30 NOV 2009

Puchong Nasi Lemak

 

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Anyone knows about the mentioned Nasi Lemak store that’s buzzing with crowd every night?

Farewell

After 2 years, today is the last day of junior college.

Time flies.

It’s time to move up to a whole new level.

Sheng Siong biscuits

Spotted at Sheng Siong.

The more you buy, the more you’ll need to pay!

Finally, something that makes more sense. Buy more, pay less. I’m confused.

Mid Autumn Festival. I’m starting to find lanterns boring, but exotic mooncakes interesting.

 

Photo by Hostel Comm.

Hari Raya open house at my classmate’s. Food was DELICIOUS!

1 more month!

‘So what used to fit in a building now fits into your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years’

Saw up to 4 airplanes at one time and fireworks all over.

I don’t drink this in Singapore but I’m drinking this all the time in M’sia.

I signed the pact to never drink and drive at T3 Changi. Look, I’m joining McLaren Mercedes instead of Team 1Malaysia F1.

SO CLOSE YET SO FAR

Extracted from TheStarOnline:

‘Malaysia were beaten 0-6 when they last played against United at the National Stadium in 2001.

Then, Singapore’s Danish coach Jan Poulsen was at the stadium taking down notes to prepare the Lions against the English side.

In the end, their defensive game plan back-fired and Singapore were whipped 8-1.’

TOO BAD THEY ARE NOT COMING TO SINGAPORE THIS TIME!!!!!!

I hope that Man Utd will go on a scoring spree against team Malaysia on Saturday. I would love to see the goalkeeper scoring too!

Dinner at Pho Hoa

It was Holland Village on Saturday night. We were there rather early, when the roads were still not blocked off from cars and when bars were still empty.

Had a hard time deciding on what to eat, so we walked, made a U-turn, and walked, made a U-turn again.

Saw this magazine stall by the road. You know that ‘Thambi’ means brother, how about ‘Chinna Thambi’?

Ans: Chinna Thambi is not Chinese brother but rather, little brother. LOL

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Finally we’ve decided to give Vietnamese food a try.

This is the largest Vietnamese food chain in the world – Pho Hoa Noodle Soup.

The ambience was really cosy and homely. The songs that they play were the ‘best hits from yesterday’ and I really wanted to ask them for a copy of the CD that was on-air.

The menu was rather comprehensive in explaining the noodles and snacks. There were 3 categories to choose from: Pho-Noodle Soup-For The Beginners, Just The Regular and The Adventurer's Choice. I chose something from Just The Regular and I forgot what Phở was it.

The summer roll served was GREAATT!

And 2 of them decided to go for steamboat. Don’t know what’s so great about that but it looked like the usual road side steamboat to me. Maybe the secret lies in the soup.

Anyway, good food, reasonable price = happy men.

But happy men were hungry for more. So we went to Swensen’s for ice cream. OMG, Swensen’s 2nd time in a week.

But nevermind the other time was for 1-for-1 lunch, this time for dessert. The price wasn’t cheap but it was satisfying. Once a while nevermind lah.

To end the night, a slow bus ride to PS, passing through entire Orchard Road. Got to see the new Ion and Orchard Central with amazing lighted facades.

I was obviously the cameraman for the above photo.

Before I go,

1. Vietnamese food is always associated with beef, but there’s still something for the non-beef eaters.

2. The 2MP iPhone 3G camera takes surprisingly nice photos in the bright. My Nokia 2MP camera is a complete loser.

Where You Can Find Everything Under The Sun

On Saturday afternoon, hostel mates and I went to Mustafa Centre located along Serangoon Road. To me, Mustafa Centre is nothing new cause when I first came to Singapore in 2007, I stayed at a hotel right opposite Mustafa and went there a few times. In other words, the first mall that I stepped into upon reaching Singapore.

I bought most of the essentials there before checking in to my hostel cause it’s so convenient. There’s everything that you could wish for, from clothes, food stuff, electronics, DVDs etc. I also see many Indians patronising the money changer and tour agent at Mustafa. This place is famous among Indian tourists and certain (not all) things sold here are rather cheap.

There are few misconceptions on Mustafa Centre for those who have never been here.

Firstly, it’s located at Farrer Park MRT and not Little India MRT.

Secondly, Mustafa Centre is a fully air conditioned department stall, unlike Chinatown with many small stalls by the road.

Thirdly, I believe that most goods (hand phones, branded clothes) here are authentic. People think that these goods sold here are fake cause of the slightly cheaper price. I think they can afford to sell these goods cheaper because they really stock up a lot through parallel import and they do not offer international warranty.

They sell fake stuff too, like this:

When they sell something fake, they tell you it’s fake. I feel that this dummy CCTV (SGD4.50) with red blinking lights is good especially for people with annoying neighbours.

After navigating through Mustafa for more than an hour, my friends have nothing to praise about this place. They left with ‘Ooohh..so this is Mustafa Centre’. Certainly, not our (teenagers) type of place to shop.

Here’s the last catch: Mustafa Centre is open 24 hours a day.

Bye bye fake Indian lady.

Re-exploring the explored

In my previous post, I mentioned about how tired I feel while doing those routine things. On Saturday, we planned something extraordinary out of nowhere.

We have been living on McNair Road for 1.5 years and all we know is the Boon Keng MRT, the Sheng Siong supermarket, Bendeemer market and a few bus stops within walking distance. What we did not know is what lies deeper within the neighbourhood.

Eventhough it was raining, we still ventured out after grabbing a quick breakfast at the hostel. We followed our instincts and walked around the place. The best way to explore Singapore is by feet, and there was no fear of getting lost cause any bus can take you to the nearest bus interchange.

In the end, our 1.5 hours journey on feet ended and the map below shows the (estimated) path that we took.

I traced out our route in 3 colours based on 3 stages of the journey. Purple: sunny with slight drizzle. Green: Heavy rain. Red: Drizzle once again.

This monkey tried out the playground near Bendeemer Sec.

As we trailed along the Park Connector that ends at Bishan Park, we ended up on the overhead bridge near St Andrew’s Secondary. Bringing to you, Saturday morning traffic, Live.

For the first time, 2 of us wore ponchos. And who would have guessed that such a beautiful solid metal structure exists across the river between secluded HDBs.

Once a while, we stopped to enjoy the scenery (but there’s not many places with nice sceneries in Sg) and decide on where to head next.

We thought that this is an Indian temple but it turned out to be a Buddhist temple. This is a huge temple but strangely it was empty yesterday morning.

After the walk, I can reaffirm that Singapore is really cramped. There’s not much personal free space, but the good thing about being compact is everything is so close to you.

Here, it’s normal to have a highway just behind your house. Back home in Malaysia, if a highway is to be built just behind someone’s backyard, the house owner will protest like crazy as if cars will go through his house daily.

More about Saturday soon...