8 April, 2009
I woke up reminiscing an awful nightmare. The image of the guy lying on the ground near Far East Plaza the day before apparently was stored perfectly in my subconscious mind. In my dream, I was unconscious for several times and told through a letter that my unconsciousness was caused by epilepsy. So, there were missing bits of my life that I could not seem to recognize. When I did wake up, the scenery would be different, and I was always left in confusion for not being aware of the missing details of my life. I remembered that I actually wept in my deep sleep. Wasn’t exactly the nicest dream. But, hey…the trip must go on. Singapore can’t wait forever.
After having another devouring breakfast, we set up the day for a visit to Grand Mile Complex (to order the latest bus to KL so we can arrive there first in the morning), Bugis Junction, the Esplanade and Merlion Park, and Little India. Locating Bugis Junction was not so hard. However, it was plain mall…A friend of mind told me that I could explore unique items in (bargain-able) price around the area. Where are they? As far as our eyes can see, we can see carts with accessories hanging about like the ones we see in Citos (not so cheap either). After wandering around for about 20 minutes and asked more questions, we finally got to Bugis Street. It’s like Taman Puring and Melawai combined. However, it was true what my friend told me, the place is full of cute & colorful fun stuff. Each of us bought a semi-T-shirt-dress for a good bargain; I chose the lightning pattern, while Meme the butterfly pattern. Yay!
Next destination, Esplanade and Merlion Park. However, after watching them from a far, we realized that the two of them weren’t so exciting-looking (besides, we’ve got some of Merlion’s pics at Sentosa), thus we took a detour to the Singapore flyer by taking a free shuttle bus. Singapore flyer or the Eye of Singapore is the enormous sized ferris wheel on which we can see Singapore, Malaysia, and small part of Indonesia from bird’s eye view. The ticket costs $30…no, lah. Therefore, we took pics around the building instead. In the center of the building, there’s a man-made forest with little caves and greenies all around, with signs that say, “Wear a little red dress. Protect your heart. Live healthily..” and so on. Very impressive, if you ask me.
We returned to the first place where we caught the bus and went straight to Orchard Rd. to buy some stuff for Meme’s mum at Takashimaya supermarket. Got them all, except for a cough medicine called ‘Lemchip’. Finished with all the shopping, we stick to our plan and went to Little India. The place is somewhat similar to Pasar Baru with all the Indians and textiles, plus aroma of curry along the way. As we ambled down the sidewalk, we entered a bright little shop, The Yoga Shop. It sells aromatherapy candles and oils, self-help book, yoga mats, and really cute cube-crafts with affirmative words on each side. I bought a package of it and was asked to pick a flower-shaped folded paper for ‘good luck’. Similar as fortune cookies we can get in Chinese restaurants. The words written on mine was ‘You will travel far in life, because you travel light, free of the baggage from the past.’
We went on through a market building and passed an Indian cake shop. Meme bought this aluminum-wrapped white cake that’s really sweet and tasty. A few meters after, our eyes were dazzled by some pretty shiny mirror-ornamented accessory boxes which when opened; they have smaller sized ones in the inside, just like a Russian doll. Over a tough bargaining, we eventually got them for the price we wanted. Meme even got a free ‘surprise box’; when you open the box, a snake head will pop out from it. The Indian ladies were very persuasive, even as we walked on; they were still sticking out bracelets and earrings for us to have a look at. Too bad we’re on a budget, dearest.
KFC Plaza Singapura was our intended location to have dinner since we’ve been curious on how it’s different from ours in Indo. Well, first, the chicken was oil-less and not as rich and spicy. Second, the sauce is sour and sweet, it’s not hot at all. Perhaps it has been adapted to the Singaporeans’ taste. Anyhow, we agreed that we like Colonel’s recipe in Indo better. Afterwards, we went back to the hotel, got our suitcases, took a taxi and got on Transtar bus from Grand Mile Complex. Bye-bye,
Singapore…you’re indeed an extravaganza!
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