Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Christmas 2007 in Singapore

Happy New Year!


So it’s 2008 and so much has happened in the past few weeks. So many parties and traveling and before you know it, it’s the New Year!


Paul and I spent a week in Singapore celebrating Christmas. Since we are both very familiar with the island, all we did was shop (the Boxing Day sale is irresistible even to non shoppers) and meet up with friends there.


About shopping – I bought 5 pairs of shoes.


Yes I know my shoe obsession is getting out of hand especially since the pretty ones are usually too painful to be worn for long periods of time which means in the end, they don’t end up being worn much. But they are way to pretty not to be bought. I justify the purchase by wearing them for at least 6 hours every 6 months.









Also bought some dresses, pants, tops and accessories from AX, FCUK, Esprit, Gap and other small non branded shops. I almost bought a Prada bag which wasn’t on sale but is still much cheaper than in Malaysia. I didn’t bother to go into LV because as usual, there was a queue going into the store.


I can see why Singaporeans are such shopaholics. Firstly, there’s not much else to do. And secondly, things are so cheap, including branded stuff. If I was earning in S$, prices will be dollar to dollar and I’d be able to afford to go shopping every weekend too.


But other then shopping, it was great to meet up with friends.







And when you’ve shopped and finished drinking with friends, there are 2 things which can be done in Singapore but not in KL and that’s midnight shopping!


As we were drinking in Holland V and there was a 24 hour Cold Storage in the area, it’s often we do a spot of drunken shopping which is totally hilarious.







We did that one night when Paul’s cousin suggested an even better way to entertain ourselves when drunk – to go shopping in the 24 hour Mustafa Centre! So we hopped into a cab at midnight and arrived at this amazing building selling everything. Imagine Poh Kong, Watch Shoppe, Tesco, Ace Hardware, World Traveler, Jusco and World of Sports under one roof.



That’s 6 floors of Nike watches, Casio watches, Omega watches, Victorinox Swiss Army Knives, Samsonite luggage bags, dried popodoms, Maggi instant noodles, scissors, Indo mie instant noodles, gold chains (I’m talking 2 whole floors of total bling), frozen turkey, chopped chicken, baby powder, bottles of honey, basket balls, Nike running shoes, non-branded white school shoes, balloons, masquerade masks, super glue, bicycles, industrial sized rice cookers, dice, Winnie–the-Pooh toys, toilet bowls ……













It’s possible that the only thing they don’t sell at Mustafa Centre are cars, tanks and jet planes.


Needless to say it was a thoroughly entertaining experience enhanced with a little bit of alcohol going to the head which makes a pile of Nike shoes in the middle of the aisle excruciatingly funny.


I’m certainly going back there the next time I’m out drinking in Singapore.


We’re scheduling the next trip there in July 2008 to coincide with the Great Singapore Sale. After all, drinking and shopping are the only things to do in Singapore!

2 comments:

Ally said...

Looks like you had fun here. It's a pity I didn't have a chance to arrange to meet you when you're here. I was back in JB the whole week moving home. Next time perhaps.
Yah, Dempsey is definitely the 'in' place now. Try the Oosh Restaurant next time you're here, beautiful ambience, like you said, the food, nothing to shout about.

Bubbles said...

So I guess with food, it's usually good food with no ambiance or lovely ambiance with so-so food. Wonder why that is so.

Anyway my next trip to Singapore should be in July. So I'll see u then! It will be great to catch up.... like seeing Ying Li after 18 years!