There's a free shuttle service plying between Novena and SJI International. So we waited for the bus. Weather was hot, and the interval between was half hourly each. I arrived before 230, and HS slightly after, so we gotta wait for the 3-315pm bus... long wait... so I devoured $2 weekend deal from OCK, which has 1 chicken wing and 1 curry puff! Quite worthed it, hehe!
Finally bus came, so we went to queue. We overheard a guy who just joined the queue, asking a lady behind us and here's roughly how the conversation went:
Guy: "Hmmm.. sorry ah, but this bus goes where?"
Lady: "It goes to Assisi Fun Day."
Guy: "Oh... which CC ah? Sentosa CC?"
Lady ( -_-''' ): "Not CC, Assisi.. charity one."
Haha! Quite funny, 'coz my thought at that moment was that, "Wow, the theory that people will just queue up when they see a queue is true.. even though they don't know what the queue was for! I suppose it would be interesting if the queue turned out to be something like blood donation, something that's not a freebies queue but something that requires people's sweat and blood :P
Finally, the bus arrives at the school! Hurrah! (I was quite thirsty and in need of water!)
yup, this is the right place!
at the entrance, there are Harley Davidson's bikes at the left side and they'll take you for a spin, if you donate $10
Found stalls that sells canned/bottled drinks. One can was going for $1, but at other stalls, you can get one carton of canned drinks for just $3! Isn't that a steal! Next year remember to bring your shopping carts!
walking up towards the school compound
There are stalls manned by Hotels and they're selling pies and some other stuffs for a reasonable price like 3 pies for $10! Whahaha! There are also stalls manned by churches, schools and individuals.
trishaw ride anyone?
we walked from entrance, all the way to the school and down the field
game booths at the field
Tried our hands at some games. This one's at the Korean booth.
simple game like throwing round cardboard pieces onto the mouths of the cartoons
bought this for $3
souvenirs from game stalls
It is effortless from us consumer part because we only spent a small sum (min. $10) and we got to have fun and enjoyed the goods that we bought. But it took lots of planning, hard work and dedication from the part of the volunteers and stall people. Kudos to them!
Next stop, was to explore Ann Siang Hill! So off we went to Tanjong Pagar (get out from Exit G, as that is nearer...)
Along the way, we passed by:
Chinese Methodist Church
Then don't know turn here, turn there.. reached Ann Siang Hill entrance (at the foot of the hill, I suppose?) that's next to the temple.
entrance
learn the history.. did you know it was formerly known as Scott's Hill, after Charles Scott, who had clove and nutmeg plantations at this site
deserted stairs
HS, the explorer
yeah.. Charles Scott used to own lots of these!
resting area (watch out for vagrants.. we saw at least 3 of them sleeping at various locations at Ann Siang Hill.. )
paying homage to Mr Chia Ann Siang, who started work at age 16 with the British company, and at age 24, he was promoted to Chief Produce Storekeeper. He left the company to start his own timber business and subsequently became a rich landowner and he bought Ann Siang Hill!
We proceeded to the shops enclave, and look what we found:
looks familiar? This was where my this year's birthday cake slice came from!
HS wanted to bring me to K.Ki, but it was closed due to the long holidays. Hence, we settled for coffee at Shots, which was just nearby and it's open!
Took some rather, out of focused shots of our drinks:
HS's milk chocolate
cafe mocha
chocolate sauce?
diluted looking
Interesting that my cafe mocha looked super diluted, but it tasted better than it looked! The coffee was just rightly bitter, and the mocha not too sweet. A thirst quencher. HS's drink was milky but not in an overpowering way. None of that cow's smell in the milk! :P
almost finished!
table decor
tiramisu (sponsored by HS)
close up
Then, HS need to go and pick up some clothes sent for altering, so we went to City Hall. After that, decided to explore Marina Square and its neighbouring Parco Millenia before finding a place for dinner.
Parco Millenia
interesting steel structure
look up and you'll see this
Went around poking our noses at some of the shops, and looked at their restaurants.. and finally, decided to go back to Marina Square for, some good 'ol Kenny Rogers!
But first, I wanted to take some pics of MBS, as seen from the Marina Square walkway...
wanted to take a clearer shot of the 'ship'
MBS
But as soon as I whipped out the camera, a big fat tabby cat, came and rubbed itself at my feet. How to take picture like that...? Hahaha! It's not like I called the cat or anything, it just came. Tsk tsk...
naughty lazy cat!
Kenny Rogers @Marina Square, the orders are now taken by the service staff. Different from olden days where it was self-service!
quarter chicken to share
muffins served per pax
Interesting to know that muffins are served per pax. So if 1 person orders 1 chicken meal, does it mean the rest of the people, say 9 of them get 1 muffin each as well? Cool!
Thanks HS for the meal, and the company! Birthday eats, ends! Haha!
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