Shopping at Orchard Road

Here we are! Orchard road, one of the busiest place in Singapore! There are places such as Far East Plaza, Takashimaya, Orchard Ion and many more. Our first stop was at Tangs. It had a Chinese pavilion look. Being an ancient structure in the middle of an urban area, it stood out among other buildings. Marriott hotel is right beside it, built in almost the same style. It had many fashion clothing brands and even household items. At the basement, there is a small market place, selling fruits and food from many different cuisines.



Next stop, we arrived at Wisma Atria. There is a wide range of stores in the complex. At the top level lies Food Republic, which is famous for its street food. There are mostly local delights and is a boost for our morale in the shopping district. We ordered plenty of food to replenish our energy in order to continue the shopping trip!

Wistma Atria is connected to a big red building, also other known as Takashimaya. The numerous stores inside range from labels such as Louis Vuitton to brands such as Levis.

Along Orchard Road, we passed by the Duck and Hippo tours, by the Singapore Visitors Centre. It is very popular among tourists. Allowing visitors to sit on an open air bus -cum- boat, that both travels on water and on land, it is definitely worth the try! It looks cute too, attracting much attention from passerbys.

After a long walk along orchard road, we found ourselves in front of a interesting elavator, leading to an interesting place.

Once we were inside, we starting our shopping and eating spree! Look at all those lovely bags! But looks like it is not suitable for the two guys... Orchard Central offers not only luxurious items, but luxurious food as well such as Botejyu.

While shopping, we saw a huge and gigantic female holding a shopping bag! I guess the statue is trying to imply that shoppers come here with a “ high “ need for shopping, hence explaining the height. Isn’t the face creepy? The megapolis seems to appear only in science fiction shows. But there it is in Orchard Central! We stared at the detailed patterns for minutes.

Next, we took an escalator, which resembles Hongkong Ocean park’s escalators.

The escalator leads us to a haven which is other known as the Rooftop garden. As seen, safety precautions have been made to ensure people do not fall while watching the concrete jungle outside. Botanical Gardens may be popular, however there is yet another garden beyond a typical backyard garden. And it is nonetheless Orchard Central’s Rooftop garden. Titled “ The Stairs, The Clouds, and The Sky”, it is truly an amazing sight to look at.

A mini artificial waterfall is also located in the rooftop garden.The sounds of the water itself, gives shoppers a sense of serenity, after going through the concrete jungle below.


Well , who are all these scary looking figures being pierced? In fact they are designed in such a way to represent the feeling of freedom in the infinite sky. It sure made me want to jump and look up when I saw it!

Orchard ION is located at Orchard Road, just next to the Orchard MRT Station. It started operations recently, on the 21st of July 2009. As mentioned in the photo (right) above, Orchard ION is “Singapore’s first multi-sensory mall”. As the mall has such an eye-catching advertisement, we went to visit it for ourselves. These photos were actually taken outside Orchard ION.

Inside the shopping mall, it is mostly made up of glass panels and metallic frames, there are many shops selling products, ranging from handbags to apparels to accessories. The variety of the products sold are remarkable and I was left spoilt for choice. There are also many food stalls in the basement of the mall. You can take your pick from snack stalls, fast food outlets, restaurants of various cuisines or many others. Our trip to Orchard ION was indeed very pampering.

We waited till 7pm at night to see the lightings displayed outside the savvy new mall. The glass displays lighted with bright neon colors are impressive and magnificent. The entire mall shone like a star and made Orchard Road seemingly come alive. It was enjoyable looking at the lighting exhibits. I literally felt that I was glowing as bright as the night lights inside of me. It was a nice way of ending my day at Orchard Road. As the saying goes, “Leave the best for the last”. It was definitely a wait worthwhile.

As you can see from the pictures that we took, apart from the light displays, there is also a brightly-lit Christmas tree outside Orchard ION. Initially, we thought it was just a display, but we were wrong. There are entrances for visitors to enter and there are more lightings to be viewed inside the Christmas tree! It was such a feast for the eyes inside the tree, the lights shone and sparkled even more and they looked even more like stars! What a delightful surprise!

After taking numerous photos of the wonderful display, we were worn out with our day’s activities and decided to go home. It was indeed a wonderful day spent in Orchard. Orchard Road has lived up to its name for being the most fun and happening place in Singapore. I would definitely come back again!

Signing off with a group photo!

http://www.ionorchard.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Orchard
http://www.orchardcentral.com.sg/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard_central