Beary Artsy

So 26 Beary Artistic Taiwanese guests from the MAAD event went out at 10AM, leaving me all lonely in the hostel :(:( So I sought company from the guestbook.

By one of the Taiwanese Artists! :)

A dainty little bear formed from small little pen strokes :)

Impressions of our welcoming reception! :)

By vietnamese Yo-yo-ers :)

Ohhhh the resemblance ♥♥♥♥♥

Lotsa Love ♥,

Joyce

Beary Tourist-y : Marina Bay Sands

Got an invitation to the premiere of Cirque Eloize iD at Marina Bay Sands. The show was awesome!! The standing ovation from the whole theater was very very veryyyy well deserved. :D

That's 8 chairs, if you were counting!

This guy in red juggled 9 balls at his maximum (in every direction you can imagine)

The Trampoline finale that made the whole theater cheer for a solid 5 minutes. :D

The tickets are priced at S$65 to s$125, available at the Marina Bay Sands Box Office! :) The Lion King and Music from Andrew Lloyd Webber are also showing now!

Marina Bay Sands has more to offer than just quality Musicals and Circus performances. Visit the Art Science Museum where you discover the mysterious ways art and science connect. The unique exterior of this building..... I can't understand how it works. (Well you see, it takes the shape of a lotus flower. Where exactly is the center of gravity?!)

There, go figure.

Want a bird's eye view of Singapore? Go to the Sand Sky Park! :) The view there is breathtaking, both in the day and at night.

You may also want to visit the Casino if you're feeling lucky! :)

Before you leave, go to the Helix Bridge in the evening to get some beautiful pictures of the bridge and the night view of Marina Bay Sands :)

Marina Bay Sands is one of the places in Singapore where it makes me feel like I am a tourist myself when I'm there :) So, it's a place that you should not miss as a tourist! :D Do share with us pictures that you have taken if you go there! (So we can replace our google-d images in this post.. haha)

Check this space again for more posts about events happening in Singapore and our tourist hotspots!

Lotsa Love ♥♥♥,

Joyce!

A BEARY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

So on a peacefully quiet afternoon at Beary Nice!.. Yay and I were chatting while Luke and Josh were fooling around with our bear's lovely sunglasses..

(♥_♥) Luke you sure look really cool here... (More female stalkers on facebook aye)

Josh joins Luke and.... (♥_♥) (♥_♥) Cuteness overload!!!

So as we continued chatting, we found out it was Josh's 22nd Birthday! (K actually we were eavesdropping on his conversation with his nan.. :p) We HAD to do something. Josh goes off to take a shower and I called for help to deliver a cake for our dear birthday boy! Luke and Yay then pops a bottle of champagne (awesome stuff from France) when Josh comes out from his shower! The birthday boy was grinning the whooole time :D

Cheers! :D

Meanwhile... My beloved friend was running up the beary long flight of stairs to get the cake to us before Josh leaves for his birthday dinner. *Whewwwww* We made it!! Lit the candles at the stairway and brought the cake in.....

Surrrrrprise!!! :D (Just look at how happy J is!)

Beary happy Josh with Beary accomplished me! :)

A group picture of allllll of you who made the surprise possible!! (Luke and Yay don't forget to come back before August to visit!! )

Lastly,

Happy 22nd Birthday Dear Josh!

( Missing all of you already :[ )

Lotsa Love ♥♥♥,

Joycelin

The best backpacker hostels in Singapore?! :)

Got an msn from Paula, our beary good ex-host and she said her friend happened to see this article published by Cnngo.com. Typically I won't just click any link fearing those nasty viruses or trojans especially those sent via msn but this time round, just had to do it.. ha ha...

Actually our day host Ila mentioned to me a couple of days ago that a journalist/writer dropped by our hostel to sort of do an interview but I wasnt around. Was pleasantly surprised that our hostel has been selected as one of the best hostels in Singapore! A bit unfortunate that I did not get to meet the journalist/writer of this article else I would have explained why we came up with the 'cheesy' name a beary good hostel.. but nevertheless, am happy to be mentioned although not too sure how they came up with the ratings... :)

Here's the article for your reading pleasure ya!

p/s: Also thanks to our beloved guest Amar Naik for giving a nice review. Really appreciate it and glad you had a nice stay at our hostel!

Click here to read more!

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010

The Standard Chartered Marathon has been going on for 8 years and the number of runners keeps growing. Many from other countries specially come to Singapore just to participate this event. We have some bookings from guests in beary good whom will be participating the run, too!

So, avid runners, did you sign up for the run? Well, one of our beary brave host did and will be running this international marathon happening on 5th December 2010 (Sunday), from 5.00 a.m. So, Run, Shan, Run!!! We will be supporting you, gal!!

Where are you, beary nice?

To answer your burning questions and to prove how close beary nice! is to the Chinatown MRT and how easy it is to locate us, one of our lovely host, Diane, created a photo guide to lead you to us @ beary nice! Enjoy for those visually starved folks.. hehe..:)



Thanks, D!! :)

So what are you waiting for?

p/s: Oh, when you come out of the long escalator from the MRT, remember to turn your head towards left, you'll see a beary good hostel's white sleepy bear logo greeting you! hehe..:)

a story about beary nice!

Gosh.. I know I know, I have gone missing.. totally. :) But really, it's all for a good cause. Was terribly busy in the process of 'making' beary nice! our newest hostel @ Smith Street and now that it's finally opened, phew.. it's all good.

Really thank you so much for all your support! We've hit a whopping 100 guests in our first week of opening and the enquiries are flowing in. Really thank you!!

So, why beary nice!? Well, Bill and myself have always wanted to extend a beary good hostel @ Pagoda St due to the overwhelming responses from our satisfied guests and we felt so bad for guests whom we are unable to accommodate due to our limited capacity, so we decided to open a sister hostel, called beary nice! to keep beary good company.. ha ha! :)

We had alot of trouble searching for the right location initially, took us months! as our main focus has always been constant and that is to provide a place where the guests would be able to conveniently locate us and also definitely be central to everywhere else in Singapore! Where else but must be near the MRT/Subway/Metro, right?

I'm sure all of you know by now and can count the number of steps a beary good hostel is located, which is right outside of Chinatown MRT Station, Exit A: Pagoda Street. Well, beary nice! hostel is just only 2 minutes away from a beary good hostel! Smith Street (beary nice!) is famously known as the food street @ Chinatown Singapore, whereas Pagoda Street (abearygoodhostel) is known for it's busy bustling street for shopping for souveniers, clothes and even electronics! Now, that's what we call a lethal combination! We purposely chose the busiest street in the heart of Chinatown!!!

So here are some photos of the 'process of making beary nice!', some behind the scene photos, the work, the labour, the sweat, the battles, the tough decisions we had to make just to deliver a cosy and colourful beary nice! hostel just for you!! :)
colours: tonnes of paint were splashed all over the walls (okay, maybe I exaggerated a little! but let's just say, a lot of paint were used to colour beary nice!)..hehe..:)
planning: humm.. should I place it here? even made my trusty contractor to take some shots so I can 'visualize' it. Everything we do, we make sure the guest will use it comfortably, ok!
decisions, decisions: like choosing lightings..
more decisions: choosing tiles....
loads and loads of shopping.. the car was always filled up to it's capacity each time we got out of a store!!! We've learnt to ignore lotsa stares from passerbys...
battles: dealing with contractors who are always talking on the phone!! (just kidding, without them, we wouldn't have made it! Thanks Sunny and Eric!) constant monitoring: had to be there daily to make sure all renovation works and carpentry are done properly!!!
Not shy!! Tolerating attention seeking renovation contractors: Haha.. no kidding, this jolly chap was so excited that I told him I'm gonna take pictures and post it on the web, he dived into every shot and started cam whoring.... I have many other shots... trust me...
Lotsa D.I.Y.S: To stamp our blood and sweat into the hostel, we take upon labourious tasks like painting furniture.... (don't worry, we have wiped off any visible blood stain and sweat *grin grin*)
Resorting to child labour: to keep our budget low, the DIYS includes engaging free child labour to fix up furniture...(note: no children were harmed in the process of the making of beary nice!)
beary nice! signages: the most important of all, our beary nice! signature logo!!

The final touches!!! And that's it! I present you the lovely, spacious, cosy beary nice!! *tsk tsk* We even had guests staying over before our opening on 28th October 2010! :)

Exterior view of beary nice! Rustic old and charming shophouse, about more than 60 years old!
beary nice! Reception... we maintained the ever popular reception logo where all guests love taking photos!
super cosy lounge fully equipped with comfy sofa, rocking chairs, surfing stations, wii, dvd player, 42" plasma tv, etc!!
our bright and neat functional pantry that comes with microwave, fridge and utensils! :
Our lovely cosy dorm rooms: Funky Orange Dorm Room
Cool Blue Dorm Room
Ever Green Dorm Room

Okay, that's it from me for now. I still have more photos to share. Maybe will do it later after I catch my breathe... (or rest my fingers).. ha ha.. later loves!!!

Singapore Lantern Festival 2010

Hey Hey, been wanting to blog something about the Lantern Festival happening soon. About 2 weeks back, I was walking along Pagoda Street around midnight and saw a bunch of workers setting up lanterns all over Chinatown. Quite a sight, really nice and peaceful to be able to admire the colours and serenity. :)

Here are some info that you might find useful while visit Singapore during this period:

Chinatown Lantern Festival Street Light Up
- Huge lanterns and fairy lights brightened up Eu Tong Sen Street, New Bridge Road and the street bazaars along the side streets.
- From Sat, 11 Sep 2010 to 10 Oct 2010
- From 7pm till late nightly.
- Expect the festival was launched on the evening of Saturday, 11 Sep 2010 near Chinatown MRT - with a flurry of energetic activities.

Street Bazaar
- Pagoda Street, Terrenganu Street, Sago Street and Chinatown Complex become pretty busy with vendors selling mooncakes, savouries, lanterns and other festive wares.
- From Thur, 9 Sep 2010 to Wed, 22 Sep 2010.
- From 11am till late daily.

Stage Shows
- A good mix of traditional and comtemporary entertain at Kreta Ayer Square (near Buddha Tooth Relic Temple).
- From Sat, 11 Sep 2010 to Wed, 22 Sep 2010.
- From 8pm nightly.

Mass Lantern Procession
- From 7.30pm on Sat, 18 Sep 2010.
- The procession starts at the open field near Outram MRT Station and ends near the river banks in Clarke Quay. Join in with your own lanterns!

Lantern Festival Events @ Singapore River
- the huge lanterns near Clarke Quay and on the River, and the cultural performances near The Central.
- Nightly, 8-22 Sep 2010.

So, enjoy the lights and mooncakes, folks! :)

It's the Mid Autumn Festival 2010...get yer groove on!!!

Tonight, Chinatown will be ablaze with the lights from many many lanterns. It's the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mooncake or Lantern Festival. Do take a walk around the area and immerse yourselves in the festivities. Click on the link below for more info on all the activities schedule and do enjoy yourselves :)

YourSingapore.com - Mid-Autumn Festival 2010