Free tour..anyone..?

Something that I'm not proudly will reccommend ..but something to ponder...hehe

As I was walking the street of Singapore that monday morning, barely see anybody around, decided to visit the main landmarks there. You know the usual tourist attraction. Haha, don't laugh, because even being a Malaysian that lived just across the border, I guess I could count with fingers on my right hand how many times I had been there. And the last time I really been there, maybe I need both of my hands ..and even toes on my feet to count it.

So...yup, as most knows...Singapore evolving by day. With the new Formula 1 trek, to the biggest ferris wheel, and esplanade, to the coming soon, casino...it is not something weird if I wanted to walk being a tourist again. The advantage of it, because of my look, my casual "local" clothing, my accent etc, I did look local that just passing by the tourist area. And only using my handphone for capturing images, I did look rather much local...I guess...

Living, amazingly, in the central of the central Singapore, i followed the river, passing the "quiet" chinatown, crusing the river,weirdly..all alone. Until...I passed the Fullerton hotel, to realise a huge crowd of peoples from different colours and languages. Of course they were there, the merlin lion, the esplanade, etc etc, are located there. Downing my sunglasses, not wanting to look like tourist, I walked confidently passing places...hehe...

Hmm, saying this, I guess it is my first time really see the Merlin lion, even though i guess it had been there before. The last real trip I had to singapore when I was in primary school, and I guess we only visited shopping places and ...argghhh I can't even remember. The last one, was a short trip, a day trip to visit a holy place, and that's it. So,,,,yupp....I think i got enough "kiasu' reason to be there, looking at the merlin lion, plus esplanade is a new thingy.

Standing there, alone, I can't help but to listen to the "history lesson" given by tour guide to groups of eager tourist. I wasn't purposedly following it, but as I got nothing to do...I was concentrating to it somehow...

And that goes....from just listening, without realizing I was partly following the group, from one tour to another...hahahhaa... From the esplanade explanation, to the ferris wheel, to the coming casino, the merlin lion history, walking together to the fullerton hotel, crossing the bridge to the city hall....The only thing that I didn't do, was to climb up the tour bus together...hahahha

So....without realizing it..I got a free tour.Hehe, called me cheap... Maybe I am, yet without any real intention. Ohh by the way, I think the tour is actually free as I was waiting for my plane to depart back to KL, I realized a sign offering a "free city tour.."

Whatever it is.....hmm, something to ponder about, especially if being a tourist in that expensive city, but not until you get caught!! Wonder what the penalty you will get if get caught, listening to others tour.... (-_-)

p/s-walking a distance away from my "tour group"...

Not my usual monday

This picture was taken at the strike of 9am ....last week...on 17th November 2008....

It may look familiar or normal scenery for some...especially those that work daily in clarke quay, yet for a guy named Adli Ali...this definitely not a usual monday scene... Yupp, I was walking the "walk", on a "lovely hectic" monday morning in Singapore.

Definitely, feel weird, totally different, yet something very much refreshing, something had not been done for a very long time. It had been months, of the normal monday, the common busy and mind wrecking monday....So the oppurtunity to be alone, walking along the famous singapore river, and looking at life there, was calming in a way....weirdly...

It was 9am..and i was in the middle of the urban singapore, yet, I barely see much people around,....either they were stucked inside the concrete glass high building, or it just that way....

Totally...not my usual monday... Able to do it, making me craving for it. To start the week...with a different pace....a different way...a different look into the week....

Hope to have another unusual Monday morning.....

p/s-photo taken with my beloved E65 Nokia....