Holiday Articles

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Singapore part 1

I'm sorry that these are 13452354245 pictures of me.

Anyway, all these pictures were taken on our day trip to Singapore last Sunday! We woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed, eager to go to the island to look around and hunt for awesome food, or at least hope to. The night before, I researched and wrote down the names and addresses of places I would like to eat, and would not break czeeyong's wallet. All I can say is, DAMN SINGAPOREAN HAWKER FOOD IS CHEAP. Relatively. I mean if you compare it dollar for dollar.

art Singapore part 1

random art on the walls at an MRT station. What it actually is, is entirely up to interpretation.  have half a mind to draw a circle, paste it up on the wall, and hire a ton of current art critics and make them tell me what a visionary I am. I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. But it's interesting anyway. So is my circle.

me Singapore part 1

Me in the MRT. The reality is, I cannot. fit. into. those. jeans. anymore. Damn.

steps at raffles city Singapore part 1

The speck in the photo is me. taken by czeeyong to show how tiny i am in perspective. Hur Hur This was taken at the steps of.... some mall near esplanade. I can't remember the name since there are a bazillian malls near the esplanade. It was either Suntec City, or Raffles City or something else. Seriously, there are a bajillion malls on the island. I guess it doesn't hurt to have a couple more. Oh wait, it says MARINA at the top right corner of the photo. HAHAHA. It was at the steps of Marina Square.

marina bay Singapore part 1

pretty picture of the marina bay sands from afar.

esplanade Singapore part 1

the esplanade poking out into view. It was also freaking fucking HOT when we took this photo I swear it was like being inside a broiler.

wince Singapore part 1

smiling in pain.

wind action Singapore part 1

Couldn't let the wind action go to waste, so here, another photo!

skyline Singapore part 1

The gorgeous skyline of Singapore in the late afternoon at the Esplanade waterfront. The Merlion is the little speck in the middle of the picture spewing water. It's really tiny. Sorry, ignorance playing a part here but seriously, the way people kept harping about it on tv and elsewhere, you'd would have thought it to be as big as the Statue of Liberty.

beautiful sky Singapore part 1

I loved this picture I took of the water, and the sky, with the Singapore flyer in the distance. If only the ugly metal thingy was not blocking the view, I'll be a happy hippo.

I have to run off for an interview now, continue layta!

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in the midst of a food trail in johor bahru and singapore

i've been absolutely spoilt rotten since i (followed) was shipped by czeeyong down to his hometown. since i've been here, it's been a never-ending journey of food, and more food. i think my waistline has expanded by several inches. even though i hate to admit it, i think czeeyong has won the challenge of proving to me that JB indeed has great food. everything is different here, from their deliciously saltier wantan mee, to their herby bak kut teh. it's not that KL does not have good food, both do, just different.

we made a day trip to singapore by car on sunday, and made the effort to go on a food trail, in a bid to hunt down nice hawker food in the red dot. it was not impossible, and contrary to assumptions that they have bland, tasteless hawker food, some of it indeed taste pretty good. i had my yummy max brenner chocolate again after two years of not tasting their waffles. czeeyong mentioned that it was the only waffles he thought was delicious. OM OM OM.

pictures to come after i have edited them. it takes a little bit of an effort now that i don't have a mouse with me.

scenery in the midst of a food trail in johor bahru and singapore

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ambition: hippie

here's where i'd rather be.

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being on an island always gives me the same feeling, and pulls me back down to earth. that there are bigger things in life than wanting branded bags, and chasing after paper and money and all those things that don't mean a single thing when you're surrounded with nature.

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he found it

yesterday was spent in a harried frenzy looking for the perfect dress to attend a wedding on saturday. armed with a trusty boyfriend and his gal pal, i looked and looked and probably tried on about a billion dresses which none looked good on me. conclusion: TIME TO SHAPE UP YO.

at the tail end of our adventure, a very tired me shrugged and said "meh" to just about everything. i was gearing up to go in a brown paper bag at that point, when czeeyong, sweetheart that he is, stepped up and picked a lovely tube tent dress for me. it's not something that i would normally wear, but it was something different and it surprised me because all this time, i always dismissed czeeyong's taste in a lot of things (girls, clothes, girls... AHAHA). It is a nice change in perspective!

i also cannot wait for perhentian at this point. woot!

let nothing spoil my week from this point on!

except of course that assignment due friday.

/deflates