014 is such an exciting event for us as a couple and also for my family who for the first time celebrated New Year abroad.

To give my folks a Singapore New Year Celebration, I chose to book a hotel in Clarke Quay. It is known that fireworks display in Esplanade Marina Bay area is spectacular.

The party is in the city!

I booked a room at Novotel Clarke Quay to spend the New Year's eve.

Tip1: If staying at a hotel nearby Marina area and Clarke Quay, request for a bayview room so that you can enjoy the fireworks show.

Tip2: Novotel is not a bad choice too. The hotel is cozy though quite cheaper than Marina Bay Sands. Always book earlier because most of the hotels are fully booked even a year before.

Tip3: Novotel is also walking distance to Central, a mall where you can buy cakes and New Year's eve food.

Me and my husband went to Chinatown to buy our 13 fruits to follow the tradition.

Tip4: Don't forget the trumpets, party hats and poppers.

Tip5: Dress up for the New Year! Our 2014 theme was polka dots, even the boys did wear dotsie long sleeves. Be fabulous!

Tip6: Countdown party is annually celebrated at The Esplanade and also at Clarke Quay. We can see the party from our window.

As they say, celebrate the New Year with a bang!
Enjoy the fireworks and we give glory to God for all the blessing He grant me and Angelo and our families!

Beautiful and bountiful sight of glittering magic at Singapore's skyline.

Singapore Halloween Experience in Clarke Quay

We didn't know that Halloween parties in Singapore are thrilling and well participated. With our close friend, me and Angelo went to roam around Clarke Quay to spend the halloween night together.

We went there to have dinner and didn't expect that a lot of people wearing different costumes are participating and waiting for the Halloween open party to start.

Tip1: Costumes, prepare your Halloween costumes or try to visit Daiso stores to look for the materials and there are also "ready to wear" costumes. Like for me and my husband we bought his pumpkin hat and my pink sparkly ribbon in Daiso.

Initially we were not sure if people really dress up for Halloween in Clarke Quay,  then we learned that we are actually under-dressed! ^_^

Tip2: Go to Clarke Quay earlier or make dinner reservations to avoid long queues. We chose to dine in Hooters, it was a long queue.

Hooters is creepy! With skeletons hanging! Most of the people dining are also dressed up for Halloween.

We had a nice dinner but no beer. ^_^

We all love the fried pickles!

Tip3: Go for a stroll after dinner. And join the party! Combination of western and asian creepiness!

It was a good crowd! We enjoyed taking photos with the participants!

Try Clarke Quay Halloween this year, enjoy!