Singapore on the second day 2020/Carlos Pueblo

Singapore on the second day 2020/Carlos Pueblo

The clerk recommended us to visit the Orchard section of the city, a shopping area. We first took a bus to a red line station of the light rail and transferred to the Orchard station. It is easier than walk to Chinatown station and take the blue line and the red line. I understand the reason why such of the recommendation, it is more economic and convenient. At an Orchard mall, another clerk learned my flowers interest, recommended us another place to visit, the Marina Bay Casino. After Marina Bay, we came back to Chinatown and marched back to the inn.

Singapore people are very proud of the Orchard, a modern shopping mall of all kinds. It was very busy outside of the mall down to the streets; however, inside of the high rise malls was not. Local merchants and foreign business are filled up the streets, such as Japanese and American, etc. I could tell many foreigners were visiting Singapore. Singapore is a rich and well established city state in the world. I can't stop my sigh of the people in Hong Kong, the same colonial ruler, the British Empire, with a total destination. I can see the people in Singapore are much happier than the people in Hong Kong.

We took the train again back to the Marina Bay Station, one stop above the Marina Bay South Pier where we got on to the train from the pier. The Casino is on a huge building with a curve ship on the top. There is an attractive fake peony flowers stand on one floor. The compact flowers arrangement make it very difficult to distinguish real from fake; however, the camera can easily test the truth after I upload them on the desk top computer. We continue to go up to the top of the building where there is a high rise garden with white artificial eggs floating on a pond and many Bougainvillaea flowers on every balcony of the hotel room, walk bridge to an elevator down. We ran into many fellow visitors coming up to enjoy the scenery.

I tried to find a fruit shop in Chinatown with plenty fresh cut fruits. Unfortunately, I got lost. I was attracted by a religious celebration of the Asian Indian, very colorful and interesting. There were plenty of foods prepared for the worshipers. Singapore is also a multi-cultural and diversified place to live. I think that I shall be very comfortable to live in this island. We had had a bowl of Fuchow fish ball noodle on a second floor of restaurant and some sweet red bean cakes. On our way back, also picked up two quava for our daily fruit ration.