in the mood for... christmassy stuffs~

Deck the roads with boughs of holly~, fa la la la~ la la la la~


dazzling tree outside of ion orchard




sponsored billboard


ion orchard walk


bling bling


slightly muted sidewalk


inside taka


Saw an interesting window display inside taka (Level B1 I think).


very north-pole like atmosphere



But the most interesting part was this:

rocking bear

It did catch a few unsuspecting shoppers by surprise! Haha. Went shopping for a while, and upon chancing back the same display, this was what we saw:

rocking bear with santa hat

haha, someone outfitted the bear with a santa hat :P

After which, we adjourned to Clark Quay Central, and they have an elevated platform as a stage and a mini ice rink on it.




Ricardo and his dancers


colorful costumes










The photos were taken from this distance:


Haha, the power of zoom!

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

wouldn't it be nice

wouldn't it be nice, if our plates automatically have rice
wouldn't it be nice, if our feelings is understood as easily as rolling dice
wouldn't it be nice, if our needs are met without paying hefty price
wouldn't it be nice, if our eyes never cries
wouldn't it be nice?

marina barrage

Nowadays people like to fly kite. Literally speaking of course. Figuratively also I suppose.. haha

Went to Marina Barrage to look look see see. Well, it was built using a couple of millions of dollars, so as a tax payer, it's my duty to go and check out this attraction heh heh...

To get there, well, go to Marina Bay, exit from the MRT and turn left and walk quite a distance to the temporary bus stop. Along the way, take care to avoid cars, factory buses, bicycles and alot of construction workers. Wait patiently for bus number 400 or the free shuttle bus. If you're unlucky like me, then the wait is about 20 minutes or so...

The bus will stop outside Marina Barrage, so you gotta walk in.


inside Marina Barrage (ground level)


marina bridge to?


a couple of kites spotted!


dam





bridge view


Take the lift to level 3. Heh, I met 蔡丽莲, you know the one who sang 关怀方式? Hehe, yups! She's as friendly as when I first saw her in real life in NTU, ard 1996 I think. Muahahaha, gadzillian years ago! She was there with her hubby, and her pet dog. They have a gathering with friends. At first she thought I could be an acquaintance of her friend. Heh Heh.. anyway, me not a stalker so after we reached 3rd floor, we bade each other a good day. And I went to find my friend's friends...


friend's friend happily flying kite



other people, the other view


other people, with Singapore Flyer for backdrop



kite trying to take off


took off


video, so that you can feel the atmosphere



kites dotting the skyline


eagle spotted (real bird)


eagle shaped kite (fake bird)


everyone playing happily



sky turning dark...



time to go home....

pre-christmas gathering

Calling all alumni! Alumni gathering.. silent mob at Royal China to eat dim sum! Hahaha, ya.. dim sum day. But 'coz had a hard time finding that place, decided not to take any pictures of the dim sum. Hmph! Angry siah for having to look for that restaurant in Raffles hotel. Anyway, food was ok. Not too bad. Char siew bao, ee fu noodle, fried squid (how come we ate this for dim sum?!), chicken feet, zhar leong (crispy you tiao wrapped in very thin cheong fun), fried prawn with seaweed and mango sauce, prawn wrapped in yam and salted egg custard bun. Ok, the salted egg custard bun here was better than the peony jade ones.

Then we went to drink coffee at Coffee Club (bcoz starbucks was full! What? Waiting for Hillary to appear again isit?)


hazelnut cappucino served with biscuit and cinnamon stick

Alert! Hazelnut cappucino is actually quite sweet. I only put 1 pack of sugar, it tasted like 2 packs!


water



filled to the brim!




as you can see, i'm quite fascinated by the cinnamon stick, and it does make a good still photo subject






lovely taste


Alumni in action, catching up for lost time:






And had to try to photograph some human portrait...





Still cannot capture good portrait of Flo.. her fierceness is showing through.. or maybe, she just buay song me only.. yea.. I think that's the main reason why she looked not happy when I snap her pics .. oops!

Of course, drink coffee cannot don't eat dessert right? But then, the pictures are not in chronological order, 'coz we were actually served the desserts first! While the coffee took forever to come....


raspberry tart with pistachio


different angle


mango passionfruit tart


The raspberry tart does taste like arnott's tartlets... just different in size :P


Dinner was at Soup Spoon.


beef ghoulash


it has chunky beef inside!


WY's some japanese mushroom soup that has beef shreds and it's very very thick coz of the potato


chicken tikka wrap.. but I haven't eat yet.. it's sitting in my fridge.. was tooo full from the soup

One thing commendable for Soup Spoon staff. Asked one of the wait staff to pack 1 bread (that came with the soup) and 1 chicken tikka wrap separately. And he did. It was placed in 2 separate plastic containers. Well done!