We went through the underpass. I really miss seeing all the art on display. I haven't had much time to go to town ever since I started school and staying in hall. I feel deprived.
I always enjoy taking photos of the art pieces that are created at the Esplanade too.
Scent of whiteness is a piece by Naomi Ota. It invites the audience into a landscape which natural growth such as that of the sea-bleached coral, is slow and barely perceptible. It rouses the audience to generate thoughts of scenery, sound, dance and other elements from within themselves. So if you're free, go down there, and get inspired!
We were rather disappointed when we found out the the hawker place wasn't opened and ended up at Thai Express instead. I don't think the food was very impressive though, so that's double the disappointment. I'd rather spam all my money on oyster omelette, stingray, hokkien mee and the likes!
After a quick stroll outside, we walked to the Singapore Flyer!
The short walk there came complete with road signs that why trying to be funny. Not that it wasn't a good thing! Just that it wasn't very original and reminded me of Buzz Lightyear. Infinity and beyond, anyone?
The Singapore Flyer towered right in front of us. We tried taking a couple of photos with it, rather unsuccessfully. They all came out blur! The building looked like it was a segment of Vivocity. There was this very small patch of greenery in the centre which reminded me of Jurassic Park! It's sponsored by Yakult and called the Yakult park or something!
Our "flight" was scheduled for 10. We made our way into the place and it reminded me of getting on a plane! There were metal detectors! We also stopped to take a photo with a fake Singapore Flyer Capsule.
The photo was stored in this grey thingy! Yeah, the long walkway really looked like we were boarding a plane! We walked into the moving capsule, with its air-con at full blast and a little TV screen showing some information about the Flyer.
As it ascended slowly, the full view of the city came into view. We picked out our some of the most familiar places, like hotels, the Esplanade... I took plenty of photos, but most of it came out blur. It was really hard due to the dark and the fact that the capsule was in slow, constant motion.
We got higher and higher... Surprisingly, for me at least, it wasn't scary at all. I think the fact that we were in an enclosed space and that it was moving so steadily made it assuring. In place of fear was a sense of awe for the million lights that we could see in almost every direction. We saw the ships out in the waters as well.
It was a really comfortable ride, but we shared our capsule with 3 other groups of people. There was this couple who were getting really chummy with each other that I bet they only had their eyes away from each other only half the time, and another who were busy taking photos. They looked so engrossed that we didn't dare approach them to take a photo for us and put it on self-timer on one of the benches instead!
After the slightly giddy experience (we got off, feeling like we were still moving), we went to the souvenir shop and got our photo printed. At 15 bucks it was rather expensive but we figured that it was a rare opportunity so we got it anyway.
We then proceeded to explore the mini-Jurassic Park, but it wasn't all that interesting.
It was a great experience seeing everything from so high up. Going at night gave us a really cool view of the Singapore skyline. More photos here.
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