The Trip to Singapore - Day 1

My mum, sister & I went to Singapore on 8th-9th Jan 2009. It was a fun trip! Wish my dad could take some days off to follow us. Unfortunately, he couldn't. It would have been more fun with him around. :)

We took a 7.30am bus (First Coach) from Bangsar. My dad dropped us off on his way to work. We arrived the departure area at 7am and we went to a mamak stall nearby to have a quick breakfast.

My sis & I in the bus. You can see how tired our eyes were. :P

My mum seated alone in the bus.

We saw these HUGE Pineapples at the Pagoh rest stop.

Us again! After the Pagoh stop.

I bought my preserved Guava. It's a bad habit of mine to eat something preserved when I'm traveling. Not that I have travel sickness or anything. I just have a habit to buy them whenever I'm at a rest area. I know I know.. it's bad. Shall make it a resolution not to buy any when I go down to Kluang for CNY! :P

We arrived at Novena Square, Singapore about 1pm. We took a cab to our hotel, Harbour Ville Hotel. It cost us only SGD 8. Considering we had 2 huge luggage and 3 persons. The taxi fare was quite reasonable! (don't convert to RM la...)

CAMWHORES!

We were waiting for my mum to get ready to start our shopping trip! :)

3 of us! Snapped this photo when we were on our way to Vivo City using the bus.

My lunch!

We chose to go to the food court at Vivo City. Had quite a numer of selection. So I chose this Fried Kimchi Rice from a Korean Food Stall. This plate of rice cost me SGD 6. I won't recommend anyone to eat this as the portion is small and it's tasteless! Btw, the prawns & egg is from my mum's curry noodles. She gave it to me cause she can't have them.haha.

My favourite dessert!

Iced Fruit Jelly! YUMMM!! Does anyone know where I can get this dessert in Malaysia? Of course it must be nice ones. :P

My sister and her lunch.

It's a Javanese dish. Can't remember what it's called. The portion was big compared to mine. It costs SGD 6.50 a plate. Taste is much better than my lunch!

After lunch, we decided to take a walk at the park outside Vivo City. It's at the top floor. From there we can see Sentosa Island right opposite. I think the last time I went to the island is when I was 5, which I can't remember a single thing! All the "memories" were from pictures & stories from my mum. :P

My mum & I outside Vivo City.

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The hanging black man!

I don't know what this is. It's some sort like a "wind chime". It swings back and forth when it's breezy.. or is it timed. hahaa.. didn't stay long enough to observe it. :P

My sis doing her pose. Don't ask me what she's trying to do. :P

After walking around Vivo City, we decided to take the MRT to Orchard Road. To look for my mum's stuff. :)

My mum & I in the MRT. :)

We walked around Suntec City and we found Pepper Lunch on the directory. And my sis went "PEPPER LUNCH!!!" . So we ended up having our dinner there. According to my sis, Pepper Lunch is very famous in Japan. She's very surprised/disappointed that they don't have an outlet in Malaysia.

To my dear sis, I found out that they DO have an outlet here in Malaysia. So you won't miss your Pepper Lunch when you are back for good. It's located at Pavilion, KL. :)

But.. as we have predicted, the price of one set is RM20 plus. So only go if you are feeling rich! :P

In Singapore, a combo set meal cost about SGD16-19 per person. (come to think of it, the set in Malaysia is slightly cheaper. :P )

My mum's green tea.

My sis with her meal. The beef burger & steak meal. :)

After dinner, we walked around again. We went to the "World's Biggest Fountain". Well, that's what they claimed. There is a small fountain in the middle where we are allowed to go touch it. It's called the "Fortune Fountain". The instructions were to go round 3 times and your fortune will change for the better! I only went 2 rounds as I thought the guard wanted us to leave but as i walk out, there were people walking in. My mum & sis did 3 rounds. Lets hope their fortune will change for the better! :)

The World's Biggest Fountain

My sis & mum at the "fortune fountain"

The Hot Sauce Stall!

We were walking around Suntec City after dinner & the fountain thing. We bumped into this Hot Sauce stall. They sell all sorts of Hot Sauce from not so spicy to SUPER DUPER spicy!

This is the one I tried.

The first bite was ok. Didn't feel anything until I choked on it! ahahaha. I bought two hot sauce from this stall. One for my dear colleague, Sue & the other my dear friends, Joan & CG. The one I bought is by Dave's also. You can turn the cap to adjust the level of "spicyness" that you want. :)

After walking around more. We went to NYDC for dessert. :) I've always wanted to try their dessert whenever I go to Singapore and I thought, since my mum is a fan of dessert, it'll be a great time to try! :)

Apple pie!

My mum can't have anything that has chocolate, cheese & cream. So we ordered this. Wanted to add a scoop of ice cream but shouldn't tempt my mum to eat ice cream. So we ate it plain! :) YUMMMM!

Carrot Cake!

I have to admit. We forgot that my mum couldn't eat cheese & cream when we ordered the desserts. The only thing that we remembered was NO CHOCOLATE. We only realized that my mum shouldn't be eating the carrot cake as it contains cream cheese! No wonder she itched so much the next day. *yikes*

The cake was okay. I still LOVE my wedding cake which is also a carrot cake. That's the BEST carrot cake that I've ever tasted so far. The 2nd best carrot cake is made by Aunty Lydia, a church friend.

That's all for Day One. We arrived back at the hotel by 10pm. Went to bed by 12am.

Coming up next... Day 2!

*Note: This post was written since 15th January 2009. Didn't have time to finish composing it. :P