A friend of mine came over to visit Singapore. Here comes my role again to be a free-of-charge tour guide to bring my friend to explore as many main sights as possible over the weekend. Fortunately, I do not need to drag my office work to the weekend this round (been doing so for the past weekends of this month…I manage to finish the work for the week right before 2am on Friday’s night/ literally Saturday’s morning).
I first brought my friend to Chinatown for lunch yesterday and then visited the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple which is located in the same area. It is arguably the most famous Chinese temple in Singapore. Besides than the ground level that has the main prayer hall, the temple also has upper floors of galleries opened for public access.
We then went over to Orchard, the most bustling shopping street in the country. We explored the ION Orchard mall and Wisma Atria mall (and had dinner at the latter). Halloween is not even over and Christmas decorations are already starting to appear along the street. Christmas is still almost two months away!
As evening arrives, we made our way to Marina Bay Sands to watch the daily light and water show at the promenade. I have watched it countless times and hoping that it will be replaced with a new one though. After that, we walked over the mall, passing through the iconic hotel towers and reached another not-to-be-missed attraction for tourist in Singapore; the Gardens by the Bay. We were there for another show (this one is light and sound show) happening also daily at the Supertree Groove. We ended the day back at Chinatown and had dessert as supper.
I still have a bit of time left today with my friend before he leaves later in the afternoon. I brought him to visit the top floor deck (50th storey) of The Pinnacle@Duxton for spectacular views of the city, Besides than being an award-winning architectural masterpiece, the complex is also the world’s tallest public residential buildings. I have been up here before few years ago and the views never get old. The admission fee is still priced at affordable SGD$6 per pax. It’s also a very beautiful clear day today (very sunny too) and hence I could see all the way to Indonesia from up there on one side.
After that, we went to Plaza Singapura mall for lunch and a brief window shopping before saying goodbye to my friend. My role as tour guide officially comes to an end. Haha…I’m enjoying it. October 2023 has been a really exciting and eventful month; I was so heavily occupied with work and at the same time got to enjoy the weekends going to different places. Overall, it just feels so overwhelming.
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