My Singaporean Odyssey
Singapore has been treating me okay. Since touching down on Tuesday, I’ve been working til about 6.30pm daily. I do drop by my blog and check my emails once in a while but I never had the energy to write a decent entry. Everyday, after dinner and everything, I’m simply too exhausted to do anything else.
Our apartment has three rooms, and that’s perfect because there’re only three of us here (well, in the first week, at least). One of us will be leaving tomorrow though, so there’ll be only two persons occupying this three-room unit. I was thinking that maybe we can even throw a party or something……
That’s my room for three weeks. I hate the idea of putting two single beds together because I need to choose which bed to sleep on. But that is not something that we can change. The apartment is quite near our working place, and it’s pretty easy to get food and groceries nearby. It is, however, quite far from the city so it’s a little boring here in this part of the island.
Our working place for these three weeks is in Jurong - the place where industrial giants congregate. We’re here to run some tests, and troubleshoot problems - if any. You know, I really want to tell you more about the nature of my work here but I have vowed not to blog about my job online :p
Moving about Singapore is not an issue, as we’ve rented a car for the duration of our stay here. After leaving our workplace just now, we went to this La Mei Zi buffet-steamboat restaurant located somewhere near Beach Road. We’ve been working hard on weekdays (even today - a Saturday), so it’s only apt that we tried something different.
That red-coloured soup you see in that yin-yang steamboat was damn spicy I tell you. The place was packed (we queued to get a table, ok!), and the (lack of) air-conditioner was not helpful at all. I felt like I was in a sauna. We were later taught the correct way to enjoy the steamboat (and the soup tasted less spicy!) - thanks to the restaurant manager. Excellent service I’d say.
That meal set us back by some SGD70 (to be shared among 4 people). We’re still trying to think of interesting places to go, things to do, nice restaurants to patronize… Any recommendations? Maybe a little shopping will be nice too……
P/s: Don’t miss the Formula 1 showdown, ya?
Edit @ 2129hrs, Oct 21: I was checking the schedule for the Brazilian GP today on Astro’s website (don’t ask me why - it’s an old habit) even though I’ll be watching it via StarHub. I rarely go directly to ESPN’s site for schedules. So anyway, on Astro’s site, what I got was this:
Can anyone tell me the difference between the first and the third set of programmes?
21 Oct 2007 narrowband
Vivo City! Sentosa Island! Chinatown! Clark Quay! Holland Village! Bugis Junction! Night Safari! So many things to do! :P Khao lui? Haha! Go meet ECL!!! ;)
Wah… 3 wks there… cool! Don’t forget to hv fun, ok? :)
BTW, wah… go back at 6.30pm already so exhausted?? Mm hai ma? Oi, dun grow old so fast!! :p
harry’s bar, clarke quay, bugis st… okay, i’ve lost my list somewhere. been planning to go there this year, but immigration dept as usual was a major PITA. you go explore lah, and then tell me okay! ehehehhe
p/s: if you manage to find where to get teh tarik ice cream, please let me knowwwww :D
Clarke Quay for clubbing spots and Esplanade for night scenery & sight seeing. There’s this extreme reverse bungy ride on a giant rubber ball called G-Max, also somewhere in clarke quay. Shopping haven, of course the almighty Orchard Road. Remember to try out their famous curry puff and I like the DQ ice cream along the orchard road too.
Eh that steamboat looks a lot like the one we had at our bloggers’ makan makan. Same concept ah?
Aiyoh, you knock off work at 6.30pm also exhausted ah? What kind of ‘intense’ work are you doing in Singapore? *grin* J/k la.
Hey, I love that cute Narrowband@Singapore button you Photoshopped into your photos. Coolness itself!
Looking forward to the F1 results today. I’m hoping that they’ll end level in points. Muahahahaha!
When are you going to throw a party in Singapore? Can i be invited too :-p Will fly down to Singapore from KL…. hehehe…
Anyway, have you visited the Vivo City… i heard it is a very huge and nice shopping mall. My last trip there, the shopping mall was not fully opened so i missed it.
The spicy steamboat is not my cup of tea. I tried it in Chongqing during my vacation there last year. It was extremely hot and spicy for me, after eating that my whole mouth was numb.
Enjoy ur stay in Singapore eh!
i’m interested with the spicy soup based steamboat..
LOL
the last time i visited Spore was 2 decades ago..
it’s time to pay a visit to that island again :)
SD70.00 is a lot for a steamboat dinner. Cost of living in S’pore is so high.
Angel - Wahhh Wahhh Wahhh!! Khao ECL? LOLOL… Does seem like there’re lots of things that can be done here. The first week I’ve been preoccupied with work most of the time, we rarely had fun. But working in itself was kinda fun… LOL. 6.30pm, sometimes 7… summore sleep late… haihs… mengantukness…
Julee - Immigration kacau u kah? Apersal? Takdak passport? Eh nowadays can make passport very fast ma, less than 5 days kau tim. There’s a branch in PJ that lets you do it in one day summore (my friend told me one, I didn’t try). I explored alot of Jurong liao… you interested? KEkekekek…
Oh we went to the National Science Center for a Japanese buffet dinner on Thursday ;p
Aiks Teh Tarik Ice-cream? So cute wan?!?! Ok *hunting mode*
Victor - Aiyo clubbing can blow a hole in my pocket. Yes we saw that bungy ride last night. A friend tried it before in the past and suggested that we tried it as well. You know what? No thanks… I don’t think I can take that G :p
Rinnah - EXACTLY!!! That’s what I told my friends!!! I said it was similar to the one I had in Inner Mongolia a coupla weeks back! What same concept? I think everything same! The soup! But then in Inner Mongolia it wasn’t buffet-style lar. Here we take anything we want, as much as we want, anytime.
They spoke with thick China-accent too. Btw, it turned out that you have to dip the food into some oil so it doesn’t taste so spicy! Before we learnt that, the soup made everything tasted spicy - we couldn’t enjoy the taste itself. Too hot liao - My lips felt like Fantasia Barrino’s.
That button I got from internet wan - I just edited a little bit and dump it into my photos hehe. Thanks!
Level in points ah.. then they’ll see the number of victories the drivers have! But that’ll be interesting!
TZ - Party? LOL… at the rate it’s going, it’s unlikely that there’ll be one. Vivo City - that’s our destination next weekend.
My mouth went numb too but then after a while, the manager taught us how to eat. Gotta dip the food into the ma yau (sesame oil), and it’ll become less spicy! Try it the next time!
Chen - Really wan, that steamboat really reminded me of the one we had in Inner Mongolia leh. 2 decades ago? Hahaha… well, tell me about it, I’ve been here no more than (only) 5 times myself.
Bengbeng - Sorry, forgot to mention. The total was SGD70, and there were 4 of us. I think it’s still not so bad.
Aiyaks… no no, u misunderstood liao! I not ask u to khao ECL! Hoi.. kenot khao her… I jz ask u to go meet her hehehe… she veli fun + farnies woman hehe…
Go to the night safari… last Christmas, we missed out on that… cos not enuff time… and it was raining when we wanted to go… :)
no wonder hilang so long… ruparupanya went singapore
Try Sentosa Island and take a day trip walking around the Esplanade area. Pretty wonderful.
U’ve been here 1 week also no visit me. Got party muz remember to invite me oh. Oh ya, you can try the DHL hot air balloon, duck tour (u sit in a car that will go straight into the sea), science centre is also nice, since you r near to jurong, try jurong bird park too, chinese garden (it was very nice during lantern festival). Oh ya, electrical is cheaper in SG. You can go to Sim Lim Square. Also SG version of Petaling Street at Bugis Street ^__^ Have fun..!
i have not been to SIN before, can u believe that?
wah singapore! i also never go to singapore before lo hahhaa… i wanna go at sg this xmas but then my certain someone was not free, knt go canceled liao haha… what to do :P
LOL. that’ button top of the right is cute! cunnn!! =))
So much to do in Singapore. Orchard Road to do some shopping, Bugis to get some thrift buys, Vivo City for shopping. Makan? (I don’t know much tho- Sgpr’s foods are sucks, to me at least lol) Make sure you don’t get too drunk in Clarke Quay so you can still have some energy to kao lui ar :P
Have fun in Sgpr! =)
travelling partner from kuching, must go back kuching to do, else wait for approval (1 to 3 months)! how come the gov didnt centralise the whole thing, i also dunno. i sudah ada passport, waiting only. ehehehehee
Woow so nice. Anyway u can do ur shopping at Vivo City, QueensWay, or jurong point since ur workplace is nearby there hehe. Then for Foods i think u able to get anyway at Singapore, try seafood at pasir ris if u dont mind the prices after convert to RM or go Maxwell road foodcourt. enjoy ya.
eh got extra room to spare? can i come??
You can just combine both bed together.. Easy ma..
Wah, you worked in such a big factory.
Not bad ar.. life in singapore quite enjoyable..
singapore food is so darn expensive..i love malaysia…! malaysia damn cheap man, the food damn good also!! lol
Sounds like fun… bet you miss Malaysia though huh?
bro, while waiting for the pictures to load, and reading the entries, i was kinda kinda expecting to see some, ermm.. well u know.. sporean chicks pics! u are always like this.. keeping all those to urself~! never learn how to share! :) oh and a personal note, it’s great tat u can travel/working or travel with the excuse of work or something like tat.. :)
Angel - HAhahaha… LOL :p I susah korek masa ler here :( Hari Sabtu pun kerja ok… Night Safari I went with my family before liao eh…
Smashie - Ya lor… Sesat ke selatan.
Che-cheh - Thanks for the suggestions, Che-cheh… ;D
Cybie - I called you mah. Balik M’sia summore. Apa lar. You go back M’sia also didn’t visit me lar :p The DHL balloon ride like very expensive lar.
Eh I went Simlim liao. Reminds me of Sg Wang and Lowyat. Really alotta electronic/electrical stuff wor…
Eileen - I’m not much better… this is my second trip!
Conancat - Ohh! 2007 Xmas coming! Start plan liao lor!
Emily - Hehe, that button I ripped from someone else’s work, before photoshopping into my photos. (Shhhh…)
Vivo City is nice… Especially the Sky Park on a Saturday night. It seemed like a very relaxing place to hangout, especially for the younger peeps. Kao Lui? Adoi…… -__-”
Julee - You can come to SG and wait for your traveling partner oso mar :p Not centralise ka? No comment about that… I live in the central region, it seems like everything *is* doable there ;p
Darren - Hey, thanks for the recommendations. I went to Vivo City last night - didn’t do much shopping though. It was damn crowded man…
Ah Queensway, yes. I bought my Total 90 from there during my last trip here actually. I agree that in Singapore you never run out of food ;p
Laundryamah - Heheheh… If you not sked of two guys in the other two rooms, then you come lor ;p One-week more oni!
Keeyit - The beds have been combined liao lor. But I still sleep one side only lar, because still got longkang mah (although small small longkang oni lar… wun fall off bed).
Singapore life enjoyable meh? I haven’t particularly noiced that yet ;p
Eunice - Hahah… There’s no place like home eh?
Giddy Tiger - Yes you’re right! I have begun missing home already! :(
Jian - My pictures take very long time to load mehh? You using broadband or narrowband now? Wah lau eh… ;p
Singaporean chicks? Hmm… No la bro, I don’t simply snap pics of people in public wan ;p Really! So I don’t have any of that kind of pics with me also… If got I sure share with you one bro!!