23 May 2023
Phase 2 of 3 - stay cool
Orchard Road - Clarke Quay - Harbourside
It is 6:30pm. My flight is at half past midnight. Now I am at Jewel, the big shopping centre in the middle of the airport before customs with the waterfall, which I shall photograph shortly and upload later to kill more time.
Today I spent all day in malls, killing time, staying out of the heat. So many malls.
I had some chicken rice, small, cheap, not bad, but could have done better. I will go buy some dinner here somewhere soon.
People in Singapore walk really slow, this might be the heat. The subway strangely stops and then inches forwards for 30 seconds at each stop, quite annoying.
The heat is real! This morning when it was raining I was ok, but from lunch time onwards, it was really a case of find a mall. I do not want to sweat too much before my flight, none the less, my gusset is moist!
Now for a few pics of the long mall day.
Sun shining now, no more rain.
Here is Orchard road. Everyone has been here. Not really a place for the likes of me, but I like the buildings. I think this one is Ion centre.
Singapore also has Japanese stores, this is Tashimaya, there is also Isetan.
It is like I never left Taipei! By the way, as soon as I left, most of Taiwan flooded!
My very sad looking but quite delicious Hainan chicken rice lunch.
This is now Vivo city at Harbourside. I have been here before and eaten too much here before. Today I ate nothing. In fact I fled a 7-eleven where I was buying water as the guy serving clearly had covid and took his mask off to cough on my water, and when I told him I did not want it, he got mad at me.
Vivo city roof has drowning pools. You are not allowed in them though.
Over there is Sentosa island, Disneyland lite I think. I will not be going over there, too hot.
There is a monorail to take you across to Sentosa as well as the gondola. Also it appears to be a container freight terminal.
Well, this is a new concept. Clean everything that comes out of a baby off of the pram.
I caught the subway back to Clarke Quay, it seems it is under intense redevelopment, you could have fired a canon.
Annnd, one more of Clarke Quay. Now I will put long pants on in a disabled toilet, check in my bag, and go find dinner.