Exploration

It's my first weekend off in Singapore, and I've decided to go on a area hunting.  I figured checking out some locations before I have to look for a place to live after I come back would be a good idea.

I woke up at 9, and made myself a SALAD, yes, SALAD.  Something which I have not been eating at all since I've arrived in this country.  And damn it was good!! It's funny to think that depending on what you cook, it's definitely much more pricier to cook at home in Singapore.

Anyway, after brunch, I hopped on the MRT and took off to first stop Yio Chu Kang.  It was a funny place because this place had absolutely not shops around MRT station.  Just the station and the bus stop.  But after mindless walking in general direction, I found the local market and the food court.  Which was excellent.  It's a bit more of what I thought Singapore would be like before I came here.  Numerous little shops in their speciality.  And this place is definitely cheap to live.  The only problem is, none of these shops have any price tags, so since I can't speak a word of Chinese, I have a feeling it's going to increase some price than what the actual locals would get.  But yeah, no shopping malls were to be seen in the area, just local small shops.  There are a whole block full of them.  It kind of reminded me of Victoria market in Melbourne.  And I just came to realization that I haven't even seen a single book shop since I've been here. Although saying that it'll probably in the languages I can't understand anyway.  So yes, there wasn't anything particularly wrong with this place, but I figured I'm going to have a massive trouble looking for some European foods if I was to cook some.

So the next stop was Ang Mo Kio.  And this place, I LOVE IT.  the thing I love the most is the "mega store" it's definitely the biggest supermarket I've seen so far, and it wasn't that pricy either.  Considering how urbanised this place is, the prices are still quite reasonable, and I throughly enjoyed myself in this area.  Oh, and I finally found some durians!!  Except they were only sold as a whole or there was 1 particular place which was selling durian cake that had a massive line, and I was almost tempted to go and buy some but I was too lazy to line up.  Maybe next time I will actually try......  After the train station building exploration, I actually got so tired that I didn't bother checking out beyond the shops and some of the residential area, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to love living here.  The only down side may be is that it's a bit busy for my liking.  Although having all those shops are extremely convenient,  I still like the slow feeling when it comes to living.  It's relaxing at the end of the day.

Anyway, it was already 4pm by the time I left Ang Mo Kio, but I figured I should just go and get it over and done with, so off I went to Bishan.  I was originally looking at this place as I saw that there is a new MRT track under construction that would make the trip to dancing a lot easier than it is right now, but it turns out that it's only going to open in 2014, bummer.  Poet told me when he was originally house hunting that this area is one of the richest area in Singapore, so I was kind of expecting a really flash place with all the expensive shops and what not, and I was really surprised about how normal this place is.  Once again, it's not a bad place but it doesn't wow me either.  I'd much prefer Ang Mo Kio over Bishan.  It was only 4.30pm, but I was sooooo hungry and went hunting for food.  Beside the fact that you can get a lot of Japanese food here, I was quite disappointed to see nothing too interesting.

I know that around the MRT is not the only place to look, but it's a good way to start anyway.

After I got back from Bishan into Sembawang, I definitely like how laid back this area is. And its clean, and very at home feeling.  I mean, sure, the supermarket isn't the best, but it still has the bare minimum that I need.  Enough European ingredients that I need anyway.  So I guess this is all going to be depending on Steph at the end of the day.  Although it does take about an hour to Salsa from here, I don't think I'll dance not in weekends anyway. And after Poet comes back to Singapore (and me) and Steph comes to Singapore, that should be enough motivation for an 1 hour trip.  But knowing her, she probably needs all the shopping to live.

Speaking of which, I bought a new dress today.  After checking out the venue earlier in the week, I figured that I need some nice clothes to go dancing.  So I did, and I've been looking so forward to going dancing all week long.  But after I got back, although I was only out for about 4 hours, I was so tired that  I was getting a headache and I fell asleep, which made me even more tired.  If this was Dunedin, I probably would have gone out to dance, but I was not fit enough for an 1 hour train ride and this is not the time to get sick anyway, so I gave tonight a miss.  SOOOOOOO NOT impressed with myself.  But yes, there is always next time, and I have to be mature and responsible and look after myself.  How boring.

Anyway, this post is already long enough, I should just go back to watching Burlesque. I'm loving the songs in this movie...