Sunday's are the day for BRUNCH! I learned that all the hotels have a big brunch special, similar to Dubai's Friday Brunches. After experiencing the amazing fresh fruits and and bacon, I headed out to the big event; shopping on Orchard. Orchard ave is the Michigan Avenue of Singapore, or the 5th Avenue, or whichever place you consider the mecca of all shopping. I took the metro, and was surprised how many people were already out at 11am! The train kept getting fuller and fuller every stop, and then once we got to "ION", the entire car emptied. Ion Orchard is the ultimate mall, where everyone goes, and now I know why! It is 12 stories of shopping! 6 of which are below ground, and there is a definite pecking order to where the stores go. Main floor and +2 are the high end retailers, Louis, Dior, Chanel, etc. Basement 1-3 are what I'd consider the normal stores; Zara, Mossimo Dutti, Victoria's Secret, Aeropostale, and the further down you go, the stores get less prestigous. Level B6 was just dry cleaners, pharmacy, and mom and pop stores. The top floors are food courts and cafe's. This was true for every mall I went into, and I went into alot! Orchard has mall, next to mall, next to mall. It is crazy!
They all have exactly the same stores too! I found a local department store called Robinson on Orchard, and it was the best place I went all day. Mostly because every store I went in to, they had size s, m, and xs. No large, or xl, so just like in Bangkok, I shopped the accessory stores. :-) Until I got Robinson. The store is huge, 8 floors, and looks like Barney's New York, but is priced like a Macys'. I started finding a few things, and then more things, and then a super nice sales associate came over and found more for me, it was like that scene in Pretty Woman and I was finally getting to shop! :-) It was great, I got some unique stuff, new colors that I never wear, and it didn't end there! Then I realized there was a home store too! Ah- well I can't disclose what I got there because it is some presents for later, but it was, without a doubt, the best shopping experience I've had in years!
After that, I went to a New Years Shopping Market. It was super busy, as Chinese New Year is Thursday night, and it was fun! There were a lot of booths that had decorations, candies, some real- and I mean REAL cuisine; eel, octopus, snakes... I can't unsee some of the things I saw in there, but for the most part it was good to experience some local shopping too. I got some great souvenirs out of there too!
By the time I finished my shopping, Orchard avenue was hopping! The sidewalks were packed with people, an the metro was even more jammed than before.
They all have exactly the same stores too! I found a local department store called Robinson on Orchard, and it was the best place I went all day. Mostly because every store I went in to, they had size s, m, and xs. No large, or xl, so just like in Bangkok, I shopped the accessory stores. :-) Until I got Robinson. The store is huge, 8 floors, and looks like Barney's New York, but is priced like a Macys'. I started finding a few things, and then more things, and then a super nice sales associate came over and found more for me, it was like that scene in Pretty Woman and I was finally getting to shop! :-) It was great, I got some unique stuff, new colors that I never wear, and it didn't end there! Then I realized there was a home store too! Ah- well I can't disclose what I got there because it is some presents for later, but it was, without a doubt, the best shopping experience I've had in years!
After that, I went to a New Years Shopping Market. It was super busy, as Chinese New Year is Thursday night, and it was fun! There were a lot of booths that had decorations, candies, some real- and I mean REAL cuisine; eel, octopus, snakes... I can't unsee some of the things I saw in there, but for the most part it was good to experience some local shopping too. I got some great souvenirs out of there too!
By the time I finished my shopping, Orchard avenue was hopping! The sidewalks were packed with people, an the metro was even more jammed than before. 
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