National Day is a public holiday; you don’t have to pay to use public car-parks.
Went to Peninsular Plaza with my mum in the morning to get a new camera. We managed to get one that is very operational at quite a huge discount (more than a hundred dollars off the usual retail price), but since we seldom have to spend on electronics I came out from the store feeling a little kek-sim and a little chek-ak. My mum got paranoid after the camera I brought along for my exchange turned out strange pictures and she has been insisting on me getting a new one before I leave for the States. My current Akira camera is a showroom set which I got for free. Even though it periodically loses some of its functions, I don’t mind it too much. Most of the functions usually work after I switch the camera on and off a couple of times. And although I sometimes have to do a lot of adjustments just to take a picture, I like playing with the many functions.
On our way back to the car-park, we passed by the stamp museum. The colonial postbox outside the museum caught my mum’s eye and we went in to take a look. Found out that museum admission is free because it’s National Day, and since parking is also free, we toured the place a little more. Wanted to visit the Freemason Lodge and the National Archives (free exhibition), unfortunately, the former is restricted to members and the latter is closed on public holidays.
Went to Peninsular Plaza with my mum in the morning to get a new camera. We managed to get one that is very operational at quite a huge discount (more than a hundred dollars off the usual retail price), but since we seldom have to spend on electronics I came out from the store feeling a little kek-sim and a little chek-ak. My mum got paranoid after the camera I brought along for my exchange turned out strange pictures and she has been insisting on me getting a new one before I leave for the States. My current Akira camera is a showroom set which I got for free. Even though it periodically loses some of its functions, I don’t mind it too much. Most of the functions usually work after I switch the camera on and off a couple of times. And although I sometimes have to do a lot of adjustments just to take a picture, I like playing with the many functions.
On our way back to the car-park, we passed by the stamp museum. The colonial postbox outside the museum caught my mum’s eye and we went in to take a look. Found out that museum admission is free because it’s National Day, and since parking is also free, we toured the place a little more. Wanted to visit the Freemason Lodge and the National Archives (free exhibition), unfortunately, the former is restricted to members and the latter is closed on public holidays.
Took a swing to the National Museum. The place is still under renovation but there is one ongoing exhibition, ‘Stylo Mylo: A Selection of Men’s Fashion in Singapore’, and admission is free. I found the exhibits rather gaudy and hideous, but I like what they have been doing to revamp the place. The new coat of white and grey is a refreshing facelift, and the glass and marble integrates the old façade with the newer extensions. The architecture is grand but not imposing, stately but not inhibiting. I find it very sleek. 
In some sense, items 8 and 10 on my list are checked.
Thanks to free parking, this morning had truly been Uniquely Singapore.
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