Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Christmas Lights

Yesterday we were having a no spend day so we got on the train and went into Orchard Road to view the Christmas Lights and trees. We had heard they were having snow there as well and we just had to see that.

We got off the train at Dhoby Gaut Station and went into Plaze Singapora and found this Christmas tree outside.


From here we walked along Orchard Road wanting to end up at Tanglin Mall to see the snow. As it was still daylight we realised we would have to go inside the malls to see the decorations. I have added a few on here for you to see the variations. They are absolutely stunning.

This is taken inside Centrepoint Mall. I was travelling up the escalator to take this. The ground floor was selling all sorts of children's toys and had an enchanted castle where children could get their nails painted. The Mall is two along from where I work.

This is at the Heren. Not quite your normal Christmas tree but well worth a look. The entrance ways were wonderful.


Here is the Paragon way of doing Christmas decorations.
The other day we found a pink Christmas tree, well today we found a purple one.


This is the small village before the snow fell. The village is a miniature Gingerbread type house with cooking utensils inside that you peep at through a window and it even had a stable for the horse with a cow out the back.

And look at the snow....beautiful.

From there we walked along the other side of Orchard Road backup to Somerset MRT Station to take the train home.

The Entrance way to Orchard Road.

Wayne standing by the Christmas tree in Ngee Ann City. iIcouldn't fit all the tree in as it is so huge.

Below are just some scenes on our way to the MRT. The long walk was well worth the effort and we came home absolutely amazed and in awe of the lights.


Monday, November 19, 2007

The Great Race


The day arrived and it was a bit cloudy so we thought great it's not going to be too hot for this fun social event of finding our way around Singapore. Well we were wrong, it was very hot and then it also rained.

But we had a great time discovering parts of Singapore we didn't know existed.

We are trying to figure out the cryptic clues for the MRT stations....we needed extra help with this.

Here we are in Lorang 18 (a red light district), where you can get a room for 5 minutes, a short time or all night.

Our team in Buggis....a little quaint village shopping mall well it ain't really that little. The team consisted of Peter Evernden, Judy Scarrot and myself.

On our travels we happened upon a pink Christmas tree. We were so surprised at the colour we had to take a photo. I mean we have seen blue ones, green ones and even red ones but PINK.