Hello Singapore!
Jun. 7th, 2008 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmjewelleMy mum and I went to Singapore on Thursday morning to attend the LOTR Symphony, but since that concert was on Friday, that gave us about 1.5 days' exploration time.
Thus befitting my nature, I went about Singapore like a touristy moron.
I can never understand why KL finds it so hard to preserve old architecture styles - here's Singapore doing it randomly all over town, AND they plant a gazillion trees to boot. The office buildings have so many styles it gives off an urban artsy look without compromising shady trees and cooling fountains AND looking good in one go, so I can only blame Malaysia for not getting more awesome architects and city planners; clearly we need a Heritage MINISTRY.
Like Bugis Street - it's covered, it's paved, it's CLEAN, and it has the largest fan ever. Why Petaling Street cannot look (or smell) half as clean I'll never know.
Here's the casino!
...Well, what will soon be a very huge casino, at least.
En route to the hotel, our taxi driver was very adamant in showing us the various ways we could waste our money.
This accident occurred in front of my hotel. Despite the ambulance, the police, a car, and a motorcycle in the middle of a crossroad and the multitude of cars, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC JAM.
Are you in awe yet? I know *I* am.
There was a small Korean mart near my hotel, so we went to take a look. While I expected Korean food, I certainly didn't expect a WALLFUL of Bae Yong Jun. With his autograph. And some Engrish about Polaris being eternal. Someday Polaris is going to die out, and then what?
At Bugis Junction and Takashimaya, I saw this stall selling roti prata, but...wait a minute where's the dalca?
The stalls are part of a franchise selling roti canai wrapped around a sausage (your choice) topped with shredded lettuce and mayo. It's like a middle-eastern sandwich, very crispy and tasty, and the roti's well-made and uniform but...
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO OUR ROTI CANAI, BLASPHEMERS DDDDDD8
I doubt this'll be coming to Malaysia anytime soon.
This FANTASTIC CLOSET COSPLAY FROM DAY OF THE TENTACLE was 50% off, so it came to about RM80, which is pretty much the average price of my clothes.
Now THIS is a SALE.
To top it off, the salesgirl kept finding more and more clothes for me and my mum to try on - their polite persuasion is SCARY.
****
When I looked at the map I noticed a synagogue near the hotel, so I thought IF I DO NOT SEE WHAT A SYNAGOGUE LOOKS LIKE NOW I MAY NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE EVER AGAIN, so I left my mum to nap, put on my trusty hat (and got stared at as if Singaporeans never wore berets) and walked off with map in tow.
DM JEWELLE AND THE SYNAGOGUE OF....AWE?
I suppose I was a tad disappointed it looked like a normal building (save for the Star of David plastered on the top), but here I was in front of one (and standing across a Catholic Church to take this pic to boot) and that's that. I tried to enter the grounds but it was chained and locked and the security guard was looking at me funny (for all we know he might've thought I was a terrorist), so I took my paparazzi pics and fled.
Later an old man walked by. He looked rather grumpy and resembled Ariel Sharon. I was this close to asking him "EXCUSE ME SIR ARE YOU JEWISH" but wisely decided against it.
I walked further down the road and came to the Singapore Art Museum. The museum's architecture was nothing compared to these moving lorries at the side, parked opposite the synagogue:
IT'S A SIGN, I KNOW IT.
Next stop: The Israeli Embassy, because I CAN.
****
I entered the Catholic Church across the road, and found this resting kitty:
It perked its head when I pointed the camera, and kept awake until I was done. After thanking the kitty with a tip of my hat and a bow, the cat blinked and scowled before resuming its sleep.
I suppose I'd be pissed too if some moron came by while I was taking a nap and shoved a camera into my face. .__.
At the LOTR Symphony, I did NOT expect anyone to cosplay, much less sit across the aisle and a row down from my chair.
Kemu says she recognizes this lady from Cosmas 03 and dressed up from LOTR as well. I think it's Haldir (the cosser's name, not the character), but anyone have any ideas?
At the immigration checkpoint en route home, there was this h00ge group of Aussies. True to Aussie form, they immediately broke out the cigarettes and beer after the baggage check.
ASSUMING their baggage was checked that is - there were 3 female Customs officers and they saw me lugging my bag they just told me I could go. I could totally be carrying an entire BAG FULL OF DRUGS and I'd get in with no problem at aalllll. -___-
****
Lastly for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_deru: Since your birthday is so far away and I wasn't too keen on keeping something that you wouldn't be getting immediately, here's a picture of a Nagisa Kaworu plushie instead.
Happy unbirthday beanbeankun! \^__^/
Thus befitting my nature, I went about Singapore like a touristy moron.
I can never understand why KL finds it so hard to preserve old architecture styles - here's Singapore doing it randomly all over town, AND they plant a gazillion trees to boot. The office buildings have so many styles it gives off an urban artsy look without compromising shady trees and cooling fountains AND looking good in one go, so I can only blame Malaysia for not getting more awesome architects and city planners; clearly we need a Heritage MINISTRY.
Like Bugis Street - it's covered, it's paved, it's CLEAN, and it has the largest fan ever. Why Petaling Street cannot look (or smell) half as clean I'll never know.
Here's the casino!
...Well, what will soon be a very huge casino, at least.
En route to the hotel, our taxi driver was very adamant in showing us the various ways we could waste our money.
This accident occurred in front of my hotel. Despite the ambulance, the police, a car, and a motorcycle in the middle of a crossroad and the multitude of cars, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC JAM.
Are you in awe yet? I know *I* am.
There was a small Korean mart near my hotel, so we went to take a look. While I expected Korean food, I certainly didn't expect a WALLFUL of Bae Yong Jun. With his autograph. And some Engrish about Polaris being eternal. Someday Polaris is going to die out, and then what?
At Bugis Junction and Takashimaya, I saw this stall selling roti prata, but...wait a minute where's the dalca?
The stalls are part of a franchise selling roti canai wrapped around a sausage (your choice) topped with shredded lettuce and mayo. It's like a middle-eastern sandwich, very crispy and tasty, and the roti's well-made and uniform but...
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO OUR ROTI CANAI, BLASPHEMERS DDDDDD8
I doubt this'll be coming to Malaysia anytime soon.
This FANTASTIC CLOSET COSPLAY FROM DAY OF THE TENTACLE was 50% off, so it came to about RM80, which is pretty much the average price of my clothes.
Now THIS is a SALE.
To top it off, the salesgirl kept finding more and more clothes for me and my mum to try on - their polite persuasion is SCARY.
****
When I looked at the map I noticed a synagogue near the hotel, so I thought IF I DO NOT SEE WHAT A SYNAGOGUE LOOKS LIKE NOW I MAY NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE EVER AGAIN, so I left my mum to nap, put on my trusty hat (and got stared at as if Singaporeans never wore berets) and walked off with map in tow.
DM JEWELLE AND THE SYNAGOGUE OF....AWE?
I suppose I was a tad disappointed it looked like a normal building (save for the Star of David plastered on the top), but here I was in front of one (and standing across a Catholic Church to take this pic to boot) and that's that. I tried to enter the grounds but it was chained and locked and the security guard was looking at me funny (for all we know he might've thought I was a terrorist), so I took my paparazzi pics and fled.
Later an old man walked by. He looked rather grumpy and resembled Ariel Sharon. I was this close to asking him "EXCUSE ME SIR ARE YOU JEWISH" but wisely decided against it.
I walked further down the road and came to the Singapore Art Museum. The museum's architecture was nothing compared to these moving lorries at the side, parked opposite the synagogue:
IT'S A SIGN, I KNOW IT.
Next stop: The Israeli Embassy, because I CAN.
****
I entered the Catholic Church across the road, and found this resting kitty:
It perked its head when I pointed the camera, and kept awake until I was done. After thanking the kitty with a tip of my hat and a bow, the cat blinked and scowled before resuming its sleep.
I suppose I'd be pissed too if some moron came by while I was taking a nap and shoved a camera into my face. .__.
At the LOTR Symphony, I did NOT expect anyone to cosplay, much less sit across the aisle and a row down from my chair.
Kemu says she recognizes this lady from Cosmas 03 and dressed up from LOTR as well. I think it's Haldir (the cosser's name, not the character), but anyone have any ideas?
At the immigration checkpoint en route home, there was this h00ge group of Aussies. True to Aussie form, they immediately broke out the cigarettes and beer after the baggage check.
ASSUMING their baggage was checked that is - there were 3 female Customs officers and they saw me lugging my bag they just told me I could go. I could totally be carrying an entire BAG FULL OF DRUGS and I'd get in with no problem at aalllll. -___-
****
Lastly for
_deru: Since your birthday is so far away and I wasn't too keen on keeping something that you wouldn't be getting immediately, here's a picture of a Nagisa Kaworu plushie instead.Happy unbirthday beanbeankun! \^__^/
