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I strolled through the market to New Bridge Street for a hasty scribble at the Art Deco building which belongs to the Poon Yue
Association. Once the sun comes over the roof,
there is no shade, so to avoid turning into a pork scratching, I
wandered a few paces to the People's Park complex for a third scribble.
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Although I was out of the sun, the humidity in the pedestrian bridge meant that that moist patches appeared on the paper from dribbles of sweat. Sometimes I disgust myself.
The last sketch of the day was in Keong Saik Road where the Tong Ah
Eating House has re-opened as the 'Potato House' bar and restaurant. No
more kaya toast, runny soft boiled eggs and luke warm coffee - it now
includes a burger bar, a lounge called Studio 1939 and a rooftop garden.
Just what the area needed.
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A very nice lady stopped to chat as she descended from a taxi and told
me to go inside to look at the decoration which is the work of the
Australian artist David Bromley.
As I was soaked in sweat, I decided to leave that for another occasion. I was hot, clammy, hungry and thirsty but I'd had another lovely day pottering around Chinatown.
Tomorrow, I have plans to sketch from the top of the Pinnacle on Duxton Hill.
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