A lot of people. To be specific, a lot of moving people. I need a camera with a better shutter speed, but this year Santa gave me a miss because my house has no chimney.Secondly, there are also a lot of shops offering sales, so if you think you have a bit of extra money, you could do some shopping. Most shopkeepers are actually rather desperate to clear goods so you might actually start seeing some pretty good discounts. Just in case you were wondering, I am not being paid commission to advertise. I am doing it out of Xmas goodwill.
I was deliberating what to call this post, until I chanced upon this brightly lighted Xmas tree outside Paragon.
A whimsical Christmas. For those who don't know what whimsical is, it means something happening on one's own fancy, often erratic and unpredictable. A whim took me to Orchard Road, so it was kinda perfect.There were actually quite a number of performances being put up by different groups on Orchard Road itself, and several of them were actually quite good. There was a skit and several vocal performances, and they held the crowd captive. I also walked past a choir.
I actually took pictures of them, but because the conductor in front kept swaying from side to side I got the choir, and a white blur in front for all my pictures. Pity.
A huge crowd watching the stage performance from the screens, because they were too far from the stage. The whimsical Xmas tree is in the background.
People watching the stage in the background. The blurry guys in front are the inconsiderate people who walked past just as I took this shot. Well they are permanently immortalised in blur form. You can see the nice overhead decor too.There were actually many policemen around to direct traffic. What I didn't get was the police fencing off the entrances to Ngee Ann City and allowing people to enter only from one particular point. A major inconvenience especially since it was extremely difficult to move along Orchard Road due to the crowd.
Orchard Road was actually quite beautifully decorated this year, as the next few pictures will attest.
Princess and castle. There were many people queuing up to take pictures in front of this.
The entrance to the Heeren. I liked the spiral Xmas trees, and the hanging lights.
Centrepoint entrance. I would have taken a better shot if not for the many people below taking pictures in front of this. But its really quite nice if you see it for yourself.
I LOL-ed at this fish tank. I know "La Mer" means "the sea" in french, but trust me that wasn't the first word that came to mind when I saw this fish tank.
I felt like I owned Orchard Road when I took this shot. I was like standing right in the middle of the road for about half a minute admiring the utter lack of vehicles, till this bus came along.If you have nothing better to do on Xmas next year, consider visiting Orchard Road.