Kampong Glam....

One of my favorite places in Singapore is the Kampong Glam area - for various reasons - one being the fact that I used to live with my grandma around that area when I was a kid, the majestic Sultan Mosque is there as well as Arab St (FABRICS!!). There are also nice quaint places to sit down for teh tarik and munch on yummy curry puffs while watching the world go by.

In my last trip back to Singapore...of course I had to make a trip to Kg Glam. Here are some photos.

I love love love Arab St for all the fabric shops. This time round, I found a Chinese shop selling the most beautiful fabrics at great prices. The shopowner was so happy that a "young" person like me appreciates his fabrics that he offered to get me a drink so that I could sit down to chat with him....and on top of that, I got great discounts on his fabrics!

Haahhhhh...the places bring great memories. I still remember walking up and down Arab St with RG to look for fabrics, ribbons & baskets for our wedding decorations. That was almost 10 years ago.

As you can see.....Kampong Glam is still looking as quaint and pretty as I had left it many many years ago!

Marina Bay Sands

We decided to book a night's stay at MBS on Singapore's National Day just to experience the new hotel and its views. It was pricey....so it'd probably be our first and last time at MBS =P

We were a little disappointed that we didn't get a room that's facing the bay area where the NDP celebrations were held. Instead, we got a sea-facing room.....it was really nice with a fantastic view of the sea but we weren't able to see the fireworks from our room.

There were a lot of hiccups during our stay there.....but we were determined to enjoy ourselves and we did.

The hotel itself ain't fantastic but the views from the skypark and from the rooms are its main selling feature.

Enjoy the photos.....

We were able to catch the fireworks at the lift lobby......not as comfortable as if we were able to view from our room...but still amazing as the fireworks felt like they were exploding right in front of us.

Food glorious food...in SG

There was a whole lot of eating when we were in Singapore....I swore I must have put on a couple of kgs in that 6 weeks!

Nasi padang @ Hotel Rendezvous....

Dim sum......

Mom, dad and me at Lei Garden for lunch....

The spread at Lei Garden....
Nonya food....
Murtabak of all sorts....
Hokkien mee.....
RG's favorite - dosai....
Super yummy lor-mee from Jln Bt Ho Swee....
Pratas - ko-song & telur
Sweet and colorful nonya kuehs from Bengawan Solo....
Famous chwee kueh from Tiong Bahru Market....
Kopi-O served in the traditional cup & saucer....
Curry puff....
Tau-hway, you-jia-kway & hum-cheem-beng
Chendol....
Tau-sar-piah....yummily flaky!
Damn....I'm hungry after writing this blogpost =P~

Dinner with KJ

Met KJ for dinner last night....she surprised me with the prettiest sunflower bouquet!

Some friends had commented that they hardly see any photos of me on my blog or in Facebook.....so, here's one of me (photo taken by KJ while we were queueing at Ma Maison).

We had clam chowder, seafood paella and pork croquette....and some asahi beer.
Back home, the lovely bouquet is now sitting on the table where I can admire it.

Thanks for everything my friend!