Going Om Cafe and Bar, Haji Lane

Looks like a Buddhist-themed cafe/bar, though their website (http://www.going-om.com/) says Nepalese. This is the sign on the second level. The ground floor is much less colorful.

Haji Lane is near Bugis MRT. It's full of old shophouses, converted into cafes and fashion boutiques. Lot's of tourists there.

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Houses Next to Choa Chu Kang Stadium

These picture-perfect houses look like they've come out of a Hollywood movie. They are located right next to the Choa Chu Kang Stadium. You can see the grass of the stadium's football field in the foreground, and the running track in the middle.

It is just possible to make out the image of a father and his young daughter, in the middle of the photo, at the edge of the grass. There's also a resident in a pink blouse on the balcony of the third house from the left. 

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Fountain Court, CHIJMES

Fountain Court is the lower level, which seems to be shared by a few bars and restaurants (you can see the square signs for Harry's Bar at the bottom left). It is an open-air basement. Upper level is the ground floor. Structure at the top right is the Pizzeria Giardino. The fountain is out of the picture, on the right, just below the chapel.

CHIJMES (http://www.chijmes.com.sg/) used to be the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. It's now a collection of bars and restaurants. The chapel has been deconsecrated and is now called CHIJMES Hall, a popular location for wedding dinners.  

Wikipedia has details (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIJMES).

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McDonald's Bukit Panjang Plaza

It's the black-and-white lighted panels on top, that give this McDonald's an unusual look. Store placement is of course, superb, at the front corner of the shopping centre, the first thing anyone walking in from the LRT or bus station will see. There's a rule in commercial real estate: get a shop next to a McDonald's.

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Bars or Cafes Along Emerald Hill Road

Next to Centrepoint, off Orchard Road, just after Peranakan Place. The road here is still closed off to vehicular traffic. Right after this is the start of the residential part of Emerald Hill. 

Most of the buildings here were built before World War II, some before World War I. Red unit on the left is now a shop. Don't ask me about the dinosaur on the roof. I don't know what that is.

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Orchard Central, Side Street View, Night

One of the many new malls that sprang up recently. Next to Somerset MRT station (inside the 313 building further down), opposite Centrepoint (on the right), built over the old Phoenix Hotel.

Almost all the new shopping centres have an escalator going up inside, from the outside, but most don't look as psychedelic as this one. Must drive a lot of traffic for this feature to be so popular. 

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Food Republic Food Court, VivoCity

Food Republic is a food court chain that is owned by BreadTalk (http://www.breadtalk.com/foodrepublic/).

This one at VivoCity is right next to the monorail train station to Sentosa. It has dark wooden furnishings: chairs, tables, food stalls. Making it look traditional and even village-like, even though it is in a mall. Don't be fooled by the small entrance, the place is huge (and always crowded). There are also mini restaurants inside, where tables are cordoned off and reserved for patrons of a specific stall.

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