Thursday, October 15, 2009
I was feeling alone and down in the dumps today because of boredom (amongst other things) so I decided to go out (alone) and go to random places.
Believe me when I say I really love Singapore. Where else can you get a whole packet of mee hoon with a fried chicken wing and a sunny side up for SGD$2.80?? That's AUD$2.20 and in Melbourne that would buy you...erm...that would buy you practically nothing. Maybe a donut from Krispy Kreme. That wouldn't even buy you a cup of bubble tea - the price now has gone up to AUD$4 per cup whilst I'm still paying SGD$2 here.
So I went to Ion Orchard. It's so freaking convenient because once I get out of Orchard MRT, one side is Ion Orchard, which connects to Wheelock Place and the other side is Wisma Atria, which connects to Takashimaya. Everything is underground so I still feel like I'm in Melbourne with air-con all around me. Ahhhh this is the life.
Ion Orchard is a new mall that they built which is chocked full of every damned shop you can think of. I had a good time window shopping and then went into the Food Hall (which they named Food Opera I think) and was just hard-pressed to decide what I wanted to eat. This is very rare for me because usually in Melbourne I scan the whole city and don't have anywhere to eat because the food is just not nice. Over in Ion I had trouble deciding what to eat because there were so many things eg. chai tow kway, yong tau foo, ngoh hiang, fried prawn mee, laksa, chicken rice, fish head noodle soup, chendol, ice mango delight...AHHHHHHHHH why must I only have one stomach?!? In the end I decided to walk and eat my Old Chang Kee instead of sitting down for a meal. I just couldn't decide!! Speaking of Old Chang Kee, do you know that it delivers??? Even Sakae Sushi and Delifrance are into home delivery, not to mention almost every fast food outlet in Singapore!! Singapore is so small and convenient, that I don't know why anyone would need home delivery. I just have to walk out of my house and in 5 to 10 mins there's a Cold Storage, a whole row of restaurants, pubs, food courts and a wet market.
I walked into Kikki K (the very first Asian branch) and felt giddy with excitement. I know it's stupid because Kikki K is EVERYWHERE in Melbourne, I visit it frequently. For those of you who don't know, Kikki K is a Swedish stationery shop with stationery so beautiful you'd want to own the entire shop. The price is the only thing keeping me away. But OHHH I couldn't resist walking in and grabbing myself a cute monkey pen, an ice-cream magnetic bookmark (I think I have nearly the whole collection):
and a darling ice-cream pencil which is actually mechanical but it looks like an old fashioned pencil:
There was a new shop I'd never seen before called Callate La Boca, which is Spanish for 'Shut your mouth' I think. It had the CUTEST tshirts, tshirts with sunny side up eggs, Volkswagons, chicks, crazy eyes...I nearly bought a few then I glanced at the price of one (SGD$70) and nearly fainted. The shopgirl told me it was because the tshirts are made in Europe:
This is their Mascot with the crazy eyes
Cute chicken
Before I forget, I have to say that some Singaporeans take too much for granted. Whilst waiting for the train to come, I heard 2 girls complaining about how long the train was taking, when a train comes every 3.5 minutes. When it's peak period (morning), I think it comes every 2 mins. I mean, in Melbourne, I would be sooo freaking happy if the freaking train comes ON TIME every day. But noooo....normality is that it's either late or it's on strike, or it will never come because of some accident or fault with the line. Since coming back have I learnt to appreciate the joys of being at home (still hate the weather though).
Whilst on my way home, I remembered that my mom likes jellied tofu from a shop called Mr. Bean, so I went to get her some. Mr. Bean has outlets in almost every MRT station around Singapore, so it's wayyy convenient. This was the first time I've actually bought anything from there, and I thought their little Beanie mascot is soooo freaking cute. I had to go on their website and check out their merchandise because I nearly wanted to buy their straw dispenser:
I am just dying from cuteness.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 3:01 PM
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