Woodlands 之行 1 - Marsiling (MRT)

9月12日 星期六

今天不用进OFFICE，因为老板不在家，哈哈。

一大早起来，赖了一会儿床，就出发了，8点15分。坐MRT直接去MARSILING。

这是MARSILING（马西岭）的MRT，很有马来的味道。





之所以要来此地逛，是因为昨晚回来看了报纸THE STRAITS TIMES - URBAN介绍的"WOODLANDS WOW" - DID YOU KNOW?

• WOODLANDS WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1823 AS THE GATEWAY TO NORTHERN SINGAPORE FROM THE MALAYAN PENINSULA.
• ITS NAME WAS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM THE RUBBER TREES THAT GREW IN PLANTATIONS THERE.
• THE 1,056M-LONG CAUSEWAY, WHICH OPENED IN 1924, TOOK 5 YEARS TO COMPLETE.
• THE BRITISH BLEW UP THE CAUSEWAY ON JAN. 31,1942, OPENING A 21M GAP TO PREVENT JAPANESE FORCES FROM CROSSING TO SINGAPORE. HOWEVER, THE JAPANESE REPAIRED THE DAMAGE IN JUST A FEW DAYS.
• MARSILING IN WOODLANDS GOT ITS NAME FROM THE MAINLAND HOMETOWN OF THE ESTATE'S OWNER, RUBBER MAGNATE LIM NEE SOON, WHO HAILED FROM MAXI IN CHINA'S TEOCHEW PREFECTURE.
• BUILT IN THE 1930S, THE SRI ARASAKESARI SIVAN TEMPLE AT THE NEARBY SUNGEI KADUT AVENUE BOASTS TYPICAL SOUTH INDIA DRAVIDIAN ARCHITECTURE AND IS ONE OF WOODLANDS' OLDEST BUILDINGS. IT IS FREQUENTED BY SRI LANKAN HINDUS.
• ONE OF SINGAPORE'S LARGEST LAKES CAN BE FOUND AT THE 12.8ha WOODLANDS TOWN GARDEN. THE MAN-MADE FEATURE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1983.

除此之外，还介绍了几家很不错的小店。所以吸引了我。