Yesterday Chels suggested we visit the Singapore Night Festival, as she has seen her friends upload videos of the event online. After detours to collect my Yellow Ribbon Race pack (really, a race I’m not ready for now), we headed to the BBB area (Bugis Bras Basah) to catch the festival.
It was not our first time. We visited the Night Festival last year and it was not too bad last year, so I thought we could compare how this year’s event fares compared to the 2014 edition. Turns out it was quite an improvement. The event area felt bigger, with more exhibits spanning a larger floor area. But Singaporeans being Singaporeans, many people congregated where the food places were (basically SMU) so there were many, many people there. We didn’t seem to recall seeing so many people eating food in last year’s event.
But we were there for the lights. This year the National Museum had a light show on the façade of the building, just like last year. This year’s version was cuter though, with ‘anooki’ (the cartoon character that sounds too similar to the Minions in Despicable Me) bouncing off the building. We then went to Armenian Street, which was closed to public (just like last year). Very nice vibe, with the smell of beer and food hanging in the air. Reminded me of the festivals I’ve been to in the United States with performances and food everywhere. Much better than last year’s one… maybe because no food last year.
We visited the Peranakan Museum, ‘cos we visited that during last year’s festival, and left feeling not too impressed (there wasn’t anything related to the Night Fest as far as we knew). We then chanced into the Substation, where there was a ‘extra extra special film screening’ in the theatre, which turned out to be watching local dramas aired in the 1990s (when we were kids). Chelsea and I didn’t catch these shows before, but we stayed in the room for pretty long (around 90 mins). It was featuring a show called “Growing Up”, and was apparently quite a hit last time. There was also a lady inside (her name escapes me) giving viewers live commentary that seemed to be on a sexual tangent (too many suggestive statements!).
It was entertaining though!
Eventually left the place at 11+ pm which was waaaaay later than expected. But I guess it also showed how successful the event was? At least Chels and I were happy sitting in a dark room watching somehow-night-fest-related material (in an air con room… that may be actually be the real reason)!
Swee Life 