Monday, March 26, 2007

Had an impromptu trip to Singapore over the past weekend with Boon. Travelled by overnight train and stayed at Hangout Hotel @ Mt Emily for a night. Nice place with Ikea furnishings but will not consider again unless bookings is full at The Strand (Bencoolen St), the latter being more worth it in terms of location and price.

Well a trip to Singapore isn't a trip unless I check out the bookstores, collectibles shops, etc. and of course buy something back.



Got myself A Nightmare Before Christmas notepad with stickers at Kinokuniya @ Takashimaya. Different types of notepad paper designs, how to resist? Next, hopped over to Borders at Wheelock Place to buy Coraline by Neil Gaiman. (darn I just realized I took the copy with the more pricier price tag. The copy I saw was SGD8.95, bought it SGD11.95 instead). Sigh... at least I got Burton on Burton edited by Mark Salisbury for SG12.95 (RM29.79) at HMV @ The Heeren. I'm not sure why this particular music store is selling this trade paperback so cheap. Kino is selling it for SGD43.58. In fact HMV is selling most of the music/movie related books much cheaper than conventional bookstores.

And yes, the gacha haven at Suntec City is no longer around, they are mostly scattered around the area instead. BUT I managed to grab an NBX capsule at Toys'r'us @ Paragon instead. I got what I wanted on the first try - Snowman Jack with Santa's elves riding on a bear in Christmas Land.

Meals wise, we had our usual Mos Burger, Carl's Jr, ToriQ and my yummy hot pot. We also tried out Ayam Penyet Ria @ Lucky Plaza. It's an Indonesian franchise eatery and highly recommended for those who love specially concocted cili padi infused sauce. I was rendered speechless after a few light dabs on the sauce. Yes, it is extremely pedas. Attempt with caution.

We ended the trip with a long (and tiring) evening walk to see the merlion and slept the night away on the train back to KL.

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