[19.6.2010] my half blood

yes mummy's s'porean hence making me half, if there's even such a thing. ANYWAY! nat, ebi and keanping decided to go s'pore during the grand s'pore sale, shopping of course. funny how s'poreans come to m'sia to shop, and m'sians to s'pore to shop. i, however, didn't wanna spend all my time there on solid shopping.

1. i'm broke.

2. i don't fancy..shopping. (cuz i'm broke!)

3. i prefer to spend time with people..that's fascinating. :)

so i took a step of..courage. i went to s'pore 3 days earlier than the others. alone.

it was my 1st time travelling alone. took the bus from 1 utama to novena (near grandma's). i thought i could handle it myself so when uncle alex (mum's bro) offered to pick me from novena to send me to grandma's, i rejected. independent lil girl..i was taught to be. novena was just a few roads away from grandma's. i should be able to catch a bus..just gotta ask around. when i arrived, decided to follow the signboard leading to grandma's..so i know i'm on the right side of the road to catch a bus. walked..and walked.. no bus stop in sight. after like, 20 minutes, i gave up. wanted to take a cab instead. walked on. no cab in sight. finally after bout 40 minutes, i decided to call uncle alex for help. cuz i had no idea where i was. and the hot afternoon sun, luggages and laptop wasn't making things easier!

soon after, uncle alex came, with aunty of course! ah i was thankful they were free and living nearby! they did more than i asked for tho. sent me to grandma's, stayed back to chat with me, catch up, and offered to drop me at wherever i was going next, which is at the other end of s'pore!

off we went to pick my cousin, jasmine, and they dropped us at the bottle tree park.

jas told me bout it. and i decided to visit cuz i've never been there. it's new and only available in aussie it seems. s'pore flew it in and, it's now, growing there. wow.

besides that, the park is a lil, pretty.

there's a fishing pond too...

yes fishing is very popular in s'pore. my cousin himself is a professional fisherman. (no the above dude is not my cousin) i'm talking bout huge fishes, deep sea fishing, storms. one of the most well-known rod maker in s'pore.. i should get him to make one for me! :D

prawning have also recently been very popular there.. very expensive too! bout S$25 per hour. damn!

later, you can even BBQ them and eat them...fresh!

after that, we headed to marina barrage. another new place which i've never been. by then, it was getting dark.

it's actually a barrage. hence the name..

but they did up the place so nicely...with...

colourful water fountains

a huge land of grass on the roof where everyone flew kites..at night..and awesome view of course.

this is the view of the whole building (roof of it is the field) from the barrage itself.

after that it was pretty late so we headed home..

next day, early morning, uncle alex came with his family. brought me out for breakfast, then headed to church!

service was good. pretty anglicany for a methodist church! haha. then again, maybe cuz the only methodist church i ever went to was DUMC..hmm..

after service, went to uncle alex's house while aunty prepared lunch to bring over to grandma's. it's a sunday thing. to keep grandma companied.

ahh it felt so good being in their house again. it's been a while! i used to stay there when i was a toddler! swimming, climbing on the beds, swinging down that fire-brigade pole from the bed down to the floor, good food (omg i remember the sushi, tiramisu...ahh! i miss it!)...

after lunch at grandma's and more chats with uncle alex (i always enjoy the chats!)..i headed down to harbourfront to meet chongjyn. we were going to sentosa! :D

this, is the new IRs (integrated resorts) of sentosa..where the universal studio is also at! reminds me a lot bout genting tho!

the casino, which is owned by the same company as genting's. didn't get to go in cuz chong and i didn't bring our passports along.

the happy drug!

finally, i'm there. S$70 per entry. crazy! if only i was rich..

it was there, chong and i smelled something very, sweet! thought it was coming from the choc shop.. true enough. but we started to wonder..how can it smell like choc when all is wrapped? then we found the source of the amazing scent.. the small door at the choc shop led to something more..

S$7 for the smallest bag. damn that's one expensive popcorn. but we bought it anyway. we couldn't resist. it smelled so good!

indeed!

see it's ability to make one happy?

omg it tasted AWESOME. the best i ever had in life. like no other. it made our local popcorns taste like..plain flour. it was so good, and rich with caramel, we spent the WHOLE DAY in sentosa, and couldn't finish it. i even managed to bring it home for my family to try...simply cuz it was too good to not be shared (tho it was all soft by the time it reached their mouth..) and we just couldn't eat anymore..

next, of course, the beach..

sentosa's beach is ONLY meant for angmohs..for only they can afford it. haha.

ahh!! they had cafe del mar! my favourite!

this is the wave club. fake waves for surfing. right.

volleyball. chinese dudes. and really hot gals. really!! fit, tan, bikinis. yes i was jealous, hence i didn't take their picture.. :)

the tram we rode on..that brought us back to the train station as we were too lazy to walk..

out of the blues, chong and i ended up sitting by the sea..(yea, SEA. not beach)...listening to the waves, allowing the strong wind to slap on our cheeks, and watching the ships that doesn't seem to be moving..

and it was there..we sat for bout..an hour? just chatting. it was nice. for a moment, we forgot bout time, and that the purpose of going to sentosa was to look around.. :)

and then we walked a lil more..

we left when the sun began to set..

had dinner, till late, and we headed home. it was a great day. :)

next day!

uncle alex brought me out for my favourite...japanese buffet! :D

we spent almost 4 hours together, just chatting and eating. now this is what i call, quality time. :)

then it was time for me to meet up with my fisherman cousin! :D mr danny. hang out with him a bit, walked miles with my heels! all over to find a book..which we never found. -.- then it was dinner time, with a few other cousins!

food was awesome... the best..?

indulgence!

us who made it for the dinner. :) our first time...and i liked it! oh that's the fisherman dude cousin. :)

then, the girls decided to head to 'ink' bar. jas said they have the best jazz music. i wanted live music, so why not? besides, s'pore's best drummer was there..

it was...very jazzy. i don't know how many kindda jazz there are, but i know there are a few. and this isn't the kind i like. i like the one with vocals. :) but it was still cool cuz it was live music and it was with my cousins! :)

and that's it! 3 days past so fast! nat, ebi and keanping arrived. they stayed at a tiny room at a hotel right beside my grandma's! (it was a coincidence! how awesome!)

that's the whole room.

met up with them and we headed to the IRs again..this time, it's the marina bay's one.

marina bay sands resort

and the convention centre..

this time, we went to the casino! (this, is owned by the las vegas' company, unlike the sentosa's, that belongs to genting -lousy!-)

no pictures allowed inside so...damn! it was SO BEAUTIFUL! then again, maybe cuz it's my 1st time in a casino. it was neat, very high class, professional, not crowded, and very beautiful. the design, everything! it felt very, high class. i liked it! it was a waste that i couldn't take any pictures! i just stood there and stared at the view for a while, just admiring it since i don't have a picture to admire instead. anyway, this is how it looks like.. (google images! :D)

played once. minimum bet, S$25. that's RM60! and i got back ANOTHER S$25. wheeee!!! :D

so happen that day, was the grand opening ceremony of the hotel. so there were like 9768987678 man in coats, lining up to go in. big cars, big people. and there were people hanging by the hotel too!

no idea what was gonna happen but we didn't stay to watch cuz it kindda took forever, it's hot, and there were too many people... plus staring upwards like that for hours could be very, tiring.

on the left is the convention centre where the casino's at and the right, the hotel, which we did not step in for it's too high class for us.

then we headed to the esplanade. it's sortta like an art centre thing.

these were actually cartoons drawn by an artist. were. as you can see, it's now overwritten/drawn by all the other s'poreans. lol.

the ghost theme...made by plastic bags.

they were everywhere.

and from there, we had an awesome view of the marina bay's IRs!

dinner time! :)

nothing beats m'sian food tho! :D

then it was hot chocolate time!

but i didn't get any cuz soon after, i had to leave. met up with cousins instead! benny and jas and her boy. :) we went to a hongkong cafe thinggy.

my pork chop! awesome stuff!!! can never get it in m'sia, hence the jakun-ness.

us!

thanks benny for treating us kids! :D

so, other than that, the 3 days nat, ebi and keanping came, we were just shopping. solid shopping. pictures not needed. i didn't plan to shop. but, i ended up buying a few stuffs..

they were good buys! :D i can't help it! i'd be a fool not to buy them! all these, S$70 only! (RM160..oh damn! that's not..lil.) :) however, the most expensive ones, are not for me.. :( haha.

finally on the last day, i didn't have breakfast cuz they planned to meet up after breakfast. damn. i thought i had to go out to find food, alone. :( when i woke up, grandma told me she made breakfast for me! (she never did the past few days cuz she knows i'm always out!)...awww god is good!

how sweeeeeeeet!

then aunt also cooked fried rice for all of us! where halfway during our journey back, during one of the stops, we ate.

got home safe and sound, very happy and satisfied. i had a great time with my relatives...the first time hanging out with them. shopping was good, and it was just nice hanging out with all. i was, indeed, well taken care of..

jasmine, danny, benny, wei wen, natty, ebi, keanping, uncle alex!, mama, jiyi, chong, thanks so  much for making my trip a great one! :D