Shop Shop Singapore

Closing time. This is the last trip for 2009. Shopping in Singapore during Xmas. 3D2N. We stayed in Bugis in the same hotel that I stayed in when I came with Kay for Coldplay and Duffy's concert. The hotel used to be known as Golden Landmark Hotel tapi now it's Village Hotel ke.

Memang shopping extreme! (bunyi macam banyak duit...tapi sebenarnya semua blasah credit card).Barang bukan murah sangat tapi gatal jugak nak membeli. Ni shopping sampai kaki tempang. Pastu dah la takde tempat nak duduk. So banyak kali aku pergi toilet and duduk lama-lama untuk regroup and catch a breath. Senonoh ke tak? Aku tak kuasa nak cerita apa yang kitaorang beli, but suffice to we visisted all M&S outlet in Singapore in 2 days. We went to Mustafa after midnight, two nights in a row. Tah mana lagi la kitaorang pergi... aku dah hilang ingatan.

Let me just highlight apa-apa yang menarik

1. Orchard has now 3 new shopping mall: Orchard Central, Sommerset 313 and ION. One of the mall - 313 tu kot had carpeting all over. Apa ke gila.. satu keje pulak asyik nak kena vacuum aje. Nanti lama-lama carpet tu jadi busuk. Orchard Central pulak was this artsy weird place with a alfresco dining at 8th floor. We went there to eat Ben and Jerry and takpe ke... memalukan diri posing dalam Ben and Jerry. From it's balcony, you can see the whole Orchard Road and what not. Best jugak. Then we discover that there a nice restaurant selling lunch set for SGD8++ siap ada air segala. Apa lagi.. makan dulu.

2. Lights along Orchard. See for yourself

3. I found 500 Days of Summer and Glee soundtrack. Yipee

4. We ride buses! Ok selalu naik LRT or MRT aje kat sana. But dah bosan, so we study the bus routes pulak. Skang sudah tahu macam mana nak naik bus from Bugis to Orchard. Also know how to get to Orchard to Mustafa via bus. As usual jakun ambik gambar dalam bus. Just that the first time to Mustafa, we stopped too early, resulting a 1km footrace. Sampai Mustafa kaki dah tempang lagi.

5. Wak Pariaman - nasi padang ke nasi minang? Tapi nasi la... sedapnyaaaaa.... dah tu murah pulak tu. Aku order semua benda yang nampak kat kedai ni.. ok almost. Ingat dah kena SGD 30 ke... sekali tu SGD13 aje... The opposite shop, Sabar Menanti was a bit pricey. We had breakfast the other day there. Will definitely come back to Wak Pariaman.



6. Watch Sea Games footie final. Yang penting Malaysia menang. Yang penting lagi, aku tengok sambil berselimut dalam hotel... sambil makan murtabak. Priceless!


Lowlights

1. Changi airport - dah jadi macam puduraya. Terminal 1 is still under renovation so macam tak best. Plus, maybe it's peak season.. punya ramai. Tapi paling tak tahan geng-geng Bollywood yang macam alien investation. Pening sial. Dah la macam unruly bunch. Tak pedulik trolly depa blocking ke... duduk tengah jalan ke. Aku practically terpaksa tendang trolly depa supaya ke tepi. Dah jadi macam barbaric pulak. Paling tak tahan... masa nak queue kat imigration. We saw one lane was empty.. while the next lane had this family of four. So..ok la no rush... tetiba.. baru je nak approach line kuning tu.. head of the family notice that our lane was empty.. and quickly rush in front of us, almost knocking my sister down... pastu, ni line of the year " COME ON EVERYBODYYYY.. OVER HERE..". Pastu ramai-ramai pulak kerumun officer tu. Kitaorang macam terkena stun gun kejap. Eh, what just happen? Tak kuasa nak layan... pergi je la lane lain. We arrived at the airport like 4 hours early... semata ingat nak shopping... tapi sebab tempat tu dah jadi macam apa je.. terus takde mood. Dah tu flight delay lagi. Yeayyyy.

2. LCCT - dah sampai Malaysia pulak... LCCT macam pusat pemindahan banjir. Ramainya manusia. Padahal dah pukul 1 pagi. Lepas tu banyak pulak flight sampai around the time. Baggage handling dah memang macam tempat sembelih ayam... main campak aje semua benda. Just imagine... ada dekat 2 ribu orang... 4 ribu luggage.. agaknya orang yang angkat ada 4 aje... and it's already malam buta. Ingat larat ke? Semua orang hilang bag sudahnya. Kata baggage claim kat belt 4... tetiba bag kau kat belt no 1. Kat baggage claim for your flight kat belt 3.. sekali tengok kat belt tu.. flight lain... MADNESS. Memula ingat bag dah hilang... nasib ada. Orang kat lost and found tu.. dah lost of words dah.. tak terkata. Aku tengok ada satu adik ni dok beriya tolong tolakkan bag yang tersangkut kat conveyor belt tu.. bila la pulak tangan tersepit. Gang bollywood pulak.. dah biasa kot dengan benda-benda ni.. mesti nak dramatik lagi.... panjat and lompat-lompat pulak atas conveyor belt tu sambil kejar bag dia. Ya Allah Ya Rabbi Ya Tuhanku.. semoga service ditempat ni akan dipertingkatkan... Ammiinnn.

Dah flight malam... sampai after midnight, nak naik taxi pun dah double. Tapi aku hari tu mmg hati batu... aku nego macam sial dapat la RM20 dari KL Sentral to my place in Bandar Sri Permaisuri. Memula depa nak rm35... pastu tu 25... aku buat dono je.. cakap nak rm20. Last-last ok la.. tapi dia bawak macam sial.. agaknya if aku tercampak kuar dari taxi, suka dia. Kakak aku maki hamun aku secukup rasa... sebab cakap aku jahat, hidup tak berkat nanti orang taxi tu asyik maki aje... Apa-apa la.. janji dah sampai rumah :P Pasni tak nak dah naik last flight lagi.

With that I conclude trip for 2009. Here we come 2010...