The annual meeting I attended last night ended at four in the morning. However, I slept really well in the dark room and woke up at 11. The doors aren’t that thick so I heard a vacuum cleaner at 8 (I think) but thankfully I could fall back to sleep.
I texted Jonas that I was awake and apparently, he had taken a slow morning because he was just heading out. I joined him and we went for a late breakfast, or probably early lunch at Burger King a couple of blocks from our hotel. I ordered some Ultimate Angus which turned out to be like half the ordinary burger Jonas ordered. Disappointment.
Outside the restaurant, there was an electronics shop that actually had a couple of Google phones in their window. I entered and asked if they had any screen protector for a Google Pixel 7 Pro. Yes, they had! Or at least they had a machine that could cut one to fit perfectly. He applied it, I happily paid S$35 and hopefully, my phone will keep it together until I can get home now. I asked a couple of times if they had a charger for a Google Pixel Watch. It took three tries before one of the guys brought forward a replica (it looked like). I didn’t have my watch with me (out of batteries) so I’ll probably go by tomorrow to test it.
We “Grabbed” a taxi via the app and took off to the Singapore Maritime Gallery. An exhibition about the history of ports in Singapore and about the new terminal they are building. Currently, about 100 000 ships each year visits the Singapore ports. That’s quite a lot. It was more interesting than anticipated and we stayed for a couple of hours. Just when we left, three groups of school kids arrived so the timing couldn’t be more perfect since we had had the place to ourselves.
On the roof, there was a small almost parklike area where you could sit and watch all the ships in the bay laying by anchor. We could see the clouds rolling in and shortly it was raining quite extensively.
We managed to find a dry corner that was away from the wind and protected by both roofs and a couple of trees. We stood there and enjoyed the weather until it stopped.
Apparently, this was also a port for personal transport to the ships offshore. Lots of people in matching overalls, carrying bags and gear came and left the complex by car or boat while we were there.
When it stopped raining we jumped into the subway to head for an escape room. It was the last station on the line so when we entered the cabin it was empty and we had to take a photo because it seem quite seldom you find a completely empty subway carriage.
A couple of men saw us taking the pictures so we started talking. One of them was a local and the other was from the Philipines but had lived in Singapore for 13 years. We asked if they had any suggestions of what we should do but they couldn’t come up with anything 😛
We got to a mall called Center Point and started looking for the escape room company. On the third level, we found an information desk that could point us “all the way in behind that restaurant”. It’s called Trapped and apparently opened just a couple of days ago. We asked if there was a room available that could be solved by two people. After some checking, they told us we could do the Hostel Warlock. A quite good room. We got some assistance, especially in the end when we were close but running out of time. A few padlocks but a lot of electromagnetic doors and hatches. Also, one thing required knocking a specific sequence! Probably a bit too advanced for us, or maybe we should just have had one more person with us. Anyway, it was fun and I’m happy we did it! If you ever wound up in Singapore and have some time over, I can recommend going here!
We went back to Marina Bay to look at the Merlion and get some dinner. MOS Burgers from Tokyo didn’t impress me, but it was what I expected based on the location 🙂
We took a bus back to the hotel and while Jonas went to his room to study, I went down to the pool and just relaxed for an hour while watching an episode of East New York. We’ll see what tomorrow entails, maybe the Singapore Cable Car to Sentosa Island.
