Trip - Tuas TV World

Good Afternoon Blog,

This must be one of my most impromptu hikes ever or my first impromptu hike. Why so? As I was transforming myself into a pig or couch potato, I browsed a fb post which caught my attention.

After I learned its location and it will be gone sooner... I decided to gear up and left my home.

What was it so special which made me give up my transformation? Yes, as titled, it was Tuas TV World.

I saw the fb post of a hiker who visited TV World which I don't even know such a place exists before. You can Google TV World (link)

I thought that place was built within its studio but nope! It was somewhere and easily found!

The distance from here to the destination

Honestly... a long journey especially when most passengers left the cabin...

As I travelled towards the West side, I don't see any more tall buildings.

A totally different place from what I know of typical Singapore

In my mind, I was thinking... Am I crazy? Just to rush down to that place.

I wondered and worried that the place will be shut from the public, and turned into a wasted trip.

Don't need to worry, since I am here, let's DO IT!

Followed the track

Open space station

Saw these plants along the roadside which caught my attention. Three plants queued up with three different leaves colours - silver, green to yellow.

A Close up of the silvery plant, interesting colour.

Mr Sun and Miss Sky can't wait to visit TV World.

Approaching and my mind started to imagine stuff

Big drainage - I can imagine when heavy rain, this place will be flooded or run heavily.

The road entrance to TV World

OOO! I could see the building from here!

Welcome to TV World

From outside, I could recall some local soap dramas with the past setting scenario.

Security guard seat post

No sleeping sign. Hahaha First time seeing this sign. Maybe it meant - don't sleep here,

shhh...

Hi TV World! Thanks for welcoming me.

Here was the map of the area.

I will start with the left building

It seemed there is no one around... The building looks like a silly face, welcoming me to explore further.

Ooooo! It wa not as rundown as I imagined

If have enough time and equipment, can re-enacted some scenes

It looked like someone kicked the door from the bottom too much

The stairs looked sturdy so let's go up and have a good look.

An empty room here. Honestly, I will like to see some furniture here but nope.

just emptiness like myself

We can see the world through the window but we can't interact much besides viewing.

Through that window, I could see TV World in the past and acting with the video crew.

I turned around and continued to explore other connected rooms - they looked clean.

Nice place for shooting

I felt that this kind of thing will be gone and forgotten, so it will be stored in my memory bank.

Posed for the setting

Oh dear... My phone battery left 12%... and to spice things up... My camera started to give me 1/4 red battery life bar... I guess... I will try to speed up the process here

Nice calligraphy here - hmm... No more brainpower to analyze what this poem trying to express

Interesting house :)

Building B - Opposite of the three connected houses.

Another empty and rundown house

Wanted to go up but the stair is not safe... And my phone and camera battery were drying.

Alright, let's speed up to explore the rest

This place does not look like in SG if it was properly maintained.

Feeling like walking in the past.

This building has many small shophouses. Let's check those out.

Some shoot of the abandoned shophouses. Quite rundown and best to just observe from outside.

Oooo! A walk-in backyard

LOOK! An old bicycle was found in the toilet!

Love this backyard here

It seemed like a tunnel to the past

Found another cleaner toilet here

Let's go up to second floor

A lot of littering though

but after another turn, a spacious floor

with another window structure.

While exploring the second floor, I noticed something

A few broken platforms so it was quite dangerous here

Oh dear... My camera started to blink... I forgot to bring power bank... and my phone left 10%

Let's explore the rest of the areas before my battery drains.

Hmmm... I saw a room with many mattresses - a mat used for doing stunts while filming.

A place where they hang clothing.

Oh no... My camera started to heat up.

Next building

Wanted to go up and take a look but... My camera won't last long for the rest.

Looking at the buildings from a different perspective

Fx house - Maybe a place to store Effect stuff

This place seemed spacious and there lays a target board which was left in the past for training ground. And this place was intruded on by strangler plants.

Sooner, this place will be taken over by this plant.

Checking the back of Fx house

Until now, I found no one around here...

One of the modern buildings here looked solid, might be the filming crew office.

I didn't proceed further as you can see inside this building is not safe.

Next Looks like a cinema building

Grand Entrance

The beautiful layout here. This was where my camera went completely dead... I knew there are some more places left and my phone left 8%...

I guess I will just take it from outside than go into those buildings

Looking back, it seemed like I have to miss out a few buildings

The blue building

Let's enter this building

Wooow It looked like a warehouse.

Interesting to see how the plant's root spread out and a lot of scraps.

Slightly wealthy exterior

Just take a short peep of the interior because... my phone left 6%

Building G - hmmm.... It seemed like every building has its own label.

I wondered what is inside...

ooooo! It is a Church!

A setting where the crew used it for marriage scenes

For me, just a me-moment shot

Wanted to go up there but let's go!

They even have a Kampong building

If I have enough battery, will have take many pictures here

Small and well-lilted house

I believed this chair was functional until some visitors abused it

Another solid structure here

That was some old car here

Rusty and wore engine exposed

Re-imagined you are inside the car

Wow, I was so wanted to walk up there but... left 4%...

A shot of the side of this building

Holland St Building

Plants are consuming the area

I must say this building seemed new as compared to the previous one - definitely safer

It was also used by someone and might come back tonight.

Left 3% and thanks goodness, I had covered the whole place with limited battery life

Hope when they demolished this place can still keep this plant.

Beautiful scene here

Left 2% and Time to return

Wanted to enter this building but I can't... My phone battery left no more...

Walked back to the entrance overviewed the TV World's first two buildings

On my right seemed like a loading bay

and a place for the crew to have their briefing

My phone died completely and my camera can load up again for the last shot.

Interesting TV world visit and I felt happy but feeling regretful too... Can't capture many pictures due to forgetting to bring my power bank or charge my camera beforehand. The day after my visit, I read on FB posts that the admin informed everyone that the authority had up their game and closed the entrance. I guess I should not go back there again and others don't go anymore because it was dangerous.

A screenshot of the post - So Don't go there anymore...

Oooo! New update! I realised one of my images was used by smartlocal blog! :D So honourable! Thank you for crediting me. And I had some newer pictures in my last Nov visit here.

 

Jeff