The Second Week In Singapore

Here I come again, to tell you stories about my life in Singapore. You may read it, or skip it, it's totally up to you.

It was Saturday, March 22nd, 2008, the day I was visiting Merlion Park to see the Merlion statue with three friends of mine. It is a statue with the head of a lion and the body of a fish that become national symbol of Singapore. The trip to the Merlion Park was very easy. I just got on the MRT to Raffles Place station and walked from there. Before reaching the Merlion Park, I walked by the Singapore River. Near of it is Fullerton Hotel, a very big hotel with very nice building. It is one of the most expensive hotel in Singapore. The first picture below was taken by the Singapore River. In the right side of the background is the Fullerton Hotel and at the center is the pineapple-shaped building called Esplanade. Esplanade is the Broadway theater and musical place.



After walking for about 5 minutes from there, I arrived at the Merlion Park. There were some tourists there who were taking some pictures of the Merlion statue. The status is quite big and well-taken care of. The second picture below was taken when I was there. In the right side of the background is the Esplanade building that can also be seen in the previous picture. The scenery would be more fantastic if it were night then. After sitting for a while at the Starbucks nearby, we went to a mall named Marina Square and after that to another mall nearby named Suntec City. It was a very tiring day.



That was Saturday two weeks ago. After that weekend, I was back to my routine activities again: working. It was still the same, if not worse. At the second day of last week, my team leader took a leave for one day. I was so scared, because I and the other team members didn't know the job well-enough to survive alone. Luckily, we were able to cope with that situation. I attended a conference call again with my big boss. And I am proud to say that I handled that conference call very well. The other days of the week went by, with busyness and exhaustion. When weekend arrived again to my doorstep, I was filled with energy. My spirit was lift up again.

Yesterday, Saturday, March 29th, 2008, I went to Bugis Street. It's near Bugis Junction, the mall that I visited before (see my earlier entry). There are many shops there with excellent price. I may visit this place again later to buy some souvenirs for my friends back home. They have crawled again and again to ask for gifts from me. I hope I will be able to buy them some things before I go back to Indonesia. Near this place is a Buddha statue. It's a Happiness Buddha statue, I think. People touch its cheek, chest, back, and stomach hoping to get happiness. I was doing the same thing with other people. I inserted some coins to its stomach that will be used for charity before rubbing its body.

From Bugis Street, I continued my journey to Sim Lim. I walked there from Bugis Street. Sim Lim is a building of electronic shops. It's just like Harco in Jakarta. It's popular with its cheap electronic stuffs. I was looking for a mouse for my notebook. But the price of the mouse that I wanted was more expensive than the price in Indonesia. Maybe, I'll just buy the mouse in Indonesia later. Not being able to get anything in Sim Lim, I was heading back to apartment for a rest before going out again in the evening.

It was already 9.30 pm when I and the others were going to Clarke Quay. We got off in Raffles Place MRT station and took a walk by the Singapore River to Boat Quay and to the Clarke Quay. Boat Quay is a street by the river that has many seafood restaurant. The pictures of the seafood was very intriguing. The chili crab looked very delicious. But it was very expensive for people like me to eat there. After Boat Quay is Clarke Quay. It's also near the river. You can see some pictures I took there below.



The picture above was a ride that was swung up and down. It looked so scary to ride that horrible thing. I heard people inside of it were screaming when the ride was falling and moving up again so fast.



The picture above was the boat that took people around the Singapore River. Below the blue roof are many bars and clubs along the street. It was very crowded with people who went out for some party, dance, and music at the Saturday night.

I and the others ate at Hooters. I seldom heard and saw about Hooters from the movies and TV series. I finally went to one here in Singapore. It's popular for its chicken sandwiches, chicken wings, and waitresses that wear sexy outfits (they wear short pants and clothes showing cleavages). The breast was awesome. Of the chicken sandwich I mean, not the waitress's. I took a picture with one of the waitresses there, as you can see below. The other picture below shows me in front of Hooters.





After being full of eating there, we took a walk along the street at Clarke Quay. As I said before, it's full of bars and clubs. There is Fashion Bar (you can find one in Jakarta), C Clinic (where people sit on the wheelchairs), ans so many others. People who want some pleasure of nightlife may just choose one or some of the places here. You will never run out of options here. There is one club with four sexy dancers dancing in front of it too. People from outside the club can watch them dancing, as they danced behind glass wall. I want to show you the picture of them dancing, but I am afraid I can't, since the government now blocking some porn sites to be accessed from Indonesia. I don't want my blog is blocked for showing some sexy pictures.

We then went at Mama's Carribean Bar after midnight. We drank some alcohol and sat there for a while, while talking and enjoying the Jamaican and Latin live music. It was a nice place. I ordered a $13.2 glass of Illusion. It got some taste of lemon, and the alcohol was not too strong. After sitting there for one hour, we went back home. It was 2.30 at the morning when we arrived at the apartment.





Yes, it was a nice evening. To go to some places new that I have never been before. To see the dynamic and vivid nightlife in Singapore. To feel how good it is to live in Singapore, if only I have more money. But it's not the time to scowl. I can do that again later. Now is the time for me to get back to my routines, after recharging myself with the pleasure of the nightlife in Singapore. Tomorrow till Friday are working days again. Argh, I hate Monday! Don't you?