Cuti-Cuti Singapura - Part II

Day II – Singapore

Had a late wink the night before and as a result, waking up was really difficult. Dragged myself outta bed at 8.30am, had a good shower and picked a blouse from Adik’s wardrobe. Had a cup of coffee, called up the cab and headed to JB checkpoint, not before making a stop at MBJB in Kebun Teh to pay yet another summon.

After the usual scanned passport-boarded the yellow bus-alighted-run, huff and puff-queued up in SG checkpoint-made few friends while waiting for passport to be stamp-run,huff and puff-boarded the bus-alighted at Kranji MRT; I reached SG at 10am and waited for my knight on shiny bike. The night before, he offered to send me all the way to NLB, which I gladly accepted. He came, and off we went to NLB, dropped me off and made his way to his workplace in JI.

Oh, by the way I didn’t bluff about the shiny bike part, it was shiny with polished exhaust pipe and rims, the leather on the tank (which they called tank-bra!!) and even the seat gleamed under the sun. Tapi yang kelakar tu, nape lah gi polish itu seat, dah lain kali nak naik motor kena pakai anti-skid patch on my butt. Xdela asik menggelongsor je tiap kali brake.

NLB in all it’s glory!! Went to level 7, deposited my bag (darn, can’t bring the bag inside anymore.. geez), and take a seat by the large window, overlooking the busy street and a mixture of old and modern buildings which surround the library. Went to the LIS shelves, and selected armful of one book after another, and… the rest of this part isn’t interesting at all ;). Oh yes, I did hog the Xerox machine. Hehe

Had a 30mins lunch break in Bugis Junction, did some window shopping and bought a small Jollibean soy drink and karipap bunting and sotong cocok from Old Chang Kee. Continue doing the not so interesting part.

At 3.30pm, my knight came and we went to, where else but Beach Road to have cholesterol and calorie laden foods. We ordered 10 satays – babat, hati, ayam, daging, kambing; Soto Campur for him and Mee Odong for me. Mee Odong is similarly like mee soto with a twist. Chunky meat pieces are used for garnishing instead of the chicken bits. We were being carnivorous that day. Meat, meat all the way. Jangan kena gout sudah.

Makan pun sudah, kenyang pun sudah. And it’s time to get home. He dropped me off at SG Checkpoint and again, repeat the half walk(x larat nk run this time)-huff and puff-queued up-made friends-passport stamped-half walk, huff and puff-boarded the bus-alighted etc etc. Reached Larkin at 6.00pm, bought some radish to make Fried Carrot Cake (as requested by him) and waited for my dad.

Terbongkang the rest of the nite. Dog tired.

To be continued.