Return to Singapore 1995

On Saturday morning, after working a half-day shift, Li Xiaofan said goodbye to Lin Qianxue, team leader Ade and other colleagues, and then took a taxi back to the townhouse in a hurry.

In the living room, Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen were already dressed beautifully and fragrantly, waiting for Li Xiaofan. In order to go shopping with Li Xiaofan in the afternoon, they changed their shifts to the daytime shift tomorrow.

Guo Hanyue wears a white sleeveless dress with an elasticated high-waist design that optimizes her body proportions. The cake skirt has clear layers and a good sense of rhythm. It looks smooth and elegant, full of fairy spirit, and makes you look taller.

Liu Mengchen wore a light-colored T-shirt and denim shorts, revealing her long and graceful legs, giving her a hot girl look.

The only drawback is that the clothes they wear are all brought from China, and the styles and fabrics look a bit outdated. At first glance, they look like girls from mainland China, and are a bit "outlandish" in the eyes of Singaporean locals.

Li Xiaofan simply took a shower, put on a Levi's T-shirt and jeans, put a little ocean-flavored blue hairspray on his hair, and after briefly combing it, he said to Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen: "Beauties, let's go! "

Liu Mengchen joked: "Li Xiaofan, when you dress like this, apart from your whiter and smoother skin, you really look like a local Singaporean youth, and you look quite handsome!"

"Haha, thank you for your kind words. It's my honor to travel with you two beauties!"

Liu Mengchen laughed and said: "When we first came to Singapore, we couldn't stand it. The boys here would call any girl a beauty when they saw one. The beauties here seemed a bit cheap!"

"Haha, then you two are real beauties from our mainland!"

"Tch, your little mouth is so sweet!"

Taking the two girls on the No. 2 double-decker bus, Li Xiaofan introduced the girls to some local customs along the way.

After introducing a military camp of the army on the roadside.

"Look, girls, do you know where these dilapidated old light green houses in front are?"

"School? Theater?"

"It's all wrong, this is the site of Singapore's famous old Changi Hospital!"

"Ah, this is the old Changi Hospital. We heard our colleagues talking about this place before..."

"Well, although the old Changi Hospital has been abandoned for a long time, it is said to be one of the top ten haunted places on earth because of the frequent supernatural events. This hospital was built in the 1930s and was occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. It became a prisoner of war concentration camp where countless prisoners of war were tortured to death during those years. Death, pain and wailing seemed to never go away. After the war, rumors of hauntings spread rapidly, triggering panic among local people. People would rather recuperate at home after getting sick than go to this hospital for treatment. A wave of events eventually led to the hospital being relocated and the building abandoned…”

Li Xiaofan continued: "It is said that since the late 1940s, hospital staff have begun to hear strange sounds, especially at night. The faint wailing sounds flood into their minds like ghosts, and they never go away. And As soon as the news of the haunting After hearing the news, the ghosts seemed to become more excited and searched harder for their existence. At first, people only heard some strange sounds, but later they even saw scary figures covered in blood. It was said that the ghost was the most haunted! land Particularly, it is the morgue and torture chamber. It is said that the notorious torture chamber has been surrounded by red and white plastic tape to remind everyone to avoid this place of right and wrong. The torture chamber is made of solid materials, unpainted and cold. The architectural style seems to exist to suppress powerful grievances. There is an iron chain hanging on the wall of the torture chamber. The strange thing is that even when there is no wind, the iron chain will swing from time to time, leaving some blood stains on the ground. , no matter how much cleaning you do, you can’t get rid of it…”

"Li Xiaofan, stop talking, it's too scary!" The two girls covered their ears.

Although it was daytime, there were only three of them on the top floor of the No. 2 bus. There were big trees covering the sky on both sides of the road, which sounded a bit eerie.

"Haha, then the story of Changi Hospital comes to an end. Now in front of here is the Singapore Armed Forces Hospital, in front is the Singapore Navy Base, and further down is Changi Prison..."

"Well, the scenery here is really nice. Look, there are warships over there!"

After passing the old site of Changi Hospital, there was a coastal road with a wide view. There was a heavily guarded naval base below the road. The beautiful scenery along the road made them feel happy.

"If you can't sleep next time, you can come down to the living room and let me tell you the supernatural story of Changi Hospital..."

"No, Li Xiaofan, don't tell such stories in the dormitory, it will scare people to death!"

"Aren't you studying medicine, are you still afraid of stories like this?" Li Xiaofan said with a smile.

"These are two different things. We are also normal human beings like you, okay!"

…

The three of them were joking. After the bus got off at Bedok Station, Li Xiaofan took them to the Bedok MRT subway station.

Bedok Station is EW5, and their destination, Bugis Station, is EW12. There are seven direct stops in total, which is very convenient.

After getting off Bugis Station, within a few steps, a large shopping mall with a transparent glass roof appeared in front of them.

"Bugis Junction, what kind of place is this? It's so beautiful!" Guo Hanyue read the English words above and sighed.

"Bugis Junction is called Bugis Junction in Chinese. It is the first glass-roofed street-style shopping mall in Singapore that was renovated from an old street. It has just been completed and opened! Let's go for a walk. There is air conditioning inside, which is very comfortable!"

"Is there air conditioning in such a big place?"

"Yes, let's go!"

After entering the shopping mall with air conditioning and glass sunlight from the hot outdoors, the two girls couldn't get out. Bugis Junction has specialty stores of major brands, a large shopping mall, Kinokuniya bookstore, Shaw Cinema on the fourth floor, and a five-star hotel, which makes people linger.

In addition to its remarkable achievements in urban cleaning and the reputation of "Garden City", Singapore has also been quite successful in the renovation and protection of old streets. Bugis Junction in Bugis Street is a very successful case. The first phase was completed and opened to the public in 1995, while the domestic benchmark project, New World in Shanghai, was only started in early 1999.

Li Xiaofan accompanied the two girls to help them pick out some popular T-shirts, jeans and hot pants in brand stores such as LEE, Levi's and GUESS. The clothes of these brands are not expensive, and they will not lose their status when worn out. They are very popular among young people in Singapore.

Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen felt that Li Xiaofan knew these brands and the popular elements in Singapore at present, and he was simply a very warm and friendly "friend of women".

After buying the clothes they were satisfied with, Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen sat in the cool dessert shop and tasted the Haagen-Dazs ice cream that Li Xiaofan treated them to.

"Wow, this ice cream is so delicious!" Liu Mengchen said while licking the delicious rum grape ice cream.

This was their first time to taste Haagen-Dazs ice cream.

After licking a few bites of Swiss chocolate ice cream, Guo Hanyue smiled and praised Li Xiaofan: "Li Xiaofan, we found the right roommate. You are simply an encyclopedia and a living dictionary of Singapore. That's great!"

"Haha, thank you for the encouragement! Girls, do you know where this place used to be? I can give you ten chances to guess, but I guess you can't guess it even if I give you a hundred chances!"

"Is it that mysterious?" Liu Mengchen became interested.