Come see the world with me!

The last Sunday we were in Singapore, we went to the Church of St. Bernadette for Holy Mass, so this time we thought we’d worship at another church. We were recommended the Church of the Sacred Heart, which apparently is “one of the most beautiful Churches in Singapore”, complete with a ‘new’ Hammond organ (1941) and beautiful stained glass windows.

An additional luxury we enjoyed at this church was that the entire church was air-conditioned! The priest in attendance was an old man, Fr. Paul, who when we entered was busy teaching the congregation a new song. He was highly animated, swinging his hands to & fro & very enthused indeed - so good that I remember the tune till now!

After Mass, he invited us to share in an agape meal that the congregation was having specially that day. I tried to sample the very exotic looking “fish balls” but couldn’t really stomach anything. It was good to get a feel of a Singaporean Catholic Community - not very far removed from our own, all very happily talking among themselves and with the priest.

Before leaving we took a lot of pictures of the facade and around the building.

We decided to travel back by local bus as the stop was directly opposite the church. So far I was very impressed by the local transport I had used (taxis - regular & Mercedes and the MRT) and the bus turned out no exception. It was easy to pay - we learned that we could use the same tourist swipe cards that we used for the MRT - and also there was a little TV screen in the bus, in case the scenery bored one (which it didn’t me).
We stopped a little bit away from home at a local market and shopped till we were tired. Shopping at Singapore is terribly addictive indeed!

It was by this time late afternoon & we decided to take it easy & enjoy whatever we could of the final day India vs England test match in Nagpur. The match was drawn but it was pretty good anyway.

“Indian opening batsman Wasim Jaffer stroked his maiden hundred before the first test against England ended in an exciting draw on the final day on Sunday. ” More details here.

In the night the whole group of us decided to go to Wheelock Place, a place on Orchard Road which looks like a glass Christmas Tree all lit up in the night! Very pretty indeed!

The chosen place for dinner was ‘Fish & Co’ - I’ve already mentioned, I’ve had the best fish ever this holiday & this place certainly helped with that impression! Besides all the regular stuff, it also has a separate kiddie menu - yes, in the shape of little fishies. So cute.

Ordered a fish platter for myself and was a tad unsure about how to finish it off - see the size of the platter for yourself.

After dinner - where we all ate till we could eat no more - we decided to forget the car & instead take a nice long (& mainly digestive) walk down Orchard Road in the night.

Orchard Road by night is very different from the Orchard Road by day. For starters it’s all lit up with one massive display after another. Even the buildings are prettily lit up as if for a function. I enquired and found out that this is the way it is throughout the year - and on special occassions, it’s even better! Lovely!

With all the day’s adventures, a stomach full of food & a nice loooong walk, you can imagine that it wasn’t long before I fell asleep when we got home!