despite the haze, went down to vivo city to check out the new shopping centre even though abt a third of the shops werent open for biz yet. most were still under renovation whereas some were doing finishing touches to their display items. official opening is scheduled on 1st december.
cable car in the background
view of the waterfront below
this statue actually moves, does n 360degree turn at a certain time interval
children wadding in the water pools
the whole place felt like a beach
luv the food court on level 3. there were actually 3 foodcourts, food republic on l3, banquet n kopitiam on b2, on top of the numerous restaurants n fast food outlets and can't believe all were fully packed during dinner. thot food republic was the best coz of the retro decor, the whole place was designed to look like those food stores in olden times and even minor details like the planks used on the floor n on the book shelves of the newspaper vendor are those faded, run down planks that look as if they were really taken from those old wooden houses in the kampongs. "antique-looking" decor were all over the place, like wooden baskets, brooms, radios etc were used to decor the place.
even the sign board looks retro
the mountain of butter ;p
pork floss toast n kaya toast
look at the decor of the place
wooden baskets n stuff placed randomly all over the place
there was an outdoor playground for kids and rite beside it were mostly shops selling kiddy clothes and of coz a huge toys 'r' us. veri good marketing planning strategy. other shops consist of a gd mix of up market brands and other affordable common brands. also liked the vivo mart where they sold "unusual pdts" such as my mascarphone cheese, which i have been looking all over the place for, and all those organic n healthy food ;p
outdoor playground
the crowd
staff on these dunno wat u call them things and going round the place to attract shoppers (there were others in costumes walking ard giving directions to shoppers)
think will definitely go there more often when all the shops are operating, esp when the train btw sentosa n the shopping mall starts operating too :)
