Today was Singapore's National Day! It celebrates their country's independence from Malaysia in 1965. Today celebrated their 48th birthday! It is a public holiday, so all public offices and schools are closed and I enjoyed the day to do some exploring of the city. In appropriate form, we wore our "I love Singapore" t-shirts we received as gifts! It began with a hearty breakfast, a "typical workman's meal" of soup, noodles, chicken, vegetables and traditional tea.
Then, it was off to venture around Singapore's Chinatown neighborhood. Like many Chinatowns I have visited around the world, there were a lot of places to buy inexpensive souvenirs, so I bought an assortment of items to bring back to the US. I escaped from the heat and humidity with a traditional shaved ice dessert from Hong Kong.
After Chinatown, I went to the Asian Civilisations Museum (admission was free for Singapore Day), had a taro ice cream sandwich (literally ice cream between a piece of bread), and had the traditional Peranakan dish of "laksa" (coconut curry soup with noodles) with "otah" (fishcake wrapped in banana leaf) for dinner.
Finally, it was time for Singapore Day fireworks! We went to a barrage to see them from afar.
Happy Birthday, Singapore!
No comments:
Post a Comment