April 17, 2012

  • My 5 (4) days in Singapore!

    My five days in Singapore has past by like the wind, and as I try to recall everything that happened within the short five days, I'd find things I'd be able to giggle about or things where I really miss spending time with Calvin about.

    The first day we arrived, last Friday, to be specific, we had some trouble getting through immigration so ended up being at the hotel at 5. Calvin met us there and we went out to Vivo City (dian xiao er) to eat. Loved the herbal Chicken and the dishes that we had that night. Mom loved it too.

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    Then we walked around Orchard Mall and the streets around, ending up back at the hotel at around 11 or so. I was really tired by then but I really wanted to spend more time with Calvin (Make use of all the time we have la =] ) so we let mom rest at the hotel as we took the MRT and LRT to Calvin's apartment to take a look and got his dad's car keys so he could drive me around Singapore to sight see.

    Singapore's MRT system:

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    The streets of Singapore at night is quite quiet, smooth and nice, and even though it was extremely hot for me even during the night time, I really enjoyed the little hint of breeze that blew across my face as I stood there with Calvin over looking his complex's swimming pool, playground, and also walking around his school and Marine Barrage.

    That night, I really enjoyed overlooking Singapore Flyer, Marine Bay Sands, and Sentosa from far away. And since a long time I got a sticky but warm hug from someone special =]

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    The next morning Calvin took mom and I to Clementi Hawker Market for breakfast. The food was very interesting for me and I really liked the carrot cake they have. Apparently the carrot cake there is pan fried with other ingredients and light soya sauce, so it's quite tasty and has a good texture. Calvin also ordered a congee with cow kidney? even though he doesn't eat because he thinks I like it hahahaha (which I kind of do =])

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    Afterwards he went to school while mom and I headed towards bus terminal to go to the zoo (which we didn't end up going because it was too hot) and instead headed back to the hotel to rest for a bit. Later in the afternoon we met up with Rebekah and Eileen at Esplanade, walked around Marine Bay Sands, headed back at the hotel again to drop down mom, and went out to Lau Pa Sat in the city central.

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    Lau Pa Sat is another Hawker Market place, and we went there because I wanted to give a mini surprise for Calvin since his birthday is on April 26 but I won't be there to celebrate with him. So I asked 10 of the friends I met through exchange if they could show up, of which 9 of them answered =]. Calvin thought that he was only eating with me, Rebekah and Eileen so I THINK he was surprised but he didn't really show it and he was probably tired from his 1 hour + traffic jam trying to drive over. The bunch of us bought dishes to share so I got to try even more sing dishes before we ate cake and disbanded. Then Calvin, me, Eileen, and Huidong went to the area near Clark Quay and walked around, followed by dessert with just Calvin at a famous dessert place.

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    Saturday morning mom and I had breakfast at McDonald's and then went to Clark Quay for the river cruise ride. The Singapore river used to a trading area like Hong Kong's quarry areas but now has become a river where two major tour cruises operate, including virgo star which brings people over to Malaysia and back for weekday trips. Then we met with Uncle Albert and Auntie Violet and we had lunch at vivo city before heading to Sentosa.

    Singapore was raining that day so we couldn't see much except for walking around the Malaysian food street and Resorts World. We left within an hour and Calvin came to fetch us from vivo city. He drove us to an outdoor restaurant that feature fishhead steampot as well as other famous dishes like coffee porkrib and grain covered shrimp. Mmm Mmm good! Afterwards mom was tired so we dropped her back at the hotel and Calvin and I went watch a movie called Perfect Two by Zai Zai and Ella. It was such a good movie I almost wanted to tear in between. We bought bubble tea and sneaked into the theatres with it so that was a plus as I drank my bubble tea while watching the movie in the back row =]

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    This is such a good movie~

    After the movie we went to little India and walked around their department store. Little Indie is such a special place I think...with Indians everywhere! LOL. Never in my life had I been surrounded by so many indians that I felt quite uncomfortable at first. In between the walks I felt a bit unsafe too but thankfully someone kept on holding on to me and sort of became my mini fat body gaurd.

    Sunday mom and I ate breakfast, then met Calvin at around 11:30 for another round of early lunch at another Hawker Market called Maxwell Market. We had Hai Nan chicken rice and oh boy was it good =]. There was also this other drink that I tried but can't recall the name of. We then drove to the Singapore Flyer and I had a perfect view of Singapore as well as parts of Malaysia in the very rim of my view. The weather was nice. Sentosa came next in our list and we took the express, enjoying the view of Bayfront Beach, the Mirlion, as well as eating at Malaysian Street. How I love the food =] . That night an interesting picture occurred after we went back to the hotel: The three of us sat on bed to watch a food show on TV until we almost fell asleep.

    Monday Rebekah came to eat breakfast with mom and I at Hong Lim market (if you haven't noticed already there are ALOT of markets in Singapore) and I totally loved the special tofu pudding and wonton noodle I had. I'm so thankful to have met all these wonderful friends I made on exchange. They're truly true friends I believe. We met Calvin back at the hotel and checked out at 12pm. Calvin already bought some bread for me and my mom to bring onboard to eat, and we headed to terminal 3 of Changqi airport to meet Eileen as well as eat lunch at a Japanese Restaurant.

    As mom and I stepped through the gates at 3pm, someone stupid but cute started to tear and I couldn't help but wonder what our future would look like. I have trust and I hope that everything will work out fine. I miss him. And mom likes him. He's like my super hero super man. Always there to protect and guide me. Although he's mean some times. =P

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    Two more months and we can see each other again. But until that day comes. Hold on, my pig, hold on =].