Orchard Central Rooftop Garden

I stumbled upon this the other day while showing the boy the magnificent view from the escalators that run along Orchard Central’s main facade. The last time i was there (quite long ago), the escalators went up to only the 7th floor – and it was already impressive enough then.

It’s a bit unfortunate that the view towards Centrepoint and beyond is quite unattractive:

I like the words on its roof though:

There’re some really beautiful Peranakan shophouses in that direction..

The garden itself was pretty alright – nice place to stroll around and relax after shopping, although it isn’t as romantic as the words “rooftop garden” might sound.

There’s a pond of water hyacinths outside the chinese restaurants on the roof. Reminded me of primary school where our eco pond had lots of water hyacinths! my first time seeing its flowers though.

There were interesting looking wire men adorning the roof.

It’s quite interesting that the Singtel main office is the highest building in the area..

I’m not sure why, but I kinda like the Singapore Power Building (I still think of it as the PUB). perhaps it’s because it looks like what “futuristic” buildings were meant to be like in the.. 80s.

The boy said that for an expensive part of town, the condominiums are pretty ugly looking. I unfortunately have to agree.

Still, the *scape Park (i think that’s what it’s called?) and the other i-don’t-know-what below made for interesting diversions.

F1 cars in Orchard Road

it’s been a nice two weeks when the boy was in town. we were at Orchard Road when we stumbled upon a Red Bull promo for F1 this year – managed to catch a few donuts and 360s on Orchard Road!
check out the car:

it was insanely crowded at Orchard Road, and the smoke from the racing cars was thick:


i wasn’t tall nor patient enough, so this is the best video i managed to get. we couldn’t figure out where the main stage was located, so nothing much was happening where we were. my hand was always up when nothing went on, and when i got tired and put my hand down, the action would start.

Hear the roar of the engine!

the hosts weren’t very good either, especially the woman. what’s with sports and female hosts? surely they can do better than go “i want that CARRRR!” when you’re faced with a live demo on Orchard Road with a sports car! even I could do better than that I’m sure – at least i’m not that bimbo!

Check him out standing on top of his car..

Orchard Road was full of tyre marks after the event – see the car being towed away:

The event was quite cool. I was actually considering paying for the cheapest tickets to F1 last year, but didn’t in the end. Will see what happens this year! *rubs hands in anticipation*.
The coolest at the event though, were these dudes standing by as the Red Bull car was being towed away. I mean, check out his shades!: