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Uniquely Singapore--Day 1

Yay!!!Finally in S'pore!

We landed at 1308 ,about an hour's delay, at Changi Airport--very sobre compared to the hustle-bustle at the Dubai airport.Got past immigration pretty quickly and our entrance was stamped by Premlatha behind the pink counter.Soon after which I saw my sis waving as we were going to pick our suitcases from the conveyer belt.Funnily,no screening of any of luggages and soon we were in the taxi, chit chatting about the meal in the flight, the crowd, the service of the airline that loved the Oryx.
In the evening we walked a short distance to the nearest SMRT(Singapore Mass Rapid Transport) metro station and got into the 1st available metro to City Hall Station.As expected the maps were very clear about the routes and unlike Europe there were just green and
red lines. Noticed in Europe we also had the blue and yellow routes. Singapore seems too small for all that.
Half hour's ride took us to City Hall and we entered straight into a mall that connected us to the Suntech mall.Some local brands and others were foreign, lotsa coffee-bread shops and a festive look all around.The city is all merry with the coming of Xmas that every shop had atleast about 10% discount.About 20 minutes walk took us to Tower2 where my sis works.There was a 'CareBears' show for the kids and that was some crowd!
Met SB and her mom, as decided, and we chatted quite a bit before going to the Fountain of Wealth.Now the reason they have this fountain between the SunTech Towers is cos the Chinese believe flowing water helps businesses flourish.The five towers represent the five fingers of a hand-one being the shortest, representing the thumb.Around the fountain there were good attributes of every Chinese signs based on year of birth carved on bronze plates.We then went around the fountain, touching the water and did 3 rounds if you wanted to make a wish.Ofcourse, i did!
The show then began with laser lights and a lill dance of the fountain with catchy music.Since my sis dedicated a song to us her request came on laser after the show!That was some treat!:p

We then took a 111 to Orchard Road--the most decorated road in the city these days.The street boasted of a huge screen that showed the latest in English pop,heavily decorated malls, the trees covered with lights and 4 huge toy drummers on each corner of the junction.There were lotsa street sellers with clothes, toys ,watches and such stuff.We walked into the Center Point Mall which was sponsored by M&Ms ,had pizzas for dinner and we just walked across the street enjoying the festive feel! We walked into Takashimaya --the most impressive one where we got to see the best looking Xmas tree! We then walked to the Orchard SMRT stop and got back home a little before midnight.

The city has to offer-a largely disciplined,stylish set of population, climate that is pretty unpredictable ,loadsa greenery and a well-planned transport system. Now,thats it for now,hoping to post every day's detail !

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