Chinatown

We spent the afternoon in Chinatown. Just inside the doors of the People's Park complex, you're hit with quite a strong odor. Tiger balm. It's referred to as the perfume of choice for the mature Chinese woman. And I'm guessing a whole of lot of them must shop here.

To Yum Cha for lunch, it's Singapore's most well-known dim sum spot. All sorts of steamed delights. Barbeque pork, prawns. Tasty. Chinatown in Singapore is much nicer than Chinatown in New York. Or Kuala Lumpur, for that matter. I picked up a few things here and there, a mahjong set being one of them. And you thought I was joking...

We closed out the day visiting the Buddha tooth relic temple. We did a quick stroll more than an intensified tour. As it stands, the tooth has been proved not to be from the Buddha's mouth. But those who believe believe still. Along the left side of the temple, workers were loading a truck full of orchids to be tossed. What a shame to see something of such beauty and rarity chucked in the back of a pick-up.