Tuesday evening.Hot and sunny brisbane.
Supposedly, i should be in the freezing sub zero degrees Moscow watching snowfalls and making snowman for the weekend, due to some unforseen circumstances, my route has been changed and here i'm in the warm and sunny Singapore still. Feeling totally upset about it, but there's nothing else i can do, considered it bad luck then! So, my baby has brightened up my day by bringing me for retail therapy. It's Christmas shopping for the weekend!
Where else in Singapore is great for shopping? Orchard road of course! We started of the day with lunch at the Ambush, B2 of Ngee Ann City. inside the Takashimaya Shopping Centre Food Court.
Baby's beef bolognese with spagetthi & my scallop and prawns in japanese fish roe and cream sauce with fettucini. Yumz...
After lunch, we went shopping for gifts for our family and friends. It's so crowded cos i believed everyone is rushing to buy gifts, and at the same time, it's school holiday plus festive seasons, and there are sales in almost every shop; how could anyone miss it? We are like seriously fighting with the others to get our stuffs and have to brace through the crowds to walk through everywhere. *sweat*
Besides shopping, we managed to catch a glimpse of the Christmas lights in orchard road this year. Seriously, i think they are competing and see who has the biggest Christmas tree. Almost every shopping centre has a Christmas tree of their own, right in front of their mall entrance!
Just as we are about to cross over from Ngee Ann City to Paragon, we saw a huge crowd surrounding a boutique, and we realized, it's Abercrombie & Fitch, an american brand of clothing and accesories store with their first outlet in Singapore. In order to create awareness, they flown in their hunky models to "showcase" infront of their boutique, which will be opening next week. That got all the girls and guys excited and they were taking pictures of them and with them, and seriously, the guys are real cute and hot!!!! *drools*
Abercrombie & Fitch used to be so exclusive to the locals cos you only can get them in the states and London. I started buying their clothes and accesories like 6 years ago, and back then the price were quite affordable. As they got more and more popular, and with the joining of new designers who has previously worked for big labels like Gucci, their prices are so expensive now! Nonetheless, Singapore is definitely a good place for them to set up an outlet, it'll definitely attracts a lot of asian from the nearby region!
More shopping and more christmas lights...
Ok, like i've said, it's all about Christmas tree this year, not even a sight of Santa :(. Time for dinner.
Some local flavours..
Fried carrot cake, BBQ chicken wings, roast duck and roast pork.
Lovely!
And here are the lighted Orchard road...
And at the end of the day, i'm totally grinning from ear to ear with all my hands full of shopping bags!! hehe
Christmas is a season of love, peace and joy.
Spread your love and joy to everyone around you.
XOXO,
_CeL|Ne_
