::Haw Par Villa::
Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 1:28 AM
::19th Oct 09::
After passing by Haw Par Villa a few times, I've got a sudden urge to have an excursion there. I've been there before when I was really young... But I don't remember it anymore. Well, maybe only some short memory flashes of the trip. So I dragged XueNi along with me! :D Okay okay, I'm not that bad!! D: I asked her first before dragging her there :P Took bus51 from the bus stop opposite Alexandra Hospital to Har Par Villa.
Anyway... Har Par Villa was kinda run down. Nothing much to see except for the "Ten Courts of Hell" and lots of displays of Chinese statues and stuff. Also, only a few of the displays have signboards of description. So most of the time, I was totally clueless of what am I looking at :\ Just randomly walking about and merely looking at the displays. Moreover, the day we went on a really really scorching hot! The sun was totally merciless! I felt as though my soul was being sucked away. Bit by bit! The excursion was even more tiring than the HSBC Tree Top Walk! D:
Anyway, from here onwards, there would be a spam of pictures. Because I didn't really know what to type/say about the displays. Chinese legends and myths are not my forte. I can't remember as their names and stuff are in Chinese! & worst if they have no descriptions at all.
So here we go~ xD
虎豹別墅!
Imagine that there was actually a $16 admission fee!
But that was a long time ago.
Sheep vs. snake
Who will win? xD
Time to walk to the entrance~
Yay! Reached xD
As you can obviously see... this is the map of Haw Par Villa.
The first attraction we went to see was the "Ten Courts of Hell". There is a $1 entry fee for it. The whole place there is a nightmare :\ Especially when you entered the "Ten Courts of Hell". It was a hellish nightmare. Filled with gruesome statues. Well, hell ain't a walk in a park. But outside was alright. I didn't take any of the gruesome statues in there. But XueNi and I managed to read and see all the different punishments for different sins. We were scared and held onto each other in the beginning xD Because... WE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THERE :\
The ticket.
"There is no end to suffering in here; Stop sinning before its too late."
English translation.
I have no idea what does this meant...
But there are lots of limbless animal statues there D:
I like this :)
Peace~
Another peace~
Wishing well!
Spewing out green algae water... :\
We tried to make a wish by throwing a coin at the bell.
But we missed xD
Here is the entrance to the "Ten Courts of Hell",
guarded by "Ox-head" and "Horse-face" of the "Nether World".
Time to go in D:
King Yama judging the person's sins.
Golden bridge for those with virtuous conducts in their past live.
Sliver bridge for those whose good deeds during their life outweighed the bad.
The evil doers will be taken to the Mirror of Retribution and then to the different courts for punishment, depending on their sins.
After serving their punishments, King Zhuanglun at the Tenth Court will then judge
whether the person will reborn as an animal or a human.
They will get brought to the "Pavilion of Forgetfulness" where an old lady, Men Po, will hand them a cup of magic tea which on drinking, makes them forget their past lives.
After drinking the magic tea, they will leave the "Ten Courts of Hell"
via one of the 6 paths of the "Wheel of Reincarnation", the Samsara.
I like saying this! :D
The Chinese Zodiac.
Dragon! Me! :D
Oops~ :X
The wall of 9 dragons.
The Emperor's sons.
Random stuff I saw there! xD
Water hyacinth :)
So pretty~
Us! :D
The ticket.
"There is no end to suffering in here; Stop sinning before its too late."
English translation.
I have no idea what does this meant...
But there are lots of limbless animal statues there D:
I like this :)
Peace~
Another peace~
Wishing well!
Spewing out green algae water... :\
We tried to make a wish by throwing a coin at the bell.
But we missed xD
Here is the entrance to the "Ten Courts of Hell",
guarded by "Ox-head" and "Horse-face" of the "Nether World".
Time to go in D:
King Yama judging the person's sins.
Golden bridge for those with virtuous conducts in their past live.
Sliver bridge for those whose good deeds during their life outweighed the bad.
The evil doers will be taken to the Mirror of Retribution and then to the different courts for punishment, depending on their sins.
After serving their punishments, King Zhuanglun at the Tenth Court will then judge
whether the person will reborn as an animal or a human.
They will get brought to the "Pavilion of Forgetfulness" where an old lady, Men Po, will hand them a cup of magic tea which on drinking, makes them forget their past lives.
After drinking the magic tea, they will leave the "Ten Courts of Hell"
via one of the 6 paths of the "Wheel of Reincarnation", the Samsara.
I like saying this! :D
And with that, we left the place and went outside to continue walking randomly about. For more information on the "Ten Courts of Hell" like the different punishments served, click HERE.
Oh! There was one thing that puzzles me... Why are there lots of statues of animals behaving like humans?!?!?! And I also realized that for Buddhist, their heaven is only for gods and those immortal beings. And after walking through the "Ten Courts of Hell", from the way it looks like everyone is going to hell... :\ Glad I'm an atheist :D :X
Anyway... here are more random pictures. Really don't know what to say anymore about the place :(
Not sure why is there a Statue of Liberty there? :O
Huge dead praying mantis :(
R.I.P.
Fu Lu Shou; 福禄寿
Sounding the Fu Lu Shou bell~
It was really loud! My ears hurt after that xD
Anyway... here are more random pictures. Really don't know what to say anymore about the place :(
Not sure why is there a Statue of Liberty there? :O
Huge dead praying mantis :(
R.I.P.
Fu Lu Shou; 福禄寿
Sounding the Fu Lu Shou bell~
It was really loud! My ears hurt after that xD
The Chinese Zodiac.
Dragon! Me! :D
Oops~ :X
The wall of 9 dragons.
The Emperor's sons.
Random stuff I saw there! xD
Water hyacinth :)
So pretty~
Us! :D
Anyway, we left the place after exploring for 1 hour, with aching legs, sweaty bodies and depleted souls. Waited friggin' long for bus51. We then went to Bugis for KFC and also visited iluma to see if there were any spare jubeat machines... but NO! It was crowded as usual :\ I bought my painting stuff at $8.50 for my Pokéball at Bras Basah Complex's Popular.
When should I start on my Pokéball!!
I wish I would quit procrastinating!! D:
When should I start on my Pokéball!!
I wish I would quit procrastinating!! D:
A Summer's Disregard, A Broken Bottle Top And A One Man's Soul.
They Follow Each Other On The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere To Go
-Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror
They Follow Each Other On The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere To Go
-Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror
Labels: excursion, info, photo, pokemon
--xoxo,
Akira Star
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