Singapore River Festival 2009
it all began on 19 Jun, Fri, when we were supposed to meet colleagues at the Asian Civilisation Museum after dinner to visit the galleries. entry was free that evening, n all museum-goers cld get a tic for a free Bacardi Mojito!
the pork cheeks are HEAVENLY!
after a more-than-satisfyin dinner, we decided tt it was too late to visit the ACM then. decided to visit it the following wkend. we had a photography session by the river instead.. there were beautifully lit floats featuring the lives of the settlers in Singapore durin the early days.
while busy takin our photos, all of a sudden there was a “cling” sound tt sounded like one of e ropes hoistin e reverse bungee had given way! i looked towards tt direction n saw e capsule bein flung out 90 degs to e right n then to e left, like a pendulum. it was scary n i thot that an accident had happened! it was only e next day when fiona told me tt it’s their new ride!! 笨蛋!!
the followin day, we met F&N (Fiona & Nic) for some shoppin n dinner at orchard before adjournin to clarke quay for more action. they were havin a salsa party at the central sq canopy, but seriously it was jus a small mat set up with a few ppl dancin n din look the most interesting. we ended up at Arena instead. it was fun! cancan’s first real clubbin trip (minus those no-dance halloween parties) in 2 yrs!
the last time i dined at Indochine was at the wisma branch, when it was still there! gosh, that’s aeons ago! this one by the river seems even lovelier! check out that exotic decor wif e perfect play of mysterious colors! we had very nice whitebaits (oh yeah tt’s cancan’s fave finger food) n their house salad, and some deer meat.
seriously i thot the deer meat was a steak.. it turned out to be “deer meat ala tze char store”. hahaha! but nevertheless it was delicious n i paired it wif their fragrant white rice, which tuck tuck said (repeatedly) tasted really good. in e end he almost had more rice than salad i think. bo liao leh! kekeke!
after that it was back to the SG River Fest! another Cuban performance here. it was really cool.. i wished i was in e right attire to do some partyin!
some kind soul gave us tix to redeem e Mojito even tho we din manage to get into ACM. the queue to e ACM was a friggin 2-hr long!
the followin day, we came back for another dose of the river happenings. finally got into the ACM, but gave the Kangxi exhibition a miss cos the queue today was even longer!! kao eh.. that was actually wat i wanted to see most..
dinner was at the happenin Penny Black. we tried their popular fish fingers and it was GRRRREAT! suddenly got a cravin for that again… *slurps*
after dinner, it was a “musical by the river, under da stars”! A free local production, A River Romance brought us a lovely love story bw a Nonya girl n a poor coolie. cancan loves the nonya heritage, long before the Little Nonya was screened!
the musical, in my opinion, was pretty impressive, featurin an array of well-designed props and colorful traditional costumes. for a free production wif a make-shift stage, i think it was superb! the songs were nice and catchy too. wonder if they cut an album or sthg.. they incorporated some china acrobatics in the musical too, which was a bit extra, but nonetheless VERY impressive (i mean the stunts).
catch more of the action at next year’s River Festival!
