5th Feb- did not do much during the day, went to meet up with jo and fran at tanjong pagar to 'jog' to gardens by the bay... ok it was far, but they jogged slowly becos of me and by 3/4 of the way, I was already walking and breathless... although I have to say, there were quite alot of people also jogging along there, the scenery is really nice, especially at night... so we finally arrived at satay by the bay, where we had satay of course and chai tau kuey for dinner... before walking back to tanjong pagar, had a little pitstop at the children's playground and it was really nice there, there was a water feature and reclining seats and music... jo's workplace is really nice too, with nice clean toilets and shower facilities... so we had a quick shower and jo's sister gave me a lift home after...
6th Feb- the curse of eating all the good and heaty food... woke up with a brewing sore throat and runny nose... and today was the day that huimin and I were going to the aquarium... decided to go ahead cos we already bought the tickets... met up with huimin at harbourfront, where we caught a bus into resorts world, and from there, walked to the aquarium... the whole place was swarming with china tourists and playing CNY music in the background... the aquarium was really nice, my fav would definitely be the ocean viewing aquarium... huimin and I sat there taking pics and getting excited by all the different fishes... and there was also a little pond where you could touch the smaller fishes... an amusing dialogue I heard between the staff member and a china tourist was- (in mandarin) tourist- eh can we take the fish out?? staff- of course not, this is not a market! haha... huimin kept calling the tourists 'ah tiongs" and they were really annoying at times actually, blocking the exhibits for so long... after that, we had dinner at macdonalds and finally got to try the new nacho cheese fillet o fish... I still preferred the original one and said the same to huimin... by then, my cold was gradually worsening, we decided to take the boardwalk back to vivocity, and it was actually quite a nice and 'romantic' walk back becos of the lights along the way... huimin and I took alot of pics that day :) but unfortunately, bcos I was progressively becoming more blocked in the nose and coughing and sneezing every 10mins... I decided to cancel the dinner with the girls on friday...
7th Feb- however, despite saying that though, as papa says, sometimes you have to "以毒攻毒“。。。 which was what I did by having prata for breakfast in the morning... !!!! so we went to henderson for prata, and unfortunately I did not order fresh ones, and the lady mixed up the orders hence I ended up eating some egg pratas which were not nice at all... and then at night, went to meet up with mum at wisma to buy pongie's dress, and then took a slow walk to orchard central (nothing much there, and compared to the other shopping malls, it's really quiet), and then to PS, where we had swensens (yummy!!!) I got to eat both the 49ers and fish and chips and the choc malt ice cream! and we bought alot and I mean ALOT of disposable panties from John Little... and also bought myself a wallet from charles and keith finally! actually preferred the white and silver one but knew that it would become dirty really quickly so settled from a red one...
8th Feb- river safari day trip with huimin and fran... thank goodness we got there early, and managed to get tickets to the first boat ride... and even being really early, there were already alot of people there, both locals and tourists... the boatride was nothing fantastic and it was really short like 10mins... and if you missed out on the animals, there was no way to go back and see them again... and most of them were like ether hiding or sleeping somewhere hidden... after that, we toured around the place, it was not very big, but there were already massive crowds everywhere, and the queues for the panda and boatride was so long, we were like thank goodness we were early and we actually went the opposite way in the panda enclosure accidentally, and only realised that when we saw the long queues outside... and it was sooo hot and humid that day... my fav one was probably the dugongs, we spent quite some time in there, partly also becos it was air conditioned... after that, caught the bus back to choa chu kang where we had macdonalds for lunch again, this time we had the double fillet o fish... yummy! and after that we just shopped around and then home... and then had a short nap, before it was the buffet dinner downstairs, and uncle david and jeffrey came along for the dinner as well... nothing was nice actually... and there was no ice cream this year :(
9th Feb- went to pasir ris to meet up with 8th uncle for breakfast, it was meant to be my treat, but of course, he paid for everything... felt like a pig after, ate prata, mang zhang kuey, hum jin bang, and drank milo... after that, went to Giant supermarket to look for a weighing machine... and after that papa dropped us off at pasir ris shopping centre, where we walked for abit and then took a train to aljunied to visit the temple there, it was sooo hot and sweaty again... and becos I ate so much during breakfast, my tummy suddenly ached so badly that I had to pause mid praying to go to the toilet... thank goodness the toilet was relatively clean in the temple... after that, came back home and had dinner at home that night...
10th Feb- stayed at home during the day, and found a website which could DL movies, which also has some korean dramas... skyped a little while with nainai, and prisy, and then caught a train to tiong bahru to walk for abit, did not find any nice clothing, but bought the hairband and some pimple cream, and for some reason, there is a greater variety of pimple cream here as compared to sydney, and finally ate my tutu... had to resort to holding the tutu with one hand and taking a pic with the other hand all whilst standing in a corner... and then caught a train to buona vista to meet with siti and veena... and of course, they were not aware that my phone does not have internet outside, so apparently they have been trying to whatsapp me, and all the while I was waiting at the station for them... so in the end, after approx waiting 30mins, I rang siti and found out that they were also waiting and trying to whatsapp me... so in the end, our dinner was cold, we were late for ktv, and had to climb all the way up to this NTU building on a small hill where the ktv was... the room was quite small but the price was quite reasonable if you are with a big group... so we were mostly singing english songs that night, and there were alot of weirdass songs out there which I did not even hear before... so we actually stayed there for approx 2 hours and then siti wanted to introduce us to her husband so we met up with him at the station... and then reminisced about NJC for awhile... well... it was nice to look back and laugh about that 2 years in my life but still think that other than the friendships, those 2 years were a total waste of my life and time...
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