My Journey to South: Friday-Nite Episode

I'm writing this while sitting in the Coffeebean - Wheelock Place alone, solo and solitary. I didn't call my friends for a friday-nite hang out as usual and neither I joined my colleagues for an all-you-can-eat dinner in Carnivore. All I wanted is to be by myself - in a hustle and bustle of Orchard Road in weekend night.

I arrived at Tangs Department Store around 7.30pm, people were everywhere... there was a Latino street-band in front of the mall... lovely. I always love street performances, anykind. I even love the blind singer cum keyboardist in the pedestrian tunnel from Yishun MRT to the bus interchange, most of the times he sings and plays nice songs.

I didn't go inside Tangs but took the underground to Wisma Atria. I finally can snap the picture of the blinking bible verse from there. Wisma Atria is on the opposite site of Tangs and adjacent to Takashimaya. The picture quality is not really good... this weakness of my compact camera has become more irritating... (*am thinking to invest a DSLR... hmmm, probably later :D).

I went inside Takashimaya and to the Christmas Bazaar in B2, wow, so many yuletide things there, all on sale! Crosses with bible verses, nativity figurines, cards, Gospel and Classical Xmas CDs, plastic Christmas trees in many colors, and many more. All are considerably cheap! I love Christmas Bazaar...

I did some quick shopping in the fair and went to the food court in the same level for the dinner. It's weird to dine-in alone but I ate my Thai food quickly and left. Next stop was the Calvin Klein sale in Studio 04, Takashimaya level 4. Bought nothing there. I also went to the Burberry sale on level 2, all mostly on sale at 30% off. My black tote bag which I bought as a Christmas present for myself on 2006 is now on sale... finally... after two years... (*was tempted to buy another color as it has white and beige as well... but I promised to God to spend wisely ^.^ ).

I went down to the street level and crossed over to Paragon. I kept walking and went to Lucky Plaza to buy Empal Penyet for tomorrow's breakfast... am so lazy to cook this nowadays.

Ayam Penyet Ria was still full of diners, even more were coming-in. That was almost 10pm and it's only minutes to their closing time. I wonder how much they generate each day...

I passed over Tangs again and the final stop is this cuppa place. Because of its strategic location, this open air coffee-joint is always packed, but I'm all alone so it's easier to get a table. I got a seat in a perfect table with a perfect view! I'm so lucky! I can see the giant screet of Shaw/Isetan Shopping Centre showing various advertisement and movie trailers, I can see the Christmas light-ups in Orchard and Scotts Road, I can watch people walking and cars jamming. I even spot some girls are having a party with one of them wearing a bride-veil taking pictures next to the singing Christmas tree (I assume they are doing the hen party... probably... not so sure... but looks like it).

I love alfresco cafes. Like this one, or many others along the stroll of Orchard Road. I'm sure I'm gonna miss this and I'm glad I decided to go by myself tonight. It's only 5 days to the hand-over of my apartment and 9 days to leave Singapore for good... and I'm gonna enjoy every bits and pieces of it!

It's 11.15pm and my large peppermint vanilla ice blended is almost finished, I'm ready to go back home. I packed my things and crossed to the Orchard MRT Station, as I looked once again to the that blinking bible verse in Tangs; ...I know that with God all things are possible... and I shall not worry about tomorrow, the day after, next week, next month, next year... for my life has always been safely kept in His palm.... Amen.



The world can be on crisis and the newspapers are spreading only the negative articles, but that doesn't mean my faith is also on crisis and I can't spread the good news. It depends on us how we deal with it. I just want to deal on everything together with God... as with Him all things are possible.