sands - for no reason

marina before sunset


marina at dusk


singapore flyer


enter casino for s'porens = erp x many times


steely sunset


6-legged banana in the sky


singapore erection


fire in the sky


caCHIno - ca= leg, CHI=money, no money, no leg?


marina bay sands hotel


BIG lanterns


BIG pots of trees

marina bay sands is the 2nd casino in singapore. it's opened on 27 april 2010; only the first 963 rooms in the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, part of The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, and the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, celebrity chef restaurants, along with other dining outlets and the casino.

walking on the bay bridge, he reached the sands. it was very dusty and smelt of cement, though the space inside the building was vast, the lighting was very dim, giving a sense of gloominess, and hopelessness. no wonder, the lawyers felt taken for a ride when they had their convention here recently.

compared with the sentosa world resorts, also opened in phases, the wrs did a better job of giving people the impression that whatever was opened, was done to a good finish, unlike the sands, the finish was obviously very 'char'....

the casino occupied two floors. though the queue was not there, it did brisk business, from what one could seeing, peeping into it thru its entrances. more than half of the shops not yet ready.

he liked the big deck fronting the bay, and the skyline of the marina buildings. sunset was spectacular.

he walked across to the marina bay sands hotel. it was impressive! the atmosphere was demure but the room of height carved out from the structure was humongous. the decor also reflected amply the hugeness of the space, with big pots - really extraordinarily big - of trees, big lantern-shape special dining rooms.

there were three restaurants in the ground floor. the 'rise' was a cafe-type restaurant serving buffets and ala carte menus doing mediocre business, the 'fuse', a pub, not too good in its business, and 'jinshan lou', a chinese restaurant with a lot of diners.

he was attracted by the life music from the 'fuse', some australian band was doing norah jones' 'don't know why' which reminded him of his encounter with ravi's daughter a few years ago.... he fell in love with her songs.

he stood near and listened for a while.

after the song, the lady singer came up to him, "hi, you liked the song?"

"yes, very much... you sang very well..."

"thank you. you like to join me in another norah's song, 'come away with me'?"

"me... i can't sing."

"come.... as long as you know the lyrics... just hum along."

and humming he did .....then he came away with her, humping they did. and they both came..... but, don't know why!