Just said it was epic so Streamyx would feel bad that I couldn’t blog about it earlier. Lol. As if! Though I said I have nothing to write about Singapore, I actually managed to whittle down the few photos I have down to a few-er 30 pictures… 
On the 8th of December, Tron and I drove down to Singapore… it’s a long story as to why we went early November and then going down again in December. To cut a long story short, let’s just say that Tron and I love Singapore (partially true anyway)! As always, we stayed at our favorite place – Carlton Hotel. 
Well, it’s actually Tron’s favorite place. He says the location is super good, but I think I can find equally good deals through Agoda for more high-brow places. *confident* Later, I found out the TRUTH, which is “good location” means “near to guitar stores”. FFFFUUUU.
On our first day there, we mainly walked around the area (which meant guitar shops), Raffles Shopping Center, etc. I went crazy in all the drugstores there… but to see what I bought, you gotta check out Drugstore Love instead. 
Yes, I update that way more frequently than I do here. Why? Well, because my ads there are almost nearing cash-out time! Muwahahahhaa. When I do actually cash out, I’ll blog about my $$ making experience there. [Talking as if it can make me enough bread to quit my day job... far from it!]
We stumbled across this place.. not sure the shopping mall that we were in as they all kinda look the same to me. It’s called Tomatoes and the attracting factor is that they serve larger-than-usual pizzas at pretty affordable prices. The place smells a bit smokey (like they burnt something – maybe they did), but the pizza is awesome. Very fresh and delicious, and even the dough is soft and super yummy! Tron and I really liked the place, and the funny & upbeat staff working there too… thumbs up, thumbs up!!
Also very happy because on the first day, we managed to eat at Sho Teppan, the really nice cook-it-yourself Japanese place in Raffles Shopping Place. =) No pictures, because its same as before. The Xmas decorations are up though, here are some from the first day :
Went to Vivocity the next day. It’s really my fave shopping mall in Sg, and since I didn’t get to go in November, I was so happy to be back. =) It’s very hard to get Tron to go to places that I want to go too, but this time he had his own agenda in Vivocity, so he was very accomodating. You want to know what it is? He wanted to find a very specific pendant for his mom which she last saw in Vivocity in one of those small vendor stalls. Trust me when I say it’s specific… this holiday can be also dubbed as “The Search for Tron’s Mom’s Pendant”. We search all small vendor stalls possible in Vivocity, and even the higher end stores that sell pendants on white gold necklaces… it was only on our last day in Singapore that we decided it really cannot be found and got the next best thing.
In Vivocity, I was happy to try Serenity (Spanish “fine dining” – I put the quotes there because to me it’s fine dining, but to really rich people, this could just be their everyday snacks), and introduce Spanish food to Tron. Tron said he never had Spanish food before! We had :
So hard to get this boy to behave himself, seriously. People want to treat him to good food and the restaurant opens at 11am… what does he do? At 10:45am he says he wants to eat something else. Like some random bun from Carrefour to spoil his appetite! Made me so angry wei!!
The super good, fresh, hot-out-of-the-oven bread and aioli… this is like a must-have starter at Serenity!
Beef tapas that Tron suggested… not sure of the exact name, just sure that it’s quite yummy!
Catalonian pork soup. A bit on the salty side, but a very home-y, comforting kind of soup. Once again, the two of us ordered too much! At this point, about 75% full already…
We split a paella valenciana between the two of us. To me, the dish seems a bit off. Not as nice as I remember it to be. Maybe the paella arroz negro would be a better choice… anyway, I was happy cos Tron said it’s really good and wolfed it down. The generous portion makes this my staple choice whenever I visit this restaurant. =)
This boy is happy eating burgers everyday, so I’m also happy that he agreed to accompany me for something different. Glad that he likes it too!!
After walking around Vivocity, we wanted to have a drink. We had seen a Gong Cha there earlier in the day, and since never tried it in Malaysia, thought of trying it there. But seems like Singaporeans are freaks for Gong Cha! The line was insane! I managed to try Gong Cha in Malaysia last week, and it is ok only la… I prefer Chatime. What I tried was the taro milk tea, and I prefer Chatime’s taro milk tea because it is more fibrous, and it makes you feel like it’s really freshly made. The Gong Cha one tastes more powdery.
Anyway, since we didn’t get Gong Cha, we went to Honeymoon Dessert.. yes, they have it in Malaysia too… ~_~”
Walked ` walked ` walked around a whole lot… wound up in Plaza Singapura. Another one of my fave shopping malls in Singapore because it really has all the shops that I like under one roof. =D The Christmas decor nothing to shout about. In fact, it’s the same as when I went in December 2010. Lol! We went back to Cafe Cartel, the place that Tron likes that serves the best “anything pork”. I was actually still super full from the Spanish food, so I really just picked at my pasta (though it’s quite good). Tron managed to finish all his ribs and my pasta as well! Insanity. I was mostly focused on reading The New Paper. I have to get this newspaper whenever I’m in Singapore. Just check out the article I’m reading — it’s about a father who catches his 12 year old sending topless photos to a 19 year old… who has had sex with her. OMG. So crazy right… why so many paedophilic people in the world…
At night, we just walked around the shopping malls near our area, which is the City Link (not sure of the name) and almost walked to Suntec already. Nothing special, except that I tried the Garretts Popcorn. I didn’t even have the interest to try it, but Tron insisted because he says his sis is mad about the stuff. He bought a packet of CHEESE flavored popcorn, and it wasn’t melted cheese like what I imagined it to be, but the powdery cheese stuff. I think Cheezels or even Super Ring is better la! The color consistency is about the same anyway. Except that Garretts is SO MUCH OILIER. In the end, we didn’t even finish it because it was staining tissues and paper bags with that bright orange oil that is damn scary. If you wanna try Garretts, pls don’t try the cheese flavor, ok?
I met up with Ben and his friend WR the next day… Ben is so kind, he agreed to meet me at Raffles Shopping Place so that I don’t have to travel so far (and get lost) to find him. We ate at Hand Burger, which really has MASSIVE burgers that are very delicious… it was fun catching up! Too bad it was just for a little over an hour. Thanks for the meal, Bennnnnnn.. Nice meeting you toooo WR….
Look at all the cute-ly presented, MASSIVE burgers that we had! Ben says you can’t go wrong introducing this restaurant to others. So next time you’re at Raffles Place, you know what to eat ya… That or Sho Teppan! Haha!
Met up with Tron to go to Orchard, cos there was a specific store that we wanted to go to… but it sadly disappointed us. Amused myself briefly, searching for elephants to camwhore with from the Elephant Parade. However, Tron’s photography skills still need improvement… hence, I gave up after seeing how he made me look like the Michelin Man in every single photo (I might have gained weight, but not that much ok!!). On a happy note, managed to introduce Tron to Mr Bean, which he quite likes too!
Random Xmas trees.. honestly I think Malaysia is putting more effort in Xmas decorations, so I don’t see what’s so creative about Sg’reans decorations any more.
It is I – the Asian, female, Michelin Man.
Give the greatest gift this Christmas – the gift of life!
Mr Bean!!!
Rolling good times~
Seal of approval…
After Tron gallantly allowed me to go to H&M, he dragged me dunno how many kilometers to find his guitar stuff.. zomg. I think I really walked til my shoes wanted to fall apart that day.
Dragged me thru Istana to find yet another guitar shop
Awww.. such a pretty elephant.
That night, he took me to Bugis Junction, which I think is my 2nd favorite place in Singapore.. It’s suitable for cheapskates like me. =) Tron visited yet another guitar shop after that, but this one I didn’t mind, cos while he was in the guitar shop, I went to a nearby bookstore and I found a book by a Singaporean author that I had been looking out for. However, I’m so pissed at the piece of trash novel I had bought (wasted nearly RM50 on) that I’m going to write a darn bitchy review about it later…. *rubs hands with glee*
You wanna know how bad the book is? The girl names some of her chapters after Avril Lavigne songs and actually includes some of her lyrics in the middle of a paragraph. Like, “He left hanging so high on such a breakable thread.” When I told Ben, he said, “WTF does that even mean!” Ya, my sentiments exactly!!
And finally — on my last day in Singapore, I went to New Creation Church! It is actually one of the “must do” things that Tron and I BOTH had on our lists (one of the things we agreed on, hheehhee). Thanks to his friend, we got very good seats and enjoyed the service. It’s a different experience, and I’m so amazed at Pastor Joseph Prince… he can really transform you with just one sermon. Even though Tron is such a “long believer”, he also can get revelationary truths from the visit to NCC… the musicians are also fantastic… I felt like I was in a rock concert!!
Never been so early to church, haha!
I also really admire Singaporeans cos they are so faithful.. they come so early to line up to go to church. My pastor always says that we are too pampered, because people always come in late and they still have places to sit… sometimes right in front! In NCC, for sure you cannot get place to sit near the front if you are late. You won’t even be able to get into the main hall!
On the second link to Singapore.
Totally useless as a navigator (I just brought along the GPS), totally crap at song selection (apparently) and totally crap at staying awake to talk to the driver. 
It’s like wherever we go, we have to eat MOS burger… -__-”
This is where we stayed.
Safely with the guitar in hotel room!
Rice + salad + miso soup
The pork + mushrooms + veggies in a pan, to be cooked.
How it looks like after cooking.
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