Showing posts with label Bencoolen Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bencoolen Street. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Saturday walk

Along Bencoolen Street, this building that looks like a uniformly layered cake caught my eye.
You don't see buildings like this anymore especially on prime land.
Across the road, I came across this old-style building that is now a dance studio or a dance school.
Further on is a mosque. The walk was getting more interesting!
And sure enough, I was delighted to see this old apartment sandwiched between two modern buildings. It was a nostalgic encounter because a secondary one classmate lived there and one afternoon several of us were invited to her house. It was my first visit to a friend's house in the city.
Walking towards the Singapore Management University, I got the chance to photograph a church that I had, till then, seen only parts of from the window of my car.
Turning into the Singapore Management University, a view of the Singapore Arts Museum that I had never seen before.
It was a scorching day with the temperature at around 35 degrees celcius. I was glad to walk into the beautiful green and shady environment of the Singapore Management University.
The tree with leaves of three different colours drew me towards it like a magnet.
You can almost hear the leaves tinkle like windchimes.
Ah, the National Museum at last!
I got distracted by the purplish grass and this part of the National Museum became the backdrop.
I had wanted to see the Christian Lacroix Exhibition. It was 4 pm. The entrance fee was $8 with no discount whatsoever and I gave it a pass. Instead, I had a relaxing time looking at the sky and enjoying the spaciousness of the public areas of the museum.