After a ho hum lunch of nasi padang at a dingy joint on the 3rd floor of Ming Arcade, looking at my reliable Seiko, I still have about 20 mins to check out Liat Towers, just to see how Starbucks, Wendys, Massimo Dutti and Hermes are picking up the pieces after the flood bath...it was isolated, no tables, no chairs, no life, even the crows have gone elsewhere. Only a classy looking lady who crept out of the temporary store front instructing a worker to empty a large bucket of water into a nearby drain. A stark contrast when the heavens decided to turn the place into a wet & wild wonderland, we had everything a water theme park could ask for. Water features, floating devices, chairs turned topsy turvy, a window mannequin from Dutti, a handsome looking one actually, floated out of the shop (seen from a screen capture on News, some passerby at first glance thought the flood had claimed its first victim.
This location was the exact same spot when Singapore opened its first McDonald's restaurant in 1979. That October day saw the worlds highest number of burgers sold in the world. Wondered if it ever made it to some Guinness book records. As we are so passionate about being No. 1 in anything and everything. Singaporean are in love with burgers, even better if its called PROSPERITY. Children are brain washed and dreaming of Happy Meals even when they are in their mummy's womb. No wonder every kid recognises the golden M. Then BK took over for many years and then Wendy's. The third burger franchise must have offended the Gods, swept the shop 3 days prior to the official opening, cruel fate but hey s**t happens. Now the area is lined with sandbags and last heard they ordered some more. Are they anticipating for the third sequel? Its popular to have sequels these days. For now its blaming session.
With the exceptionally high volume of precipitation Singapore has been experiencing in the past weeks, the people at the met station and especially the ones who are in charge flood gates and creating deeper and wider 'longkangs' better be worried. Cuz when the skies decides to cry buckets, you too will be scurrying for buckets to scoop the elements out of your shop. Renovation contractors please be advised that the current trend is to design your shop display at least 1.5m high. Nevermind if your customer cannot reach the calf leather handbag which cost the same as the gross domestic product of some third world country. You don't want to sell the Birkin for 90% discount, although some nut case would still buy soggy ones if they were for sale. Trivia since we are in the topic of Birkin bags, according to Wikipedia, its worth at least $10K (not sure which currency) and a 5 year waiting list...honestly the bag is ugly. The metal hardware is supposed to be gold plated or treated with anti- tarnish properties, takes 48 man hours to complete the bag. The inner lining is goat's skin, I hope the farmer extracted enough milk before from the goat before heading its way to the abbatoir.
So there you go, Singapore needed more drama, we don't have Richter scales, but we have very small scale flooding which hit the headlines and falling trees. I think another fallen tree at Yio Chu Kang Road claimed a victim today. This is Garden City for you, and I think we just shot ourselves in the foot.
This location was the exact same spot when Singapore opened its first McDonald's restaurant in 1979. That October day saw the worlds highest number of burgers sold in the world. Wondered if it ever made it to some Guinness book records. As we are so passionate about being No. 1 in anything and everything. Singaporean are in love with burgers, even better if its called PROSPERITY. Children are brain washed and dreaming of Happy Meals even when they are in their mummy's womb. No wonder every kid recognises the golden M. Then BK took over for many years and then Wendy's. The third burger franchise must have offended the Gods, swept the shop 3 days prior to the official opening, cruel fate but hey s**t happens. Now the area is lined with sandbags and last heard they ordered some more. Are they anticipating for the third sequel? Its popular to have sequels these days. For now its blaming session.
With the exceptionally high volume of precipitation Singapore has been experiencing in the past weeks, the people at the met station and especially the ones who are in charge flood gates and creating deeper and wider 'longkangs' better be worried. Cuz when the skies decides to cry buckets, you too will be scurrying for buckets to scoop the elements out of your shop. Renovation contractors please be advised that the current trend is to design your shop display at least 1.5m high. Nevermind if your customer cannot reach the calf leather handbag which cost the same as the gross domestic product of some third world country. You don't want to sell the Birkin for 90% discount, although some nut case would still buy soggy ones if they were for sale. Trivia since we are in the topic of Birkin bags, according to Wikipedia, its worth at least $10K (not sure which currency) and a 5 year waiting list...honestly the bag is ugly. The metal hardware is supposed to be gold plated or treated with anti- tarnish properties, takes 48 man hours to complete the bag. The inner lining is goat's skin, I hope the farmer extracted enough milk before from the goat before heading its way to the abbatoir.
So there you go, Singapore needed more drama, we don't have Richter scales, but we have very small scale flooding which hit the headlines and falling trees. I think another fallen tree at Yio Chu Kang Road claimed a victim today. This is Garden City for you, and I think we just shot ourselves in the foot.
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