This weekend was a long one due to a local holiday, Hari Raya Haji on Friday, Nov. 27. It is called the "Festival of Sacrifice" and it is celebrated by Muslims to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God. I, however, worked through Friday, but enjoyed working from home.On Saturday and Sunday, I went to check out some of the local shopping, trying to support Black Friday from here! Everyone says it is amazing and they aren't kidding - you name it, Singapore has it!
I walked up to Cathay where I caught a movie at a local Cinema (not to be confused with the word "theater" here because that will take you to the local Arts Theater...on the opposite side of town!). I window shopped at Cathay and saw lots of fun things - an alarm clock that rolls off the nightstand after you hit snooze and you have to wake up to chase it around to turn it off! Ha-ha! I saw an Obama burger, looks like most everything American has now been termed Obama. It looked like an ordinary burger, but I guess his name sells over here.
I saw Orchard Road, which is THE shopping place to be (all pics from Orchard 
Rd). They have contests going on to vote for the best decorated building, so each of the gigantic shopping malls (all 6-8 floors high) have decorated for Christmas. It's just beautiful, if it weren't 100 degrees outside; you could imagine that you're in a wintery wonderland. There are Christmas tunes playing everywhere and just a fun hustle-and-bustle environment. You could actually walk inside a Christmas tree and the inside was lit up with beautiful blue lights (pics of the outside and inside of the tree).
Rd). They have contests going on to vote for the best decorated building, so each of the gigantic shopping malls (all 6-8 floors high) have decorated for Christmas. It's just beautiful, if it weren't 100 degrees outside; you could imagine that you're in a wintery wonderland. There are Christmas tunes playing everywhere and just a fun hustle-and-bustle environment. You could actually walk inside a Christmas tree and the inside was lit up with beautiful blue lights (pics of the outside and inside of the tree). Each of the "malls" are side by side and line the street. Each floor is 
dedicated to something new: men's, women's, children, food court/grocery store (always in the basement), restaurants scattered throughout, and so much more. The sidewalks from the stores to the streets are huge and decorated with local art. They are also mostly covered due to the sun and rain here. They want people to shop no matter the weather. The boutiques are what I could only imagine the Streets of Buckhead could one day be - Prada, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Dolce and Gabanna, Giorgio Armani, etc. I could live this life! Lots of fun, but very 
exhausting... and I was good; I didn't buy a thing, but I made a list a mile long!
dedicated to something new: men's, women's, children, food court/grocery store (always in the basement), restaurants scattered throughout, and so much more. The sidewalks from the stores to the streets are huge and decorated with local art. They are also mostly covered due to the sun and rain here. They want people to shop no matter the weather. The boutiques are what I could only imagine the Streets of Buckhead could one day be - Prada, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Dolce and Gabanna, Giorgio Armani, etc. I could live this life! Lots of fun, but very 
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