On this National Day, my family and I went on "The Great Walk Around the Central Business District of Singapore"!! yup, you must be wondering what exactly is it, well, to be simple, we walked around the CBD area to catch a glimpse of the fireworks during the National Day Parade. LOL. there were simply too many road closures and we had to abandon our car at Clarke Quay and walk/ take public transport to Marina Bay.
To be honest, it was not easy at all as we did not know the route well. hehe, we don't visit the CBD often you see.. So, let me start on our journey on that day...
We drove to Clarke Quay from home for lunch!! Had Marutama Ramen at The Central!! The noodles were really delicious with savoury broth!! The ramen was rather unique as they were rather thin compared to normal ramen, daddy commented that it resembled wanton noodles. LOL. We tried the char siew as well, and they were awesome!! The slices of char siew were roasted to perfection and extremely aromatic. We had a pleasant lunch over a conversation on NAPFA test and daddy's experience during his NS.
After lunch, we had gelato at Haato & Co. before proceeding for the great CBD walk! As expected, there were many other people walking along at the CBD areas too!! They were either lining up for the NDP, collecting something, having picnic, or doing what we were doing. Anyways, it was so good to see so many people together with us, and most were dressed in red/ white!! So patriotic, make me feel National Day-ish too!! I was dressed in red too! ^^
We kind of got lost and had to ask for directions, not to mention about the crowd everywhere!! It contributed to lots of confusions!! We walked under the sun, shade, shopping malls, mrt stations, underpass, roads, took the MRT etc to get to Marina Bay!! It was quite a rare opportunity to take MRT with my family. hehe.
It was almost 7pm when we finally arrived at our destination. We were all feeling sweaty, tired and a little fed-up cause of the endless crowd and the long long walk.. Settled down for some snacks while we waited for the parade and the fireworks to start. We had fruits, Garrett popcorn and bread from Barcook for snacks as we waited.
Eventually, we caught the fireworks at about 8:05pm. Undoubtedly, the fireworks were beautiful and spectacular! We could feel the excitement of everyone while watching the fireworks, celebrating Singapore's 46th birthday together.
We had a hard time going back to Clarke Quay as well, which we survived through subsequently. It was such a tiring day but I would treat it as a day for family bonding!! Happy Birthday Singapore!!
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