The Swedish Ship Götheborg

went to Vivocity with Shu Xuan today. the main purpose was to go on board the Swedish Ship that had docked at Singapore. at first the 2 of us alighted at Harbourfront MRT and travelled upwards from the basement. [it took some time for me to leave Candy Empire] then when we reached level 1, we suddenly realized that both of us didn't know where the ship was. so i took out my phone and dialed Mel's number for SOS. so the direction i got was come up from escalator don't turn left or right will see a very expensive watch shop. then follow that direction walk straight all the way and i will see the ship. so i turned around on the spot and TADAH~ right in front of us was the exhibition on the Götheborg, and i swear i never even notice anything special before i called Mel - now known as the lifesaver.

we took a lot of pictures, and Shu Xuan even brought along her digicam. the exhibition wasn't exactly very large scale, but still there was a lot of boards put up in a semi-small area with photos of ancient ah peks that were supposed to contribute one way or another to the ship's history. and there was a glass shelf display of broken china salvaged from the wreck when the real Götheborg sank. goodness they have bowls that is exactly the same as the ones Shu Xuan and i use at home.

Ooooooh! and there was this girl sitting near the exhibition for a live sail repair demonstration. didn't really know what she was doing. she was using this wooden tool to make folds on the canvass sail. then she keep repeating it over the entire piece of canvass. after she finished, she took out a small knife. 她并不是想不开!!! she only wanted to use it to scrape out some white white stuff on the working board.

after we got bored of the exhibition we went on to see the REAL thing outside. we ran into Liyan and her boyfriend there. haha then Shu Xuan and me wanted to take a picture with the canon together, so i got her to help us. and she kindly did it for us!!! the sun was ultra big today. so i just blindly take some photos of the ship first before coming back to sieve out the 像样 ones.

other interesting things that took place on the same day :

we saw a very nice flower tree near the entrance to Sentosa. the flowers look very plastic when close up. but the tree looks nicer in the photo then in real life.

then on our way back from the ship we saw a sleeping waiter resting outside the restaurant. i know not very nice of me to take his picture like this but it amuses me a lot the way he sleeps with a towel over his face.

and before Vivocity, we were at Bugis for lunch and Shu Xuan need to settle something about her spectacles. we ran into this Taiwan man asking for directions to Lao Par Sar for Hainanese chicken rice. FROM BUGIS ><" so Shu Xuan told him he can get it everywhere in Singapore. then we brought him together to the hawker center we were headed for. until he told us he only got S$0.60, the rest all US dollars. then we point him towards the nearby OG complex tell him to change currency there before he can U-turn back to the hawker center and eat chicken rice.

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misszhuzhu | 2:23 PM