I was sick and tired of shopping in places that were crowded, so I decided to make my way around the West side of Singapore. I was avoiding Orchard Road like nobody's business. The weather is hot and humid and you have to jostle with people coming at you from all angles. You get the idea.
Unfortunately there is NO place in Singapore where you can shop which is not crowded. It's virtually impossible. If anyone knows where that place is please let me know and I'll start making my way there now.

I decided to spend some quality time alone so I started from Clementi and made my way down to IMM at 12pm. IMM is one of my favourite shopping places because it's HUGE and there are many shops and lots of yummy things to eat. I Most importantly the building is huge, so it doesn't seem THAT crowded. When I got there I dived into the Espirit outlet (which is always cheaper than their normal stores) and emerged with a skirt and a top. I love Espirit but their clothes are often wayyy too pricey.
Next stop was lunch at MOS burger. I actually missed their sweet tea and their chunky fries with sweet chilli. I originally wanted a cheese burger (recommendation by a chef in The Sunday Times) but noticed that they were promoting their Oyako rice burger, which they claimed was back by popular demand, so I had that in a meal instead. It's actually very clever. They managed to make an omelette patty out of eggs, onion, sweet brown sauce and chicken, which they wedged in-between 2 rice patties. Very satisfying.
I took awhile to roam around the whole building. Most of their shopping stuff is located on the 1st and 2nd floors, even though they have 4 floors I think. After I got bored, I took the free shuttle bus to Jurong East Station and then the MRT to Bukit Batok station which connects to Westmall.

Westmall used to be one of my favourite hangouts back in secondary school, but it's now sad and small compared to the rest of the new shopping centres. I still managed to find strawberry and lollipop earrings though. The shops are basically a repetition of what IMM has to offer so I browsed around for a bit and then left and took the MRT down to Boon Lay station, which connects to Jurong Point Mall. I love the way Singapore is connected - it makes everything so convenient.
I didn't realise how much I missed Singapore until I hit Jurong Point.

When I came back in mid-June, Jurong Point was still undergoing renovations due to expansion. Now my friends - Jurong Point is the place to be. Uh huh. All you East-siders. I'm telling you, the West is now up and happening man!! Jurong Point is FREAKING huge I tell you. It had so many shops I was amazed and kindda got lost. I kept going round and round and discovering new shops and new areas. The variety of food, clothes and services is just AMAZING.
Oh, and I saw Shaun Chen (local actor) too. He was just talking to a friend outside a random shop. I had half a mind to stop and congradulate him on his pending marriage to Michella Chia (local actress) but decided not to be cheesy and walk off instead.
It is SOOO hard not to spend money in Singapore. It has TONS and TONS of just about EVERYTHING you can dream of. If I had the same number of stomachs as a cow, I would spend all day eating in Singapore. In Jurong Point especially. Now they've opened up their new Marketplace section. Oh man...the smells were enough to draw me and make me stand and salivate at all the types of food that were on offer. Damn this MOS burger. If I wasn't so full I would have snacked all day.
I came across this very cute place called The Icing Room which has the prettiest little cakes, macaroons of every flavour and beautiful pastries up for sale. Apparently it's a part of Bread Talk and it allows you to design and decorate your own cake. Read this blog for more information & pictures: http://iluvjasminetea.blogspot.com/2008/12/icing-room-place-where-you-can-decorate.html
The boys were there just to stand and stare at the pretty young salesgirls in pink and white maid uniforms.
At 6pm I had finished roaming the place and made my way back to Clementi MRT. I met a couple with their 3 children who were tourists here from Indonesia. They were asking me all sorts of questions from where to go and how to get there. As their command of English was poor and my grasp of Bahasa Indonesia is virtually ZERO, I tried my best to tell them that almost every MRT station is connected to a shopping mall and recommended Clarke Quay for the river view. Which reminds me, a new shopping centre, Central, has opened in Clarke Quay and apparently there are lots of Japanese shops & eateries there. Ahhhh. Time to make my way around the NEL (purple line) of the MRT another day.
Another thing: WHY does everyone speak to me in Mandarin?! Every single person I spoke to yesterday who served me in shops spoke to me in Mandarin. Even the post office people! Hey what happened to speaking good English?!

That's all for today folks. Till next time, Happy New Year!!! :)