Rambling: On Foot- Ann Siang Road

Ann Siang Hill today, behind maxwell road market. Quaint place to go for design, food, clothes. Nothing bold and brassy, just plenty of independent shops and cafes.

Pinnacle @ Duxton. Singapore's pioneering skyscraper height apartments. Their apartments can reach up to the 60th floor, and there is a garden on the 50th floor. Come to think about it, I wouldn't dare to go all the way up to the 50th floor.

Maxwell Chambers office. I don't know what's in it, but I like the whole field of the building. It's short, it's colonial, and it's hard to get the whole of the building inside the camera.

Entrance of Maxwell Chambers. Yes, you enter by the nice rounded building.

Walk down this corridor and you'll reach the Red dot design museum. The building is red. Like as shown below.

That's how red it is. I've seen a couple of times, but a pity we didn't go in.

Now we can see the roof. Sister: Why do we look like a couple of tourists?

Me: Cause our dad refuses to drive us here, that's why. She took this picture.

Here's her, outside red dot traffic. Hello, fellow tourist!

Along the wall again. They made use of the old style windows, painted it red on the outside and white inside.

This one is slightly crooked. You can see how long the building is.

My photo this time (-.-). A rough idea how high up these windows are. I'm 1.6m, and they are at 1.8m? I still terribly dislike looking at my own photograph.

Now you know where the location of Red Dot traffic.

Opposite Maxwell road hawker center. It's still an original building.

Another street. Somewhere behind this time.

Across the street from Maxwell Road, a company called Bigfoot Entertainment. They bring in movies, and they own the whole building, and the interior design is a super minimalist style.

That's the side of the building.

Maxwell food centre! Near the shop selling lunch bento boxes. I really wanted to buy one. Until I got dragged off.

Carpark behind the food centre. It's cool how they stuck all the aircon blowers and ventilation ducts on the walls of the old buildings.

Directly across the street, near the 7-11. Where the 7-11 operates on the same premises as the Singapore Pools outlet and the only reason it's so crowded cause people are queuing to try their luck.

Back alley behind the 7-11. I always wondered why I don't go to such places more often. Oh. I remember now. I lack a bodyguard. That's why.

Covered walkway outside the 7-11. I spend my days being a location scout. I also like to know why is she there.

Now that she's gone, you can see the sloping ground of the area. This is actually a hotel(lobby's at the uttermost right hand side), and they rented out the shop spaces to interior designers, independent labels... Nice place to shop. If you'd like to test out those shoes you bought, here's the place to go.

You can bring your photographer friends here (they would know about this place), and they would camp here the whole day.

It's hard not to understand why would you not come here, unless you haven't heard about it or have an idea how to go.

Now I look like a tourist.

My sister took these. Yes, I look kinda fat in it too.

Outside a indie label shop where they're selling gigantic hamster wheels to store your shoes.

Hotel Restaurant.

Here's the street sign if you're convinced I'm lying.

Back alley. Ann Siang Hill is a hilly area, buildings are built on the slopes, but they won't collapse so soon.

Le Chambers cafeteria. Al Fresco dining is all in the range. But it's quiet, so there aren't many people who will walk and see you eat your meal.

There's also this part of the Ann Siang where it's in the original condition, a mix and match of the paints, facades, decorative styles..

Sometimes the facade is left white

This is outside a pub, where the owners had made full use of the walls to fix benches (imagine an extended shelf) and caved in part of the wall to make an enclove.