It's a rainy day today and luckily olive's plan was to go shopping at Orchard. She probably more familiar wif ION than me, since that's orchard's symbolic landmark to her! Since they started out late, i met up wif them at Ngee Ann City's Kinokuniya. Supposedly she wanted to go Little India... hmm, but when i ask which part she wanna see, she told me "indian temple''. ooH, actually i myself is not familiar wif tt area, haha! But i tot visitors may be more keen in the historic Sri Mariamman Temple in Chinatown.
As such, we boarded the NEL to Chinatown & the drizzle continued... the recently renovated temple looks great. I tried to snap some pics but it was too tedious to hold the huge umbrella wif my left hand & their Ixus wif my right hand...so end up put the brolly away! Upon entering the temple, there was a signage indicating a $3 fee if wana take pics inside! Wow! this is exorbitant! At 6pm, there was a temple service; hence they hang around to take a look.
Navigating thru' the lanes in Chinatown, I checked if they would like to try the claypot frog legs porridge! Both Olive & Alan were veri keen to sample it! So off we headed to 长城粥 at New Bridge Road. It was a long wait for the 宫保田鸡 & when it finally arrives....yum yum! I still find the 2 bowls of porridge we ordered seems little, but my cousin was full after juz a small bowl! Both of them certainly are small eaters!
Next, we headed further down to Lim Chee Guan (林志源) as Alan wanted to buy some BBQ meat back. After payment, as we stepped out, a throng of hk tourists were also queuing for it, haha! I even pointed out to Olive, ''see! that gal have the same foodie guidebk as u!'' wahaha! My cousin actually bought the latest guide book which intro the various sg food.
Our next stop was to Tiong Bahru Plaza and we went to NTUC for them to buy some local fishballs....that happen to be my cousin & family's fav sg food, haha! Apparently, they find that Sg's fishballs r way better than HK's ones! After check-out @ supermarket, I led them to Ya Kun to sample the typical kaya toast wif soft-boiled eggs & tea. Both of them find it a novelty & we had fun snapping pics before tucking in! Till the Ya Kun's aunty warned us, No Photography! Strange lo, i never saw signage that deters that? Juz when I tot we would end the nite here... Olive suggested we cab down to Helix Bridge!
So, off we went despite the on & off rain... there was a funny episode at the Youth Olympic Park. There was this grp of tourists, abt 6 guys who were taking the longest time to snap pics there. As we were holding the umbrella & waiting in the rain for them, Olive got impatient... She went up to the guys & offered to snap for them a grp pic! These guys climbed up the wall & one of them remains grounded...then, he tried climbed up & was hesitating to walk on the wall. Really hilarious scene! As we walked on Helix Bridge, I had my first time taking shoots in the rain... Remember my last Helix Project, I failed to see the colour i like. Tonite, I finally able to capture the bridge lit up in a nice blue/purple colour! But alas, I dun hv my tripod & hence it was 5 stars challenge to do nite-shots!
One of my photography ideas was to snap after a torrential rain & now I could kill 2 birds wif 1 stone... as the wet grounds on the bridge created nicely illuminated reflections! When I instructed Alan & Olive to stand at certain spots, they praised me for being so 'pro', keke! It really helped that I had experimented previously! It was actually veri fun to take photos for them, as both were veri spontaneous & would do poses tog! It would be very boring for the photographer if the subjects r not sporty enuf! So watever ideas I throw them, they would gamely follow!
After strolling Helix, Olive wanted to go to Swissotel. Off we boarded a bus over & it turned out that the bus was heading to Beach Road! So we quickly alighted & walked back... it was a blessing in disguise... cos we got to admire the illuminated Raffles Hotel & when we stopped to snap, a grp of tourists behind us also paused for photos! Wow, super tough here as the raindrops pelted down on me & my cam! As the rain got heavier, we quicken our pace towards Swissotel.
From Boat Quay to Clarke Quay
Transported by the fast lift up to the 70th storey, Olive had intended for us to chill-out at Equinox. But we were too late & the restaurant had closed its last order. When we tried entering the New Asia Bar, we were barred as Alan was not in the appropriate dress code. Left wif no choice, we seek permission to take pics. As it was a sunday, the place was quite empty & olive pleaded wif the waiter to allow us into Equinox for a quick photo-take too! This side's view was simply fabulous & it's the highest vantage point to admire Singapore's Sky Line.
Overall, there was a sense of achievement as it's a feat for me to capture the night shots without a tripod. Secondly, it was a memorable time spent wif my cousin & is thankful that she had bought me Sammi's autobiography 《值得》! This book was so popular that it was always out of stock in HK & my copy is the 11th reprint ^o^
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