Apparently my great uncle isn't interested to catch water from the merlion...
On Thursday, my mum suddenly received a call from Taiwan and my uncle told her that my great uncle(My mother's mother's younger brother) will be coming to Singapore later that night for a business trip. This great uncle, a close relative he might be, was a total stranger to me. The last time I saw him was 7 years ago when my uncle(My mum's younger brother) got married and at the wedding dinner there were so many relatives that I remembered none of their faces.
My great uncle works for an oil company in Taiwan and was coming to inspect the new oil tankers which will be transporting oil from SEA to Taiwan. On Friday he went to work and stayed in the tanker overnight.
On Saturday, he came back early in the afternoon and my mum decided to bring for a tour at downtown. They only took a 'short' walk. They first went China Town and walked all the way to Clarke Quay, where they visited the Raffles Stamford statue and took photos with merlion.(lol this part reminds of Jeremy trying to drink the water coming from Lionel's mouth) Then they walked to City Hall MRT and took MRT to Orchard. They had dinner at 鼎泰豐, a Taiwan restaurant but strangely has more popularity in Singapore.(But it's really nice) After that they walked all the way from Orchard Road to American Ambassy(Which is like at Holland Road?!) and took bus home. They reached home at about 10pm.
Summary of how far the walked: China Town ~> Clarke Quay ~> City Hall ~> MRT to Orchard Road ~> Tour around Orchard Road ~> American Ambassy
LOL After listening to my mum's recount, I was so glad I didn't follow them out and decided to complete my math worksheet. And it is also unbelievable that my great uncle, at his fifties, has the stamina to walk such distance after working in a ship for one whole day...
Today is Sunday and he's just left for his inspection on the second tanker, he'll be taking the plane back to Taiwan on monday.