On Saturday, after our very fulfilling meal at the Old Airport Road Hawker Centre, we decided to try and find the Marina Barrage. It was still drizzling but we thought we would just scope out the area first and maybe come back another day. After driving around for a bit and following some signs, we found the place. Even though our original plan was to have dinner and then go check out the barrage, we had shelved those plans due to the rain. Our new objective was to just find the place so that we could come back on another day. It wasn't till we got to Marina South that we changed our minds. It has been forever since i've been to this area. Once touted as the entertainment centre to be, its location and lack of accessibility meant that it never fulfilled those expectations. Still, it was the place to come for really cheap steamboat buffets, for huge bowling alleys and large karaoke clubs. But once the announcements of the barrage, the gardens by the bay and the integrated resorts were made, the end was in trully in sight. I never really gave it a second thought. It wasn't a place i hanged out a lot at anyway. But on Saturday, when we drove to the barrage, on seeing the Superbowl facade standing forlornly as a small bulldozer chipped away at it doggedly, i really couldn't help but feel a surge of nostalgia. After all, i've played in her arcades, ate in her restaurants, been in superbowl several times and it was here that i and seagull had come to see Ada Choi sing at the canto pub or at least that's what i think the place is called. This is little post is for you Marina South.:-)
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