Do you know that it is actually possible to be spooked by a shopping mall? I mean, the general impression we have of shopping malls are that they are full of people that we want to see and unfortunately some that we rather not see, full of colourful and adventurous design features and retailing outlets but upon coming onto Far East Shopping Centre, I guess that is not always the case.
Have you tried walking around in this shopping centre? I bet most of us don't even know of its existence unless you play pool or the arcade. Located just beside Hilton, its first impression is that it is old fashioned, it is crummy and boring, with it having a jewellery shop at the ground level, making it seem like you were back in the 70s or 80s (I don't know, it's just old). Going there in the daytime, you can already notice that there aren't quite many people walking around. (The place seems to be filled with maid agencies, suppliers and a pet shop?) But going there at night, WOAH...it's like those cheesy midnight Hong Kong horror flicks where people get stuck in a haunted building. (Actually, I spend more time getting a good laugh than get scared when watching these movies).
But seriously, it can get creepy just by walking alone, especially when you are a girl. The silence can actually be quite foreboding, with that low frequency rumbling sound when you approach the "rackety" escalators. And somehow, you just don't want to take the elevators or you don't even feel like finding them. And when you past by the slimming centre which is located at a level I can't even remember, those paperboard women just seem out of place, as though they should not be there. Anyway, what's a slimming centre doing there?
The bottomline is that such shopping malls do exist in Singapore. One wonders whether they will one day become a haunt - not for your odd shopper but a haunt for youths and people who spend. How many other shopping centres are like that? Why the heck are they like that? Can they even live with such an image?
You can only ponder... (And remember to get someone to walk with you...)
Funny Place for a Slimming Centre. When there is no one around, bumping into them when its late into the night and when there is no one around is no funny experience though. (just kidding...)
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Far East Shopping Centre will always be a memorable place for many of the older folks like our parents. Cause there's this restaurant call Shashlik and it was like "the" place to dine when dating in those days. The borscht soup there is really the dish to die for.
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