About 'The Little Red Dot'

In this post, I am going to write about 'The little red dot'.

You may wonder what is so special about a little red dot. However, the little red dot I am talking about is special.
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It is an epithet for Singapore! Do you know about Singapore? Singapore is a very country, an island located below Malaysia. The reason it is called 'The little red dot' can be seen from a world map.

Can you see? Singapore is so tiny in the world map that it is signified by 'a little red dot'. In fact it is a tiny country, even smaller than Seoul. Although it is a small country, because of its location, Singapore is a very important country in global trade.

There are some things you need to see when you visit Singapore. First of all, it's 'Marina Bay Sands'.

It is a hotel with some attractions such as shopping center, expo, casino, museum and more. I've been there when I lived in Singapore, and it was amazing! Although I could not get into the casino because of my age, there were endless stores to shop and theatre to watch musicals. I remember watching 'The Lion King' in Marina Bay Sands. Among various attractions, the best and the most well known one is the swimming pool at the roof of the building.

 

It has been issued world wide because of it's unique design. The edge of the swimming pool looks so thrilling, because it seems like there are no fence. However, it is not dangerous as it looks.

Secondly, its Merlion. Merlion is an imaginary animal, which has head of a lion and body of a fish. This imaginary animal signifies Singapore, and it can be seen in many sovenirs in Singapore.



There are five merlions in Singapore. But the most well known ones are three of them. One in Sentosa and two in Marina Bay Sands.

This one is the biggest merlion of the three and is located in Sentosa island, Singapore. It is 37m replica of merlion and you can go inside and there are some sovenir shops and observatory. You can go up to its mouth and top of its head. Some people call it 'the father merlion'. The reason it is called the father merlion is because there are a mother merlion and a baby merlion too!

These two are the ones in Merlion Park, Marina Bay Sands. The merlion on the left is about 8.6m tall and people call it mother merlion. Unlike other merlions, this one spurts out water from its mouth. The one on the right is a 2m cub merlion behind the mother merlion. It is very small and cute compare to the other two.

Now you know what 'The Little Red Dot' is and what you need to see in Singapore right?
If you haven't been to Singapore yet, try going there for your next holiday.
You will have lots of fun in The Little Red Dot!