The botched outing to Marina Barrage...

Sometimes, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. But sometimes that's also what makes life more interesting :P

The random Sat outing began with two 'girls' meeting in the lifeless CBD area for their outing to the newly opened Marina Barrage. The plan was to walk to Marina Bay MRT station after lunch, to take shuttle bus to Marina Barrage. I had no idea how to walk to Marina Bay MRT, except to blindly follow Miss M, who enthusiastically brought along her street directory map. Before the little walking exercise, I was supposed to be introduced to some yummy Taiwan porridge. Unfortunately, the place was closed. So were all the other nice eating places that Miss M wanted to bring me to as alternatives :( Nonetheless, we found a decent Indian eatery along Stanley St and had a pretty satisfying meal of chicken briyani....

Then it started pouring. Well, showers were forecasted for the day but I still harboured some hopes that the skies would clear up by afternoon. Since when I reached CBD area it was only drizzling slightly... So had no choice but to change plans, and hunted down a cafe by the name of 'Geek Terminal'...

After hanging out there for an hour or so we decided to try our luck again! And so we walked all the way back to near the S'pore Conference Hall... Along the way I had a running commentary from the CBD-seasoned Miss M, telling me who owns which building etc. For me, the most memorable building of the day though was this new Ascott Residences building, 'cos the exterior 'tiles' were of this old-fashioned looking/marbly greyish design that looked extremely ugly-- not very befitting of such a premium service apt block leh... :P

Alas, the closest we ever came to the Marina Bay MRT station was a sign which said 'MRT Station 500m away'. Somehow somewhere we made a wrong turn and lost sight of our 1st destination... and found ourselves surrounded by heavy vehicles and cranes... And of course, invited curious stares from amused construction workers...

Looking back at the construction mess we walked into...

So in the end we gave up our little hike to Marina Bay MRT station... Though Miss M subsequently suggested we take MRT from Raffles Place to Marina Bay, somehow all my excitement for the elusive Marina Barrage had evaporated... So we settled for early dinner at another cafe instead. What a productive day :)

But good things still came out of it... I stumbled upon a Christmas tree outside Geek terminal and managed to snap some Christmasy shots from inside the cafe for my own amusement... :)

I think it's really cool how the different christmas lights show up in the picture as little circular 'scales' of colors :)

The book I brought along to read, which ended up only as my prop :)