So Many People at East Coast

On Friday, my roommate and I went to Singapore and stayed at my aunt’s house for a night. On that day, we visited the newly built La Salle Art School on Albert Street before going to Chinatown. The decorations on Chinatown are already being set up and one can feel the Chinese New Year atmosphere.

Choon Wah in front of La Salle

The inorganic form

Visitor

I particularly like the articificial grass

Some art gallery

We took MRT from Little India to Chinatown

Overlooking Chinatown

Looking so red

We had our dinner at this hawker stalls area

From this point looks like KL's Petaling street

Look how the street name is translated

Some views of the area

The year of Rat

On the next day, we met up with the rest of our coursemates who came from UTM on that day. Choon Wah and I waited at the bus stop in front of my aunt’s place for their bus to arrive so that we could meet in the same bus.

First, we went straight to La Salle where CW and I went the day before. At one time all of us wanted to take a elevator up to the higher floor but unfortunately we were stopped by a guard there, saying that only students over there are only allow to access the lift.

Jenny, Choon Wah, the lampost and Han Chee

The guys

So feeling tulan, we left the place and looked for something to eat. I brought them to the lower ground food court inside Bugis Junction but not knowing that the place has already been renovated so there was no more food court but restaurants.

The National Library

So Wei Chin suggested the food court at Bugis street which is just located at the opposite and we went there for lunch. We met Steven and Michael Teng there. Looked like Michael was enjoying shopping as he was carrying big packs of stuff. We also saw a familiar face from our faculty: a girl from the landscape architecture course. And while eating Lim kept on saying that the girl selling drinks in front of him is very chio!

Halfway eating, Tiong left us to meet with his friends at the Suntec Shopping Mall.

In Bugis street

After lunch at about 1.30pm, we decided to separate into smaller groups and shopped on our own for 45 minutes. Han Chee and Jenny quickly disappeared into the crowd and the rest of us went to the Guan Yin Temple nearby OG.

Guan Yin Si

Colourful staircases behind Bugis street

After meeting up again we then went to the National Library and saw some books on architecture. There were so many people in their library. I think compared to Malaysians, the people there seem to enjoy going to the library.

Inside the library

Chiou Yann and I done some reference on our 2nd studio project. Han Chee wanted to find books on hair styling but there weren’t any books on that in that library. Hmm..I wonder what she wants to do with her hair now.

Anyway, we didn’t stay in the library for long cuz it was sien staying in the library for so long when we were suppose to enjoy somewhere else.

Shoooting up

So we headed to East Coast Park! From the library we walked to City Hall interchange and took a MRT to Bedok which then we took the 401 bus straight to the East Coast. The journey took about one and a half hour.

During this time trip, we’ve done a lot of walking seriously. But I’m sure Jenny did a lot of jaywalking cuz her Jay Chou was in town for his 2-days concert and therefore everywhere she walked she must be seeing jay.

Somebody insisted that I put her pic

When we almost reached the park, raindrops started falling and I am sure everyone started cursing the sky. Luckily, it stopped after awhile so we could do our activity there. Yup, cycling again!!!! This was my 4th time cycling at the East Coast already. But this time it has the most people.

Never have I seen this many before. Perhaps it is because it was a Saturday evening. And therefore there were so many chicks! Either jogging, cycling or rollerblading. Some even with just bikini. Wow! That day must be Chin Keng’s happiest day.

Lim (right)

Chin Keng

Han Chee

JayJenny

Chiou Yann

Wei Chin trying to fly

Chin Keng hurt his brother

Such a big dog

We rent the bicycle at 5.15pm and we cycled for two hours. That is about 8km of journey. CK kept on showing his bike drifting skill to impress us and the girls nearby. And Choon Wah has finally learned how to cycle a bike properly. (Tutored by ACY, supported by Jenny and documented by Han Chee)

On the jetty

Me

Wei Chin

Lim and CK

Two trying to follow the yellow shirt girl

We also met with Tiong and his friends at the beach. Wow, his Thai-Chinese mixed friend is pretty. But too bad all pretty girls are already attached nowadays..or most of them.

Sandcastle

Exhausted

At 7.15pm we returned our bikes and cleaned ourselves in the bathroom. Lim, Wei Chin and I bought a cotton candy each. OMG, for soooo long I’ve never eat that! And WC, CK and I also bought a pair of Billabong pants each for only S$5/pair. But fake one of course. Hehe.

Very sweet..the candy

We left the coast to Bedok station by bus 401 but we wrongly board the bus at the opposite direction so the bus took us one BIG round journey and wasted quite some time. I made full use of the time by taking a nap in the bus.
Our initial plan was to head back to City Square, JB for Secret Recipe but it was kinda late and we afraid it would be closed by the time we reached back so we took our dinner in the food court next to Bedok Interchange station.
Dunno what happened on that day, there were so many people until we hardly find seats so we gotta share our place with the others. After dinner we took the MRT straight back to Kranji station and board the 170 bus back to our beloved country. =]
As it was kinda late and there were so many of us, we took cab back to UTM instead of public bus. It was 12am when I reached back my hostel.

*till now I still can't forget the girl at the locker. =p

Back from Heaven

IT is now the exam weeks in UTM but my paper is on the 16th and 19th. Few of my course mates already went back to their hometown including my roommate. Life is kinda slow and dull here. Although there is still an assignment for us to submit but nobody knows when is the exact submission date so we just assume it’ll be on the last day of the exams.

There's still about a week of break before the paper and so the few of us plan to go Singapore...again. This time we are going to the East Coast Park and will be also going to Vivo City since Han Chee never been there before.

On Thursday morning, we took a bus to JB, which then we walked to the immigration and took the bus no.170 to Singapore. Tiong stopped at Kranji station as he was going to meet his friend there while the rest of us (me, Jenny, Chiou Yann and Han Chee) headed straight to the city.

The girls feeling excited

First we went to the Bras Basah Complex because two friends asked me to buy them a draughting tube each from there. It is a lot more cheaper (only S$6.90) compared to M’sia (close to RM30). Unfortunately the shop was closed because that day was Deepavali.

And oh, happy *belated* Deepavali to my Indian friends!

So we just walked around the look at some books at the book stores in the complex. There are a lot of architecture books there but they are so freaking expensive. I wanted to buy a book of Photoshop CS3 cuz it looked so interesting with many fun tutorials and tricks but the price is about S$60. I think I’ll try to look for it in Malaysia’s book stores.

As a loyal and truthful fan of Jay Chou, Jenny bought an OST of ‘Secret’ which costs S$24, including a booklet a photos from the movie. I bought a 2008 table calendar which has a very nice collection of pictures which I planned to give to Jim during his birthday. I am sure he likes it very much. Haha. Cuz Malaysia won’t sell those kind of calendar =p

JayNy's OST

Then, we wanted to go to the national library located just beside but it never opened. Sigh.

So we took the MRT headed to Vivo City and went straight to the food court. We were already starving. It was my second time there. The first time I went there, the place totally caught my attention. The food court really has a nice interior setting - wooden doors and antic roof tiles. Like those olden times era. It just brings out the nostalgic feeling.

My grandma sure very hapy to be here

There has all the most deliclious food all over Singapore. So next time try to have a visit there if you come to Vivo City, or Singapore. However the price here is slightly higher than other foodcourt.

Dim sum for S$11

After meal we went out to the rooftop to enjoy the view and snapped some photos. It was time for me to use my newly bought tripod. Hehe. Across us is the Sentosa integrated resort by Genting which is currently under construction. After completion is 2010 there will be a Universal Studio there. Wow, I can’t wait for that!

Some photos on Vivo's rooftop:

There was a ship docked there. I think it is from Japan. Some Asian Youth Organisation thingy.

Also seen there, the Sentosa monorail. I never ride on that before.

At bout 6pm, we met up with Tiong and his friend and we gathered at the book stores for awhile. Started to camwhore:

"Hmm..let me see that carefully again"

I wonder how many master bedroom does he have?

Opps..too close

Better. But what's with that expression?!

After that we went to this Japanese shop which sell its every item for S$2. The shop is packed as if the things FOC there. I managed to buy myself a facial mask. Haha. You know, sometimes I need some relaxation in the hostel too.

Night view at the upper deck

Originally, our plan was to have dinner at Holland Village but all of us seemed to be very tired. So the girls went back to Jurong and Tiong and I together with his friend went to Toa Poyah for dinner. Tiong ate quite a lot that day. After sending his friend to the MRT station, Tiong and I went back to my aunt’s house. We slept quite early that night without even taking our shower.
Next morning got up at 6.30am and went to meet with the girls at Tiong Bahru MRT station.

This is a kid about to leave his kampong to find a living in a big city to the Toa Payoh MRT station:

*I'm leaving...*

*tie shoelaces*

*continue journey...*

I promise to return when I earn enough. *Feeling tough*

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Crap la!

From Tiong Bahru we took bus no.16 to Marine Parade. After that gotta walked across a underpass to get to the East Coast.

In the bus

First we headed to McD for breakfast. I ordered the pancake with sausage set+apple pie and a cappuccino latte.

For so long I never have a proper breakfast already

It was almost 10am when we finished our meal. We went to a shop and rent a bicycle each. S$7 for two hours. There is also inline skating but didn’t have the time for that. The weather was not that bad on that day. Overall the place is quite nice and windy. You can have picnic, build a tent, BBQ at night and there are also chalets. Singapore government really provides good facilities for their citizen.

Lai lai lai! Mari mari!

Many types of bicycle to choose. Including a 2-seater one

Stuffing gold inside the locker

Here we go...

There was a jetty on the other end. And photos again =)

L-R: Tiong, Han, Yann, Jenny and I

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Once I caught a fish alive

6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Then I let it go again

From the viewing tower

Going down the ramp

Taking some model pics

Loving the nature

After two hours of cycling, with approximate distance of 8km, we returned our bike to the shop and went to 7-11 to buy some drinks. Very very thirsty and exhausted already!

Sit for awhile and played Uno at the McD seating area. Then we went back to the city by bus no.16.

Like travelling at overseas. But memang oversea what. Haha.

How come Malaysia don't have this ar?

She can sleep everywhere in any position

We got down at one place and walked to a complex called The Cathay, hoping to find a food course cuz that’s the only place we could afford. Hehe. Unfortunately there isn’t any food court there. Only individual eating outlets.

So we walked again and found a Kopitiam food court nearby. On the way, stopped at the Rendezvous Hotel as Tiong wanna exchange some S$.

After lunch, wanted to head back to the place to buy the draughting tubes but the time would be quite rush so we decided to go back to uni instead. Han Chee has got studio session on that night.
The moment we came back to JB, one word to describe - disappointed. Everything turned into the opposite. At the immigration counter, no guards bother to stamp the passport and check our luggage. Even the luggage scanning machines is written there ‘Sudah Rosak’. What a shame!

And when we came out from the immigration, there are people by the roadside selling cigarettes as if wanna sell drugs. Trashes along street. Indons and Bangladeshi workers gathered around the city. Smoke and honks from the bus. Everything just make you feel so unsafe and sick.

Yes. I am back to hell.