Singaporeans really like anything free, anything loud and anywhere crowded...Yes, I'm talking about them flocking to watch the fireworks at the Singapore River. If it was not because of my friend's invitation, I don't think I will join the crowd to watch. The 5 of us went to One Fullerton early for our dinner at Palm Beach Restaurant, which looks like a expensive place. We ordered baby squids, creamy crab, chilli crab, wafer chicken, spicy kang kong and fried yam basket. And it costs us $40 each! I don't think it was worth the money. The baby squids tasted normal, the creamy crab was the creme of the crop!, chilli crab sucks big time, not enough egg and spiciness in the gravy!, wafer chicken was unique, wrapped in omelette skins just like peking duck, spicy kang kong was too bland, not spicy at all, fried yam basket was alright.
We started our meal at 615pm and from where we were seated, the view of the fireworks later should have been the perfect place. But no, the seats which we were sitting are already reserved from 830pm onwards. That means we have to leave by 830pm... Sigh...
So after our meal, we found a place to sit down with the crowd, which was already gathering since 6pm, can you believe it! And the fireworks only starts at 9.15pm! Singaporeans are really a "Woo Eng" lot! Me and my friends came up with the conclusion that since there are not much entertainment in Singapore (watch movies, sing karaoke, eat, shopping, what else can we do??) and fireworks show is free, that's why so many came to watch.
See the crowd in front of us. They must have been sitting in this position for the past 2 and a half hours!
For all of you who didn't make your way to watch the fireworks, here are some better pictures I took from One Fullerton (in front of the Starbuck)
Alright, can't get enough of the pictures, here are some videos of the fireworks. Enjoy them!
YNWA @ 4:02 AM
