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Our Saturday at Vivo City
By John | July 13, 2008
Saturday Jeni and I woke up and decided to get an early start for our trip to Vivo City (Wikipedia entry here). We had some shopping to get done (wireless router, umbrella, etc) and thought we may as well do it at the biggest mall in Singapore.
Let me just say that this mall is H-U-G-E! I mean gi-normous, people. There are some seriously cool stores out of the 335 that are in there. One of my favorites, though, is a cool store called Pedro’s. If there’s a certain stylish half-Filipino, half-Irish guy reading this post, I highly suggest you check out their website. I think you’d like it.
When we first arrived on the main floor of Vivo City, we saw a large group of tables and chairs setup with people sitting at each. Turns out that this was a Sudoku challenge organized by Brand’s Essence of Chicken (company is Brand’s, and Essence of Chicken is a wildly popular product of theirs). It was really funny because the announcer below plugged the Essence of Chicken and asked each competitor to open the bottles of essence on their tables and join him in a toast to their success. You could tell that some of the competitors weren’t necessarily down with drinking the stuff.
After walking around and buying some items (Jeni can tell you about her super-cute umbrella), we decided to take a break and pop outside the mall for some fresh air. You can see some pics below of the area outside of the mall and this funny kids play area with mechanical horses and stuff.
After getting our feet wet for a bit we watched these kids playing on toy horses in a kids area. The horses are completely mechanical and there was just something about it that I thought was old-timey and nostalgic. Anyway, it also looked pretty funny, check it out:
And to cap off our big day at the mall, Jeni and I both got a great 20 minute shoulder and back massage. That was the greatest thing ever, and for $1 SGD per minute, well worth the money.
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July 16th, 2008 at 5:12 am
I’m afraid to ask what the “essence” of chicken is.
What are those things hanging from the lines behind john in the pic where he’s in the water? Gondolas?
July 16th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Yeah, those are gondolas. More specifically cable cars from Singapore to Sentosa island.
As for the essence, I think it’s best not to ask.
July 20th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Dammit, John…you know I can’t read. 🙂 They do have some sweet shoes.