Although my finals are just around the corner, I decided to put aside some time for play (lol) and visited Artbox on its opening day today! It opens at 3pm and lasts all the way to 11pm, so we went around 3ish 4 only to realise it was raining. Thankfully Bayfront is exactly where Marina Bay Sands Shoppes is, so we managed to do some window shopping and I snagged this scented three wick candle at $15 from Bath and Body Works. Woop!
Eventually the rain slowed to a drizzle and we made our way to Artbox, only to realise that it was extremely jam packed with people and it was almost impossible to walk. Everyone was just inching slowly forwards or backwards, struggling to stay with their friends or families. Jostles, nudges, brushes - you could literally feel almost everyone who was shuffling past you because you barely had any space to breathe. Wearing flowy clothes? Forget about it looking nice - it'll just stick to you because you'd be perspiring buckets and there isn't enough space for your clothes to billow out in the wind.
We managed to find this nice churros stall which sold thai milk tea too ($5 for the churros, and $1 for the milk tea add on) but the queue was a total turn off. I'm not even sure if I should be calling it a queue because it was merely such a jumbled mess with a large crowd just swarming the stall and no one was actually properly queuing, so it was all banking on how well you manage to make your way to the stall front and eventually shout your order before anyone else could. It took me around 25 minutes in total to get my churros and drink - not really worth it when you're just shoulder to shoulder with the people around you in the hot sweltering sun.
We ultimately got the heck out of there because the crowd was way too much to bear - not before I managed to snap some quick pictures at the front near the stage before we left in a hurry (haha).
The concept is just an atas version of a pasar malam, with music blasting out from speakers and fairy lights strung across the stalls - definitely a place to visit if you don't mind crowds and would like that perfect instagram photo after your visit to ilight. But if you are like most of us who cannot stand crowds and overpriced food items, just give it a miss. You're better off visiting the local pasar malams in the neighbourhoods.
Although my finals are just around the corner, I decided to put aside some time for play (lol) and visited Artbox on its opening day today! It opens at 3pm and lasts all the way to 11pm, so we went around 3ish 4 only to realise it was raining. Thankfully Bayfront is exactly where Marina Bay Sands Shoppes is, so we managed to do some window shopping and I snagged this scented three wick candle at $15 from Bath and Body Works. Woop!
Eventually the rain slowed to a drizzle and we made our way to Artbox, only to realise that it was extremely jam packed with people and it was almost impossible to walk. Everyone was just inching slowly forwards or backwards, struggling to stay with their friends or families. Jostles, nudges, brushes - you could literally feel almost everyone who was shuffling past you because you barely had any space to breathe. Wearing flowy clothes? Forget about it looking nice - it'll just stick to you because you'd be perspiring buckets and there isn't enough space for your clothes to billow out in the wind.
We managed to find this nice churros stall which sold thai milk tea too ($5 for the churros, and $1 for the milk tea add on) but the queue was a total turn off. I'm not even sure if I should be calling it a queue because it was merely such a jumbled mess with a large crowd just swarming the stall and no one was actually properly queuing, so it was all banking on how well you manage to make your way to the stall front and eventually shout your order before anyone else could. It took me around 25 minutes in total to get my churros and drink - not really worth it when you're just shoulder to shoulder with the people around you in the hot sweltering sun.
We ultimately got the heck out of there because the crowd was way too much to bear - not before I managed to snap some quick pictures at the front near the stage before we left in a hurry (haha).
The concept is just an atas version of a pasar malam, with music blasting out from speakers and fairy lights strung across the stalls - definitely a place to visit if you don't mind crowds and would like that perfect instagram photo after your visit to ilight. But if you are like most of us who cannot stand crowds and overpriced food items, just give it a miss. You're better off visiting the local pasar malams in the neighbourhoods.
Situated in the sunny island of Singapore, Jolene recently (is 2 years considered recent?) graduated from university and is now working in a job she never expected herself to hold. Besides having frequent quarter-life crises, she also indulges in video games, anime, and aesthetic korean girls documenting their life in vlogs.
Although not as eloquent with words, she still aims to try her best to bring across her thoughts to the Internet.
