SINGAPORE - BUGIS STREET

Assalamualaikum

🔵Next, kami dibawa ke Bugis Street pula.

🔵Ada figurin Maneki-Neko ('beckoning cat') di atap belakang bas ini. 

🔵Bugis Junction Towers. 

🔵Hovoh Boutique Serviced Apartment.

🔵Beautiful wall murals.

🔵Bugis Street in Singapore is a vibrant, bustling street market known for its affordable shopping and diverse food scene, especially popular with locals and tourists alike. 

🔹It's a popular destination for clothing, accessories, souvenirs, and cosmetics, with over 600 shops. 

🔹Bugis Street is also a great spot for experiencing Singapore's street food culture, offering local delicacies like satay and laksa. 

🔵Bugis Street in Singapore has a colorful history, shifting from a red-light district with Japanese brothels in the early 20th century to a vibrant nightlife and shopping area, particularly known for its transvestite scene and street hawkers in the post-World War II era. 

🔹Today, it's a sanitized shopping complex, though it retains its name and some of its former character through the Bugis Junction mall and the "new" Bugis Street. 

🔵Early Days (Pre-World War II):

🔹Bugis Street was part of "Little Japan," a Japanese community area with a significant number of brothels, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

🔹The colonial government tolerated prostitution due to the imbalanced male-female population among migrants. 

🔹Japanese prostitutes, known as Karayuki-san, were prominent in the area. 

🔵Post-War Boom:

🔹After World War II, the area became a popular spot for hawkers selling food and goods. 

🔹Outdoor bars attracted Western tourists, along with the hawkers and the transvestite scene that emerged. 

🔹Bugis Street became known for its lively atmosphere, with a nightly parade of transvestites and a bustling shopping scene. 

🔹This era, from the 1950s to the 1980s, is when Bugis Street gained international fame. 

🔵Decline and Redevelopment:

🔹The area's popularity and unique character faced challenges, including concerns about HIV and social issues. 

🔹The construction of the Bugis MRT station in the mid-1980s led to the destruction of the original street and the end of the nightly transvestite scene. 

🔹The area was redeveloped into a modern shopping complex, Bugis Junction, with restaurants, malls, and regulated street vendors. 

🔹While the "new" Bugis Street, developed from New Bugis Street (formerly Albert Street), is promoted as a large shopping area, it lacks the vibrancy and unique atmosphere of the original.

🔵Bas kami berhenti di Bugis Street.

🔵Today:

🔹Bugis Street is now known for its shopping malls, Bugis Junction and Bugis+, and the "new" Bugis Street.

🔹The area retains some of its historical charm with shophouses and cultural landmarks like the Kuan Yin Thong Hood Cho Temple.

🔹While the original raucous street life is gone, it remains a popular destination for shoppers and locals. 

🔵Bugis Street in Singapore is a well-known shopping destination, particularly for its market where you can find a wide variety of items like souvenirs, clothing, and accessories. 

🔹It's also close to Bugis Junction, a mall that includes an arcade. 

🔹While Bugis Street itself is primarily a shopping area, you can find arcade games and entertainment options within the broader Bugis area, especially at Bugis Junction. 

🔵Ok, jom kita jalan-jalan dalam arked beli belah ini.

🔵Panas sungguh tengahari itu. Kehausan, kami beli jus buah di gerai ini.

🔵Bahagian yang menjual buah-buahan.

🔵Dari Bugis Street, destinasi kami yang seterusnya adalah ke tarikan paling terkenal di Singapura pada masa sekarang: Jewel @ Changi Airport.

🔵This image displays a mural by 8 Eyed Spud, located in the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct of Singapore. 

🔹The mural features a man looking through a telescope, with various elements like coffee beans, birds, and a bowl of food, representing "Singapura Comfort Food, Kopi & Teh" as indicated by the text "Cafe O" and "咖啡乌" below. 

🔹This artwork is part of the vibrant street art scene in Singapore.

🔵The image quite effectively illustrates the juxtaposition of old and new Singapore by showcasing traditional shophouses in the foreground against a backdrop of modern high-rise buildings. 

🔹Old Singapore: The foreground features well-preserved shophouses, characteristic of Singapore's architectural heritage, particularly found in areas like Kampong Glam or Haji Lane. These buildings often have unique architectural details and serve as a reminder of the city's past.

🔹New Singapore: In contrast, the background reveals contemporary skyscrapers, symbolizing Singapore's rapid modernization and development as a global city. The stark difference in architectural styles and scale highlights the blend of historical preservation and urban progress within the city.

🔵Crossing Marina Bay with the Benjamin Sheares Bridge.

🔵The image displays a scenic view of Marina Bay in Singapore. 

🔹The prominent buildings with the distinctive red-tiled roofs on the right are part of the Costa Rhu condominium complex, which fronts the bay. 

National Stadium.

To be continued.

 

Till the next coming entry, inshaAllah. Meanwhile do take care.

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