As
I walked out of the Esplanade Theatre, I came across a chaotic flea. Curiosity
struck me because I did not expect that the festival would include a flea in
their event. Upon stepping under the bridge, roaming around the flea, the
atmosphere changed and the festive mood dawdled as I heard loud music being
played. I proceeded towards the sound of music and I knew it was from the
festival due to the distinctive huge white tents.
I
was amazed by the crowd that attended the festival and on top of that, there
were numerous tents around that initially confused me because I did not know
where to start. But thankfully with the festival guide that was given to me,
yes the snazzy yellow and black information booklet, I managed to locate myself
and not get lost. You can expect to find programme information for all the 16
days, event calendar, ticketing information, and the time slots for each
program. It was also displayed in this huge board right at the entrance of the
festival. In my opinion, that was very thoughtful because it provides the information
for some visitors who do not have the guide booklet. Therefore, both the board
and the booklet was very useful for visitors as they were able to get updates
on the activities and the timing through the information given with the location
map all laid out clearly for their perusal.
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| The Festival Guides Booklets |
However
I was a little disappointed with some of the staffs that were at the information
booth. I went to approach two of the staffs to ask on how to redeem the goodies
like lanyard, badges etc. Both the staff was not friendly at all although they
did replied to our question. I was upset because they did not briefly tell us
on the exact steps to get the goodies. They just mentioned “Just download the
app from your iPhone and wait.” I was bewildered and questions formed in my
head. It was not clear at all and when I asked another staff, they said the
same thing. How can visitors get the proper information and a clear one? I was
not sure the reason why they did not briefly tell us but I thought maybe
because we were wearing the pink volunteer festival shirt and that they expect
us to know the information. Nevertheless, I did not expect such outcomes from
the staffs.
Public
Garden Flea Market
I
have yet to mention about the intriguing flea market called “Public Garden Flea
Market”. Why was there a “garden” in the name? I found out after much roaming
and that is; most of the items they were hand-made! The others were some old
collections bought overseas, or some antique items. Basically, they go green.
Not to mention, I bought one of the hand-made item there and it is a tote bag
that cost only $8.80. Looking at the material used, it was worth the price, not
any kind of cheapskate item.
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| The flea under the bridge |
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| The tote bag and a badge from the flea! |
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