Into the Quay

Clark Quay

Singapore’s Clark Quay

I must admit that it was my first time visiting Singapore. Thanks to my friend Jaz who let me squatter at his apartment during my sojourn at this famed “Fine” city, it sure lowered my travel expenses since Singapore’s cost of living is quite high. It sure was exciting seeing those myriad pastel colored houses, double decked buses and sanitized streets when the MRT got out of the tunnel from Changi Airport.

Dynamic lighted umbrella roofs

Dynamic lighted umrella roofs with phallic inspired(?) air ducts

I only have a limited time to truly explore the city after we got back from Vietnam. My impression of Singapore is really a small country where everything is in place or order. It’s an architect’s playground with dynamic designed buildings. Everything really is well presented here. I mean, the river isn’t that good looking, it even looks like the “Bagong Ilog” in Pasig, but they somehow managed to make it “Look Good,” which is clever actually. They don’t have much of a major heritage here, but they make it a point to make it well known by putting informative markers which makes them more interesting.

Central fountain

Clark Quay’s central fountain

Since it was raining when we came back, I only got to go at night on my first day of touring. And what really caught my sight during the river walk was the UFO like structures of Clark Quay (pronounced as Key) from afar. It was changing color and there were also interesting saucer like dining areas on the side.

Central fountain

Brit inspired structures with lily-pad dining tables on the side

I just learned that Clark Quay recently had a whopping SGD88 million dollar facelift. I didn’t know what this placed looked like before but those giant umbrella roofs structures were very impressive. I just don’t know about those air ducts. They seem like giant phalluses spread out into the Quay. The architect/designer must have been dreaming of Penile-land when he /she designed this?

Read bridge

UFO like dynamic roofs view from Read Bridge

I read that this area used to be a popular port of trade during the 1800s. Right now it’s one major entertainment and dining hub. Located here is the “Adult-oriented” show of Crazy Horse Paris where semi-nude girls do a 100-minute spectacle on stage. But the Price is whoah! Then there’s this 12,200 sqm two story UK club house, Ministry of Sound. I hope that some mags would ask me to cover this. Hehehe. There’s also the Gmax bungee, but at that time it was closed since a recent operation broke a cable during take-off. Fortunately, the car is still fastened on the ground, or else it would shoot higher than it should.

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an2net Says:
June 24th, 2006 at 11:38 pm

Lol Grabe Ferdz gumagala ka na ren?

Musta na? Have a safe trip

Mark Says:
June 25th, 2006 at 1:33 pm

Maraming asian countries ang may mga phallic (?) elements sa culture, especially with religion and beliefs in fertility.

aliw no?

DanieL Says:
June 26th, 2006 at 9:58 am

it’s like ‘war of the worlds’ but it’s in purple. maybe i still like the ‘old town’ charm of clark quay then as compared to the changes they made. the air ducts should ventilate the place especially during the humid evenings.