Singapore Eating-lah!

There is no eating and drinking in moderation when faced with stingray, fried rice, beef, chicken and prawn sate from Lao Pa Sat, Black Pepper Crab, Cereal Prawns, Oyster Omelette from Jumbo and Raspberry Beer from Brewerkz both at Boat Quay, Hainanese Chicken Rice at Wee Name Kee near Novena Square, (so good even the Malaysian PM and Erap are reported to have stocked up on it), grilled prawns, Kai Lan veggies at Newton Hawker Center, siomai and Yang Chow Fried Rice at the Chinatown Food Street, Chocolate Mud Pie and Chocolate Mint Truffle tea at the Fullerton Hotel lobby and finally Jim Beam Cola at all the local 7-11s. Singapore is just a gastronomic delight!

Special thanks to my gluttons in crime Marj, Rommel, Bong, Fadzly, Anton, Helen and Phoebe for joining me on this food “sojourn”.

Singapore Shopping-lah!

Singapore skyline taken with my new Fujifilm Finepix.

What I Was Supposed to Buy in Singapore:

1. Nothing

What I Actually Bought:

1. 6 pairs of Reef flipflops on sale from 20 to 50% off at all Ripcurl shops. Sale naman eh! And I unselfishly bought 2 pairs as pasalubong for my mom.
2. 3 sets of Indian bracelets at the Little India Arcade. 1 for pasalubong.
3. 3 pairs of shoes from U.R.S. & Inc. Almost had a narrow miss at Charles & Keith but thankfully I had already fulfilled my necessary color palette at the other store.
4. 3 bikinis from various sources. One can never have too many. I just met someone on the trip who wears a different bikini to swim and changes under a towel on the beach to another one just for porma purposes. Wow!
5. A Phantom of the Opera brooch. So I’ll always remember the Phantom…
6. An external hard drive, a flash drive and a memory card. One always needs more storage.
7. A 5.1 MP Fujifilm digital camera because mine crashed the day I got there. Of course I bought it to take lovely photos of Pulau Redang in Malaysia where I would be spending a few days only to find out when I get to the beach resort that I forgot the camera charger at my friend’s house in Sing. Waaah.

The End Result:
4.3 kilos in excess baggage

I can’t wait for what it would actually be like during a Great Singapore Sale!

Good Friday

Me and a gorgeous flower at Caleruega chapel, Tagaytay. More photos here.

As I look back at the last few posts it seems that my life has been fodder for melancholy and sentimental drivel but honestly for the last few weeks life has just been zooming by at breackneck speed I have't had the time to shift gears on my blog. Even if I heard very recently that the jerk I dated has been telling people that the reason things didn't work out between us is because I was expecting more from him then was on the table (obviously dreaming up this fantasy while conveniently forgetting all his misleading actions and the fact that he still owed me money), I can't really get fazed. They said happiness is your own choice and I didn't realize how true it was until everything started happening to me at the same time and I seemed to be blowing the major wind under my sails. Spending time reflecting on the situation last Holy week where I miraculously spent time at home however helped me realize how lucky I am to have the support of my friends, my family, and of course the Guy Upstairs.

Last Good Friday I took a trip with friends up to Tagaytay and down to Taal Lake, another good day in a series of great more than sucky days that I've been having for the past few weeks. I am so thankful to be living this life. I'll write about the exciting things to come for me very soon when everything is straightened out but all I can say is that its going to be amazing! And scary....