Uniquely Singapore

Day 1 (Wed 6 Dec 06)
Landed at 5.30am went straight to Wenry's... having had sleep the whole time from Melbourne to Singapore, I felt fresh and ready to start my holiday... Jolene met me at Clementi Road MRT Station then we went to have traditional breakfast... kaya toast, nasi lemak (malaysian coconut rice) and mee siam (malaysian/singaporean rice noodle soup)... with tea (they put condensed milk instead of normal milk)... they are sooo good...


After breakfast, we both went to Orchard Road... do some window shopping... and later in the afternoon we had some snacks... poppiah (vegetables rice paper rolls with unique paste)...

Then I decided to get a hair cut cause although hair cut is cheaper in Jakarta, I won't get a chance till early January, so I decided to get it done here... once there, the hair stylist talked me into perming my hair and get a new look... well, she managed to convince me... and there I was... first day in Singapore having a hair cut and perming... The hair salon was in Tiong Bahru... very close to Jolene's house...

What do you think of my new look? Hahaha... I know, you think there is no change at all...


After hair cut, Ira joined me and Jolene... the three of us went to dinner at Tiong Bahru's hawkers centre... we ordered sambal kangkong, deer meat with spring onion and ginger, and fish head curry... yumm...


Everywhere you go, food or shopping, the first reaction was "... oh so cheap!!..." hahaha... that's compared to Australia though...

Day 2 (Thu 7 Dec 06)
Meeting Klara at Vivocity, the new shopping centre... so big and nice... hey, I managed to get there myself by MRT!! hahaha... first day I was worried I can't find my way home!!

Again, so much nice food I want to eat I don't think my stomach can keep up with me... have some ice creams at Ben & Jerry's... chocolate fudge brownies and strawberry cheesecake... something different... they are nice... have cheesecake stick from Beard Papa Sweets and sotong onstick (squid on skewer) from Old Chang Kee... all nice food...


Dinner, Yocy joined me and Klara, we went to Boon Tong Kee restaurant, famous for its chicken rice... its so fragrant and tasty... nice, nice food...

Day 3 (Fri 8 Dec 06)
Went to Clementi hawkers centre to find the famous poppiah... the weather is unbelievably humid and hot... Wed and Thu were not too bad so today's weather was my first experience with the humidity... I guess I have to start getting used anyway... once I get to Jakarta, it will be the same or even worse...

Distracted by the humidity, I was not patient enough to find this famous poppiah so I just ordered from the first poppiah stand I could find... later found out that I ordered from the wrong one... hopefully tomorrow I can get a chance to try again before getting on the plane to Jakarta... I love poppiah... I can't tell you what I like about it but I think it's just nice...

After that I got on the bus to get to Orchard Road... walking around try to get some comfy shoes with Klara... finally found one pair from Marks & Spencer in Paragon...

Dinner time, Jolene, Klara, Wenry and I went to Geylang to try this famous frog-leg porridge... I know, I know... some of you will think what some weird stuff I eat... but this is nice really... it's not the big frog (what we know as toad)... it's little frog and the meat texture is not much different to chicken... and we also had beef kway teow (rice noodles)... they are all nice...


3 days in Singapore, all I had was good food... definitely will not be enough to try all...

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Tomorrow I am flying to Jakarta and next destination is Bangkok... so stay tuned for more news... =) from Syulie's holiday...