Sunday, June 01, 2008
Went to Robinsons Expo sale on the last day, with my mother and brother...
To source for some formal clothes. True enough, i got myself black long pants, black skirt, white long sleeved shirt from G2000. At $19 each, it's a great bargain!^^
Other than those work clothes, i bought sleeveless tops going for $6 per piece.
As for the other sections of the mega sales, i didnt go check them out... Shoes bags section.. nah.. Robinsons brands cant get any cheaper than those from, for eg OG or Metro. Toys and children clothes.. Nah.. I don't need to remind myself of a lost childhood.
Went to Suntec City for the World Book Fair in hall 4. First day! Hehe
Browsed around for sometime but didnt buy any. I am more interested in those logical thinking books, interesting to try them though many a times, i dont have that analytic and logical brain to come up with the answers. There's this Times stall which sells books at real low prices. Hardcover books (cooking, drawing, painting, sports, interior design, DIY, children's books) going for around $10. Cant believe it man!
The color printing alone costs double of that amount in regular shops.
Had a strong urge to bring the 'Cakes and pastries' big hardcover book home ($13 only!) but i have neither an oven to bake cakes nor the baking skills required to make those yummy creations shown in the book. But merely looking at the pictures is enough to cure my sweet tooth-ness.
Hohoh.. my msn nick used to be 'sugar overdose' (for the past week ^^) cos i really ate and drank too much sweet stuff for my own good.
But i cant control myself, had orange juice after lunch and ate a box of Pockey chocolate banana sticks just now =p new creation from Pockey? Hehe.. there's a picture of a cute monkey on the corner of the white and yellow box. Awww.. cute!!~
Headed to Funan IT mall for dinner as the food courts in Suntec City and Raffles City are much more expensive due to the new ambience and prime location.
Unagi and Chicken cutlet bento set with miso soup & slice of watermelon!
Took a walk to Boat Quay and had a glimpse of the night life there.
Restaurants by the riverside that open the outdoor seating area at night line the Singapore River. There's many touts along the street with diff uniforms speaking English or Mandarin with a mishmash of overseas accents. Be in Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Philippines~
There's bars buzzing with activities, it's like only 8+pm and the outdoor area outside the bars are crowded with people. Mostly Caucasian expatriates holding exceptionally tall glasses of liquor. All of them are standing around small round tables, or merely standing around and chatting in their small circles. I presume it's part of their culture and they can mingle with people easily by walking from circle to circle. I'd seen expats doing just that previously, but in a hawker centre which looked really weird in the eyes of typical Sporeans. They crowded around tables but none of them are sitting down! Heh.. Sporeans will be the first to dash forward when they see empty seats lorh.. Hehe..
Drinking is like part of their social life.
So walking into the crowd of tall tall tall Caucasians (the people are spilling out from the usual standing area to the walking pavement) is a little intimidating. Basically u dunno where u are heading cos u are blocked by tall people.
Interesting isn't it? Hehe.. As for Sporean Chinese, we prefer to sit around in big tables and go YAM SENG over drinks and eight or nine course Chinese dishes in restaurants or sweat it out by eating hot steamboat.
yunn. at 3:33 PM