Life in London

Brrr... Weather here is so freezing cold. Temperature is about 18 to 20 degrees celcius. I have to wear a thick jacket and place both hands inside my jacket pockets to keep warm. So here I am in an internet cafe right now. The charge here is 1 pound for 20 minutes. Pretty expensive but I can't live without internet for long. I can't move into my hostel till this Saturday so I am staying in a hotel with my dad, mum and brother now. So far, I have visited Buckingham Palace, Windsor castle and London eye with my family. Pretty cool and interesting. Will upload pictures soon. So keep an eye on my blog updates! Cya!

Fly Away!

Bye people, I'm finally going off today! Won't be blogging till before 1 Oct because I will not have access to internet till then. I will be flying at 9am today so look out for me in the skies when my plane passes your place today ok? Bye!

Three more days...

Three more days... And I still haven't finish packing my luggage. Dead.. dead... I have an ominous feeling that I will have excess baggage which I will need to pay a heavy fine at the airport. I haven't weighed my luggage yet but it is not difficult for my luggage to cross the 30kg limit. I have a metal pot with a glass cover, plastic plates, bowls and cups, five stacks of writing paper, a stack of plain white paper, a couple of notebooks and exercise books, bulky textbooks, tonnes of clothes and a lot more. Sigh... I doubt I will have the strength to carry everything myself if I were to go alone. Heehee... But then, my brother will be there to help me carry my luggage :)

I got 1st placing for Para Para! Haha...

I went to play the Para Para Paradise 2nd Remix machine at the arcade in Marina Square yesterday night and got first placing! But what's the catch? I doubt any other people play the machine there. Haha.. The arcade there is usually underpopulated and the Para Para machines are usually unused. My average grade for all my dance pieces was a B. And that warrants a first placing? Haha.. Anyway, I left my name "MAIS" there on the high score chart. Go and check it out! *Chuckles*

I have spent a total of $6 dancing on Para Para machines over these two weeks, and that means six dance sessions. But, one downside to dancing Para Para is that I can't stop thinking and singing to the catchy beats in my mind. Maybe I just shouldn't dance Para Para after dinner at night. I had a hard time trying to fall asleep last night.

Oh dear, I think I am hooked on Para Para dancing. Haha.. At least for this week.

(Who doesn't know that my fads go as quickly as they come? Haha.. my mother knows best.)

Seven days to flying!

Oh my god! I am only left with just seven more days in Singapore. My bags are not packed yet and I haven't decided on what clothes to bring there. I promised my sister to start packing eons ago but I am only going to start today. I haven't been feeling well since the past five days due to a bad migraine and cold. Hope that my nose clears today and I will have some things packed in order. :)

More Information about the Settlers Cafe

Don't say that I didn't recommend such a fine place for you guys ok?

Visit this website to find out more about the Settlers Cafe.
http://www.settlerscafe.com/Home.htm

In short, for student price, it is only available on weekdays from 2pm-6pm. $6 per head for free-flow of games and drinks. :)

The Quest to Find Settlers Cafe

Chui Yi, Wing Hang, Shu Ying, Hui Min and I covered almost nook and cranny of Chinatown on Tuesday in search of the mysterious and yet fun-filled place, The Settlers Cafe. The tedious process on foot took more than an hour from Chinatown Point. (Sorry guys, I admit, it's my fault for not doing sufficient research before that and bringing all of you to tour the whole of Chinatown and Raffles Place before we reached our destination. Heez...)

We finally found The Settlers Cafe a stone's throw away from Clarke Quay MRT station. We had actually took a long detour all the way from Chinatown Point to China Square, Far East Square, OCBC Building ( that is near Raffles Place MRT station!), South Canal Road then to North Canal Road. In short, I had led everyone walking in the wrong direction. Heez... (Sorry guys, I won't do it again :)

However, our long journey by foot to find The Settlers Cafe was not entirely wasted. We discovered a few scenic places which we didn't even know of their existence before. Here's one photo to prove. Haha..



The Settlers Cafe did not fall below our expectations. Though we had many board games to choose from, we only played Nigara River and Singapore Uniquely Monopoly due to time constraint. (The student package is only available from 2pm to 6pm.)

From this outing, I realised that I had a lost childhood. I had never really played or understood the game of Monopoly with anybody until then. I didn't know that playing board games with friends can be such a fun thing despite my (mature) age now. Hope to play more board games with you people soon!

In exactly two more weeks from now...

In exactly two more weeks from now, I will be in London! Though I have bought almost all my necessary items, my house is in a BIG mess now. Haha.. My luggage is not packed yet, important documents not filed in yet, and Imperial College engineering maths prerequisite topics not revised yet. Sigh... My schedule for the next two weeks is almost fully packed with other commitments and dates with my secondary school friends.

Not forgetting to mention, I thank my wonderful CG 18/03 for preparing a nice little farewell cake for me last Saturday night at Parkway. Sorry people that I left early that night. I promise that will definitely join you people again soon when I return for my holiday ok? I'm glad that most of you are doing well and coping well with school work and army. :)

Shall type more the next time!

I bought my first diamond pendant today!

The Singapore Heart Foundation launches its first Go Red For Women campaign this month to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease among women. And, to mark this, the Hearts Pendant is on sale at Citigems at only $88. I only came to know about this promotion after I had bought The Singapore Women's Weekly a few days ago. The promotion starts today and I had to cut out a coupon in the magazine in order for me to get my pendant at $88. I bought it at Citigems in Tampines Mall this afternoon. The pendant is so beautiful. The two linked hearts also makes it a romantic gift for a boyfriend to give to his girlfriend. Haha.. I finally have a diamond jewellery to add to my collection! Heez...

Food Tour!

I met up with Jessica and three other UK-bound mates for an amazing food tour today. See what we ate and what are my ratings for each dish.

First stopover: Chinatown Market Hawker Centre
5 steamed dumplings and 5 guo tie. $4.00. Rating: 3
4 peanut 汤圆in peanut paste. Rating: 2
4 black sesame 汤圆in black sesame paste. Rating: 3
2 yam and 2 red bean 汤圆in almond paste. Rating: 1
$6.00 altogether

Second stopover: Maxwell Food Centre
Sliced fish soup. $4.00. Rating: 4
Oyster omelette. $4.00. Rating: 4
3 和记包egg tarts. $2.40. Rating: 3

Third stopover: Tiong Bahru Hawker Centre
Red bean bao. Rating: 3
Lotus paste bao. Rating: 3
Char siew bao. Rating: 4
Meat bao. Rating: 4
$2.40 altogether

Fourth stopover: Bedok Food Centre
Popiah. $1.50. Rating: 5
Mutton soup. $3.00. Rating: 3
Cuttlefish kangkong. $5.00. Rating: 4
Cheng tng. $2.00 per bowl. Rating: 5


Ratings
5- The best I have tried so far in Singapore!
4- Delicious! I want another serving!
3- Okay… Tastes just like the hawker centre next door.
2- Below average. A disincentive for me to return to Singapore.
1- Yucks! We should have opened our eyes before ordering.

It was such a fun trip. It was also my first time going around Singapore eating like this. All thanks to Yuan who drove us around in his car today. Hope we will have more of such trips together again!