A few entries ago, I mentioned that I had come across men who blatantly stare at my chest despite my somewhat inconspicuous dressing.
What was I on? I was totally kidding myself saying that. Hah.
Exhibit A. And this isn't even that bad. I've asked people to take pictures off Facebook just because there was just... too much going on. So anyway I'll stop kidding myself because I really hate wearing anything with sleeves.
So that is David and I in Bugis eating some tangyuan. To be honest that day it was rather mediocre and we just barely were able to snag the last couple of balls (1 peanut and 2 sesame) and let David try most of them. Also no almond/peanut pastes left! So we had some gingko nut base instead which wasn't too bad.
David left for Melbourne today. A good 12 days we've spent just being with each other, complaining about the heat, fatigue and lack of time amongst exploring places together, discovering new things about each other and simply spending some really good quality time together.
The breakdown of where he went (from what I can sort of remember);
22nd June (Friday): Landed at night, beers with the boys, took David for a drive to Changi Village to see Old Changi Hospital and bapuks
23rd : Packed lunch for Ashwin and drove down to see him, David got him some Top Gear magazines which was really sweet of him :D Checked out Lorong Buangkok (Singapore's last kampung) with Ash, then sent him back. Chinatown afterwards, walked around for almost 3 hours before paying for his trip to Pulau Dayang with me then driving back to Tampines to pick up cousins and visit my grandma (Nani) for dinner, followed by a mini chill session at East Coast with my cousins. Man what a day that was!
24th : Diving lesson in the pool, David stayed at home to catch up on rest. Dad came to pick me up and left 2 hours early to take David on a massive tour of Singapore haha! They even ended up watching some Kuda Kepang which David took surprisingly well despite the nature of it. Got home after 8 hours of breathing underwater, changed and met the boys at Kairen's then went on to 283 for a big few hours of drinking.
25th : Marina Bay Sands Skypark, walked to Marina Square, then through Citylink, then train-ed down to Orchard Rd, then basically walked the entire stretch occasionally stopping to see stores. Finished finally at 313 Somerset, had dinner with Yigang, then had tangyuan at Bugis before FINALLY calling it a day (phew).
26th : Woke up relatively early to catch a ride with my dad down to Singapore Poly so we could borrow the car for the day. Drove up to the zoo, spent a good few hours there. Drove to Kranji memorial which I think was very significant for David considering the vast number of Australian soldiers that died on Singapore soil in WW2. Explored a bit of Lim Chu Kang, the abandoned HDB estate, some Chinese cemeteries before driving back to pick up dad after work.
27th : Checked out all 3 malls at Tampines, David pretty much cleaned out their supply of shorts. He bought a million pairs. Cotton On, Uniqlo mainly. That night since we had no plans, I took him to some of my favourite hangout spots so he could take some night shots of the city - at Marina Barrage, the Esplanade, Mt Faber and the Henderson Waves bridge, followed by waffle fries and iced milo at ECP
28th : Took a bus to Little India where I did my eyebrows, he tried some masala tea and masala thosai, and we checked out Mustafa centre where he bought $50 worth of tea for his family. Took the bus home only to drive out again to Arab St to meet the boys at Nabin's.
29th - 1st July : Pulau Dayang Trip! Probably needs an entry on its own. But long story short I am now a PADI-certified Open Water Diver! I can dive with a buddy down to 18m! Again, thank you Bidina for the amazing experience and not forgetting the awesome people at Gill Divers and some of the funniest people i've met were in my dive group. One of them has my pack of cards haha.
2nd July : Botanical gardens. Kinda boring and was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Had a very nice Chinese vegetarian steamboat buffet at Quality Hotel in Balestier with my parents. Mmmmm.
(EDIT: I just remembered we drove to Clarke Quay for a walk around. I expected it to be rather dead on a Monday night but how wrong I was. Pretty much every bar/club was pumpin' and the music was jumpin'. People everywhere. The bigger clubs like Zirca and Rebel were closed. We decided against diving headfirst into the noisy madness and instead bought ourselves some beers from 7-11 and sat by the river across from the madness and watched it from afar while we talked about stupid things. Afterwards we went to Geylang on the way back so I could show him the red light district. David was rather amused and I regret not buying any durians for him to try.)
3rd July : Bugis Junction and Bras Basah to check out the cool music stores. David bought a fair amount of gear for his guitars and a kick-ass melodica. Was tired as hell but threw a huge BBQ for everyone who loves booze. Stayed up till 7am.
Haha we had a good time with the melodica that night.
Died today. (But met Rafidah for dinner afterwards)
What was I on? I was totally kidding myself saying that. Hah.
Exhibit A. And this isn't even that bad. I've asked people to take pictures off Facebook just because there was just... too much going on. So anyway I'll stop kidding myself because I really hate wearing anything with sleeves.
So that is David and I in Bugis eating some tangyuan. To be honest that day it was rather mediocre and we just barely were able to snag the last couple of balls (1 peanut and 2 sesame) and let David try most of them. Also no almond/peanut pastes left! So we had some gingko nut base instead which wasn't too bad.
David left for Melbourne today. A good 12 days we've spent just being with each other, complaining about the heat, fatigue and lack of time amongst exploring places together, discovering new things about each other and simply spending some really good quality time together.
The breakdown of where he went (from what I can sort of remember);
22nd June (Friday): Landed at night, beers with the boys, took David for a drive to Changi Village to see Old Changi Hospital and bapuks
23rd : Packed lunch for Ashwin and drove down to see him, David got him some Top Gear magazines which was really sweet of him :D Checked out Lorong Buangkok (Singapore's last kampung) with Ash, then sent him back. Chinatown afterwards, walked around for almost 3 hours before paying for his trip to Pulau Dayang with me then driving back to Tampines to pick up cousins and visit my grandma (Nani) for dinner, followed by a mini chill session at East Coast with my cousins. Man what a day that was!
24th : Diving lesson in the pool, David stayed at home to catch up on rest. Dad came to pick me up and left 2 hours early to take David on a massive tour of Singapore haha! They even ended up watching some Kuda Kepang which David took surprisingly well despite the nature of it. Got home after 8 hours of breathing underwater, changed and met the boys at Kairen's then went on to 283 for a big few hours of drinking.
25th : Marina Bay Sands Skypark, walked to Marina Square, then through Citylink, then train-ed down to Orchard Rd, then basically walked the entire stretch occasionally stopping to see stores. Finished finally at 313 Somerset, had dinner with Yigang, then had tangyuan at Bugis before FINALLY calling it a day (phew).
26th : Woke up relatively early to catch a ride with my dad down to Singapore Poly so we could borrow the car for the day. Drove up to the zoo, spent a good few hours there. Drove to Kranji memorial which I think was very significant for David considering the vast number of Australian soldiers that died on Singapore soil in WW2. Explored a bit of Lim Chu Kang, the abandoned HDB estate, some Chinese cemeteries before driving back to pick up dad after work.
27th : Checked out all 3 malls at Tampines, David pretty much cleaned out their supply of shorts. He bought a million pairs. Cotton On, Uniqlo mainly. That night since we had no plans, I took him to some of my favourite hangout spots so he could take some night shots of the city - at Marina Barrage, the Esplanade, Mt Faber and the Henderson Waves bridge, followed by waffle fries and iced milo at ECP
28th : Took a bus to Little India where I did my eyebrows, he tried some masala tea and masala thosai, and we checked out Mustafa centre where he bought $50 worth of tea for his family. Took the bus home only to drive out again to Arab St to meet the boys at Nabin's.
29th - 1st July : Pulau Dayang Trip! Probably needs an entry on its own. But long story short I am now a PADI-certified Open Water Diver! I can dive with a buddy down to 18m! Again, thank you Bidina for the amazing experience and not forgetting the awesome people at Gill Divers and some of the funniest people i've met were in my dive group. One of them has my pack of cards haha.
2nd July : Botanical gardens. Kinda boring and was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Had a very nice Chinese vegetarian steamboat buffet at Quality Hotel in Balestier with my parents. Mmmmm.
(EDIT: I just remembered we drove to Clarke Quay for a walk around. I expected it to be rather dead on a Monday night but how wrong I was. Pretty much every bar/club was pumpin' and the music was jumpin'. People everywhere. The bigger clubs like Zirca and Rebel were closed. We decided against diving headfirst into the noisy madness and instead bought ourselves some beers from 7-11 and sat by the river across from the madness and watched it from afar while we talked about stupid things. Afterwards we went to Geylang on the way back so I could show him the red light district. David was rather amused and I regret not buying any durians for him to try.)
3rd July : Bugis Junction and Bras Basah to check out the cool music stores. David bought a fair amount of gear for his guitars and a kick-ass melodica. Was tired as hell but threw a huge BBQ for everyone who loves booze. Stayed up till 7am.
Haha we had a good time with the melodica that night.
Died today. (But met Rafidah for dinner afterwards)
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