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Cineblast
Cineblast, 4D Magix and Desperadoes offer different 4-D virtual-reality thrill rides and shows per admission – the ‘fourth’ dimension being the water sprayed at you (how rude!). There are several nature trails including the Dragon Trail Nature Walk, which has been typically livened up with plaster dragons and fossils. There are also plenty of long-tailed macaques about – keep your food hidden!
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Cable Car
To get to the top of Mt Faber, ride the spectacular cable car from the HarbourFront Centre. Walking is difficult but rewarding, a maze of steep trails taking you through twisted copses of dense, buzzing forest, with strategically positioned seats, pavilions, lookouts and colonial-era black-and-white bungalows along the way. The summit is also part of the Southern Ridges span of parks.
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Kim Choo’s Kitchen
You can catch demonstrations of how to make bak chang (rice dumplings). It sells traditional kebayas (Nonya-style blouses with decorative lace) and beaded shoes, and run beading classes. Don’t forget to buy some bak chang or kueh (bite-sized titbits) before you go.
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Gogreen Segway Eco Adventure
Make like a dotcom dork on a Segway ride with Gogreen Segway Eco Adventure. Get perpendicular on this two-wheeled vehicle and scoot round a circuit (10 minutes, S$10) or opt for a longer jaunt to Tanjong or Siloso Beach (45 minutes, S$35).
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School of Hard Knocks
Royal Selangor runs the School of Hard Knocks, at which groups of 12 bash pewter into malleable masterpieces. Thirty-minute courses cost S$30; you get to keep the inscribed dish you make and your natty SOHN apron.
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Rumah Bebe
It sells traditional kebayas (Nonya-style blouses with decorative lace) and beaded shoes, and run beading classes. Don’t forget to buy some bak chang or kueh (bite-sized titbits) before you go.
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Belly Dance Discovery
Master the Middle Eastern art of booty shaking. The S$5 introductory classes are popular. Eight-lesson courses cost S$175. Guys will have to continue nursing their belly-dancer aspirations; strictly female-only.
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Dairy Farm Quarry
Dairy Farm Quarry near Bukit Timah is the only legal place to climb in Singapore. Most of the 20-plus routes are bolted and can be tackled with a 50m rope; bring your own gear.
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Willow Stream Spa
Willow Stream Spa covers all the bases – massages, facials, wraps, manicures pedicures, waxing – and keeps you relaxed for hours. Prices start at S$40 and go sky high.
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Jitterbugs Swingapore
Beautiful teachers instruct participants in the art of shimmying and shaking (there’s even pole dancing). Walk-in classes are S$20 and eight-week classes are S$160.
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Shambhala Yoga Centre
The Shambhala Yoga Centre has Hatha, Iyengar, Vinyasa and Ashtanga classes, and Pilates. It sometimes offers a free class for first-time visitors.
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Singapore Waterski & Wakeboard Federation
The Singapore Waterski & Wakeboard Federation runs waterskiing and wakeboarding lessons (from S$90 per hour on weekdays, S$120 on weekends).
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Singapore River Cruises
Offers bumboat tours (adult S$13-18, child S$8-10, 30 to 45 minutes) from the Merlion at the river mouth upstream to Robertson Quay, plus everything in between.
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Spice Queen
Local celebrity chef Devagi Sanmugam conducts Indian cooking demos in a kitchen above her restaurant. Shopping trips are a highlight.
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Downtown East E! Hub
Head to Downtown East E! Hub. It’s the building with the Ferris wheel built inside (rides S$6.50).
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SuperCue
Singaporeans love to play pool. Bend elbows with raucous teens at SuperCue.
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Absolute Yoga
Absolute Yoga offers ‘Hot Yoga’, Hatha and Iyengar classes along with Pilates.
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Water-Venture
Water-Venture offers windsurfing classes (S$35) and courses (S$55 to S$150).
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Pool Fusion
Singaporeans love to play pool. Chalk your cue at Pool Fusion.
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California Fitness
Gym junkies can head to California Fitness.
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Fitness First
Gym junkies can head to Fitness First.
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True Fitness
Gym junkies can head to True Fitness.
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