I finally visited MBS (Marina Bay Sands) this afternoon, but the experience was sadly quite unpleasant and disappointing. For a five-star hotel, the whole feel of the hotel lobby etc unfortunately felt very marketplace-like to me. Perhaps the crowd cum check-in chaos was due to MBS' national day package - reception counters were overwhelmed, the whole place was really crowded, with snaking lines of unhappy customers and even crosser customers at the counters. What a nightmare it must have been for the poor service staff. The long lines also revealed the ugly side of some S'poreans - apparently one lady blatantly jumped queue to get to the front. And while Lady No.1 was being served by MBS staff, Lady No. 2 behind her (when it became her turn to be served at the adjacent counter) couldn't restrain herself from giving the queue-jumper a piece of her mind. Drama... As many of the hotel guests looked/ sounded like locals, was also wondering to myself why so many S'poreans so rich...

Premises-wise, I have to concede though it is pretty nicely designed etc. I esp liked the trees in huge pots lining the main walkway connecting the 3 towers. The glass panels high up also let in abundant natural light. Also free-rode on someone's guest pass to go up to the 57th sty Skypark - have to admit the view was pretty spectacular and pool quite out of this world... but given the high density of people up there, it was just too off lah.

I also managed to chance upon a pretty decent bakery/dessert place Sweetspot and bought a really yummy big crunchy cookie for only $2.50. Many shops remained unopen though - while those open for business had to deal with construction dust (quite visible at some shopfronts). Eeks, I wouldn't really want to go back there till at least half a year later. Perhaps then it will then live up to all the hype.

Was prompted by v good reviews of Inception to catch it. But err... I think it was a bit too cheem for me. While I got the general drift and how they went into different levels of subconsciousness, I wasn't able to appreciate/ decipher how the finer details interlock with one another... and so I went away feeling a little cheated haha. I dun like movies that make me confused... maybe i'm just not smart enough :( Also felt a bit shi1 bai4 that at least 3 actors/actresses in the movie appeared in movies I caught previously but I just wasn't able to match the faces to their previous roles - except for Ellen Page who appeared in Juno. Marion Cortillard's transformation from Edith Pilaf in La vie en rose to Mal in Inception was quite dumbfounding... she looked SO different I didn't realise it was her till the closing credits. I suppose makeup can do wonders...

Arthur was the guy in 500 days of Summer..!

*Holiday in sight in 1 mth's time!* :)