Weekend of Host and Hostess
What have been going on during the Christmas holidays?
The host received his family on Christmas eve. The host served his guests to the enchanting light-up and shopping galore at Orchard Road, the hawker-stalls-shopping at Chinatown, the enjoyable experience at Singapore Zoo, the magnificent Vivo City and the simply spectacular Songs of The Sea musical drama showcasing brilliant computer lasers and stunning fireworks at Sentosa.
The hostess would be expecting her family in less than 4 hours at Changi Airport!
The Weekender
The past week was quite hectic for me. I had a fair amount of workload and couldn't be happier when Friday was finally coming!
So, I was supposed to go scout for an Asus netbook for Pei Yee but we decided to head to Raffles Place first. Remember I set a mission to capture all the 52 public artworks in Singapore? Raffles Place has at least three of them and to top it up, the weather was exceptionally good for photo shooting yesterday morning.
Progress & Advancement
Struggle for Survival
First Generation
When work was done, it was time to go wander around the Riverwalk! As we were walking down the road, we noticed many muscular men and women. Ha. It was the Dragon Boat Festival at the Singapore River! We stopped by to join the spectators for a little while.
Ice-cream time! Yam roti, yummy!
Enough of fun. Next, we went to Suntec City as there was a small gadget fair. I was hoping that we may just get a good deal there but the fair was too small scaled and they did not have many brands. Guess what was happening next door? There was the Cosplay event! Cosplay stands for Costume Play. I didn't know about Cosplay before this. It is an event where anime fans dress in colorful costumes to portray their favorite anime characters.
It was half past two in the afternoon and we thought, why not head to the Botanic Gardens? The Botanic Gardens was one of the place I'd like to visit when I first got D-zai. It did not live up to our expectation, as in.. we did not find many flora. But, it was probably because we did not finish touring the whole garden. We were tired and hungry, so we went back to City Hall to try Myanmar food, recommended by my colleague. I should visit the garden again to finish the other sections :D
It is a more peaceful and healthy day today! We went for an hour jog at Yishun Park in the morning.
Monday is here again.. 加油! But, it will only be a four-day week, yeah! I'm looking forward to be home too as I have not been home for three weeks now. Hmm.. what should I get for my brother (who is sitting for his SPM now) to boost his morale? Hehe..
Museum #1: SAM
There are altogether more than 50 museums in Singapore and I have visited only two thus far. The first museum that I visited was Images of Singapore in Sentosa Island with mom back in May this year. Now, one more museum will be crossed out from the list and it's the Singapore Art Museum located in City Hall. We were happily looking forward to pay the $8 guided-tour entrance fee but was more delighted to find that it was free for that day as there was maintenance work in one or two showrooms.
Check out this brochure I found at the ticketing counter in SAM. It lists the 52 public artworks in Singapore. I have a new goal now, which is to capture all the 52 artworks scattered around Singapore! Hehe.. I hope there is no complain from the person who must accompany me to do this :D
Snowman, checked!
Living World, checked! 2/52..
Into the museum.. we found pieces that we didn't understand at one glance, paintings that we won't ever understand no matter how long we stood there, sculptures that we didn't know whether to look from front, back, left, right or top and photographs that had a sense of humor in them and ones we could easily understand at one glance. Haha.. it's not a tease, but all the artworks were seriously amazing and some were very creative pieces.
He's trying to mimic the big guy..
Stopped at Coffee Nation for coffee before heading back
Fun-filled Halloween Day
Happy Halloween!
I had planned to visit Punggol Beach and Chinese Garden today. It was a day filled with unplanned and unorganised activities and to top it up, I was late this morning. I was supposed to organise the activities today but I was very busy with deadlines at work and had forgotten to check the directions to Punggol Beach. Hence, KC and I ended up with ad-hoc plans and follow-our-instincts routes.
Instead of Punggol Beach, we arrived at Punggol Jetty. The place was so deserted. We were surprised that we could still catch a bus there. There were a couple of families and some hobbyists fishing when we arrived at the jetty. We spent less than half an hour at the jetty.
HDBs in Punggol
HDBs in Punggol
After Punggol Jetty, we decided to head to Holland Village. The village presents suburban living of Singapore. We are supposed to be able to find many handicraft shops and lifestyle boutiques, but all we saw was some well-known international eateries such as Coffee Bean, Sushi Tei, Coffee Club and Crystal Jade Restaurant.
At Orchard, on our way to Orchard Boulevard to catch a bus to Holland Village
At Orchard
Mr. Mc Donalds at Orchard
The Crocs store at Holland Village
The Crocs store at Holland Village
Fascinated with this lady with her parrot at Holland Village
She offered to pose!
By the time we finished touring Holland Village, our legs could not take it anymore. We decided go back to Orchard Road to look for a place to rest because in less than 2 hours, we would need to head back to Holland Village for dinner with Hiew Ming. She was in Singapore with her friend today!
Spotted this Coffee Bean guy at Orchard Central while we were searching for free sofas to sit and rest
No sofas *sob* Ended up at TCC (The Coffee Connoisseur) for coffee and free sofas
Dinner with Hiew Ming and her friend was at Holland Drive Blk 46. She recommended that we settle at the Big D's Grill located at the basement of the flat. The food was not bad. We ordered Kurabuta Pork Loin (Hiew Ming's and friend's) and Boneless Chicken Leg (KC's and mine). We also ordered a single person's XO Fish Head Noodle from another stall there. We ate, chat, laughed and waited for the rain to stop.
Hiew Ming and Ping
That's the end of a 12-hour outing on Halloween Day. So so so tired.
Also, Happy 21st Birthday to my sister, Pei Ling, who is busy entertaining her friends now :p
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