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Saturday, January 13, 2007

It's a brand new merlion.

What's this? This is a Singapore icon. It's called the Merlion. It consits of the lion head and fish body. Do you know it is built in 1972? Which means it is actually older than me!

You can wikipedia it to read more :-)



This merlion looks brand new because it underwent a manicure and pedicure for 5 weeks last year :-) haha...

All of you guessed the right thing in yesterday's comments. All so so clever! hehe..

8 comments:

Gerald (Ackworth born) said...

Not so lonely now it has been moved from its old site by the harbour entrance -- see my 2001 picture -- http://www.geraldengland.co.uk/nz/nzp004.htm

Olivier said...

cette fontaine est magnifique, bravo pour ta photo et ton choix de perspective.

this fountain is splendid, cheer for your photograph and your choice of prospect.

Dsole said...

Love this weird animal! So original... can you image to find someone like this? It would be more like a fish than a lion I think... Nice contrast with modern buildings far away :)
madrid dp

edwin s said...

Oi, how to do mani/pedi if got no legs and paws? Funny lah you :)

And ya, the tilted geniuses we are!

JaamZIN said...

to me its definitely a Lion:) a funny one

Meg said...

It doesn't matter how often I see this one, it IS the symbol/landmark of Singapore, and as far as symbols/landmarks go, it's a good looking one, I say.

tigerfish said...

i forgot this is the photo blog, not the makan blog, so i'm the only one who guessed incorrectly. Boo me!

Unknown said...

Tiger, you must be hungry :-)

Edwin, maybe the tail had a tailycure. Such word exist? haha..

The rest, thanks for your comments. really really love reading them. This Merlion is different from Gerald's picture way in 2001 yah? The grand dame has age gracefully. haha..