By the numbers
12,818 steps
10.01 kms
The weather prediction was for rain and looking outside, I did want to be off pretty quickly but had laid in bed for a little longer than we should have since we had an early morning phone call the morning before. I had a look at the museum we had missed when we visited Raffles as we could have gone to a toy museum. I had looked at the website and thought against buying tickets as I didn’t know what time I was going to get there. That was good, although by the time we got downstairs the weather had started turning. By the time we left where we had breakfast it was pouring like cats and dogs. We ended up stopping under a building to wait for it to ease, while watching people who didn’t have umbrellas with them running through the rain trying to find some cover even though they were soaking wet already. The rain eased just enough that we could walk towards the shops and the train without worrying about getting too wet. Luckily part of it was sheltered enough that we could walk without our brollies.
We got off the train at City Hall and tried walking towards the direction that had Raffles. It was a pretty long walk and we ended up popping out of two exits before we ended up finding the right one as one lot the traffic lights were on the wrong side of the road as you couldn’t cross. We were basically across the road from Raffles at this time and it turned out to be funny as we basically walked all around the outside of Raffles as we found the museum we were after and at the back of Raffles they also have an Indian doorman at that side too. At the entrance to the museum, we found that we had to go online and sort out our tickets as entry was via QR code. 5 mins of going through the order process and trying to find an email as we did it on mum’s phone. We left our brollys outside too as the guy said they would be alright. The museum was all about the different types of toys from robots, space toys to the popular ones like Popeye. The displays told the story about the various genres like between manga and Western comics. It was good starting from the top floor and working our way down the stairs until we reached the bottom. It wasn’t a huge museum and it did have some toys that were pretty rare. Mum even noticed a few from her childhood and ones that other family members had.
By the time we reached the bottom it was no longer raining and I wanted to see the Memorial to the civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation. Our umbrellas had vanished from the spot we left them, although they were at the entrance to the museum and safe. I had been worried they had been taken as I didn’t want to get wet if it rained again. I was wanting to visit a shop in the Suntec building that was a shopping centre. There are so many shopping centres and they all seem to be doing well. After the monument, we went wandering through the shops. There was confusion to the plans as it was thought we were going to Fort Canning Hill first, but I thought to visit what is closer and then head off. There were plenty of people floating around for a Sunday. I had to use maps to find the shop I was looking for and even the store directory wasn’t helpful. Turns out the shop was directly above me and off the escalator so I was in the right place, just not the right floor. I ended up with the store and wandered around. Several other similar shops later we had to have a quick bite before I thought it might be best for once to head back earlier, which we did by taking the Downtown line and then the normal line to Novena. We are getting used to catching the train even though there have been times that we had jumped onto the wrong escalator, so had to return the way we came and then onto the right one, which is sometimes the one next to the wrong one. On returning to home base we chilled for a little while before heading out for dinner after an extensive search and found a pancake place that served decent meals. There are some others we will have to try.
No comments:
Post a Comment