Sunday 19th Feb 2012
Today the official adventure begins. One week in Singapore admittedly felt like a holiday, and it never really hit me that my whole life was just about to change.
Throughout the week I’ve been receiving general ‘missing you’ texts, e-mails, Facebook comments, ‘Whatsapp’ messages, and Face time calls! Jeez there are so many different ways to keep in touch nowadays, I could probably move to Mars and still be able to add my two penny’s worth in pity family arguments!
Ok so updates and tips on Singapore. One week really wasn’t enough, although, the anticipation and excitement of getting my life started in Australia made me count down the days one by one, seven of them made it a really tight schedule to cram everything in!
The thirteen hour flight for me was like hell! Only because I hate to fly; the ear popping, the engines, the awkward sitting positions, the terrifying vacuum disposal after trying your hardest to pee your quickest and return to your seat before the turbulence hits and throws you off the toilet. Ouch. Yes that’s happened before; I was on a day trip to Brighton and took the National Express, as much as I tried to hold it in, my will power gave up…
…So I braved it to the ‘on board lavatory’ and to my horror the door was faulty. Sitting in absolute anguish praying for this to be over, whilst holding the door shut, the worst happened. Round-about. As soon as I felt the rubber tyres cause friction whilst doing a 180, that was it, off I flew and bashed straight into the cold shiny mirror. You know how woman talk about different mirrors giving off different light and therefore somehow making that mirror the reason their hair and make- up doesn’t look right that day? Well I do… I am one of them. Anyhow, having your carelessly blushed cheeks pressed up against the mirror in an ‘on board lavatory’ happened to incur one of them moments.
Not good when you are off to meet some guy you met on holiday after a long thread of 5 month texting. Really – I think I’ve forgotten how to dial a real life Phone Number.
So yeah – Singapore – Shit Turbulence, jeez this is bad, dammit the Seat belt light has just come on and the pilot has just interrupted my two and a half men episode playing in the background… how dare he… I don’t mind really, its season 9 and there’s no Charlie Sheen; only Ashton Kutchur, he’s ok, but they’ve given him facial hair, and dear god I HATE FACIAL HAIR!
Anyway where was I, oh yeah Singapore. You can probably guess that I get distracted easily.
Right, Food: My thoughts are that it turned out to be very traditional; very spicy; very coconutty and very high in Carbs. No dish can be eaten unless it is accompanied by rice, noodles or Pita bread.
Money: So expensive, one cosmopolitan was around $20 which works out to around £10. And that wasn’t even in a high end club.
Places to go:
Clarke, it’s your average strip of clubs which you’ll find in every country. They range from Shisha bars, to Bongo Clubs, to Cocktails bars and traditional Irish Pubs. On the other side there are Ice cream parlours, vintage jewellery and novelty items that you could buy.
Orchard Road, this is just like Oxford Street, from Prada and Louis Vuitton to Top Shop and Abercrombie and Fitch; this would definitely be a Fashionista’s heaven. Filled with attractions like them guys in Covent Garden who are painted silver and move only if you flick a few coins in the pot along with giant statues; you could find yourself spending most of your day here. There were restaurants and bars all around, which in my opinion ticks all the boxes.
Sentosa Island, very child friendly place, the Island consists of two beaches, Universal Studios and you travel there by cable car, which costs around $26 return ticket. You would need to start your day early in order to get everything you pay for out of the park. This place was filled with good clean fun!
Marina Bay Sands. WHAT AMAZEMENT! This place has it all, I mean really, high end shops three stories high, amenities and essentials that would be expected of a 5* hotel. But the thing that really blew this place ‘out of the water’ pun intended, was the boat shaped masterpiece that was a bar/night club named Ku de Ta located in the Sky park, on the 56th floor right at the top of the skyscraper building which stretches longer than The Eifel Tower! We went on a Wednesday which was free entry; however it was still packed and had great music and an exasperating view. This is a must do in Singapore.
I could waffle on, but then i'd be scared that my blog may turn into a novel! And let's face it! I am terrible at telling stories!
Catch up later guys... xo xo Navita
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