Like an old slipper

Yesterday afternoon we were walking around in the vicinity of Suntec Plaza when we were stopped by a TV crew from a local channel who interviewed us obtaining our opinion on the F1 week. Not sure we were helpful or that they would use our Vox Pop but hey for 30 secs of our life we were famous!

Cannot remember sleeping in so long for a long time - perhaps the last time we travelled back from Europe - as it was 9.00 am before the eyes opened this morning and thankfully that hangover feeling one has after an overnight flight with no sleep had disappeared.

Having been in Singapore a few times now it feels like an old slipper - very comfortable. Nothing has changed but nothing is still the same.

• A consistent temperature of around the high 20s during the day
• The buildings are still imposing and there seems to be more of them.
  
• There are as many shops as you could ever want (and there seems to be more of them)
• There are people everywhere (and there seems to be more of them)
• There are vehicles streaming down the street (and.......)
• Orchard Rd still represents all that Singapore is - glitzy, brash, commercial 
• Etc.

It is a relaxing environment and we feel comfortable here.

While in one of the plazas today we were invited by a delightful young man to see a range of anti-aging products - he didn't pitch them to us as that, more of a wrinkle removal product. He used the product on both of us by applying under one eye and it was amazing how much improvement it made, reduced puffiness, filled in some wrinkles etc. so both of us walked around the rest of the afternoon looking a little "unbalanced".

It was tempting to buy some of the product but the price of in excess of SGD1000 but which he kindly reduced for us to SGD856 (cheaper than an operation he reminded us) made the decision quite easy.

We spent the day in and around Orchard Rd arriving back at the hotel around 6pm.