Day 4: Shopping and eating in Singapore
Haven't really been in the mood to blog that much this trip. Not because I'm so busy doing things, but because my time so far has been rather uneventful. Partly, because I did all the main sights last time I was here in Singspore, and I'm really not used to spending so much time in one city. That's not to say of course that I haven't been having a fabulous time - most of what there is to do here is shopping and eating, which are two of my favourite things :)
My sister picked me up st the airport just past midnight saturday morning, and we taxid over to the Shangrila Appartments, where she's staying. Its really nice, the notable highlights being a pool I haven't tried out yet, and a fancy espresso machine in the business centre which I go down to use several times a day. Well, usually twice - once for breakfast, and once for after dinner.
After resting up for a few hours, I ended up spending my first two days catching up with some of our contacts here, in between resting and getting through the hunger games trilogy. Saturday, we met up with my cousins husband, having yummy prawns at a restaurant in Clarke Quay, and then picking up take out at hawker stalls to have for a chill dinner at my sisters place - the best part being the fruit salad. Basically you go to these fruit stands where you choose the fruits you want and they chop it up into a salad for you. It's delicious, and super cheap, partly because yummy tropical fruits are local and thus super cheap. You can also get various fresh squeezed juices. Oh, and I also picked up a new unlocked phone to use while traveling. The other unlocked phone I had been using was only dual band, which is fine while I'm going around most of asia, but would have problems when I take it to Europe this summer.
Sunday, Barbs and I meeting up with one if her work friends who had similarly transferred from Toronto to Singapore. We headed over to Toa Payoh, where she lives and wandered the markets and parks before having lunch at this Chinese restaurant in the middle of the gardens. It was an intersting look at a more typical Singaporean lifestyle, rather than the isolated bubble some expats live in.
Ny sister headed back to work today, so I've spent mist of the day relaxing on my own, though she did come back for lunch and to supervise the delivery of one of her shipments of furniturethPerhaps from back home.
Besides eating, and wandering the many malls on Orchard Road, one of the things I'm looking forward tinin this trip is going out for tea. Perhaps not surprising given the British and Chinese influence here, there's a rather strong tea culture, and high tea is really popular. It actually what I'm doing right now at a cafe near my sisters apartment called TCC - standing for either The Connoisseurs Concerto, or The Coffee Conoisseurs. There are signs saying both. It seems to be a rather popular chain here, best known for their coffee, which is what I'm actually enjoying with my high tea set. There's actually a rather long list of tea places I want to try while I'm here, which will give me something to do while my sister is at work. My set included 2 little sandwhiches, 2 scones with clotted cream snd starberry jam and two litle desserts. It's really good value for just over 10CAD.
Anyways, should probably focus on eating my food and coffee before it gets cold - will try to write more soon. Plans for the week include viewing some condos, and a possible weekend trip to either Malaysia or Indonesia which should be fun.
Haven't really been in the mood to blog that much this trip. Not because I'm so busy doing things, but because my time so far has been rather uneventful. Partly, because I did all the main sights last time I was here in Singspore, and I'm really not used to spending so much time in one city. That's not to say of course that I haven't been having a fabulous time - most of what there is to do here is shopping and eating, which are two of my favourite things :)
My sister picked me up st the airport just past midnight saturday morning, and we taxid over to the Shangrila Appartments, where she's staying. Its really nice, the notable highlights being a pool I haven't tried out yet, and a fancy espresso machine in the business centre which I go down to use several times a day. Well, usually twice - once for breakfast, and once for after dinner.
After resting up for a few hours, I ended up spending my first two days catching up with some of our contacts here, in between resting and getting through the hunger games trilogy. Saturday, we met up with my cousins husband, having yummy prawns at a restaurant in Clarke Quay, and then picking up take out at hawker stalls to have for a chill dinner at my sisters place - the best part being the fruit salad. Basically you go to these fruit stands where you choose the fruits you want and they chop it up into a salad for you. It's delicious, and super cheap, partly because yummy tropical fruits are local and thus super cheap. You can also get various fresh squeezed juices. Oh, and I also picked up a new unlocked phone to use while traveling. The other unlocked phone I had been using was only dual band, which is fine while I'm going around most of asia, but would have problems when I take it to Europe this summer.
Sunday, Barbs and I meeting up with one if her work friends who had similarly transferred from Toronto to Singapore. We headed over to Toa Payoh, where she lives and wandered the markets and parks before having lunch at this Chinese restaurant in the middle of the gardens. It was an intersting look at a more typical Singaporean lifestyle, rather than the isolated bubble some expats live in.
Ny sister headed back to work today, so I've spent mist of the day relaxing on my own, though she did come back for lunch and to supervise the delivery of one of her shipments of furniturethPerhaps from back home.
Besides eating, and wandering the many malls on Orchard Road, one of the things I'm looking forward tinin this trip is going out for tea. Perhaps not surprising given the British and Chinese influence here, there's a rather strong tea culture, and high tea is really popular. It actually what I'm doing right now at a cafe near my sisters apartment called TCC - standing for either The Connoisseurs Concerto, or The Coffee Conoisseurs. There are signs saying both. It seems to be a rather popular chain here, best known for their coffee, which is what I'm actually enjoying with my high tea set. There's actually a rather long list of tea places I want to try while I'm here, which will give me something to do while my sister is at work. My set included 2 little sandwhiches, 2 scones with clotted cream snd starberry jam and two litle desserts. It's really good value for just over 10CAD.
Anyways, should probably focus on eating my food and coffee before it gets cold - will try to write more soon. Plans for the week include viewing some condos, and a possible weekend trip to either Malaysia or Indonesia which should be fun.
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