Rock Star Goes To The Opera Gallery

I would like to introduce two places to visit the next time you are in town. The first being a newly opened shop located at Orchard Cineleisure. I hardly ever go to the 3rd level of Cineleisure (duno why) but somehow decided to explore that level after lunch yesterday with a few friends. We stumbled upon rockstar by soon lee and were immediately drawn to the interiors and wide variety of merchandise in the store.

The store sells apparels, bags, accessories as well as a wide variety of sneakers from brands such as Pointer, Keep, Converse, Keds, TOMS & Reebok. Besides apparels and shoes, they also have furniture, cushions, vintage telephones and notebooks for sale. My friends and I also spotted a whole series of Penguin Classics books retailing for only $4.80 each! Great gift for your book-loving friend.

As for the interior of the store, the glass window on the end side of the store brings in ample sunlight which instantly brightens the store, giving it an inviting feel when you walk in. I'm loving the colourful gradient wall at the front of the shop as well.

This store is filled with endless things to explore and has something for everyone. Do drop by the next time you're in Cineleisure.

Rockstar by Soon Lee

8 Grange Road, Orchard Cineleisure, #03-08

Opening Hours: 12-9pm (Mon-Thurs & Sun), 12-11pm (Fri & Sat)

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The second place is an art gallery that used to be located in Takashimaya but has now moved to ION Orchard. The Opera Gallery houses art pieces by artists, sculptors, photographers and furniture designers. I've always thought that art, like fashion, is very personal which makes it baffling to the viewer at times. I'm definitely no art expert, trust me, alot of art pieces are beyond my trying to understand the meaning behind them. But I do enjoy looking and attempting to interpret them in my own way. Haha. I've visited the gallery probably 5 times or less when it was still situated at Taka and went for the first time to the new gallery at ION yesterday. The gallery seemed to have gotten a much bigger space at ION Orchard as compared to the old premises. I was walking around and saw this art piece by Alexis Paul near one end of the gallery which stopped me in my tracks. Maybe coz I'm very drawn to faces, or maybe, its was just plain amazing.

Imperial regard by Alexis Paul

Opera Gallery Singapore

2 Orchard Turn, ION Orchard, #03-05

Photos: Soon Lee, Opera Gallery Singapore

I ON Orchard

Yami Yoghurt! Peach flavoured with fruity pebbles. Yums!

Visited ION Orchard for the second time yesterday and explored all the way up to the 4th level. As you go up to the higher levels, you will notice a huge decrease in noise and crowd. The main reason would be that from ground level up, the mall houses mainly high end labels and restaurants/cafes. Also visited Uniqlo for the first time. Plenty of basics and pretty looking jeans. Ended up purchasing a hooded dress. Will probably return to try on the jeans another day (was totally lazy to remove leggings to try them on). One piece of advice, avoid wearing complicated shoes which are time consuming to put on and take off because all the cubicles in the fitting rooms are carpeted and you will be required to remove your shoes before using those rooms.

Other buys from my shopping trip include a m)phosis top & flats*, magazines from Kino* and yums chocs from Muji.

*Shopping Discounts:

m)phosis is having 30-70% discounts storewide now. Sale ends next Thursday (27 Aug) according to the friendly salesgirl at the ION branch / Kinokuniya is having 20% storewide for all card members now until 31 Aug.

Shop! Shop! Shop!

Ok..lagging in updates again. Will try to do a summary of what has been going on. First off, shopping malls! Went to check out 2 new shopping malls in town.

Orchard Central

This mall is rather huge. Though alot of shops aren't opened for business yet, which explains the low human traffic, seems like it's gonna be an exciting mix of stores. Will check it out again when more stores are open.

This is part of a fashion display you will see when you enter the mall. Totally do not get the blue neon lights though.

Spotted these cool cut-outs on the wall and ceiling on the 7th floor. This level has no shops though. Think it's probably offices?

But the best thing I spotted was this!

This just look like a structure of an enourmous pair of red heels right?

Say hello to the owner of that pair of red heels! Miss Red here is about 4 storeys tall mind you. Do not anger her or she'll stomp you dead.

Here's how she looks like. Smiley and friendly enough.

Something random. Although it can be found in alot of places, if you do go to the mall, do check out the MOS Burger there. The service staff are mainly old folks who provide excellent service. And, they use glasses for drinks and bowls for soups for eat-ins! First time seeing these kinda cutlery used in a fast food joint locally.

ION Orchard

Went to check this mall out over the weekend. Didn't fully explore the place yet though. Only checked out the basements. Human traffic was crazy though. Mainly because it was a weekend and it's a newly opened mall. Will return for a 2nd visit to check out all the other stores on the upper levels.