Walking Down The Street
For me, walking down Orchard Road is like walking down memory lane. After all, I’ve spent quite a lot of time in Orchard Road, considering the fact that the first residence I had in Singapore was only an MRT stop away, the second residence had a direct bus, and I did spend 6 months shuttling back and forth between Boon Lay and Orchard on weekdays when I was an intern at Autodesk.
After collecting my phone at the Sony Ericsson service centre (the dumb phone likes to perform a magic trick by switching off at random), I had the Scissors Cut Curry Rice at Wisma Atria’s Food Republic, which was one of my favourite food when I was still working as an intern. Then I took a slow walk inside Takashimaya with the intention of looking for Christmas presents. I haven’t really decided on what I’m gonna buy though. In the end, I spent a lot of time in Kinokuniya, thinking of picking up cooking or baking or handicrafts, just for the fun of it (or more).
The walk also reminded me that at one point of time I was exactly in the same situation, taking a slow walk from store to store in the shopping centre. The only difference was that I was single, and my only intention then was to window shop. Not that taking a walk while being attached (heh, this sentence sounds a little like a dog on a leash, but you get what I mean, don’t you?) is not nice or anything, but the feeling is just different.
I then took a nice slow stroll down half of Orchard from Ngee Ann City to Somerset, something that I have been longing to do for a long, long time. The cold, wet walkways after the rain, Christmas carols in the air, and the Christmas light-up hanging overhead set the perfect, peaceful mood for Christmas. And I must say that this year’s Christmas light-up was quite nicely done.
I witnessed a small accident when an MPV hit the back of a cab. It wasn’t so serious as I’m not sure what happened afterwards though as I wasn’t too kaypoh to actually stand and watch.
Got any necessary “chokage” meh? What’s a “chokage” BTW?
Tags: christmas, life, orchard road, singapore