The craziest place on the planet...

Don't believe me? It gets trippier..








This park was built by one of the Aw brother's who created Tiger Balm. The park was dedicated to the memory of his family, friends and the various statues depict ancient legends and stories with strong moral values like loyalty and especially dealing with tempation...What I find insane though is how Chinese legends personify animals and make them do seriously weird stuff...like the pig in his knickers? Or the tea-turtle or crab-lady...Bizzaro!

Despite the strange-ness though, did you like the photos? I've had time to play with my camera and really hope I'm slowly getting better at lighting, composition and such...

Better run, only a few more days in Singapore!
Big hugs...

xoxo
Miss Deb

Clarke Quay, Bugis Street & Fort Canning...

Mushi mushi lil critters...

I hope you're not getting bored of these post yet...After all, exploring is meant to be my main duty at the moment...let me know if you do tire of these though then I'll put my thinking cap on and fabricate a parallel universe...it could be fun..tee hee hee

So last Wednesday was ladies night...girls got in for free and got 5 free drinks, guys got in for S$15 before 11pm and got 2 free drinks so off Dean and I were to Zirca - said to be one of the top party spots. Yeeyah, all dressed up with somewhere to go!
I managed to score this strapless number for S$40!


I think it would normally be quite different but that night they had an MJ special...yes he was a legend and yes he will be missed but I think it's only humanly possible to hear Billy Jean so many times...we heard it live by that night's cover band, danced to by a group of MJ impersonators, sang and played acoustic styles and then the music video was played on the big screen! We decided what we needed was a few drinks but those sneaky buggers didn't make it easy for girls to get the 5 free drinks - I had to join the massive queue of ladies after 11 and before 12 AND I could only redeem one drink at a time...I was very tempted to take my first drink and rejoin the queue...I didn't of course...instead Dean and I went for a wander and came across this...


Very cool I thought...

We then followed the sound of some thumping tunes and came across Rebel...now that was fun. Had a good boogie then went to explore the rest of Clarke Quay - it's sorta like a village by the river with restaurants, cafes, bars...you name it! The cover charge we paid meant that we could get into Rebel and Lunar for free...Lunar was a Asian Fusion Bar. Yeah I didn't really understand what that meant until I stepped inside. There was a live band singing Chinese songs but the decor was absolutely brilliant...they had a massive red Chairman Mao figure at the front door then heaps of Asian Betty Boop stuff...the floors were transparent fibreglass displaying coloured lighting and pretty stones, paintings adorned the ceiling - like I mean literally, it was like looking UP into an art gallery! I couldn't get a shot of all of that so I hope these ones will do...:)




All in all, a super fun night..I highly recommend Clarke Quay, we're planning on going for dinner there sometime before we leave!

Days later we decided to head to Bugis - The Largest Street Shopping in Singapore! Don't believe me?




Yeeyah, baby...it's busy but the bargains are definitely worth it! I bought some cute-sie ballet flats and a pair of 3/4 length jeans..You'll see me sporting both items in the photos below...

At the end of a long hard shop, Dean got a reward for being the best boyfriend ever - some would've not made it through such ardous shopping missions! He got Burger King...



Anyhoo...we were getting a little tired of shopping malls (I never thought I'd see the day that I would say that) so a day later we planned a trip to Fort Canning. First stop, Istana Park where we pigged out on our BLATs!


Actually we only stopped there because we thought Fort Canning was opposite it but when we were stopped by the guards who told us that that wasn't Fort Canning but the President's house. No wonder they looked at us like we were nuts when we said, so we can't have lunch in there? Oopsie!

So after a bit of food we decided to try and find Fort Canning. We underestimated how far it was and how hilly and ended up walking 4km...it was worth the trek though!






So beautifully green...crazy how it's smack bang in the middle of the city too!

Lady Gaga's playing here on the 12th of August!

Anyhoo, tummy's a-rumbling so I'd better get some dinner in me!

Giggles and winks,
Miss Deb

Orchard, Vivo and Far East

So my little chickadees, how's it?

Thought I'd try and be a wee bit more disciplined with the blog posts..I have been terribly slack I know!

So as you know I've been laxing in Singapore for a few weeks now..the lovely boychum finally got his behind here so we've gotten to explore heaps!

We are currently staying at my bro's service apartment that is a 5-8 min walk from Orchard Road...shopping central of Singapore! Poor Dean! There's probably a shopping mall for every 2 steps you take...it's nuts!


There's heaps of construction going on Orchard Road too...they really utilize every square inch!


This is the Paragon...fancy pants shopping mall with an awesome food court in the basement...


This is Ion...extremely cool building at night as all those panels light up...



It's even fancier than Paragon with brands like Louis Vuitton, Guess and CK...the official opening's on the 21st...we just might have to see what the fuss is all about tee hee hee!

My favourite mall on Orchard has to be the Far East Plaza...not to be confused with the Far East Shopping Centre...hehehe...This place is affordable and has extremely cool vintage and indie boutiques! I'd say there are at least 100 shops in this one building and it was absolute bliss...so much so that I didn't take many photos as I was too pre-occupied...


We had lunch at a Korean Restaurant with my bro and his wife...:)
I had the stir-fried pork Bento box and it was YUM as!



A few days later Dean and I decided to catch the MRT to Vivo City...it's a little further out of town but the weather forecast predicted thunderstorms so that was the best indoor activity we could think of...

Super stoked about my Chicken and Barbecue Pork Rice..


Mmmmmm...nom nom nom...



Then off for a wander around this super-mall..


It had it's own fountain...not bad...

It had it's own playground...


But then it started hosing down so we jumped back on the MRT and headed home...

Pretty boy and sunset..tee hee hee


Off to the pool for a swim now...leave me a message won't ya...hope alls well with you!

xoxo
Miss Deb

Singapore, Family and Peanuts!

Hi dee ho little bunnies!

Yes as the title suggests we are now and have been in Singapore!

It took us ladies a wee while...hard long bus rides and such..hehehe..(my sis is posing with my brand spanking new super sampler...yay!)


But it was all worth it as we managed to get the whole family together! I'd not been back to Asia since my sister's wedding 3 years ago and that was the last time all 3 siblings were present too! It was epic...family's are awesome...I love mine!


Cheers! Here here...

So we had a family photoshoot the next day...where Mr Pro Photographer himself a.k.a. the big brother got to show off his skills...


Go the floral shirt, don't cha think?

Had heaps of fun and as usual the us kids had a blast just getting to hang out...


We were just about wetting ourselves here because we were trying to link arms and do the can-can but we just couldn't tell our left legs from right legs, well my brother couldn't fulfill simple instructions and I couldn't stop giggling so we kept bumping into each other...

That night we went to the premiere of Transformers 2.
The autobots were obviously trying to get in touch with us...


They'd left us a secret trail to follow hehehe...

Check out this old school movie poster at the cinema...I think it's perfectly rad...darn digital printing ruined all the fun!



A few days later we headed off to the famous Raffles Court for a look-see and a drinkie...Mmmm I got to try the Singapore Sling...way too easy to drink and seriously deadly...


It just oozes Colonialism doesn't it?

Where we had our drink used to be the old hang out for the British...each table had a big pot of peanuts...really yummy peanuts actually...


But the crazy thing is that you're meant to chuck the peanuts shells on the ground!! I ended up with a pile on the table because I just couldn't bring myself to do it but apparently they were trying to preserve what people used to do in the old days...crazy huh? I felt a little dirty because everywhere you walked your feet crunched into peanut shells....

Aside from the crazy peanut shell littering habits they were trying to uphold, I did like how they had maintained a lot of the old fixtures of the building...like this beautiful spiral stairway..


Well, I guess that'll be all for today puppies...

Here, take a moment and have a peanut...you deserve it for reading this far tee hee hee!

Hope life's treating you well...

Lots of love
Miss Deb