I was amused to read in this Forum letter (yesterday's ST) the idea that Orchard Road is the 'Champs Elysees of the East'. (painting by this lady ) The only time I've been down the Champs-Elysees was some 18 years ago and unless the place has changed that much, the only similarity I can think of that it bears with Orchard Road is the heavy traffic. How can Orchard Road compare with 'la plus belle avenue du monde' ('the most beautiful avenue in the world' - don't be too impressed; I don't know French at all - cut and past only, lah)? Frankly, Orchard Road does not even come near the historical, political and social significance of the Champs-Elysees. Click and see for yourself what I mean. It seems to me that we sometimes have this habit of celebrating Singapore in such a way that we make it bigger than it is. This Champs-Elysees thing is but one example of that. In today's newspapers, we have the promise of a Universal Studios theme park ...